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Descript vs Wondershare Filmora
Descript or Wondershare Filmora? 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: Text to video, Edits video, Dubbing, Captions, Sound and music, 4K
- Only Descript states: AI presenters, API
- Only Wondershare Filmora states: Image to video, Commercial use
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
- 4K — “Up to 4K video” source
- API — “API + MCP Edit video through code, or from inside your AI assistant” 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
- Release roundup—September 17, 2026 (145.0.15)
Captions now have presets and animations. Descript's AI can make background music and sound effects on request.
- Release round-up—August 5th, 2026
Schedule a Room, edit an image by drawing on it, and generate a YouTube thumbnail without leaving your project.
- Release round-up—June 11th, 2026 (v0.11.0)
Tone Tags for AI speakers, gradient fills, concurrent AI media generation, and Descript in Claude and ChatGPT.
Wondershare Filmora
AI video editor for cutting, arranging, enhancing, captioning, and exporting videos on desktop and mobile, with AI tools and creative assets.
Plans
Free
Free
- Basic editing features
- Export videos with watermarks
Basic
- US$ 49.99 /yr
- 2.9M+ Filmora Creative Assets
- 1 GB Cloud Storage
- Continuous Version Upgrades
- Export Without Watermark
- 4K HD Export
- 100+ Advanced Video Editing Features
Advanced
- US$ 59.99 /yr
- 1,000 Filmora AI Credits/mo
- 2.9M+ Filmora Creative Assets
- 10 GB Cloud Storage
- Continuous Version Upgrades
- Export Without Watermark
- 4K HD Export
Perpetual
- US$ 79.99
- 1,000 Filmora AI credits (One-time)
- Updates Within Filmora 16
- Export Without Watermark
- 1 GB Cloud Storage
- 4K HD Export
- 100+ Advanced Video Editing Features
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Generate video from text , images , or audio” source
- Image to video — “Generate video from text , images , or audio” source
- Edits video — “cut and trim footage, edit on a multi-track timeline” source
- Dubbing — “AI Video Translation” source
- Captions — “turn speech into captions” source
- Sound and music — “AI Music Generator” source
- 4K — “4K HD Export” source
- Commercial use — “AI-generated resources labeled "Commercially available," such as AI Music, are suitable for commercial use.” source