Bluedot vs Krisp
A practical look at price, capture, notes, workflows, and what each product is actually good at.
The short answer
Which one fits better?
Best fit
Bluedot
Light, bot-free recording across desktop and mobile
Price
Free for 5 meetings lifetime; paid from $14/recorder/month annually
Pricing details
Prices are per recorder/month. Basic is $14 with annual billing or $18 month-to-month, but is audio-only and capped at one-hour meetings. Pro is $20 or $25 and adds video, unlimited duration, templates, and imports. Business is $32 or $39 with advanced workflows, CRM/ATS, SSO/SCIM, retention, webhooks, and organization MCP.
Free option: Yes, but only five meetings total—not five per month.
Good for
- Bot-free capture
- Simple recordings and clips
Watch for
- Zoom extension has no speaker labels
- No workspace-wide task tracker
Best fit
Krisp
Bot-free notes with real-time audio cleanup
Price
Core from $8/user/month annually; Advanced from $15 annually
Pricing details
Prices are per user/month. Core is $8 with annual billing or $16 month-to-month and includes unlimited bot-free notes, audio recording, screen/video recording, optional bot video, in-person capture, AI chat, MCP, webhooks, integrations, and 10 GB storage. Advanced is $15 or $30 and adds Salesforce, manager/deal views, policy enforcement, team webhooks, and 60 GB. Enterprise is custom.
Free option: No permanent free plan is shown; a seven-day trial is available.
Good for
- Noise removal and call clarity
- Low-cost bot-free capture
Watch for
- Mobile lacks its noise cancellation
- US cloud; HIPAA starts at 100 seats
Side by side
The details that matter.
Ratings show documented breadth, not overall product quality. Open a row for specifics.
What matters
Capture options
BluedotBroad supportKrispBroad supportCapture options
Bluedot:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Capture options
Capture options
Bluedot
Bot-free browser and desktop capture, plus an optional Zoom bot
Bluedot usually captures meeting and system audio without joining a bot. Its newer desktop apps broaden support beyond browser-based Google Meet and Teams workflows, while an optional recorder bot is also documented for Zoom.
Krisp
Bot-free system-audio capture
Krisp records through the device rather than joining meetings as a participant. Its audio-processing layer works across calling apps on desktop.
Desktop and mobile
BluedotBroad supportKrispBroad supportDesktop and mobile
Bluedot:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Desktop and mobile
Desktop and mobile
Bluedot
Browser, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and Apple Watch
Device breadth is a standout, especially Apple Watch. Exact capture richness and speaker labeling depend on platform and mode.
Krisp
macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android
Desktop combines recording with noise cancellation and voice features. Mobile supports in-person recording but not noise cancellation.
In-person capture and speaker labels
BluedotBroad supportKrispBroad supportIn-person capture and speaker labels
Bluedot:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
In-person capture and speaker labels
In-person capture and speaker labels
Bluedot
Mobile, watch, and desktop room recording
Bluedot supports iOS, Android, Apple Watch, browser, and desktop capture for room conversations. The Watch records without an iPhone nearby, then syncs through the iPhone app. Bluedot’s speaker-recognition matrix documents desktop and browser meeting platforms, not mobile or Watch name-label parity, so verify those modes on a real group meeting.
EvidenceBluedot mobile appBluedot Apple Watch captureBluedot speaker recognition
Krisp
Native iOS and Android room capture
Mobile apps record and upload in-person conversations, but Krisp only documents automatic calendar-based speaker names for one-on-one meetings; ad-hoc meetings need manual assignment. The flagship noise-cancellation capability is also unavailable on mobile.
EvidenceKrisp mobile recordingKrisp calendar and speaker naming
Recordings, playback, and clips
BluedotAvailable with limitsKrispBroad supportRecordings, playback, and clips
Bluedot:Available with limitsKrisp:Broad support
Recordings, playback, and clips
Recordings, playback, and clips
Bluedot
Audio on Basic; video, clips, and unlimited duration on Pro+
The lowest paid plan is deliberately audio-only and limits meeting length. Video and longer calls require Pro, while clips and playback are otherwise polished.
Krisp
Bot-free audio and screen/video; optional bot video
Krisp now documents bot-free screen/video recording on supported macOS and Windows versions, correcting its older audio-only framing. An optional Krisp bot can also retain meeting video. Advanced adds richer collaboration such as trimming and comments plus more storage, and storage quotas matter for recording-heavy teams.
EvidenceKrisp pricingKrisp recording FAQKrisp bot-free screen recording
Notes, action items, and search
BluedotBroad supportKrispBroad supportNotes, action items, and search
Bluedot:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Notes, action items, and search
Notes, action items, and search
Bluedot
AI notes, templates, action items, chat, and workspace memory
Notes and meeting chat are easy to use. Templates can extract action items, responsible people, and timelines. Bluedot does not document an all-meetings workspace task center with assignment and completion state, so serious follow-through usually moves into another system.
EvidenceBluedot product overviewBluedot 2.1 releaseBluedot custom note templates
Krisp
AI notes plus a centralized, assigned action-item tracker
Krisp automatically generates and assigns action items when calendar identity or transcript speaker identity is available. The workspace action center supports all-team and assigned-to-me views, reassignment, due dates, priority, status, and completion. This is a real product strength, even though the broader relationship-memory layer remains thinner.
People, companies, and context
BluedotAvailable with limitsKrispNarrow or indirectPeople, companies, and context
Bluedot:Available with limitsKrisp:Narrow or indirect
People, companies, and context
People, companies, and context
Bluedot
Workspace meeting memory, without broader email relationship context
Bluedot can search and chat across meetings, but it does not emphasize a combined email/calendar/person/company history as a primary product surface.
EvidenceBluedot product overview
Krisp
Meeting library and AI chat
Meetings are searchable and available through AI chat, but the product does not emphasize combined email, calendar, person, and company relationship pages.
EvidenceKrisp pricingKrisp MCP
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
BluedotAvailable with limitsKrispBroad supportAutomatic sharing and workspace defaults
Bluedot:Available with limitsKrisp:Broad support
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
Bluedot
Attendee auto-share and workspace permissions
Individuals can automatically share recordings and notes with meeting participants. Workspace admins can restrict external sharing and enforce recording defaults, while conditional auto-sorting remains a user-level setting rather than a workspace-wide sharing policy.
Krisp
Calendar, manager, and recurring-channel auto-sharing
Krisp auto-shares transcripts, notes, and recordings to same-workspace calendar invitees when its calendar and join prerequisites are met; the setting defaults on during rollout. Advanced can also route selected users’ external meetings to managers, and recurring meetings can post to Teams channels. The audience logic is useful but narrower than a general title, participant, domain, tag, and destination rule builder.
EvidenceKrisp meeting sharingKrisp Manager ViewKrisp Microsoft Teams integration
Automations
BluedotAvailable with limitsKrispAvailable with limitsAutomations
Bluedot:Available with limitsKrisp:Available with limits
Automations
Automations
Bluedot
Advanced workflows and task-capable webhooks on Business
Bluedot supports automated recording and post-meeting workflows. Webhooks can send summaries and transcripts to custom endpoints that create tasks in Asana, Trello, or Jira, although that downstream mapping is something the customer builds. Its deepest CRM/ATS and team-wide workflow features are reserved for Business.
EvidenceBluedot pricingBluedot 2.1 releaseBluedot webhooksBluedot custom note templates
Krisp
Automatic action items, webhooks, and Zapier; fewer native rules
Core includes action-item, note, and transcript triggers through Zapier and webhooks; a generated action item can create a Jira task through Zapier. Advanced adds team webhooks. Krisp is still less centered on custom AI extraction and a native multi-step condition/action canvas.
EvidenceKrisp centralized action itemsKrisp webhook APIKrisp Zapier integrationKrisp pricing
Integrations
BluedotAvailable with limitsKrispAvailable with limitsIntegrations
Bluedot:Available with limitsKrisp:Available with limits
Integrations
Integrations
Bluedot
Core collaboration tools; CRM and ATS on Business
The catalog covers common destinations but is smaller than platforms advertising hundreds or thousands of connections. CRM/ATS access is a top-plan feature.
EvidenceBluedot pricing
Krisp
Common work tools; Salesforce on Advanced
Core covers general integrations and webhooks. Salesforce and more revenue-focused management features require Advanced.
EvidenceKrisp pricingKrisp webhook APIKrisp Zapier integration
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
BluedotAvailable with limitsKrispBroad supportAPI, MCP, CLI, and data portability
Bluedot:Available with limitsKrisp:Broad support
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
Bluedot
Personal MCP; organization MCP and webhooks on Business
Personal MCP and user-level webhooks are available below Business; organization-wide MCP and team webhooks require Business. MCP follows the meetings the authenticated Bluedot user can already access, while team webhooks can receive events for every workspace user after support enables them. Users can also export transcripts as PDF or TXT and recordings as WebM.
EvidenceBluedot MCP with ClaudeBluedot webhooksBluedot transcript exportBluedot recording download
Krisp
MCP with transcripts and tasks, plus webhooks on Core
The hosted OAuth MCP can search meetings, fetch full transcripts and summaries, list action items by assignee or completion state, inspect activity, and read upcoming meetings. Agent access is unusually accessible at the entry tier. Teams needing centralized webhook management move to Advanced, while private deployment is Enterprise.
EvidenceKrisp MCPKrisp centralized action itemsKrisp webhook API
Security, privacy, and admin
BluedotAvailable with limitsKrispAvailable with limitsSecurity, privacy, and admin
Bluedot:Available with limitsKrisp:Available with limits
Security, privacy, and admin
Security, privacy, and admin
Bluedot
Retention, SSO/SCIM, and advanced administration on Business
Business adds SSO/SAML, SCIM, configurable retention, and EU residency. Bluedot says customer data is not used to train models and AI providers retain nothing after generation. Its pricing and cancellation help pages currently disagree on whether canceled recordings are deleted after one or three months.
EvidenceBluedot workspace settingsBluedot cancellation policyBluedot pricingBluedot security
Krisp
Policy tools on Advanced; private deployment and compliance on Enterprise
Enforced modes and manager views require Advanced. SSO/SCIM, a negotiable data-center choice, unlimited storage, private/on-device options, and the documented 100+ seat HIPAA path are Enterprise. Krisp’s security page says standard cloud data is US-hosted with no regional option.
EvidenceKrisp pricingKrisp security and data handlingKrisp cloud processing
Languages
BluedotBroad supportKrispNarrow or indirectLanguages
Bluedot:Broad supportKrisp:Narrow or indirect
Languages
Languages
Bluedot
100+ languages advertised
Bluedot advertises broad language support. As with every vendor, evaluate real calls with accents, crosstalk, and domain vocabulary rather than relying on the count alone.
EvidenceBluedot pricing
Krisp
16 transcription languages
Adequate for many English-centered teams, but much narrower on paper than competitors advertising 75 or 100+ languages.
EvidenceKrisp multilingual transcription
Worth a look
Circleback
If neither Bluedot nor Krisp quite fits, Circleback covers a different job: capturing online and in-person meetings and sharing them by rule. It is built for people and AI agents, with the same full meeting data available through its API, MCP, and CLI.
Every meeting
Bot, botless desktop app, iPhone, Android, or Apple Watch. Speaker labels every time; recording optional.
Shared company memory
Detailed notes, automatic sharing, and people and company context across every team.
People and AI agents
Assigned actions and automations for people; the same full meeting data for agents through API, MCP, and CLI.
Sources
First-party pricing, product docs, help articles, and release notes.
Bluedot sources16 first-party references
- Bluedot pricing
Lifetime free limit, audio/video gates, meeting duration, recorder billing, Business workflows, and governance.
- Bluedot product overview
Desktop, mobile, Watch, clips, meeting chat, and workspace memory.
- Bluedot 2.1 release
June 2026 additions including Watch, MCP, auto-recording, and retention.
- Bluedot speaker recognition
Recognition differences across desktop, extension, Meet, Teams, and Zoom.
- Bluedot Zoom recorder bot
Optional Zoom-bot recording path alongside the bot-free capture modes.
- Bluedot automatic sharing
User-level automatic sharing of recordings and notes with meeting participants.
- Bluedot workspace settings
Admin controls for external sharing, downloads, consent, recording formats, and bot behavior.
- Bluedot mobile app
iOS and Android in-person capture, uploads, transcripts, notes, playback, and sharing.
- Bluedot Apple Watch capture
Independent Watch recording and the iPhone sync/upload path.
- Bluedot webhooks
User-level payloads and Business/Enterprise team webhooks covering every workspace user.
- Bluedot custom note templates
Custom AI output structures, including action items, responsibilities, and timelines.
- Bluedot MCP with Claude
Authenticated MCP access to permitted transcripts and meeting metadata.
- Bluedot cancellation policy
Help-center deletion timing, which currently conflicts with the pricing-page statement.
- Bluedot security
No-training policy, AI-provider zero retention, SSO/SCIM, custom retention, EU residency, and deletion behavior.
- Bluedot transcript export
Per-meeting transcript export in PDF and TXT.
- Bluedot recording download
WebM recording downloads and the workspace admin download restriction.
Krisp sources15 first-party references
- Krisp pricing
Core, Advanced, and Enterprise pricing, storage, capture, language, integration, and governance gates.
- Krisp mobile recording
iOS/Android in-person capture and mobile noise-cancellation limitation.
- Krisp calendar and speaker naming
Calendar-based replacement of generic speaker labels with names is currently limited to one-on-one meetings.
- Krisp meeting sharing
Automatic sharing to same-workspace calendar invitees, prerequisites, and rollout behavior.
- Krisp Manager View
Advanced-plan automatic sharing of selected team members' external meetings to chosen managers.
- Krisp Microsoft Teams integration
Automatic notes delivery for recurring meetings and manual channel sharing.
- Krisp recording FAQ
Audio recording and optional Krisp-bot video path; supplemented by the newer bot-free screen-recording guide.
- Krisp bot-free screen recording
Bot-free screen/video capture and supported macOS/Windows versions.
- Krisp multilingual transcription
Current 16-language transcription list.
- Krisp MCP
OAuth MCP access to transcripts, summaries, key points, action items, and calendar context.
- Krisp centralized action items
Automatic task creation and assignment plus team-wide views, due dates, priorities, assignees, status, and completion.
- Krisp Zapier integration
Action-item, key-point, outline, and transcript triggers, including Jira task creation through Zapier.
- Krisp webhook API
Core user webhooks and Advanced team webhook scope.
- Krisp security and data handling
No-training posture, US cloud storage, lack of standard regional residency, on-device transcription, encryption, and Enterprise controls.
- Krisp cloud processing
Local noise cancellation plus on-device or transient cloud processing in transcript-only mode.
Questions people usually ask
Which is better: Bluedot or Krisp?
Bluedot emphasizes a clean recording library across desktop, phone, and Watch. Krisp emphasizes noise removal and voice processing, with notes and recording around it.
Which is less expensive, Bluedot or Krisp?
Bluedot: Free for 5 meetings lifetime; paid from $14/recorder/month annually. Krisp: Core from $8/user/month annually; Advanced from $15 annually. Compare the paid seats, included usage, recording access, and admin features you actually need.
Can Bluedot and Krisp record without a bot?
Bluedot: Bot-free browser and desktop capture, plus an optional Zoom bot. Krisp: Bot-free system-audio capture. The useful check is whether your required capture mode keeps video, a recording, and speaker names.
Which is better for a whole company?
First ask who gets each note automatically; otherwise useful context stays with the recorder. Then compare permissions, retention, and enforced defaults. Bluedot: Attendee auto-share and workspace permissions. Krisp: Calendar, manager, and recurring-channel auto-sharing.
Can I access and move the full meeting data?
Bluedot: Personal MCP; organization MCP and webhooks on Business. Krisp: MCP with transcripts and tasks, plus webhooks on Core. Check the selected plan, authentication model, transcript scope, export format, and retention window for the workflow you need.
How was this comparison researched?
We use first-party pricing pages, product pages, help docs, and release notes for both products. The sources are linked below.

