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Krisp

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.

Capture options

tl;dvBroad support
KrispBroad support

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.

EvidenceKrisp pricingKrisp bot-free screen recording

Desktop and mobile

tl;dvAvailable with limits
KrispBroad support

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.

Evidencetl;dv bot-free recordingtl;dv mobile app

Krisp

macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android

Desktop combines recording with noise cancellation and voice features. Mobile supports in-person recording but not noise cancellation.

EvidenceKrisp pricingKrisp mobile recording

In-person capture and speaker labels

tl;dvAvailable with limits
KrispBroad support

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.

Evidencetl;dv mobile apptl;dv speaker identification

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 support
KrispBroad support

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.

Evidencetl;dv bot-free recordingtl;dv free-plan limits

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 support
KrispBroad support

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.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv free-plan limitstl;dv AI prompts

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.

EvidenceKrisp pricingKrisp centralized action items

People, companies, and context

tl;dvAvailable with limits
KrispNarrow or indirect

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 support
KrispBroad support

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 support
KrispAvailable with limits

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.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv Slack workflows

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 limits
KrispAvailable with limits

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 limits
KrispBroad support

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.

Evidencetl;dv MCPtl;dv APItl;dv download limits

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 limits
KrispAvailable with limits

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 limits
KrispNarrow or indirect

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.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv bot-free recording

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

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.