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Descript
Descript records, transcribes, and edits audio and video by letting users edit media through its transcript.
Descript is an audio and video editor for podcasts, screen recordings, interviews, tutorials, webinars, and social clips. It includes transcription, text-based editing, captions, remote recording, AI voice tools, video enhancement, and collaboration.
It runs in a browser and as a desktop app for macOS and Windows. A free plan is available, while paid plans add more transcription, export, AI, stock-media, and recording allowances. Extra transcription costs $2 per hour for a permanent limit increase or $2.50 per hour for a one-time boost.
Features
- Edit audio and video by changing the transcript
- Transcribe recordings automatically
- Record screens, cameras, podcasts, and remote Rooms
- Generate captions, clips, show notes, and translations
- Remove filler words, retakes, and background noise
- Create AI voice clones and regenerate speech
- Use AI eye contact, green screen, multicam, and video regeneration
- Edit video through the API and MCP
Use cases
- Edit podcast episodes by revising the transcript
- Record and produce interviews with remote guests
- Create tutorials and product demos from screen recordings
- Repurpose long videos into clips for social platforms
- Generate captions, translations, and show notes
- Improve recorded audio, lighting, framing, and speech
Pros
Cons
Latest updates
- Release roundup—October 12, 2026
Added drive search, recording requests, ElevenLabs v4 for AI Speech, and file repair.
- Find anything in your drive
There's now a search bar for your whole drive, with a full results page behind it.
- Get a recording without booking a call
Now you can send a recording request instead. They record when it suits them, and the footage comes back to you.
- AI voice clones sound more like the real thing
AI Speech now runs on ElevenLabs v4.
- Fix a file that won't play right
When Descript spots a problem with a file, it now marks it with a badge. Right-click the file and choose Fix file issue, and Descript repairs it for you.
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
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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
Pricing
- Starting price
- $16/user/mo
- Prices checked
- 2026-10-25
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 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
- SOC 2 Type II: SSO, SCIM, and audit logs
- Custom MSA, legal terms, flexible billing
- Dedicated CSM, onboarding, priority response
Free
Free
- 60 minutes (1 hr) / month
- 100 AI credits (one-time)
- Text-based editing
- AI tools including Underlord, Studio Sound, Green Screen, and Eye Contact (limited)
- 720p video export
- Get started on your creative journey