Krisp Live Captions

by Krisp Technologies

Krisp's on-device live caption feature for calls.

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TL;DR

Best for workers in noisy environments who need live captions on any call. Pricing: freemium.

Category
Products
License
Stars
Last push
Pricing
freemium
Platforms
macOS, Windows

What it is

Krisp's live caption overlay sits above any video call client and produces real-time captions on top of the conversation audio.

Best for: Workers in noisy environments who need live captions on any call.
Watch out for: Limited language set.

Install / use

Go to Krisp Live Captions krisp.ai

What people actually do with Krisp Live Captions-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Krisp Live Captions vs Whipscribe

FeatureKrisp Live CaptionsWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$8–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · free instant preview
Speaker diarizationNot verifiedYes
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages99
PlatformsmacOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Krisp Live Captions

Frequently asked about Krisp Live Captions

Is Krisp Live Captions free?

Partly. Krisp Live Captions has a free tier with paid plans above it — published pricing: freemium. Free-tier limits change more often than this page does; verify on the vendor's pricing page.

Does Krisp Live Captions work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Krisp Live Captions runs on macOS and Windows. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond macOS and Windows.

How do I get started with Krisp Live Captions?

There is nothing to install — Krisp Live Captions is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Krisp Live Captions?

Limited language set.

Who is Krisp Live Captions best for?

Workers in noisy environments who need live captions on any call.

Is Krisp Live Captions open source?

No. Krisp Live Captions is a proprietary product from Krisp Technologies. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use Krisp Live Captions in the browser?

No — Krisp Live Captions is a macOS and Windows application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

Who makes Krisp Live Captions?

Krisp Live Captions is made by Krisp Technologies.

What kind of tool is Krisp Live Captions?

In this directory Krisp Live Captions is filed under captions as a product.

What are the alternatives to Krisp Live Captions?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/krisp-cc-alternatives comparing Krisp Live Captions with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Krisp Live Captions-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.008 a minute — about $0.48 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Krisp Live Captions?

Krisp Live Captions is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. We run the models on our own GPUs in a private cloud — audio is never forwarded to OpenAI or any third-party model — and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. Your first transcript in the web app is free at any length, no card.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Krisp Live Captions?

$0.008 a minute — about $0.48 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $1.44, a thousand-hour archive is about $480 once. Your first transcript in the web app is free at any length, no card, so you can check accuracy on your own audio before paying anything.

Where is the Krisp Live Captions category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own GPUs, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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