Fireflies.ai vs Krisp Comparison 2026
Fireflies joins a call as a participant and hands back a transcript, a summary and the action items, genuinely free forever with unlimited transcription and an API, rationed only by 400 minutes of storage. Krisp works underneath any call instead, cleaning the audio going out rather than just transcribing what comes back, with no free tier at all and only a seven-day trial before $8 a month per user. Krisp's own guidance concedes the point directly: if notes are all that is wanted, Otter or Fireflies cost less and do more with them.
At a glance
- Krisp starts cheaper, at $8.
- Only Fireflies.ai has a free tier.
Side by side
Fireflies.ai | Krisp | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $18 | From $8 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial (they differ) | None | 7 days |
Fireflies.ai
Meeting notes that write themselves
Fireflies joins a call, records it, and hands back a transcript and a summary with the action items pulled out, which turns a sponsor call into a record you can search later. The free plan gives unlimited transcription and an API, which is unusually generous. Storage is what it rations, and the free tier's 400 minutes covers a few weeks at most.
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Krisp
Noise removal and AI notes on any call
Krisp sits between your microphone and whatever application is listening, so the noise removal works on any call rather than only inside one meeting tool. The same audio gets transcribed and summarised into notes and action items afterwards. Accent conversion is the unusual feature and it is metered by the hour on the cheaper plan. There is no free tier here, only a seven-day trial.
Our note
The reason to pick this over the meeting-notes tools is that it cleans the audio going out, not just the transcript coming back. If you only want notes, Otter or Fireflies cost less and do more with them.
Why people weigh these two
- Krisp instead of Fireflies.ai
- Krisp at $8 removes noise and takes AI notes on any call, without needing a bot to join the meeting to do it.
- Fireflies.ai instead of Krisp
- Fireflies.ai focuses only on the notes half of Krisp's pitch, writing meeting summaries automatically, with a free plan and no noise removal to pay extra for.
Which one should you pick
Pick Fireflies for a searchable record of brand calls: what was promised and who owes it, extracted automatically. Free is genuinely free forever, unlimited transcription and summaries with an API included, rationed only by 400 minutes of storage per team, a few weeks of normal use. Pro is $18 a month, or $10 billed annually, for video recording and unlimited integrations on top.
Pick Krisp when the room itself is the problem: a shared office, a kitchen table, a call taken from a hotel, where noise removal has to happen before the audio even reaches the meeting tool. Core is $8 a month per user with unlimited noise cancellation, transcription and notes, plus an hour a day of accent conversion. If the recording setup is already treated and quiet, the noise removal is the part being paid for and will not be needed; go to Fireflies for notes alone instead.
Common questions
- Is Fireflies cheaper than Krisp?
- Yes, and Krisp's own guidance admits it: Fireflies is free forever for unlimited transcription, where Krisp has no free tier at all and starts at $8 a month per user. If notes are the only thing wanted, Krisp's own materials point toward Fireflies instead.
- Does Fireflies clean background noise the way Krisp does?
- That specific device-level noise removal is not among Fireflies' features; it joins the call as a participant and transcribes what it hears. Krisp sits underneath any application and removes noise before it reaches the call at all, which is its core differentiator.
- Does Krisp have a free plan like Fireflies does?
- No. Krisp offers only a seven-day trial with no card required, then $8 a month per user with no ongoing free option. Fireflies' free plan is unlimited on transcription and summaries, rationed only by storage.
- What does Krisp offer that Fireflies does not?
- Accent conversion, metered at an hour a day on the entry plan, and noise removal that works on any call rather than only inside a joined meeting. Fireflies does not describe either of those; its strength is the searchable transcript and action items instead.
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