Krisp vs Otter.ai vs Fireflies.ai

Written head to head: Otter.ai vs Fireflies.ai, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Krisp Free trial · from $8/user/mo VisitRemove	Otter.ai Free plan · from $8.33/user/mo VisitRemove	Fireflies.ai Free plan · from $10/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Voice AI app for noise cancellation, meeting notes and accent conversion	AI notetaker that transcribes, summarizes and searches meeting conversations	AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes team calls
Free plan	No	Basic plan: 300 transcription minutes per month, up to 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports, 20 AI Chat queries per user (3 per conversation), 1 meeting at a time, and access to the 25 most recent conversations.	Unlimited transcription when the notetaker auto-joins meetings; 400 minutes of storage per seat (older files must be deleted to store new ones); 20 AI credits per month; 3-10 one-off credits (depending on sign-up source) used to summarize meetings captured by the bot, Chrome extension or mobile app and to transcribe uploads; uploads up to 100MB and 150 minutes per file; transcript downloads need a paid plan.
Cheapest paid plan	$8/user/mo billed annually (Core)Krisp pricing	$8.33/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Otter.ai pricing	$10/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Fireflies.ai pricing
What it covers	Unlimited AI note-taker and noise cancellation, 1 hour a day of accent conversion shared between speaker and listener side, 10 GB storage.	1,200 in-app recording minutes, up to 90 minutes per meeting, 10 audio/video file imports per month.	Up to 8,000 minutes of storage per seat.
Free trial	7-day free trial, no credit card required; access ends when it expires unless you buy a plan, with 90 days to export your content	None stated	None stated
Platforms	macOS, Windows, Chrome extension, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated	100+ third-party apps (help centre; the Free plan article says 50+)
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Removing background noise when taking calls from home or shared spaces Getting meeting notes and action items without a separate notetaker Making calls easier to follow across accents	Keeping searchable transcripts and summaries of recurring team meetings Recording and transcribing in-person conversations with the mobile app Logging sales call notes in Salesforce or HubSpot	Keeping a searchable archive of team and client meetings Sharing meeting summaries and action items with people who missed the call Reviewing sales or support calls for recurring topics
Watch out for	No free plan; the 7-day trial ends access unless you buy a plan Accent conversion is limited to 1 hour a day on Core and 4 hours a day speaker side on Advanced Storage is capped at 10 GB on Core and 60 GB on Advanced	Free Basic plan caps transcription at 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation Free plan shows only the 25 most recent conversations Otter API and webhooks are listed only on the Enterprise plan	Free plan storage is capped at 400 minutes per seat Transcript downloads require a paid plan Video recording, conversation intelligence and API access start on the Business plan
Made by	Krisp Technologies, Inc.	Otter.ai Inc	Fireflies.ai Corp

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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