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Descript vs Riverside.fm

Descript or Riverside.fm? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Dubbing, API
  • Only Descript states: Text to video, Edits video, AI presenters, Captions, Sound and music, 4K
  • Only Riverside.fm states: Speech to text, Many languages, Mobile app

Descript

Descript records, transcribes, and edits audio and video by letting users edit media through its transcript.

Plans

Hobbyist

  • $16 per person / month
  • $24 per person / month
  • 10 media hours / month
  • 400 AI credits / month
  • Export 1080p, watermark-free
  • Access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor
  • AI tools including Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Create Clips, and more
  • AI Speech with custom voice clones and video regenerate

Creator

  • $24 per person / month
  • $35 per person / month
  • 30 media hours / month
  • 800 AI credits / month
  • Export 4k, watermark-free
  • Full access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor and 20+ more AI tools
  • Generate video with the latest AI models
  • Unlimited access to royalty-free stock media library

Business

  • $50 per person / month
  • $65 per person / month
  • 40 media hours / month
  • 1500 AI credits / month
  • Team-wide access to Brand Studio
  • Translate and dub video in 30+ languages with proofread
  • Generate custom avatars from photo upload or text
  • Priority support (with SLA)

Enterprise

Price on request

  • AI credits and media hours: sized to your team
  • Brand Studio: shared templates and company-wide guardrails
  • AI and data controls: opt-out of training, custom retention
  • SOC 2 Type II: SSO, SCIM, and audit logs
  • Procurement: custom MSA, legal terms, flexible billing
  • Support: dedicated CSM, onboarding, priority response

Free

Free

  • Text-based editing
  • Give our AI tools a spin

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Text to video — “Create bespoke, custom video and images from a prompt.” source
  • Edits video — “Editing video in Descript is as easy as using docs and slides.” source
  • AI presenters — “AI Avatars” source
  • Dubbing — “Translate to dozens of languages.” source
  • Captions — “Add subtitles to extend your reach in a single click.” source
  • Sound and music — “Fill in the gaps with generated video, voice audio, music, and images that blend seamlessly with your footage.” source
  • API — “API + MCP Edit video through code, or from inside your AI assistant” source
  • 4K — “Up to 4K video” source

Security

  • SOC 2 Type II — “We have achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance by going through a Certified Public Accounting firm and auditing our internal measures and controls against the SOC 2 standards.” source
  • SOC 2 — “We have achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance by going through a Certified Public Accounting firm and auditing our internal measures and controls against the SOC 2 standards.” source
  • GDPR — “We align with SOC 2 standards and guidelines, as well as GDPR, CCPA, and the Privacy by Design framework.” source

Latest updates

About Descript

Riverside.fm

Riverside records, edits, streams, hosts, and publishes podcasts, interviews, webinars, and other video content.

Plans

Pro

  • $24 /month
  • $35/mo
  • Up to 4K video
  • No watermark
  • Unlimited text-based editing
  • Unlimited transcriptions
  • Podcast hosting & analytics
  • 15 hrs of separate track downloads

Grow

  • $34 /month
  • $45/mo
  • Everything in Pro, plus:
  • Social media scheduling
  • Podcast hosting for 2 shows
  • Full HD 1080p live streaming
  • Multistream to unlimited destinations
  • 20 hrs of separate track downloads

Webinar

  • $79 /month
  • $99/mo
  • Host webinars with up to 100 registrants
  • Recurring webinars
  • Unlimited sessions
  • Lead capture tool
  • Webinar analytics
  • 25 hrs of separate track downloads

Business

Price on request

  • Unlimited studios
  • Unlimited separate track downloads
  • Up to 10,000 webinar registrants
  • Unlimited video storage
  • SSO (Okta, Azure)
  • Dedicated CSM

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Speech to text — “Automatically generate transcriptions, titles, descriptions, chapters, and takeaways packed with the keywords you need to reach new audiences.” source
  • Dubbing — “Use AI to translate and dub your content into over 30 languages so your message travels farther than ever.” source
  • Many languages — “Use AI to translate and dub your content into over 30 languages so your message travels farther than ever.” source
  • API — “API access” source
  • Mobile app — “Mobile Apps” source

Latest updates

  • Zoom & pan effects

    Pan, zoom, and add movement to your video.

  • Dictionary

    Correct a name or term once in your transcript and save it to your Dictionary, so it comes out right in every transcript from then on.

  • AI Image & Video Generation

    Generate b-roll, guest cards, transitions, and more, with AI models, right in Riverside.

About Riverside.fm