Descript

About Descript

Descript's idea is that a recording is easier to edit as a document. It transcribes your audio or video, and deleting a sentence from the text cuts it from the recording; screen recording, multitrack editing and AI voice tools sit around that core. The pricing page (read 16 October 2026) lists five plans, priced per person per month: Free at $0 with 1 media hour, 100 one-time AI credits and 720p watermarked exports; Hobbyist at $16 or $24 with 10 media hours, 400 AI credits a month and 1080p exports without a watermark; Creator at $24 or $35 with 30 hours, 800 credits, 4K export and one to three seats; Business at $50 or $65 with 40 hours, 1,500 credits, more stock voices and translation proofreading; and Enterprise on a custom quote. The page shows each pair of prices under a monthly and annual toggle without saying which is which, but its sign-up buttons lead to annual checkout, so the lower figure appears to be the annual rate. Voice clones, text-to-speech and Regenerate are included from Hobbyist, and the page warns that past a plan's limit generated speech turns into 'jibber jabber'. The limits: media hours and AI credits are separate meters and both run out; the transcript-first approach is excellent for talking-head video and podcasts and less natural for effects-heavy edits; and the Free plan is for testing, not publishing. Synthesia on this site generates a presenter instead of editing one, and Runway generates footage from prompts. Verdict: the most efficient editor here for podcasters, course creators and marketers whose material is mostly speech — Hobbyist covers a weekly show, Creator a small team.