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Humla vs Krisp.
Krisp is bot-free too — but its AI summaries run in the cloud, and there's no free tier. Humla keeps summaries on your Mac, for free.
Free · Open source · macOS 13+ (Apple Silicon)
In short
Which should you pick?
- Pick Humla for privacy, on-device processing, and price.
- Pick Krisp for noise cancellation.
Side by side
How they compare.
An honest look. Humla wins on privacy, price, and openness; Krisp leads on noise cancellation.
| Humla | Krisp | |
|---|---|---|
| No bot joins the call | ||
| Runs fully on your device | — | |
| Open source (auditable) | — | |
| Bring your own AI key / model | — | |
| Speaker labels (who said what) | ||
| AI summaries & action items | ||
| App integrations (Slack, CRM…) | — | |
| Mobile app | — | |
| Price | Free | $16–30/user/mo |
Reflects each product's standard plans as of 2026 — check their sites for the latest.
Why Humla
What you get instead.
- Summaries on your Mac, not the cloud. Krisp transcribes English on-device but sends transcripts to its cloud to summarise. Humla can run both transcription and summaries entirely on-device.
- Open source. Audit the “nothing leaves your Mac” claim line by line — Krisp is proprietary.
- Free, with no trial clock. Krisp's meeting AI is paid after a 7-day trial ($16–30/user/month). Humla is free forever and MIT-licensed, with optional sync at $5/user/month — or self-host it free.
- Own your data. Notes live in local SQLite on your disk — no vendor retention.
- Speaks your language. Around 99 languages via Whisper — on-device or with your own key — plus a dedicated Norwegian model and per-language routing.
Demo
See a meeting become a note.
New note, record, summary — that's the whole workflow. The cleanup afterwards is none, on a five-minute meeting or an hour-long one.
Being fair
When to pick Krisp instead.
Humla isn't for everyone. Choose Krisp if:
- You want best-in-class two-way noise cancellation bundled with your notes.
- You need cross-platform and mobile apps, 17+ transcription languages, and accent conversion.
- You want notes pushed into CRMs and tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Jira, or Asana.
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