Overview
Descript is an AI-powered video and audio editor that lets you edit media by editing its text transcript. It offers screen recording, podcast recording, transcription, and a suite of AI tools for content creators.
Our take
Descript's text-based editing — cut the transcript and the audio and video follow — is the most genuinely different idea in this directory's editing categories, and for spoken-word content it is dramatically faster than timeline editing. It is weaker as a general video editor. Choose it for the workflow, not the feature list.
Worth it if
Podcasts, interviews and talking-head video where editing means removing what was said.
Look elsewhere if
Music, motion graphics or any project where editing decisions are not about speech.
✨ Features
Text-Based Editing
Edit video and audio by editing the automatically generated transcript.
AI Assistant Underlord
Automates editing tasks like captions, clips, and filler word removal.
Voice Cloning
Generate AI speech and fix mistakes using a cloned voice.
Studio Sound
Remove background noise and enhance audio quality with AI.
⚖️ Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
💰 Pricing
Free
$0
- 60 minutes/month media
- 100 AI credits (one-time)
- Basic editing & transcription
- Limited AI tools
Hobbyist
$16 /mo
- $16/mo billed annually ($24 monthly)
- 10 hours/month media, 400 AI credits/mo
- Export 1080p, watermark-free
- AI Speech with custom voice clones
Creator
$24 /mo
- $24/mo billed annually ($35 monthly)
- 30 hours/month media, 800 AI credits/mo
- Export 4K, watermark-free
- Full Underlord AI co-editor, 20+ AI tools
- Unlimited stock media
Business
$50 /mo
- $50/mo billed annually ($65 monthly)
- 40 hours/month media, 1,500 AI credits/mo
- Team-wide Brand Studio
- Translate & dub in 30+ languages
- Priority support with SLA
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate does the transcript need to be for this to work?
Accurate enough that you can find what you want by reading, which clean audio delivers. Transcript errors are more annoying here than elsewhere, since the transcript is the editing interface rather than an output — a misheard word is a cut you cannot locate. Good recording pays off twice.
What about the voice cloning feature?
Overdub lets you fix a misspoken word by typing it, which is genuinely useful for small corrections and requires consent — Descript requires verification for cloning your own voice. Use it for repairs rather than for generating passages you never recorded, which is a different thing and one audiences respond badly to discovering.