Fireflies.ai 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
Fireflies.ai
Live assistance and a broad integration catalog
Price
Free; Pro from $10/user/month annually
Pricing details
Prices are per user/month: Pro is $10 with annual billing or $18 month-to-month; Business is $19 or $29; Enterprise is $39 with annual billing. Storage, AI credits, video, advanced integrations, and governance differ by plan.
Free option: Yes. Unlimited transcription requires both Auto-join and Share-all; otherwise initial transcription credits, storage limits, and plan-gated summaries or AI features apply.
Good for
- Live meeting help
- Lots of integrations at a low price
Watch for
- Bot-free mode loses media and names
- Free unlimited requires share-all
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispBroad supportCapture options
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Capture options
Capture options
Fireflies.ai
Bot, bot-free desktop, mobile, and SDK-based capture
Fireflies has unusually broad capture. The modes differ: desktop bot-free capture works across apps but drops stored media and named speaker labels; the bot preserves the richer meeting record.
EvidenceFireflies bot-free desktop recordingFireflies desktop app
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispBroad supportDesktop and mobile
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Desktop and mobile
Desktop and mobile
Fireflies.ai
Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android
Desktop supports system-audio recording and live assistance. Mobile supports in-person recording, reviewing meetings, search, sharing, and tasks.
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispBroad supportIn-person capture and speaker labels
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
In-person capture and speaker labels
In-person capture and speaker labels
Fireflies.ai
Mobile and desktop room capture
iOS and Android can capture in-person conversations. Fireflies documents that mobile recordings often do not auto-detect speakers, so names may need manual correction. Bot-free desktop can also hear room/system audio, with its own media and generic-label caveats.
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
FirefliesAvailable with limitsKrispBroad supportRecordings, playback, and clips
Fireflies:Available with limitsKrisp:Broad support
Recordings, playback, and clips
Recordings, playback, and clips
Fireflies.ai
Bot mode saves AV; bot-free desktop saves neither
This is the key evaluation detail: bot meetings can preserve audio/video and named speakers, while desktop bot-free mode produces notes/transcript without recording files and uses Speaker 1/Speaker 2 labels.
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispBroad supportNotes, action items, and search
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Notes, action items, and search
Notes, action items, and search
Fireflies.ai
Notes, search, and a workspace-wide assigned task feed
Fireflies offers strong meeting search and multiple AI surfaces. It automatically creates and assigns meeting tasks, lets teams manage all accessible tasks in one feed, and can turn action items into trackable work in several project tools. Usage credits and plan gates still apply to advanced AI apps and assistant capabilities.
EvidenceFireflies pricing guideFireflies AI creditsFireflies Tasks Feed
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
FirefliesAvailable with limitsKrispNarrow or indirectPeople, companies, and context
Fireflies:Available with limitsKrisp:Narrow or indirect
People, companies, and context
People, companies, and context
Fireflies.ai
Meeting channels and cross-meeting search
The meeting library is searchable and collaborative, but the product is less centered on a unified relationship timeline combining meetings, email, calendar, people, and companies.
EvidenceFireflies pricing guide
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispBroad supportAutomatic sharing and workspace defaults
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
Fireflies.ai
Enterprise rules can auto-route, share, and enforce privacy
Enterprise admins can match meeting title, host, participants, or internal/external type, then route to a channel, share with users or teams, or enforce privacy. This is genuinely strong automation. The default recap visibility is broader than many buyers expect—teammates plus anyone holding the link—so configure the workspace default deliberately.
EvidenceFireflies Rules EngineFireflies recap privacy defaults
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispAvailable with limitsAutomations
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Available with limits
Automations
Automations
Fireflies.ai
Meeting rules, AI apps, CRM workflows, and automatic task handoff
Fireflies can automatically create and assign tasks, then route them to Linear, Asana, Monday.com, Planner, Salesforce, and other systems with meeting filters on eligible plans. It also supports specialized AI apps. The experience spans several feature systems rather than one simple general condition/action canvas.
EvidenceFireflies Rules EngineFireflies pricing guideFireflies Tasks FeedFireflies Linear integration
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispAvailable with limitsIntegrations
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Available with limits
Integrations
Integrations
Fireflies.ai
100+ integrations plus Zapier and API
Breadth is a major advantage across CRM, collaboration, storage, dialers, and productivity tools. Verify the plan required for each connector and direction of sync.
EvidenceFireflies integration directoryFireflies Linear integration
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispBroad supportAPI, MCP, CLI, and data portability
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
Fireflies.ai
GraphQL API, webhooks, and a rich remote MCP server
Fireflies exposes transcripts and core meeting data through GraphQL plus webhooks for custom integrations. Its OAuth or API-key remote MCP server can retrieve full transcripts, summaries, action items, active meetings, analytics, soundbites, channels, and user data; it can also share, rename, organize, and clip meetings. Some advanced search and fetch tools remain experimental. Super Summary and Custom Apps data are still absent from the documented GraphQL API, and content passed into an external AI follows that provider’s retention terms.
EvidenceFireflies APIFireflies MCP tools
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispAvailable with limitsSecurity, privacy, and admin
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Available with limits
Security, privacy, and admin
Security, privacy, and admin
Fireflies.ai
Business and Enterprise governance
Enterprise adds SSO/SCIM, Rules Engine governance, custom retention, and private storage. Its Super Admin role can access every workspace meeting, including “Only Me” content—useful for compliance, but a material privacy-policy decision. Fireflies says meeting content is never used for internal or external model training.
EvidenceFireflies pricing guideFireflies storage limitsFireflies Rules EngineFireflies data safetyFireflies compliance recording modesFireflies Enterprise controls
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
FirefliesBroad supportKrispNarrow or indirectLanguages
Fireflies:Broad supportKrisp:Narrow or indirect
Languages
Languages
Fireflies.ai
100+ languages advertised
Fireflies advertises broad transcription coverage. Real-world speaker separation and accuracy still depend on capture mode, room acoustics, accents, and vocabulary.
EvidenceFireflies pricing guide
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 Fireflies 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.
Fireflies.ai sources18 first-party references
- Fireflies pricing guide
July 2026 prices and plan structure.
- Fireflies unlimited free transcripts
Auto-join and Share-all requirements for unlimited free transcription.
- Fireflies storage limits
Current storage limits by plan; its Free figure conflicts with an older Free-plan article.
- Fireflies bot-free desktop recording
No AV files, generic speakers, and Sales Assist limitation.
- Fireflies desktop app
Capture modes, Live Assist, and bot versus botless behavior.
- Fireflies mobile app
iOS/Android in-person recording, search, sharing, and tasks.
- Fireflies speaker labels
Manual corrections and the mobile-recording speaker-detection caveat.
- Fireflies API
GraphQL authentication, user/admin scope, available meeting data, and current Super Summary/Custom Apps gaps.
- Fireflies MCP tools
Remote MCP authentication, full meeting-data access, read/write tools, and experimental-tool status.
- Fireflies AI credits
Workspace-pooled credit allowances, non-seat scaling, and add-on behavior.
- Fireflies Tasks Feed
Automatic task generation and assignment, all-team task views, completion, reassignment, and project-tool handoff.
- Fireflies Linear integration
Automatic issue creation, project and status routing, assigned-task filtering, and meeting-rule conditions.
- Fireflies integration directory
Current first-party directory advertising 100+ integrations across CRM, project, collaboration, storage, and other categories.
- Fireflies Rules Engine
Enterprise conditions and actions for routing, automatic sharing, privacy enforcement, and deletion.
- Fireflies recap privacy defaults
Default teammates-and-link visibility, narrower audience choices, and retroactive privacy changes.
- Fireflies data safety
No-training and third-party zero-retention commitments plus governance controls.
- Fireflies compliance recording modes
Full-record, text-only, summary-only, and summary-plus-audio retention modes.
- Fireflies Enterprise controls
SSO, SCIM, private storage, retention, and Super Admin access behavior.
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: Fireflies.ai or Krisp?
Fireflies is broader on live assistance, integrations, and meeting workflows. Krisp is built around real-time noise cancellation, voice isolation, and audio processing.
Which is less expensive, Fireflies.ai or Krisp?
Fireflies.ai: Free; Pro from $10/user/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 Fireflies.ai and Krisp record without a bot?
Fireflies.ai: Bot, bot-free desktop, mobile, and SDK-based capture. 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. Fireflies: Enterprise rules can auto-route, share, and enforce privacy. Krisp: Calendar, manager, and recurring-channel auto-sharing.
Can I access and move the full meeting data?
Fireflies: GraphQL API, webhooks, and a rich remote MCP server. 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.

