Krisp is a noise-canceller that grew an AI Meeting Assistant. The notes work, but they live in Krisp's app, behind a $16/seat/mo subscription, and the killer feature is still noise removal. If what you actually want is good local meeting notes — bot-free, in plain Markdown, in your Obsidian vault — Quietly is a more direct tool, and it's $49 once.
Plain .md. Front-matter has attendees, calendar, duration. Body is Whisper output.
Notes are a side feature. Krisp's primary product is noise cancellation. AI notes are an add-on, and it shows in depth and integration story.
Notes live in Krisp's app. Not your folder, not Markdown, not your vault — they're behind their UI, with their export.
$16/seat/mo Pro. $192/year per person, mostly to keep noise cancellation. The notes piece doesn't justify the line item alone.
No MCP, no Obsidian, no Cursor. If your workflow runs on plain files and AI tools, Krisp is the wrong shape.
| Quietly | Krisp | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product | Meeting notes | Noise cancellation |
| No bot joins the call | Yes | |
| Where notes live | Plain .md in your folder | Krisp app |
| Noise cancellation built-in | Use Krisp alongside | Industry-leading |
| MCP for Claude / Cursor | Native | |
| Open in Obsidian / VS Code | ||
| Works fully offline | Notes need cloud | |
| Pricing | $49 once | $16/seat/mo Pro |
Krisp's actual strengths. If you need them, run both — they're not the same product.
Krisp's noise cancellation is genuinely excellent and well-tuned. Quietly doesn't do this — most users keep Krisp running for the audio side.
Krisp ships voice features (accent localization, voice cancellation) that Quietly doesn't — these are why people pay for Krisp.
Krisp's audio engine runs everywhere. Quietly is macOS-only today.
Quietly was built around the question “where do my meeting notes live?” — not “how do we add notes to a noise-canceller?” The depth of integration with your file system, editor, and AI shows.
Krisp keeps your transcripts in their cloud / app shell. Quietly writes plain .md to a folder you choose — your Obsidian vault, iCloud, your Git repo.
Krisp Pro = $192/seat/year, mostly for noise cancellation. If you only need the notes part, $49 once for Quietly is a much smaller line item.
Quietly ships an MCP server, so Claude Desktop and Cursor read your meeting notes natively. Krisp's notes don't flow into your AI editor at all.
Hallway chats, conference talks, customer dinners — ⌘R starts a mic-only recording. Drop any audio file to transcribe. Krisp's flow assumes a call.
Plain .md with YAML front-matter. Open in Obsidian, search in ripgrep, ingest in your scripts. Krisp's notes are stuck in Krisp.
Keep Krisp running for noise cancellation. It's the best at it — leave it on as a system audio filter.
Disable Krisp's AI Meeting Assistant. Krisp Settings → Meeting Assistant → off. You can still cancel the Pro tier if notes are the only reason you're paying.
Install Quietly, point it at your Obsidian vault. All new meetings save as Markdown there. Cursor and Claude Desktop pick them up automatically via MCP.
If you want to import old Krisp notes, export them from the app — happy to help via support@meetquietly.com.
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