What is Krisp, in one sentence?

Noise-cancellation software: a virtual microphone (and speaker) that removes background sound from your calls in real time, on the device, in front of whatever meeting app you already use.

No — not any more. Krisp retired its free plan; what’s left is a 7-day free trial that unlocks everything with no card, and access ends with it unless you pay: $8/user/month billed annually, $16 month-to-month, for Core. Re-checked October 25, 2026.

Where do I download Krisp safely?

Only from krisp.ai — the vendor’s own site. Skip mirror sites and “cracked” builds entirely: this is software that sits on your microphone, the one place you don’t gamble on a shady installer.

Does the Krisp app work on phones?

The mobile apps do meeting transcription and notes — not live noise cancellation. Krisp’s actual cancellation is a desktop product for Windows and macOS. If you came for quieter phone calls, that’s the wrong expectation to buy on.

Does Krisp listen to my calls?

The cancellation runs on your device; call audio isn’t shipped to Krisp’s servers for processing. That specific, checkable claim is a real differentiator in this category.

The champion’s file

Krisp, reviewed by a referee: record, price and where it drops points

Krisp is noise-cancellation software — a virtual microphone that scrubs background sound from calls in real time, on your machine, in front of any meeting app. It’s the house benchmark here: every bout on this site is someone challenging it. Verdict in one line: the best all-rounder in the division, with no free plan left, a mobile asterisk and two bouts it can’t win.

The champion’s recordChampion left, challenger right

NVIDIA Broadcast4946Split decision — krisp on points; broadcast by ko if you own rtx
Cleanvoice2020No contest — different fights entirely
Descript3728Split decision — krisp for calls, descript for editors
Adobe Podcast Enhance3428Draw — and my advice is to own both
Zoom & Teams built-ins3836Unanimous for krisp — but try the free toggles first
SteelSeries Sonar4847Split decision — krisp for meetings, sonar for game night

Every bout the champion has fought here, each as one seam, drawn from the record list below. Four decisions for the champion, one draw and one no-contest — which is the 4–0–1 and the no-contest printed above, re-counted from the six cards.

Scored by the Split Verdict refereeCard published July 31, 2026The champion’s file

Record on my card: 4–0–11 no-contestHolds the belt

The champion’s tape
What it does	two-way: cleans your outgoing mic and incoming speaker audio; on-device processing; call audio is not sent to Krisp's servers for noise removal
Free plan	none — retired; the trial below is the only $0 way in
Trial	7-day free trial, no credit card
Paid	Core: $8/user/month billed annually — or $16/user/month billed monthly (yes, double). Advanced: $15 annually, $30 monthly
Platforms	Windows and macOS desktop apps; mobile apps are for meeting transcription/notes, not live noise cancellation
Get it	krisp.ai only — no mirrors, no “cracked” builds, ever
Checked against the vendor’s own pages.

What Krisp actually is (and the “Krisp AI” of it)

Install it and your system grows two new devices: Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker. Select them inside Zoom, Teams, Meet, Discord or the recruiter’s browser widget, and the app’s voice-isolation models — the “AI” in Krisp AI, doing statistical speech separation rather than anything mystical — rebuild your audio with the keyboard, traffic and espresso machine subtracted. Because it impersonates hardware, it doesn’t care which call app your employer standardised on. That app-agnosticism is the entire strategic idea, and the reason it survives every bout on this site.

The record, bout by bout

Each fight has its own card — rounds, referee’s notes, decision. The champion’s record on my card is 4–0 with a draw and a no-contest — and the unbooked bouts are the honest part: two challengers fight in a different division entirely.

vs NVIDIA Broadcast — 49–46. Split decision — krisp on points; broadcast by ko if you own rtx.
vs Cleanvoice — 20–20. No contest — different fights entirely.
vs Descript — 37–28. Split decision — krisp for calls, descript for editors.
vs Adobe Podcast Enhance — 34–28. Draw — and my advice is to own both.
vs Zoom & Teams built-ins — 38–36. Unanimous for krisp — but try the free toggles first.
vs SteelSeries Sonar — 48–47. Split decision — krisp for meetings, sonar for game night.

How close it was · margin in points

NVIDIA Broadcast3 pts
Cleanvoicelevel
Descript9 pts
Adobe Podcast Enhance6 pts
Zoom & Teams built-ins2 pts
SteelSeries Sonar1 pt

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The gap between the two totals printed for each bout above, on one axis of ±9 points. Three of the six were decided by three points or fewer and one by nothing at all — which is why this site prints rounds instead of a winner’s badge.

Where it drops points

No free plan. The daily free allowance is gone; the only $0 Krisp is a 7-day trial, and when it ends the cancellation stops unless you pay. Light users who used to live on the free tier now pay the same $8 as everyone else.
The mobile asterisk. “Krisp app” on a phone store gets you transcription, not cancellation. Buying the mobile app for quieter calls is a category error the branding invites.
The doubling. $8 a month annual becomes $16 month-to-month. The pricing page is upfront; your card statement will be too.
One more process. On an ageing laptop you’ll know it’s running. Lighter than a GPU tax, heavier than a toggle.

Krisp download, the honest section

The only download that should touch your machine comes from krisp.ai — the desktop app for Windows or macOS. No third-party mirror offers anything the vendor doesn’t, “portable” builds of microphone-resident software are a security joke, and the phone-store apps are the transcription products described above. Download, install, pick Krisp Microphone in your call app, and spend the 7-day trial on your noisiest recurring meetings — that’s the whole tryout.

Ringside questions

What is Krisp, in one sentence?: Noise-cancellation software: a virtual microphone (and speaker) that removes background sound from your calls in real time, on the device, in front of whatever meeting app you already use.
Is Krisp free?: No — not any more. Krisp retired its free plan; what’s left is a 7-day free trial that unlocks everything with no card, and access ends with it unless you pay: $8/user/month billed annually, $16 month-to-month, for Core. Re-checked October 25, 2026.
Where do I download Krisp safely?: Only from krisp.ai — the vendor’s own site. Skip mirror sites and “cracked” builds entirely: this is software that sits on your microphone, the one place you don’t gamble on a shady installer.
Does the Krisp app work on phones?: The mobile apps do meeting transcription and notes — not live noise cancellation. Krisp’s actual cancellation is a desktop product for Windows and macOS. If you came for quieter phone calls, that’s the wrong expectation to buy on.
Does Krisp listen to my calls?: The cancellation runs on your device; call audio isn’t shipped to Krisp’s servers for processing. That specific, checkable claim is a real differentiator in this category.