Best Krisp Alternatives for Meeting Notes
Krisp made its name scrubbing dog barks and keyboard clatter out of calls, then quietly bolted an AI meeting assistant onto the side. Today it does two jobs: it cleans your audio, and it writes your notes. The catch is that most people switching away only want one of them, and they rarely get both done well in a single app.
Before you rip Krisp out, ask the only question that matters: which half are you replacing?
If you need clean audio, a note-taker won't fix your mic. If you need notes you can defend, noise cancellation won't write them. The tools below split cleanly along that line.
What Krisp does well, and where it strains
Krisp runs a virtual microphone and speaker that sits between your physical devices and Zoom, Meet, Teams, or any app you point it at. It strips noise from your mic and incoming audio in real time, and on paid plans it adds recording, transcription, summaries, action items, and an AI chat.
That is a genuinely good audio tool. The meeting-assistant half is where the complaints cluster. Reviews mention high CPU and RAM use, summaries that stay shallow, and the occasional missing transcript. If audio cleanup is your job, Krisp earns its keep. If meeting notes you can rely on are your job, the alternatives below go further.
Prices are list US prices as published; check each vendor for current numbers.
The meeting-notes half: what to replace it with
You want the call back later, not a summary of it. Look for a tool that records and transcribes, not one that only cleans audio. Meetbook's Chrome extension records the meeting tab directly, so no bot joins and nobody sees an extra participant. You get a live transcript running word by word in about 50 languages, and an Ask AI panel for mid-call moments: catch me up, summarize so far, draft a reply, action items. After the call you get a summary, an outline, and action items with owners, and every point carries the quote it came from, with the speaker and timestamp. Click any word and the recording jumps there.
You sell for a living. A noise filter doesn't score a call. Meetbook's sales notes capture Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline, objections, next steps, and a deal-risk read, each with the evidence behind it. For the full conversation-intelligence stack — talk ratios, coaching scorecards, deal reviews — Fireflies and Gong are the heavier options, both of which join the call as a bot.
The meeting is not on a screen. A coffee with a buyer, a site visit, a conference booth. Meetbook's Android app records in-person meetings: tap record, lay the phone down, read the transcript as people talk, and flag a moment while it happens. Otter is the other usual name for in-person capture.
Notes need to land somewhere. If the summary has to reach Slack or Notion without copy-paste, check delivery before you buy. Meetbook pushes summaries and action items to Slack and Notion. Fireflies has the widest integration catalog, with dozens of native apps and more through Zapier.
The audio half: the honest short answer
If you're only leaving Krisp for the noise cancellation, you don't need an AI notetaker at all.
- NVIDIA Broadcast removes noise and echo for free, if you have an NVIDIA RTX GPU. No notes, no transcript, just clean audio.
- Built-in suppression in Zoom, Meet, and Teams is free and already on. It only works inside that one app, but there's nothing to install.
- A headset with a noise-cancelling mic sidesteps software entirely. No CPU hit, no subscription.
The shortlist, side by side
| Tool | Best when | Bot on the call | Noise cancellation | Recording to replay | Paid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krisp | Clean audio plus light notes | No | Yes, its core | Yes | ~$8/user/mo |
| Meetbook | Quote-backed notes, no bot | No, records the tab | No | Yes, click any word | $13.99/mo |
| Fathom | Unlimited free online recording | Visible on Meet/Teams | No | Yes | ~$15/mo |
| Otter | Live transcription, mobile | Joins as a bot | No | Yes | ~$17/mo |
| Fireflies | Integrations and automation | Joins as a bot | No | Yes | ~$18/mo |
| NVIDIA Broadcast | Free audio cleanup | N/A | Yes | No | Free |
How to pick
Work backward from the constraint you actually have.
- You only wanted clean audio. Keep Krisp, or use NVIDIA Broadcast or your meeting app's built-in suppression. No note-taker replaces a noise filter.
- You need notes you can defend. Krisp's summaries stay shallow. Meetbook ties every point back to the quote, speaker, and timestamp, so you can show exactly where the buyer said it.
- The bot is a dealbreaker on client calls. Meetbook's extension never joins in the first place.
- The meeting happens away from a screen. Meetbook's Android app or Otter are the realistic shortlist.
Krisp is a great noise filter that grew a note-taker on the side. If the notes are what you're actually shopping for, the alternatives above exist for a reason.
Try Meetbook free — 300 minutes a month, no card — and see what a call looks like when no one else joins it.