Facts checked Oct 18, 2026Price checked Oct 18, 2026 on descript.com.
Explain it simply
Descript turns your video or podcast into a document. Delete a sentence from the text and it disappears from the video. It can also remove "um"s, improve the sound, make short clips and translate. Teams use it to edit without learning a video timeline.
Descript transcribes recordings so you edit by deleting text. Remove Filler Words, Studio Sound, Eye Contact, Create Clips and captions clean up and repurpose the result, and the Underlord AI co-editor helps. Business adds dubbing into 30+ languages. It has an API and MCP.
Verdicts
5Best for videoBest for editing podcasts and courses like a document
Tech hiring marketplace (Revelo), CMO Steve Patrizi
Revelo's CMO produces the company podcast "Tech Teams Today" in Descript. The case study says editing now takes two hours a week, where it used to take a couple of days.
Software company enablement team (Algolia Academy)
Algolia's academy team used Descript to cut long courses into short videos and translate its library with AI voices. Descript's story reports 116 hours of video production time saved and 58 translated videos published in two months.
Monthly media-hour and AI-credit caps, with top-ups extra
Dubbing into 30+ languages is on the Business plan
Get written permission before cloning anyone's voice
Pricing and access
Free with 60 media minutes a month at 720p. Billed yearly: Hobbyist $16 a month ($24 monthly), Creator $24 ($35) and Business $50 ($65). Enterprise is custom.
Price checked Oct 18, 2026 on descript.com. Prices and plans change; check the official site before you buy.
Facts and sources
Descript's pricing page lists "Translate and dub video in 30+ languages" on the Business plan.Descript, Oct 18, 2026