Best Krisp alternatives (2026)
Krisp (opens in a new tab) is our top pick for plug-and-play noise cancellation, but "alternatives" can mean two different things, so it helps to split them:
If you want noise cancellation
- NVIDIA Broadcast / RTX Voice. Excellent noise removal, but it needs an NVIDIA RTX GPU and is not bidirectional. Great for streamers with the right hardware. See Krisp vs NVIDIA Broadcast.
- Built-in app suppression (Zoom, Teams, Discord). Free and fine for light noise, weaker on heavy noise, and usually one-directional.
If you want AI meeting notes
- Otter, Fireflies, Fathom, tl;dv, Notta. These go deeper on transcription, search, and integrations than Krisp's notes. If notes are your main job, they often win. See Krisp vs Otter, Krisp vs Fireflies, Krisp vs Fathom, Krisp vs tl;dv, Krisp vs Notta, Krisp vs Jamie, and Krisp vs Fellow. For a hardware recorder alternative, see Krisp vs Plaud.
Our take
If your core problem is noise on calls, Krisp is hard to beat and the 7-day free trial makes it risk-free to try. If your core problem is rich, searchable meeting notes, pair Krisp (opens in a new tab) for audio with a dedicated note-taker, or pick one of the note-first tools above.
Krisp is still the easiest to try
7-day free trial, no card, works on top of any app. Test it before committing to anything else.
FAQ
For noise cancellation on an NVIDIA RTX machine, NVIDIA Broadcast is a strong free option. For everyone else, Krisp's 7-day free trial is the simplest way to test it before paying.
For deep, searchable notes and integrations, dedicated tools like Otter and Fireflies go further than Krisp. Many people run Krisp for clean audio and a note-taker for the notes.