Descript review

Descript treats a recording as a document. It transcribes your audio or video, and you cut, rearrange or delete footage by editing the text. On top of that sits Underlord, an AI co-editor that can make polished edits or build a video from a prompt, plus one-click tools such as Studio Sound for noisy audio, Remove Filler Words, Eye Contact and Green Screen. Create Clips pulls short highlights for social posts, and the publishing tools draft show notes and YouTube descriptions. Hobbyist costs $16 per person per month billed annually and includes 10 media hours and 400 AI credits a month with 1080p exports. Creator at $24 annually raises that to 30 hours, 800 credits and 4K exports, and adds a stock media library. The free plan is enough to test the editor with 60 media minutes a month. The limits to watch are the media hours, which are counted per editor, and the AI credits that the heavier generative tools consume.

Who it is for

Podcasters and YouTubers who record talking-head or interview content and want to cut it like a document.

Price

Free plan; Hobbyist from $16 per person per month billed annually or $24 monthly.

Hobbyist $ 16 $ 24 per person / month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 6, 2026.

Key features

• Text-based editing of video and audio through the transcript
• Underlord AI co-editor that makes edits from a prompt
• Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Eye Contact and Green Screen
• Create Clips picks short highlights from long recordings
• Transcription in 25 languages with detection of 8+ speakers

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Hobbyist plan exports 1080p without a watermark
• Strength: Custom voice clones and stock AI voices are part of paid plans
• Strength: Multitrack transcription keeps each speaker on a separate track
• Weakness: Media hours are capped per editor, 10 hours a month on Hobbyist
• Weakness: 4K export starts on the $24 Creator plan billed annually
• Weakness: Dubbing in 30+ languages and custom avatars need the Business plan

Key facts

• Paid plans: Hobbyist, Creator, Business, Enterprise
• Transcription languages: 25
• Users: More than 6 million creators and teams, per Descript

Where it ranks

Descript is No. 1 in our Best AI Tools for Creators verdict.