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Krisp is best known for noise cancellation - genuinely the best in the category - and bolts on bot-free meeting notes. Raven isn’t a noise-cancellation product; it’s a live copilot + local notetaker. So this comes down to what you actually need: cleaner audio, or help during the call plus private notes you own.

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At a glance

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Price

Krisp’s free tier gives 60 minutes/day of noise cancellation, unlimited transcription, and 2 AI notes/day with 7-day history. Unlimited noise cancellation and notes start at Core, $8/user/mo (annual; $16 monthly). Raven is free and open source; you pay your own AI/transcription usage (a few dollars a month), with no per-seat fee.

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Where your meetings live

Krisp processes noise cancellation locally but stores notes/history in its cloud, and the free plan only keeps 7 days of history. Raven keeps all history in a local SQLite database on your machine, indefinitely, and audio only goes to the providers you chose with your own keys.

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What Krisp does better (honestly)

  • Noise cancellation - category-leading, bidirectional, and it works across every app. This is a real, distinct value Raven does not offer as a product.
  • Accent conversion and audio features on higher tiers.
If your #1 problem is background noise on calls, Krisp is the right tool - and it’s cheap.

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When Raven wins

  • You want help during the call, not just clean audio and a summary.
  • You want unlimited local history, not a 7-day free window in someone’s cloud.
  • You want a free, open-source, auditable tool with no seat fee.
  • Full post-call intelligence: action items, follow-up email, export, and Ask across your meetings.

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Switching from Krisp

  1. Download Raven and add your keys.
  2. Keep Krisp for noise cancellation if you love it - Raven doesn’t replace that; it replaces the notetaking + adds live help.
  3. Move your notes habit to Raven.

Download Raven

Free, open source, Mac + Windows. Bring your own keys.

Compare the field

Raven vs the whole category, honestly ranked.
Krisp pricing verified August 2026 (krisp.ai/pricing). Vendors change pricing often - confirm before relying on a figure.