Effects SDK compared

NVIDIA Maxine and Effects SDK both offer video effects and audio noise removal SDKs. The difference is where they run: Maxine needs an NVIDIA RTX GPU, while Effects SDK runs in the browser, on phones, on Macs and on any Windows PC.

Krisp and Effects SDK both remove background noise on the user's device for calls and voice agents. Effects SDK also covers video — backgrounds, framing, touch-up — and Studio Sound, with a self-service trial. Krisp additionally removes other people's voices.

MediaPipe is Google's free, open-source toolkit: it gives you segmentation masks and face landmarks, and you build the effects. Effects SDK ships the finished effects — with models tuned against flicker and for hands and hair — plus audio noise cancellation and support.