Video and podcast editor that treats audio like a text document — edit by editing the transcript, powered by AI cleanup and voice cloning.
Video and podcast editor that treats audio like a text document — edit by editing the transcript, powered by AI cleanup and voice cloning.
Descript's core trick is transcript-based editing: it transcribes your recording and lets you edit the video or audio by editing the text. Delete a paragraph, and the corresponding footage disappears. It has grown into one of the most popular podcast, video course, and short-form content production tools of the 2020s, and the 2026 release added Underlord — an AI assistant that removes filler words, tightens pauses, generates B-roll suggestions, writes chapter markers, and produces short-form clips from long-form footage with a single prompt. Studio Sound cleans up mic quality and background noise; Overdub lets you clone your own voice (with consent) to insert or fix words without re-recording.
Descript ships desktop apps for macOS and Windows plus a growing web experience, and includes screen recording, remote multi-track recording (via SquadCast, which Descript acquired), teleprompter, publishing to YouTube/Riverside/Spotify, and collaborative review with comments. Pricing includes a free Hobbyist tier with limited transcription hours, a Creator plan around $16/user/month, Pro around $30/user/month with longer voice-clone limits and unlimited AI actions, and Enterprise plans with SSO and volume controls. There is no MCP server, but Descript is a well-liked destination inside AI-heavy content workflows because of its API and Zapier integrations.
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Descript is strongest when the source material is speech: podcasts, webinars, courses, product demos, interviews, and internal videos. The editing model is built around the transcript, so deleting a sentence can remove the matching audio/video. Current pricing evidence gives practical usage numbers: Hobbyist includes 10 media hours and 400 AI credits, Creator includes 30 media hours, and Business lists 40 media hours plus 10 bonus hours and 1,500 AI credits plus 1,000 bonus credits. That matters because content teams should buy based on monthly production volume, not only seat count. Descript is not the best tool for cinematic post-production, complex color work, or motion-heavy edits, but it can remove hours of repetitive cleanup from spoken-word workflows. A good trial is one full episode or webinar: import, clean audio, remove filler words, create clips, caption, export, and compare time spent against the existing editing process.
Edit audio and video by editing the transcript, similar to editing a document
Automatic transcription for podcasts, interviews, screen recordings, and video files
Studio Sound cleanup, filler-word removal, silence shortening, and eye-contact or clip tools depending on plan
Screen recording, multitrack podcast editing, captions, publishing, and collaborative comments
AI speech and voice-clone workflows for approved overdub corrections
Templates and social clip workflows for creators and marketing teams
Free
~$16/user/month
~$24-35/user/month
~$50-65/user/month
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