Descript

Desk-researchedLast checked 2026-10-16

Descript is listed here as: general editor. These are the vendor's published words, not our results. We have not run this tool. 3 of 18 fields below are UNVERIFIED.

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Price

PRICE PENDING LIVE RE-CHECK Prices on this page are being re-verified. The figures below are what the vendor's page showed on 2026-10-16. They are not confirmed.

Recorded from the page's default view (annual (yearly)). The monthly view's price is shown in the second price row.

Field	Value as read (not confirmed)	Source and date
Cheapest paid plan	Hobbyist Evidence recorded (1) "Hobbyist: Annual $16 / Monthly $24"	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Price in the default view: billed annually, per user per month (USD)	$16 Evidence recorded (1) "Hobbyist \| "$16" \| "per person / month" \| "1 person included" \| "10 media hours / month""	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Billing for the default-view price	billed annually Evidence recorded (2) "DEFAULT VIEW (Annual)" "toggle subtext: "Saving up to 35% over monthly plan""	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Price unit as displayed	per user per month Evidence recorded (1) ""per person / month""	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Price in the other view: billed monthly, per month (USD)	$24 Evidence recorded (1) "Hobbyist \| "$24" \| "per person / month""	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Billing for the other-view price	billed monthly Evidence recorded (1) "OTHER VIEW (Monthly)"	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Credit system	Yes Evidence recorded (2) "400 AI credits / month" "Access to top ups for more media hours and AI credits"	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16

Free plan

Field	Value	Source and date
Free plan	Yes Evidence recorded (1) "Free $0 Get started on your creative journey with text-based editing and give our AI tools a spin."	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Free plan limits	60 media minutes per month; 720p local export; 5 GB cloud storage Evidence recorded (4) "Media minutes (per editor) Number of minutes of imported or recorded media processed in Descript included in your plan per editor. 60 minutes (1 hr) / month" "Video export (local) resolution 720p 1080p 4k 4k" "Cloud storage limit 5GB 100GB 1TB 2TB" "What’s the difference? Free Get started Hobbyist Get started Creator Get started Business Get started"	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Watermark on free exports	UNVERIFIED Evidence recorded (1) "Watermark-free video export (row; check marks not in text)"	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16

Paid plan rights and terms

Field	Value	Source and date
No watermark on paid plans	Yes Evidence recorded (1) "Export 1080p, watermark-free"	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Commercial use, paid plans	UNVERIFIED Evidence recorded (1) "(UNVERIFIED: page checked, answer not present in retrieved text)"	https://www.descript.com/terms Retrieved 2026-10-16
Commercial use, free plan	UNVERIFIED Evidence recorded (1) "(UNVERIFIED: page checked, answer not present in retrieved text)"	https://www.descript.com/terms Retrieved 2026-10-16
Terms page	https://www.descript.com/terms Evidence recorded (1) "Terms of Service Last Updated: February 25, 2025"	https://www.descript.com/terms Retrieved 2026-10-16
Date shown on terms	Last Updated: February 25, 2025 Evidence recorded (1) "Last Updated: February 25, 2025"	https://www.descript.com/terms Retrieved 2026-10-16

About the tool

Field	Value	Source and date
Primary job	general editor Evidence recorded (1) "Editing video in Descript is as easy as using docs and slides."	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Vendor description	Video and audio editor where you edit video by editing a doc (text-based editing); AI tools; AI credits Evidence recorded (5) "Editing video in Descript is as easy as using docs and slides." "Text-based editing: Edit video by editing a doc" "Multitrack audio editing, just like editing text." "AI tools including Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Create Clips" "400 AI credits / month"	https://www.descript.com/pricing Retrieved 2026-10-16
Vendor site	https://www.descript.com Evidence recorded (1) "self-sourced: canonical_url is the vendor homepage URL itself (see schema_notes.md)"	https://www.descript.com Retrieved 2026-10-16

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