Descript
Edit video and audio like a document
Bottom Line
Descript is one of the stronger tools for transcript-first editing workflows built around podcasts, interviews, screen recordings, remote recording, and talking-head video. It is less compelling when the buyer needs cinematic generation, a browser-light editor, or a cheap high-volume template engine.
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Descript Plans & Pricing
Compare plans, understand credit usage, and find the right tier for your production volume.
Pricing cards on this page are coming from the canonical pricing dataset.
What to do next
Use pricing to judge fit, then move to the next decision page
This page is for plan fit and usage math. If the budget still works, go back to the review. If the plan structure feels off, move sideways into alternatives instead of forcing the tool to fit.
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Pricing Snapshot
Hobbyist
- 1 person included
- Elevate your projects, watermark-free
- 10 media hours / month
Creator
- Unlock advanced AI-powered creativity
- 30 media hours / month
- +5 bonus hours
Business
- Empower collaboration on your team
- 40 media hours / month
- +10 bonus hours
Canonical pricing cards are being used as the primary plan source for this page.
Canonical pricing status
- •Canonical pricing cards are connected as the primary plan source for this page.
- •Compare the monthly and yearly blocks directly on each card before choosing a billing mode.
- •Use the yearly total and annual note together instead of reading the yearly number in isolation.
Tip: If a plan shows both monthly and yearly blocks, use the annual note to understand what the yearly number actually means.
Free plan
Free
Included
- Get started on your creative journey with text-based editing and give AI a try
- 60 minutes (1 hr) / month media minutes
- 100 (one-time) AI credits
- Limited access to AI tools
Monthly billing
Hobbyist
per person/month
Included
- 1 person included
- Elevate your projects, watermark-free
- 10 media hours / month
- 400 AI credits / month
- Export 1080p, watermark-free
- Access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor
- AI tools including Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Create Clips, and more
- AI Speech with custom voice clones and video regenerate
Monthly billing
Creator
Scale to a team of 3 (billed separately)
per person/month
Included
- Unlock advanced AI-powered creativity
- 30 media hours / month
- +5 bonus hours
- 800 AI credits / month
- +500 bonus credits
- Export 4k, watermark-free
- Full access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor and 20+ more AI tools
- Generate video with the latest AI models
- Unlimited access to royalty-free stock media library
- Access to top ups for more media hours and AI credits
Monthly billing
Business
Scale to a team of 5 (billed separately)
per person/month
Included
- Empower collaboration on your team
- 40 media hours / month
- +10 bonus hours
- 1500 AI credits / month
- +1000 bonus credits
- Team-wide access to Brand Studio
- Translate and dub video in 30+ languages with proofread
- Generate custom avatars from photo upload or text
- Priority support (with SLA)
- Access to top ups for more media hours and AI credits
Secondary pricing option
Enterprise
For larger teams that need control and governance.
Pricing
Talk to sales for custom volume, admin controls, and team rollout support.
Enterprise highlights
- Tailored solutions and enterprise-grade security for large or growing teams
- Custom media minutes
- Custom legal terms
- Custom AI Controls
Pricing guidance
Pricing verdict
Descript is mostly a workflow-ceiling buy: pay for the tier that clears your export, storage, and collaboration bottleneck, not the longest feature list.
There is a free entry point, and paid pricing currently starts at Starts at $24/mo.
Plan chooser
- •Hobbyist: use it when 1 person included and export 1080p, watermark-free is the real bottleneck.
- •Creator: use it when scale to a team of 3 (billed separately) and export 4k, watermark-free is the real bottleneck.
- •Business: use it when scale to a team of 5 (billed separately) and empower collaboration on your team is the real bottleneck.
Before you pay
- There is a low-risk free/trial-style entry, so validate workflow before paying annually.
- Enterprise is usually about admin, security, or rollout control, not just a slightly bigger creator tier.
How to read Descript pricing
This page is using canonical pricing cards for the current plan ladder. Compare monthly and yearly blocks directly on each card, then use the annual note and yearly total before choosing a billing mode.
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Prices are subject to change. Please check the official pricing page for the most up-to-date information.