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Clearminutes
vs Krisp

Krisp pioneered noise cancellation. Clearminutes is a complete AI meeting assistant: transcription, summaries, action items, and task sync.

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Updated 2026-04-01 · sources: Krisp official site, Krisp pricing page, Krisp privacy page
The verdict
The complete meeting assistant.

Clearminutes is the better choice for users who want a complete AI meeting assistant that transcribes, summarises, and syncs action items, all locally. Krisp is excellent for noise cancellation and has strong enterprise features, but transcription and meeting notes are secondary to its core noise-cancellation product. Clearminutes also adds local-first processing (no cloud uploads), a built-in local LLM (Gemma), and bring-your-own API keys; none of which Krisp offers.

03 / Head-to-head

The spec.

Clearminuteslocal-firstKrispcloud-first
Capture & privacy
Meeting botsNoNo (bot-free option)
Local processingYes (on-device models)Partial (noise cancellation local, transcription cloud)
AI & summaries
AI summariesYes (local or BYO keys)Yes (cloud)
Local LLM for summariesYes (Gemma, built-in)No
Bring-your-own cloud AI keysYes (Claude, Groq, OpenRouter)No
Transcription
Speaker identificationYes (Pro)Yes
Workflow
Action items + decisionsYes + TickTick sync (Pro)Yes
Platform & performance
Cross-platformmacOS + Windows + LinuxmacOS + Windows
Audio & export
Audio file importYes (Pro)Yes
Noise cancellationNoYes (industry-leading)
Accent conversionNoYes
Works withAny audio sourceAny meeting platform
Capture & privacy
Works offlineYes (local models)Partial (noise cancellation offline)
Integrations
CRM integrationsNot yetYes (Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack)
Custom vocabularyNoYes (750 workspace terms)
Pricing
Free tierYesYes (14-day trial, then limited)
Pricing modelFree + Pro £12/mo + Lifetime £249$8–15/mo
Transcription
Language support6+ languages16 languages
04 / Price

Price.

Clearminutes

Free£0
Local transcription for unlimited meetings.
  • Local transcription
  • 5 AI summaries / month
  • Action items
  • Meeting history
  • Cross-platform
Pro£12/mo
Cloud sync, multi-device, advanced summary templates.
  • Unlimited summaries
  • Speaker identification
  • Auto call detection
  • TickTick + Outline sync
  • Audio file import
  • Cloud AI keys supported
Lifetime£249
Pay once, use forever. All Pro features, no subscription.
  • Everything in Pro
  • Pay once, keep forever
  • No subscription

Krisp

Free$0
14-day trial, then basic noise cancellation.
  • 14-day trial
  • Basic noise cancellation (after trial)
Pro$8/mo
Noise cancellation and meeting notes for individuals.
  • Noise cancellation
  • Meeting notes
Business$15/mo
Team features and CRM sync.
  • Team features
  • CRM sync
05 / Data

Your data.

Clearminutes

Clearminutes

  • Audio never leaves device
  • Local Whisper transcription
  • Live privacy network monitor (in-app)
  • '0 outbound connections' is verifiable, per meeting
  • Optional cloud AI (text only, BYO key)
  • GDPR-friendly by design
Krisp

Krisp

  • Noise cancellation processed locally
  • Transcription may use cloud
  • Account required
  • SOC 2 compliant
  • GDPR compliant
  • HIPAA (Enterprise)
06 / FAQ

FAQ.

Noise cancellation runs locally and works offline. Transcription may use the cloud, so the notes step needs an internet connection. There's no fully offline meeting-assistant path.
Yes. Krisp runs on macOS and Windows, works with any meeting platform, and supports audio file import. There's no Linux build.
A 14-day trial gives way to a limited free tier. Full features need the $8 Pro or $15 Business a month plan. There's no one-off Pro option — it's a per-seat monthly subscription.
Krisp offers a bot-free option — no calendar bot joins the call. But the notes step still uses cloud processing, so bot-free and on-device aren't the same thing here.
No. Summaries run on Krisp's cloud AI only. There's no bring-your-own-API-key option and no on-device summarisation path.
Noise cancellation runs locally on your device. Transcription may use the cloud, so audio can leave the device at the notes step even though the noise core stays local.
Yes. Krisp labels speakers in the transcript, alongside action items and chat-with-meetings. The diarization runs as part of the assistant layer, which uses cloud processing.
16 languages. That's narrower than several tools in this comparison — Fathom covers 28, tl;dv covers 30+. For a multilingual team it's a real constraint.
Not where the constraint is that audio must not leave the device. The transcription step may use the cloud, so meeting audio can be uploaded for the notes even though the noise core is local.
07 / Try it

Try it free.

Local transcription for unlimited meetings, no bot, no cloud. Pro only if you want speaker ID and cross-device sync.

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Last updated: 2026-04-01. Sources: Krisp official site (accessed 2026-06-21), Krisp pricing page (accessed 2026-06-21), Krisp privacy page (accessed 2026-06-21).

By James Gibbard, founder of Clearminutes. Built the local audio pipeline; keeps the comparison fair.

Last updated: 2026-04-01. Compared from each tool's public pricing and feature data (see sources), as of the last-updated date.

Sources: Krisp official site (2026-06-21), Krisp pricing page (2026-06-21), Krisp privacy page (2026-06-21).

Clearminutes is our own product; we've kept the comparison fair.