tl;dv 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
tl;dv
Free online recording, clips, and recurring reports
Price
Free; Pro from $18/user/month annually; Business from $29 annually
Pricing details
Free includes unlimited recordings and transcripts, but recordings are retained for three months, older recordings are archived shortly after processing, advanced AI credits are lifetime-limited, and after the first ten meetings generated notes cover only the first ten minutes. Paid prices are per user/month: Pro is $18 with annual billing or $29 month-to-month; Business is $29 or $39. Enterprise is quoted separately.
Free option: Yes: unlimited recordings and transcripts, with retention, archive, AI-note, credit, duration, and concurrency limits.
Good for
- A generous free recorder
- Clips and sales playbooks
Watch for
- Bot-free mode drops video and chat
- No bulk export; API is alpha
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
tl;dvBroad supportKrispBroad supportCapture options
tl;dv:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Capture options
Capture options
tl;dv
Meeting bot or bot-free desktop recording
macOS and Windows can capture system audio from any meeting platform without a bot. The bot remains the richer mode for supported conferencing platforms.
Evidencetl;dv bot-free recording
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
tl;dvAvailable with limitsKrispBroad supportDesktop and mobile
tl;dv:Available with limitsKrisp:Broad support
Desktop and mobile
Desktop and mobile
tl;dv
Web, Chrome, macOS, Windows, and an early mobile app
Desktop capture is broad. tl;dv now documents a mobile app for in-person meetings, but describes it as recently launched, early-stage, and available for testing.
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
tl;dvAvailable with limitsKrispBroad supportIn-person capture and speaker labels
tl;dv:Available with limitsKrisp:Broad support
In-person capture and speaker labels
In-person capture and speaker labels
tl;dv
Desktop microphone or early-stage mobile recording
A laptop can capture room audio and the newer mobile app can record in-person meetings. tl;dv documents speaker identification generally but does not explain whether the early mobile path preserves the same naming behavior, so test it before a broad rollout. There is no documented Watch capture.
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
tl;dvBroad supportKrispBroad supportRecordings, playback, and clips
tl;dv:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Recordings, playback, and clips
Recordings, playback, and clips
tl;dv
Rich playback, clips, and reels—with a botless video caveat
Bot recordings support video, transcript, clips, reels, and shareable moments. Bot-free recordings are audio-only and omit video, screen sharing, and chat.
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
tl;dvBroad supportKrispBroad supportNotes, action items, and search
tl;dv:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Notes, action items, and search
Notes, action items, and search
tl;dv
AI notes, action digests, multi-meeting reports, and topic tracking
The product is particularly good at synthesizing multiple meetings and turning recurring prompts into reports, including action lists grouped by person and date. Those are report or checklist outputs rather than a native task lifecycle with workspace queues and completion state. Free accounts get a limited number of AI notes.
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
tl;dvAvailable with limitsKrispNarrow or indirectPeople, companies, and context
tl;dv:Available with limitsKrisp:Narrow or indirect
People, companies, and context
People, companies, and context
tl;dv
Meeting library and multi-meeting synthesis
tl;dv can query and report across accessible meetings, but it does not present a broader email/calendar/person/company relationship memory as its core model.
Evidencetl;dv MCP
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
tl;dvBroad supportKrispBroad supportAutomatic sharing and workspace defaults
tl;dv:Broad supportKrisp:Broad support
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
tl;dv
Granular team privacy defaults and automatic sharing
Teams can automatically share with participants, publish to a team or organization library, and apply admin privacy rules using meeting context such as title, internal or external type, and team role. Sensitive categories can remain private by rule.
Evidencetl;dv team 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
tl;dvBroad supportKrispAvailable with limitsAutomations
tl;dv:Broad supportKrisp:Available with limits
Automations
Automations
tl;dv
Recurring AI reports and sales workflows
Automated multi-meeting reports, playbooks, CRM updates, and conditional Slack posts are useful, especially for customer-facing teams. Slack workflows can format decisions and action items with owners and deadlines, but team workflow scope excludes team admins and billing-group admins, and the overall system is less open-ended than a general meeting condition/action builder.
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
tl;dvAvailable with limitsKrispAvailable with limitsIntegrations
tl;dv:Available with limitsKrisp:Available with limits
Integrations
Integrations
tl;dv
CRM and collaboration integrations on paid plans
tl;dv connects to common CRMs and work tools; exact access varies by plan. The catalog is oriented around GTM and collaboration workflows.
Evidencetl;dv 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
tl;dvAvailable with limitsKrispBroad supportAPI, MCP, CLI, and data portability
tl;dv:Available with limitsKrisp:Broad support
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
tl;dv
MCP on Pro+ and a public alpha API
MCP can search meetings and participants, with typical result sets capped at 50. A subtle access rule matters: viewing a shared meeting is not enough if its organizer is on Free—the organizer must have Pro or higher before that meeting is available through MCP or the API. The API is documented as v1alpha1 and includes recording downloads, so integration teams should expect contract evolution.
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
tl;dvAvailable with limitsKrispAvailable with limitsSecurity, privacy, and admin
tl;dv:Available with limitsKrisp:Available with limits
Security, privacy, and admin
Security, privacy, and admin
tl;dv
Paid Team controls, with a looser domain Organization layer
Paid Teams add roles, billing administration, and forward-looking defaults; team settings do not override Team Admins. The separate domain-based Organization has no organization-wide admin defaults, any same-domain user can join it, and it cannot be deleted. Multi-team management is Business-only.
Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv team privacy defaultstl;dv organization and team modeltl;dv permission levels
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
tl;dvAvailable with limitsKrispNarrow or indirectLanguages
tl;dv:Available with limitsKrisp:Narrow or indirect
Languages
Languages
tl;dv
Multilingual transcription; advanced multilingual mode is plan-gated
Language selection behavior varies by capture mode, and the multilingual Whisper option is documented for Business and Enterprise.
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 tl;dv 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.
tl;dv sources13 first-party references
- tl;dv pricing
Official Free, Pro, Business, and Enterprise pricing and plan scope.
- tl;dv free-plan limits
Recording retention, archive behavior, AI-note coverage, lifetime credits, meeting duration, and concurrency.
- tl;dv mobile app
Recently launched early-stage mobile recording for in-person meetings.
- tl;dv speaker identification
General automatic speaker identification; the article does not document mobile-mode parity.
- tl;dv bot-free recording
Desktop capture and the audio-only limitation.
- tl;dv MCP
Plan eligibility, tools, access model, and result behavior.
- tl;dv API
Pro/Business eligibility and v1alpha1 status.
- tl;dv team privacy defaults
Admin-controlled automatic sharing, workspace-library publishing, and privacy rules for sensitive meetings.
- tl;dv download limits
No bulk export plus paid-plan, ownership, and permission requirements for individual recording downloads.
- tl;dv organization and team model
Automatic same-domain Organization membership, absence of Organization-wide admin defaults, and the paid Team hierarchy.
- tl;dv permission levels
Team roles, admin behavior, and the non-deletable domain Organization.
- tl;dv AI prompts
Cross-meeting action-item reports grouped by participant and date plus common analysis workflows.
- tl;dv Slack workflows
Conditional automatic summaries, decisions, and owner/deadline action lists plus the team-admin scope exception.
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: tl;dv or Krisp?
Choose tl;dv for a video library, clips, and recurring analysis. Choose Krisp when noise removal, voice isolation, bot-free device capture, and a shared action center come first.
Which is less expensive, tl;dv or Krisp?
tl;dv: Free; Pro from $18/user/month annually; Business from $29 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 tl;dv and Krisp record without a bot?
tl;dv: Meeting bot or bot-free desktop recording. 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. tl;dv: Granular team privacy defaults and automatic sharing. Krisp: Calendar, manager, and recurring-channel auto-sharing.
Can I access and move the full meeting data?
tl;dv: MCP on Pro+ and a public alpha API. 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.


