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Krisp vs Otter
Krisp and Otter compared on what their own pages say, row by row — nothing about either in our words except a plain reading at the end.
Krisp and Otter, row by row
| Krisp | Otter | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan: how much | “Free for 7 days” — a trial, not a free plan source | “300 monthly transcription minutes” — Basic, the free plan source |
| Free plan: longest meeting | Not stated on the pages we read | “Max transcription time per conversation 30 minutes” — Basic, the free plan source |
| Free plan: how much is kept | Not stated on the pages we read | “Conversation history 25 most recent” — Basic, the free plan source |
| Cheapest paid plan | “$8 /mo/user” — Core, billed yearly source | “$8.33 user/month” — Pro, billed yearly source |
| How it gets into a meeting | “Bot-free Transcription” source | “Joins Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet to automatically write and share notes” source |
| Meeting apps | Not stated on the pages we read | “Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet” source |
| Who said what | Not stated on the pages we read | “Speaker identification (by name)” source |
| Languages | “Multilingual Transcript” source | “AI transcription in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese” source |
| Video recording | “Audio & Video Recording” source | “Video replay for Zoom and Google Meet” — Enterprise source |
| Downloads and export | Not stated on the pages we read | “Exportable audio, text, and captions mp3, txt” — free plan; pdf, docx and srt are on paid plans source |
| Single sign-on | “SSO/SCIM” — Enterprise source | “Single Sign-On (SSO) minimum 100-user license required” source |
| API | “Integrations & webhook” — Core source | “Otter API & Webhooks” — Enterprise source |
Every cell is the company's own words, linked. Prices change — this is what each page said on 10 November 2026. Something changed? Tell us.
What the two pages add up to
- Krisp records on the user’s own computer, without a bot; Otter sends a notetaker into the call.
- Otter has a free plan with 300 minutes a month; Krisp has a seven-day free trial.
- Krisp’s cheapest paid plan is $8 a user a month billed yearly; Otter’s is $8.33.
Which matters for your meetings
The price of the cheapest paid plans is nearly the same, so the real difference is how each hears the meeting: Krisp on the user's own computer with nothing in the participant list, Otter as a notetaker that everyone can see. Otter lets people try it for free indefinitely, within its limits; Krisp's free access lasts a week.
What that comes to, worked out
Over a year, the paid plans cost nearly the same: $96 for Krisp Core and $99.96 for Otter Pro, each for one person billed yearly, a difference of $3.96. The free side is where they differ. Otter's 300 minutes a month last as long as you like, enough for ten half-hour calls; Krisp gives a week. So someone with a few calls a month can stay on Otter's free plan, while someone who wants nothing in the participant list pays Krisp from the second week.
The sums use only the numbers quoted above. Yearly prices are the monthly figure times twelve.
Where Meetful is different from both
Meetful is a meeting app rather than a notetaker you add to someone else's call. It transcribes each person from their own microphone, so every line carries the name of whoever said it without guessing, and there is no bot in the participant list. The notes, the recording and the transcript are free, and anybody in the meeting can leave themselves out of the notes.
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Meetings that take their own notes
Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.