Productivity · Head-to-head

Fireflies.ai vs Krisp

Fireflies.ai vs Krisp: pricing, features, and which to pick in 2026.

The verdict

Pick Fireflies.ai if…
  • your primary use case is sales and customer-success teams who need call transcripts and insights logged into their crm without manual entry.
  • you need: support, agents
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Pick Krisp if…
  • your primary use case is remote workers and professionals on frequent video or voice calls who need background noise removed in any communication app.
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Side-by-side specs

Spec Fireflies.ai Krisp
Category Productivity Productivity
Pricing model freemium freemium
Headline pricing Freemium — Pro $10/user/mo, Business $19/user/mo Freemium — Free (60 min/day), Pro $8/mo, Enterprise custom
Free tier Limited transcription credits with 800 minutes of storage and basic AI summaries 60 minutes per day of AI noise cancellation across all apps
AI Score 8.7/10 8.5/10
Best for Sales and customer-success teams who need call transcripts and insights logged into their CRM without manual entry. Remote workers and professionals on frequent video or voice calls who need background noise removed in any communication app.
Editor's pick ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
Use cases productivity support agents productivity
Date added 2026-04-30 2026-04-30

Pros and cons

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Fireflies.ai

Productivity · freemium

Pros

  • Joins meetings automatically via calendar integration — no manual recording needed
  • Strong CRM integrations with Salesforce and HubSpot for auto-logging meeting notes
  • Conversation intelligence features like sentiment analysis and talk-time ratios
  • AskFred chatbot lets you search across your entire meeting history in natural language

Cons

  • ×Free tier is restrictive — limited credits run out fast for regular users
  • ×Transcription accuracy dips with heavy accents or overlapping speakers
  • ×Meeting bot joining can feel intrusive to external participants who weren't expecting it
  • ×Advanced analytics and CRM sync locked behind Business tier at $19/user/mo
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Krisp

Productivity · freemium

Pros

  • Works at the system level with any communication app — no plugins or per-app setup needed
  • All audio processing happens on-device, so voice data never leaves your machine
  • Removes noise from both your mic and incoming speaker audio simultaneously
  • Set-it-and-forget-it experience — once configured, it runs invisibly in the background

Cons

  • ×Free tier's 60-minute daily limit can run out mid-afternoon on heavy meeting days
  • ×Adds slight CPU overhead — older machines may notice performance impact during video calls
  • ×Meeting transcription and AI notes require the paid Pro plan
  • ×Limited to desktop (Mac/Windows) — no native mobile app for on-the-go calls
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Updated 2026-04-30. Spec data sourced from official product pages and tracked in our public directory at /tools.

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