# Minutes vs Krisp

Last reviewed: 2026-07-11

Krisp has real on-device credentials: its noise cancellation processes audio locally and never sends it anywhere. But its meeting-notes product is a different pipeline — summaries via Microsoft Azure, transcripts and recordings stored in Krisp Cloud once you enable notes (an explicit opt-in per Krisp's security page, but the only storage option outside Enterprise), and fully on-device storage gated to Enterprise. Minutes runs the entire pipeline on your machine for everyone.

## Quick verdict

- Choose **Krisp** if your primary problem is call audio quality — noise, echo, accents — and AI notes are a convenient add-on you're comfortable having in Krisp's cloud.
- Choose **Minutes** if your primary problem is owning a private record of your conversations — as the default, not an Enterprise upgrade.

## Where your conversation goes

**Krisp** (hybrid): capture + denoise on-device (genuinely local) → transcribe on-device for English, Krisp servers for 15 other languages → AI notes in the cloud (Microsoft Azure) → transcripts/recordings stored in Krisp Cloud (US servers) once notes are enabled; on-device storage is an Enterprise feature. SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA available (its security page references a legacy "Business tier"; pricing lists BAA under Enterprise), published DPA.

**Minutes** (all local): capture device audio → transcribe + diarize on-device (whisper.cpp/parakeet.cpp + pyannote) → markdown on your disk, 0600 permissions. The private configuration is the only configuration.

## At a glance

- Capture — Krisp: botless by default, optional bot mode; Minutes: always botless, in-person too
- Noise cancellation — Krisp: best in category, on-device; Minutes: optional local RNNoise denoising, not the headline
- Transcription — Krisp: on-device English, server-side for 15 languages; Minutes: on-device always, ~99 languages
- AI notes — Krisp: cloud (Azure); Minutes: local structure; LLM only if you configure one
- Transcript storage — Krisp: Krisp Cloud (US) once notes are enabled, Enterprise for on-device; Minutes: your disk, everyone
- Open source — Krisp: no; Minutes: MIT
- Platforms — Krisp: macOS + Windows; Minutes: macOS app + CLI (open source)
- Pricing — Krisp: free plan per its help center (2 AI notes/day; pricing page currently shows a 7-day trial), Core $16/$8, Advanced $30/$15, Enterprise custom; Minutes: free

## Where Krisp wins

- Best-in-category noise cancellation, genuinely on-device, works across every app
- Accent conversion and real-time voice AI — no notetaker (including Minutes) offers these
- Windows support; enterprise trust stack (SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA, PCI-DSS, DPA)

## Where Minutes wins

- Private-by-architecture for every user, free — Krisp gates on-device transcript storage to Enterprise (and its on-device transcription covers English only)
- Real memory layer: diarized speakers, YAML action items/decisions, months of meetings queryable via MCP/CLI/SDK
- Open source: "audio has no network path" is verifiable in source

## They compose

Krisp can clean your microphone signal while Minutes captures and transcribes locally. People who care about both audio quality and data ownership run exactly that stack.

## Sources

- https://krisp.ai/ · https://krisp.ai/ai-meeting-assistant/ · https://krisp.ai/pricing/
- https://krisp.ai/security-for-ai-meeting-assistant/ · https://krisp.ai/security/
- https://useminutes.app/for-agents · https://useminutes.app/security