# Krisp vs Read AI: pricing, features, and which is better > Krisp and Read AI compared across pricing, capture, speaker labels, recordings, notes, sharing, automations, integrations, AI-agent access, and administration. - Canonical HTML: https://circleback.ai/compare/krisp-vs-read-ai - Structured JSON: https://circleback.ai/compare/krisp-vs-read-ai.json - Comparison directory: https://circleback.ai/compare - Language: en-US - Editorial perspective: Neutral competitor comparison. Circleback appears only as a clearly labeled third option. ## Short answer Krisp improves the sound and then makes the note. Read AI measures the meeting itself, with engagement, sentiment, speaker analytics, and cross-source search. The useful buying test is to run both products on the same external call, internal planning session, and noisy in-person meeting. Compare the result, the sharing defaults, and the work that still has to happen by hand. ## Krisp at a glance Krisp’s differentiator is not another summary format—it is the audio layer. Noise cancellation, voice isolation, and accent conversion sit beside a capable bot-free note taker, recordings, mobile capture, MCP, and webhooks. **Best for:** People who work in noisy environments, contact centers, or distributed teams where call clarity and bot-free capture matter as much as the notes. **Less ideal for:** Teams that need 100+ languages, a broad company knowledge graph, deep multi-system automations, or advanced governance without an enterprise contract. **Price:** Core from $8/user/month annually; Advanced from $15 annually 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. ### Krisp strengths - Krisp’s clearest differentiator is real-time noise cancellation, voice isolation, and accent conversion across calling apps. - Bot-free audio and screen/video capture, optional bot-based video, iOS/Android in-person support, AI chat, MCP, and webhooks come at a relatively low entry price. - Action items are automatically generated and assigned, then managed workspace-wide with assignees, due dates, priority, and status. - On-device and private deployment options for enterprise customers with strict audio requirements. - Krisp says meeting data is not used to train its AI models; transcript-only audio can be processed on-device or deleted immediately after cloud transcription. ### Krisp tradeoffs - Mobile recording does not include Krisp’s signature noise cancellation. - Core includes only 10 GB of storage, while Salesforce, policy enforcement, manager views, and stronger team workflows require Advanced. - HIPAA/BAA is listed for enterprise deployments of 100+ seats. - Its 16-language count is materially narrower than products advertising 75–100+ languages. - Calendar-based speaker names are documented for one-on-one calls; group meetings still require a closer test of diarization and naming behavior. - Standard cloud meeting data is stored in the United States with no general regional-storage option. Enterprise pricing advertises a negotiable data-center choice and on-device private processing, so residency-sensitive buyers should verify the deployed architecture. ### Choose Krisp when - Call clarity and bot-free capture are the top requirements. - You want AV recording, MCP, webhooks, and mobile capture at a low per-recorder price. - Your enterprise may need private or on-device audio processing. ## Read AI at a glance Read AI goes beyond notes with live engagement, sentiment, speaker metrics, Search Copilot, and access across meetings and other work sources. Its pricing looks approachable until recording playback and governance requirements push a team into Enterprise tiers. **Best for:** Teams that value live engagement/sentiment signals, speaker analytics, coaching, and a search assistant spanning multiple workplace content sources. **Less ideal for:** Teams that want recordings on ordinary plans, dislike behavioral scoring in meetings, need free viewer economics, or want simple transparent governance below Enterprise+. **Price:** Free for 5 meetings/month; Pro from $15/user/month annually Prices are per user/month: Pro is $15 with annual billing or $19.75 month-to-month; Enterprise is $22.50 or $29.75 and adds playback; Enterprise+ is $29.75 or $39.75 and adds advanced retention, domain, SAML, and HIPAA-related options, with a five-license minimum. **Free option:** Yes: five meetings per month. ### Read AI strengths - Distinctive live engagement, sentiment, speaker, and meeting-quality analytics. - Search Copilot reaches beyond meetings into connected email, messaging, and document sources. - Automatic recaps and recurring-meeting pre-reads can carry action items and open questions into email, Slack, or Teams. - Current macOS/Windows desktop plus iOS and Android in-person capture broaden the product beyond a meeting bot. - Its open-beta REST API and MCP expose full speaker-labeled transcripts, summaries, actions, metrics, and recording download URLs for meetings the user can access. ### Read AI tradeoffs - Audio/video playback requires Enterprise or Enterprise+, while lower-tier source media is deleted after the documented grace period. - Advanced retention, SAML, domain controls, and HIPAA support require Enterprise+ and its license minimum. - Engagement and sentiment scoring can be useful for coaching but uncomfortable or noisy for some company cultures. - Workspace licensing does not offer the same free-viewer model as some competitors. - The API and MCP are open beta: OAuth tokens are short-lived, static keys/client credentials are not supported, and several app features and file upload are not exposed. - Read says meeting data is not used for AI training without explicit opt-in, but its Customer Experience Improvement Program is enabled on an opt-out basis for product evaluation. - Simply removing a person from a workspace does not revoke their account access or transfer their reports. Admins must deactivate the account and transfer workspace-owned reports as separate offboarding steps. ### Choose Read AI when - Live engagement and speaker analytics are genuinely useful to your managers or facilitators. - You want AI search across meetings plus connected workplace sources. - You are comfortable with Enterprise pricing for playback and Enterprise+ for stronger governance. ## Feature comparison | What matters | Krisp | Read AI | | --- | --- | --- | | Capture options | Broad support — 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. | Broad support — Meeting bot, macOS/Windows desktop, and mobile. The assistant can join scheduled calls, while desktop records device audio without relying solely on a bot. Disclosure and opt-out flows remain part of the participant experience. | | Desktop and mobile | Broad support — macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. Desktop combines recording with noise cancellation and voice features. Mobile supports in-person recording but not noise cancellation. | Broad support — Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. Desktop captures device audio for online meetings. The iPhone and Android apps record in-person conversations and put their reports beside Zoom, Meet, and Teams meetings; neither mobile app can record another app or phone call using the same microphone. | | In-person capture and speaker labels | Broad support — 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. | Broad support — iOS and Android real-time transcript and summary. Both mobile apps record room conversations with a live transcript and summary. They do not capture phone calls, FaceTime, or a virtual-meeting app on the same device. In shared-room audio, distinct voices may begin as Conference Room — Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on; owners and editors can rename or reassign them afterward. | | Recordings, playback, and clips | Broad support — 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. | Narrow or indirect — Playback only on Enterprise and Enterprise+. Pro and free users can receive notes and transcripts, but source media is not a durable playback library. Read documents a 30-day grace period before lower-tier media deletion. | | Notes, action items, and search | Broad support — 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. | Broad support — Summaries, action items, Search Copilot, and coaching analytics. Read’s differentiated layer is live and post-meeting intelligence: engagement, sentiment, speaker stats, action items, and search across connected content. Recommendations can resurface recent work assigned to the user, but Read does not document a full workspace-wide task board with assignee and completion management comparable to dedicated action trackers. | | People, companies, and context | Narrow or indirect — 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. | Broad support — Cross-source Search Copilot. Search can span meetings, email, messages, and documents, which is broader than a transcript library. The experience is a search layer rather than explicit relationship timelines and upcoming-event pages. | | Automatic sharing and workspace defaults | Broad support — 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. | Broad support — Workspace-wide participant and team report access. Workspace admins can set automatic report access for internal or external participants and give teams role-based access to matching reports, including retroactive access. Owners can send recaps and recurring-meeting pre-reads through email, Slack, or Teams. Participant rules use calendar invitees, including no-shows, and the owner’s settings govern each report, so teams should configure workspace controls deliberately. | | Automations | Available with limits — 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. | Available with limits — Recaps, pre-reads, scheduled updates, and agent actions. Read can send post-meeting recaps, recurring-meeting pre-reads, and scheduled topic updates, while Ask Read actions can draft and send email, create calendar events, and update HubSpot after user approval. It is more opinionated around its own agents and intelligence outputs than a general meeting trigger/condition/action canvas. | | Integrations | Available with limits — Common work tools; Salesforce on Advanced. Core covers general integrations and webhooks. Salesforce and more revenue-focused management features require Advanced. | Broad support — Calendar, conferencing, email, messaging, documents, and premium connectors. Search Copilot’s cross-source coverage is a strength, although connector eligibility varies by paid plan. | | API, MCP, CLI, and data portability | Broad support — 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. | Available with limits — Open-beta REST API and MCP with full meeting reports. Read’s API and remote MCP can return meeting metadata, participants, summaries, chapters, action items, topics, metrics, full speaker-labeled transcripts, and recording-download URLs. They are open beta, use browser OAuth with short-lived rotating tokens, lack service credentials and file upload, and only reach reports the user can access unless an admin enables global report access. | | Security, privacy, and admin | Available with limits — 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. | Broad support — Core admin on Enterprise; advanced governance on Enterprise+. Retention, domain controls, SAML, and HIPAA-related capabilities are concentrated in Enterprise+. That plan currently carries a five-license minimum. | | Languages | Narrow or indirect — 16 transcription languages. Adequate for many English-centered teams, but much narrower on paper than competitors advertising 75 or 100+ languages. | Available with limits — Read’s pricing page says 20+; its detail table says 16+. Read’s current pricing page uses “20+ languages” in the Free plan card but “16+ languages” in the detailed comparison table. The coverage is useful but materially narrower on paper than competitors advertising 75 or 100+; verify the language you need rather than relying on the headline count. | Ratings describe documented breadth rather than overall product quality: - **Broad support:** Broad native support across the product or relevant paid plans. - **Available with limits:** Documented support with meaningful scope, mode, or plan limits. - **Narrow or indirect:** Narrow, indirect, beta, or substantially plan-gated support. - **Not documented:** No current first-party documentation for a native option. ## Detailed analysis ### Capture options **Both products document broad support for capture options, with different scope and plan limits.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/), [Krisp bot-free screen recording](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/16168004763420-Screen-record-your-meetings-with-Krisp). **Read AI:** Meeting bot, macOS/Windows desktop, and mobile. The assistant can join scheduled calls, while desktop records device audio without relying solely on a bot. Disclosure and opt-out flows remain part of the participant experience. Evidence: [Read AI desktop app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/45911611006995-How-to-Use-Read-s-Desktop-App-for-Windows-and-Mac). ### Desktop and mobile **Both products document broad support for desktop and mobile, with different scope and plan limits.** **Krisp:** macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. Desktop combines recording with noise cancellation and voice features. Mobile supports in-person recording but not noise cancellation. Evidence: [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/), [Krisp mobile recording](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/20282426717596-How-to-record-in-person-meetings-with-Krisp-Mobile-App). **Read AI:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. Desktop captures device audio for online meetings. The iPhone and Android apps record in-person conversations and put their reports beside Zoom, Meet, and Teams meetings; neither mobile app can record another app or phone call using the same microphone. Evidence: [Read AI desktop app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/45911611006995-How-to-Use-Read-s-Desktop-App-for-Windows-and-Mac), [Read AI iPhone app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/34467337929107-Read-AI-App-for-iPhone), [Read AI Android app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/51863250182291-Read-AI-App-for-Android). ### In-person capture and speaker labels **Both products document broad support for in-person capture and speaker labels, with different scope and plan limits.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp mobile recording](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/20282426717596-How-to-record-in-person-meetings-with-Krisp-Mobile-App), [Krisp calendar and speaker naming](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/10277892556828-Connecting-your-Calendar-to-Krisp). **Read AI:** iOS and Android real-time transcript and summary. Both mobile apps record room conversations with a live transcript and summary. They do not capture phone calls, FaceTime, or a virtual-meeting app on the same device. In shared-room audio, distinct voices may begin as Conference Room — Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on; owners and editors can rename or reassign them afterward. Evidence: [Read AI iPhone app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/34467337929107-Read-AI-App-for-iPhone), [Read AI Android app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/51863250182291-Read-AI-App-for-Android), [Read AI mobile capture limits](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/51863422605203-Can-I-use-Read-s-mobile-app-to-record-calls-from-my-phone), [Read AI speaker editing](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/36169538719379-Can-I-edit-text-and-speaker-names-in-my-meeting-report). ### Recordings, playback, and clips **Krisp has broader documented support for recordings, playback, and clips.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/), [Krisp recording FAQ](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/12216182124956-FAQ-about-Krisp-Recording-feature), [Krisp bot-free screen recording](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/16168004763420-Screen-record-your-meetings-with-Krisp). **Read AI:** Playback only on Enterprise and Enterprise+. Pro and free users can receive notes and transcripts, but source media is not a durable playback library. Read documents a 30-day grace period before lower-tier media deletion. Evidence: [Read AI recording availability](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/15107171454739-Why-can-t-I-see-recordings-in-my-report-when-I-received-a-recording-notification-in-my-meeting), [Read AI pricing](https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing). ### Notes, action items, and search **Both products document broad support for notes, action items, and search, with different scope and plan limits.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/), [Krisp centralized action items](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/18809437531420-Centralized-Action-Items-in-account-dashboard). **Read AI:** Summaries, action items, Search Copilot, and coaching analytics. Read’s differentiated layer is live and post-meeting intelligence: engagement, sentiment, speaker stats, action items, and search across connected content. Recommendations can resurface recent work assigned to the user, but Read does not document a full workspace-wide task board with assignee and completion management comparable to dedicated action trackers. Evidence: [Read AI pricing](https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing), [Read AI report distribution](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/23219401248019-How-do-I-control-meeting-report-sharing-and-distribution). ### People, companies, and context **Read AI has broader documented support for people, companies, and context.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/), [Krisp MCP](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/25396920405148-Krisp-MCP). **Read AI:** Cross-source Search Copilot. Search can span meetings, email, messages, and documents, which is broader than a transcript library. The experience is a search layer rather than explicit relationship timelines and upcoming-event pages. Evidence: [Read AI pricing](https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing). ### Automatic sharing and workspace defaults **Both products document broad support for automatic sharing and workspace defaults, with different scope and plan limits.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp meeting sharing](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/10386573495196-Sharing-your-meetings-with-Krisp), [Krisp Manager View](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/21142526003356-Manager-View), [Krisp Microsoft Teams integration](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/26704048673436-Integrate-Krisp-with-Microsoft-Teams). **Read AI:** Workspace-wide participant and team report access. Workspace admins can set automatic report access for internal or external participants and give teams role-based access to matching reports, including retroactive access. Owners can send recaps and recurring-meeting pre-reads through email, Slack, or Teams. Participant rules use calendar invitees, including no-shows, and the owner’s settings govern each report, so teams should configure workspace controls deliberately. Evidence: [Read AI workspace sharing settings](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/7962819152659-What-are-all-of-the-settings-and-permissions-available-with-Workspaces), [Read AI report distribution](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/23219401248019-How-do-I-control-meeting-report-sharing-and-distribution). ### Automations **Both products support automations, with different scope and plan limits.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp centralized action items](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/18809437531420-Centralized-Action-Items-in-account-dashboard), [Krisp webhook API](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/24514911804316-Webhook-API), [Krisp Zapier integration](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/14772270941852-Integrate-Krisp-with-Zapier), [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/). **Read AI:** Recaps, pre-reads, scheduled updates, and agent actions. Read can send post-meeting recaps, recurring-meeting pre-reads, and scheduled topic updates, while Ask Read actions can draft and send email, create calendar events, and update HubSpot after user approval. It is more opinionated around its own agents and intelligence outputs than a general meeting trigger/condition/action canvas. Evidence: [Read AI report distribution](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/23219401248019-How-do-I-control-meeting-report-sharing-and-distribution), [Read AI actions](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/48863788829971-Using-Ask-Read-actions). ### Integrations **Read AI has broader documented support for integrations.** **Krisp:** Common work tools; Salesforce on Advanced. Core covers general integrations and webhooks. Salesforce and more revenue-focused management features require Advanced. Evidence: [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/), [Krisp webhook API](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/24514911804316-Webhook-API), [Krisp Zapier integration](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/14772270941852-Integrate-Krisp-with-Zapier). **Read AI:** Calendar, conferencing, email, messaging, documents, and premium connectors. Search Copilot’s cross-source coverage is a strength, although connector eligibility varies by paid plan. Evidence: [Read AI pricing](https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing). ### API, MCP, CLI, and data portability **Krisp has broader documented support for API, MCP, CLI, and data portability.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp MCP](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/25396920405148-Krisp-MCP), [Krisp centralized action items](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/18809437531420-Centralized-Action-Items-in-account-dashboard), [Krisp webhook API](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/24514911804316-Webhook-API). **Read AI:** Open-beta REST API and MCP with full meeting reports. Read’s API and remote MCP can return meeting metadata, participants, summaries, chapters, action items, topics, metrics, full speaker-labeled transcripts, and recording-download URLs. They are open beta, use browser OAuth with short-lived rotating tokens, lack service credentials and file upload, and only reach reports the user can access unless an admin enables global report access. Evidence: [Read AI API and MCP overview](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/49379985941523-Read-AI-API-and-MCP-Overview), [Read AI MCP tools](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/49381158409491-MCP-Server). ### Security, privacy, and admin **Read AI has broader documented support for security, privacy, and admin.** **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. Evidence: [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/), [Krisp security and data handling](https://krisp.ai/security-for-ai-meeting-assistant/), [Krisp cloud processing](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/360012035500-What-data-Krisp-sends-to-the-cloud). **Read AI:** Core admin on Enterprise; advanced governance on Enterprise+. Retention, domain controls, SAML, and HIPAA-related capabilities are concentrated in Enterprise+. That plan currently carries a five-license minimum. Evidence: [Read AI pricing](https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing), [Read AI workspace sharing settings](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/7962819152659-What-are-all-of-the-settings-and-permissions-available-with-Workspaces), [Read AI workspace offboarding](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/27433066427283-How-do-I-offboard-someone-from-my-Read-workspace), [Read AI data handling](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/52055801266579-What-Does-Read-AI-Do-With-My-Data-Read-AI). ### Languages **Read AI has broader documented support for languages.** **Krisp:** 16 transcription languages. Adequate for many English-centered teams, but much narrower on paper than competitors advertising 75 or 100+ languages. Evidence: [Krisp multilingual transcription](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/13803811067292-Record-and-transcribe-multilingual-meetings). **Read AI:** Read’s pricing page says 20+; its detail table says 16+. Read’s current pricing page uses “20+ languages” in the Free plan card but “16+ languages” in the detailed comparison table. The coverage is useful but materially narrower on paper than competitors advertising 75 or 100+; verify the language you need rather than relying on the headline count. Evidence: [Read AI pricing](https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing). ## A third option to consider: Circleback Circleback turns online meetings, in-person conversations, and imported calls into one shared company memory. Record with a bot, with the botless desktop app, from an iPhone or Android phone, or on Apple Watch. Every route produces the same speaker-labeled record, detailed notes designed to stand alone, and automatically assigned action items. Sharing rules and automations carry the useful parts into the teams and tools that need them. Circleback is built for people and AI agents: the complete meeting record available to a person is also available programmatically through its API, MCP, and CLI. Circleback can also search connected apps and take action in them. It is built for people and AI agents: the same complete meeting data available to a person is available programmatically to ChatGPT, Claude, other agents, and internal tools through the API, MCP, and CLI. Free; Pro from $15/user/month annually; Business from $25/user/month annually; Enterprise $35/user/month, billed annually. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is better: Krisp or Read AI? Krisp improves the sound and then makes the note. Read AI measures the meeting itself, with engagement, sentiment, speaker analytics, and cross-source search. ### Which is less expensive, Krisp or Read AI? Krisp: Core from $8/user/month annually; Advanced from $15 annually. Read AI: Free for 5 meetings/month; Pro from $15/user/month annually. Compare the paid seats, included usage, recording access, and admin features you actually need. ### Can Krisp and Read AI record without a bot? Krisp: Bot-free system-audio capture. Read AI: Meeting bot, macOS/Windows desktop, and mobile. 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. Krisp: Calendar, manager, and recurring-channel auto-sharing. Read AI: Workspace-wide participant and team report access. ### Can I access and move the full meeting data? Krisp: MCP with transcripts and tasks, plus webhooks on Core. Read AI: Open-beta REST API and MCP with full meeting reports. 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. ## Methodology Circleback reviews first-party pricing pages, product pages, help docs, and release notes. Prices and capabilities move, so check the linked sources when a detail is important to your decision. Every feature dimension links to the exact first-party documents used for that claim. Ratings describe documented breadth, not an overall score or winner. This page is a neutral competitor-to-competitor comparison. There are no paid placements or affiliate rankings. ## First-party sources ### Krisp sources - [Krisp pricing](https://krisp.ai/pricing/): Core, Advanced, and Enterprise pricing, storage, capture, language, integration, and governance gates. - [Krisp mobile recording](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/20282426717596-How-to-record-in-person-meetings-with-Krisp-Mobile-App): iOS/Android in-person capture and mobile noise-cancellation limitation. - [Krisp calendar and speaker naming](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/10277892556828-Connecting-your-Calendar-to-Krisp): Calendar-based replacement of generic speaker labels with names is currently limited to one-on-one meetings. - [Krisp meeting sharing](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/10386573495196-Sharing-your-meetings-with-Krisp): Automatic sharing to same-workspace calendar invitees, prerequisites, and rollout behavior. - [Krisp Manager View](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/21142526003356-Manager-View): Advanced-plan automatic sharing of selected team members' external meetings to chosen managers. - [Krisp Microsoft Teams integration](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/26704048673436-Integrate-Krisp-with-Microsoft-Teams): Automatic notes delivery for recurring meetings and manual channel sharing. - [Krisp recording FAQ](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/12216182124956-FAQ-about-Krisp-Recording-feature): Audio recording and optional Krisp-bot video path; supplemented by the newer bot-free screen-recording guide. - [Krisp bot-free screen recording](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/16168004763420-Screen-record-your-meetings-with-Krisp): Bot-free screen/video capture and supported macOS/Windows versions. - [Krisp multilingual transcription](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/13803811067292-Record-and-transcribe-multilingual-meetings): Current 16-language transcription list. - [Krisp MCP](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/25396920405148-Krisp-MCP): OAuth MCP access to transcripts, summaries, key points, action items, and calendar context. - [Krisp centralized action items](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/18809437531420-Centralized-Action-Items-in-account-dashboard): Automatic task creation and assignment plus team-wide views, due dates, priorities, assignees, status, and completion. - [Krisp Zapier integration](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/14772270941852-Integrate-Krisp-with-Zapier): Action-item, key-point, outline, and transcript triggers, including Jira task creation through Zapier. - [Krisp webhook API](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/24514911804316-Webhook-API): Core user webhooks and Advanced team webhook scope. - [Krisp security and data handling](https://krisp.ai/security-for-ai-meeting-assistant/): No-training posture, US cloud storage, lack of standard regional residency, on-device transcription, encryption, and Enterprise controls. - [Krisp cloud processing](https://help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/360012035500-What-data-Krisp-sends-to-the-cloud): Local noise cancellation plus on-device or transient cloud processing in transcript-only mode. ### Read AI sources - [Read AI pricing](https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing): Current meeting limits, prices, languages, playback gate, governance, and Enterprise+ minimum. - [Read AI desktop app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/45911611006995-How-to-Use-Read-s-Desktop-App-for-Windows-and-Mac): Device-audio recording and participant disclosure behavior. - [Read AI iPhone app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/34467337929107-Read-AI-App-for-iPhone): In-person real-time transcript and summary. - [Read AI Android app](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/51863250182291-Read-AI-App-for-Android): Android in-person capture, live transcript and summary, and report access. - [Read AI mobile capture limits](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/51863422605203-Can-I-use-Read-s-mobile-app-to-record-calls-from-my-phone): Phone-call and same-device virtual-meeting limitations across iOS and Android. - [Read AI speaker editing](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/36169538719379-Can-I-edit-text-and-speaker-names-in-my-meeting-report): Generic same-room labels plus transcript-wide speaker renaming and turn reassignment. - [Read AI recording availability](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/15107171454739-Why-can-t-I-see-recordings-in-my-report-when-I-received-a-recording-notification-in-my-meeting): Enterprise playback requirement and lower-plan source-media deletion. - [Read AI workspace sharing settings](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/7962819152659-What-are-all-of-the-settings-and-permissions-available-with-Workspaces): Participant auto-sharing, team report access, and workspace distribution controls. - [Read AI report distribution](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/23219401248019-How-do-I-control-meeting-report-sharing-and-distribution): Owner-level participant sharing, invitee behavior, email/Slack/Teams recaps, recurring-meeting pre-reads, and workspace controls. - [Read AI actions](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/48863788829971-Using-Ask-Read-actions): Agent actions for HubSpot updates, approved email sending, calendar creation, and scheduled reports. - [Read AI API and MCP overview](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/49379985941523-Read-AI-API-and-MCP-Overview): Open-beta scope, prerequisites, OAuth and rate-limit constraints, permissions, and current feature gaps. - [Read AI MCP tools](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/49381158409491-MCP-Server): Full transcript, summary, action, metric, recording-download, agent-dispatch, and sharing tools. - [Read AI data handling](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/52055801266579-What-Does-Read-AI-Do-With-My-Data-Read-AI): Storage, access, AI-training consent, and the opt-out Customer Experience Improvement Program. - [Read AI workspace offboarding](https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/27433066427283-How-do-I-offboard-someone-from-my-Read-workspace): Account deactivation, report transfer, and the limits of simply removing a workspace member.