COMPARISONEvery claim sourced · verified Aug 2026

FluidVoice vs Krisp: the honest comparison.

FluidVoice is the better choice for free, private desktop dictation. Krisp wins for bot-free meeting capture, noise cancellation, and notes. We make Ottex, shown here as a reference for combining both workflows.

Ottex

Mac, iOS · Free tier · $14/mo · PAYG

Ottex is unusually broad for a young Mac/iOS-first tool: it turns dictation and meetings into emails, tickets, CRM updates, notes, and docs, but it is not the pick if you need Windows, Android, web, browser extension, or compliance paperwork.

Choose if

You want one tool for system-wide dictation, meeting recording, and finished written outcomes like follow-up emails, Linear tickets, CRM updates, PRDs, and docs
You want a real free path: unlimited local dictation, file transcription, and meetings on Mac with Whisper/Parakeet, or BYOK instead of a forced subscription
You need multilingual dictation with 100+ languages, auto-detection, mixed-language speech, personal vocabulary, and per-app output rules

Look elsewhere if

You need Windows, Android, Linux, web access, or a browser extension
You need mature team infrastructure such as a shared workspace, API/webhooks, third-party note destinations, or assistant chat over transcripts today.

FluidVoice

Mac · Free tier

FluidVoice is a compelling free, open-source choice for local, system-wide dictation with 99-language model support, but it offers no meeting recording or intelligence.

Choose if

You want free, unlimited local dictation without sending voice or transcripts to the vendor.
You need system-wide desktop dictation with per-app prompts, voice commands, and custom vocabulary.
You want to transcribe audio and video files locally, with TXT or JSON export.

Look elsewhere if

You need a meeting assistant for recording, summaries, action items, or team collaboration.

Krisp

Mac, Windows, Android, Web · Limited free · $16/mo

Krisp is strongest as a noise-cancelling meeting assistant with solid notes, summaries, and compliance signals, but it is not a live dictation tool for writing across apps.

Choose if

You want bot-free meeting recording and transcription on macOS or Windows, with noise cancellation as a core part of the workflow.
You spend a lot of time in calls and want summaries, action items, speaker identification, decisions, and chat across past meetings.
You need team or enterprise controls such as SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, encryption at rest, and SSO/SCIM on Enterprise.

Look elsewhere if

You need system-wide live dictation, hotkey-triggered insertion, voice commands, snippets, or per-app writing rules.
You want a local/offline transcription setup; Krisp’s noise cancellation is on-device, but meeting recordings and notes use cloud services broadly speaking.

The evidence

What actually differs, claim by claim.

Each section opens with the takeaway. The table underneath is the receipt — every cell carries its source and the date we checked it.

Pricing

FluidVoice wins on dictation price because its only listed plan is free, while Krisp Free limits notes to 2 meetings/day and transcription to 60 minutes/day. Krisp Pro costs $16/month or $96/year, and Business costs $30/seat/month or $180/seat/year. Ottex sits between them with free local and BYOK paths, $0.2/hour PAYG, and Pro at $14/month or $168/year.

See the evidence — 15 claims across 3 toolsverified Aug 2026Show table

	Ottex	FluidVoice	Krisp
Free tier	YesForever free with local models and BYOK providers.	YesThe core app and local inference are free; optional cloud enhancement uses the user's provider key.	Partial60 min/day noise cancellation; 2 meetings/day to take notes; 60 min/day transcription; 10 min/day accent conversion
Subscription	$14/mo$14/mo — unlimited dictation and meeting intelligence, all hosted models included.	NoNo subscription plan	$16/moPro is priced at $16 monthly or $8/month billed yearly.
Pay-as-you-go / one-timeEscape the flat subscription	$0.2/hourHosted models at cost: dictation ~$0.2/h, meetings ~$0.5/h (~$3/mo average).	NoSubscription only	NoSubscription only
Bring your own keyPay the model provider, not the middleman	YesOpenRouter, Google AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and compatible providers.	YesUsers can supply OpenAI, Groq, or custom provider API credentials for optional enhancement.	NoNo bring-your-own-model-key support is published.
Education discount	NoSame pricing for everyone.	NoNo separate education discount is published because the product is free.	YesStudents, teachers, faculty, and staff can apply for a 50% education discount.

Platforms

Krisp wins coverage with 4 listed surfaces: Mac, Windows, Android, and Web. FluidVoice supports Mac and Windows, but its Windows installers are beta prereleases. Ottex is narrower still at 2 platforms, Mac and iOS, so Windows or Android buyers should choose Krisp.

See the evidence — 5 claims across 3 toolsverified Aug 2026Show table

	Ottex	FluidVoice	Krisp
Platforms	Mac, iOS	MacSome platforms in beta/waitlist	Mac, Windows, Android, Web
Native app footprintLight on memory, instant to invoke	YesNative Swift app, ~50MB RAM.	PartialThe macOS app is native Swift while the Windows beta uses Flutter with native speech and input components.	No public claim

Meetings & team memory

Krisp wins meeting capture because it records bot-free meetings, separates speakers, and offers notes for 2 meetings/day on Free or unlimited meetings on Pro. FluidVoice records 0 meetings because it is a dictation and file-transcription tool, not a meeting assistant. Ottex also records meetings on Mac, but Krisp is the stronger choice for established team meeting workflows.

See the evidence — 18 claims across 3 toolsverified Aug 2026Show table

	Ottex	FluidVoice	Krisp
Meeting recordingThe call is captured at all	YesWith speaker separation.	NoNot supported.	YesKrisp can record and transcribe online and in-person meetings.
Bot-free captureNo "recording bot" joins your call	YesSystem-audio capture, no bot joins the call.	NoNot supported.	YesThe desktop app can record and transcribe meetings without adding a bot to the call.
Speaker separation	Yes	NoNot supported.	YesKrisp supports speaker identification for meeting transcripts.
Calendar detection	YesCalendar-based meeting detection.	NoNot supported.	YesKrisp detects meetings from the desktop app and prompts to record or transcribe.
Cross-meeting search	Yes	NoNot supported.	YesKrisp AI Chat can answer questions across Krisp meetings.
Shared team memory	PartialPublic share links, not a full team workspace.	NoNot supported.	PartialMeeting notes can be shared, but no persistent team memory model is publicly described.

From meeting to finished work

Krisp clearly beats FluidVoice for meeting intelligence: FluidVoice provides no meeting summaries or action items, while Krisp includes summaries, decisions, speaker identification, and chat across past meetings, with unlimited meeting notes on its $96/year Pro plan. Ottex goes further toward finished outputs such as follow-up emails, CRM updates, and tickets, but Krisp has the more mature team and enterprise controls.

See the evidence — 9 claims across 3 toolsverified Aug 2026Show table

	Ottex	FluidVoice	Krisp
Decisions, owners, action itemsLeave the meeting with next steps clear	YesDecisions with owners extracted.	NoNot supported.	YesKrisp AI Chat can highlight decisions from meeting content.
Follow-up email draftedThe outcome is sent, not summarized	YesDrafted from templates or your own.	NoNot supported.	No public claim
CRM update / ticket draft	YesStructured for the target app.	NoNot supported.	No public claim
Your rough notes steer the result	YesRough notes and instructions steer the result.	NoNot supported.	No public claim

Dictation & transcription AI

FluidVoice wins dictation because it offers local, system-wide writing, BYOK, per-app prompts, voice commands, custom vocabulary, and models covering 99 languages. Krisp has no live dictation engine for writing across apps and no local option for its cloud-based meeting recordings and notes. Ottex is the closest broader alternative, with local and BYOK dictation across 100 languages plus per-app output rules.

See the evidence — 12 claims across 3 toolsverified Aug 2026Show table

	Ottex	FluidVoice	Krisp
Engines	Cloud: Whisper, Gemini 3 Flash, Voxtral. Local: Whisper, Parakeet v3.Hosted routing, BYOK, or fully local.	Nemotron Speech 3.5, Parakeet Flash, Parakeet TDT v3 and v2, Cohere Transcribe, Apple Speech, WhisperThe app publishes seven recognition-engine families with multiple variants.	No public claim
Local / on-device optionAudio never leaves the machine	YesWhisper and Parakeet v3 run fully on-device.	YesSupported speech models run on the device after any required download.	NoLive system-wide dictation is not a supported feature.
Model selection per task	YesChoose the model per task and per provider.	YesUsers select among the supported recognition models during onboarding or in settings.	NoNo user-selectable speech recognition model is published for live dictation.
Languages & mixed speechWork that crosses languages mid-sentence	Yes100+ languages · Mid-sentence language switching.	No public claim	No public claim
Per-app output rules	YesPer-app output rules: exact in AI chats, polished in email.	YesDifferent prompt sets can be assigned to different applications.	NoNot supported

Cost

What a year actually costs at your volume.

Personal or team — switch tabs. Subscriptions are flat; usage-based pricing depends on how much you speak and meet.

You dictate about 3 h a week≈ 23,400 words at ~130 wpm

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and sit in 4 h of meetings a weekhours you'd want captured and turned into follow-ups

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Fill the gaps with:

Dictation appadded to meetings-only toolsMeetings appadded to dictation-only tools

OttexOttex Provider — PAYG$135/yrHosted models at cost: dictation ~$0.2/h, meetings ~$0.5/h (~$3/mo average).

OttexSubscription - Pro$168/yr$14/mo — unlimited dictation and meeting intelligence, all hosted models included.

KrispPro$240/yr$96 + $144Pro is priced at $16 monthly or $8/month billed yearly. · Unlimited noise cancellation; unlimited meetings to take notes; 1200 min/month transcription; 60 min/day accent conversion

KrispBusiness$324/yr$180 + $144Business is priced at $30 per user monthly or $15/user/month billed yearly. · Unlimited noise cancellation; unlimited meetings to take notes; unlimited transcription; 60 min/day accent conversion

Estimates, not quotes. Striped bar segments are the cost of the second app you picked above to cover the gap — rankings use that combined total. PAYG uses hosted at-cost estimates ($0.2/h dictation, $0.5/h meetings); BYOK is estimated at about a third of that because you pay the model provider directly. Bring-your-own-key plans still pay the model provider per use. One-time licenses are amortized over 2 years. Subscriptions use published pricing, checked Aug 2026.

FAQ

Questions people actually ask.

FluidVoice vs Krisp: which should I choose?

Choose FluidVoice for free, local, system-wide dictation; choose Krisp for bot-free meeting recording, noise cancellation, summaries, and action items. FluidVoice is better for writing across apps, while Krisp is better for people who spend their day in calls.

Is FluidVoice free?

Yes. FluidVoice lists a free plan and offers unlimited local dictation, BYOK, and local file transcription without a paid tier in the provided plans.

Is Krisp free?

Yes, but the free plan is limited to 60 minutes/day of noise cancellation, notes for 2 meetings/day, 60 minutes/day of transcription, and 10 minutes/day of accent conversion. Pro removes the meeting and noise-cancellation limits for $16/month or $96/year.

How much do FluidVoice and Krisp cost?

FluidVoice is free. Krisp Pro is $16/month or $96/year, while Business is $30/seat/month or $180/seat/year; Enterprise pricing is custom.

Is FluidVoice safe and private?

FluidVoice is the stronger privacy choice because it can run dictation and file transcription locally without sending voice or transcripts to the vendor. Krisp performs noise cancellation on-device, but its meeting recordings and notes use cloud services broadly speaking.

Is it worth switching from FluidVoice to Krisp?

Switch if you need bot-free meeting recording, speaker identification, summaries, decisions, action items, or team controls. Stay with FluidVoice if your priority is free local dictation, voice commands, per-app prompts, custom vocabulary, or private file transcription.

Does FluidVoice or Krisp work on Windows or Android?

Krisp supports both Windows and Android, alongside Mac and Web. FluidVoice supports Mac and Windows, but its Windows installers are published as beta prereleases, and Android is not listed.

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