# Descript — AI Compare Ninja

> Edit, clean, caption, and redub audio or video through its transcript.

## Overview
- **Category:** Audio & Voice (Audio editing & restoration)
- **Status:** Active · checked - Active self-service plans and signup are available.
- **Paid from:** $16 / Month/person billed annually; $24 monthly (Hobbyist)
- **Free access:** Free plan (60 media minutes and 100 one-time AI credits.)
- **Website:** https://www.descript.com/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/descript

## What it does
- Edit video and podcasts like a text document
- Automatic transcription on the timeline
- AI Speech: clone your voice and redub corrections
- Studio Sound and captions in one editor
- Plans from Free to Enterprise with hour and seat quotas
- API and MCP server to drive Descript from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

## In brief
Edit, clean, caption, and redub audio or video through its transcript.

Limits run on media minutes and AI credits per editor per month. Both are pooled across the drive and grow with every editor seat; what goes unused expires at the end of the cycle. Export resolution follows the plan: Free 720p, Hobbyist 1080p, Creator and above 4K. Calls through the API and MCP draw on the same allowances and return 402 once either runs out. Top-ups exist only on Creator and Business, where 350 AI credits cost $35 and 5 media hours $25; what you buy expires after 12 months.


## Limits
Limits run on media minutes and AI credits per editor per month. Both are pooled across the drive and grow with every editor seat; what goes unused expires at the end of the cycle. Export resolution follows the plan: Free 720p, Hobbyist 1080p, Creator and above 4K. Calls through the API and MCP draw on the same allowances and return 402 once either runs out. Top-ups exist only on Creator and Business, where 350 AI credits cost $35 and 5 media hours $25; what you buy expires after 12 months.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | free | Month | 60 media minutes / mo; 100 AI credits once; 720p export, local and via web link; Limited Underlord; 1 seat; 5 GB cloud storage; 2 hours of recording sessions per drive |
| Hobbyist | $16 | Month/person billed annually; $24 monthly | 10 media hours / mo; 400 AI credits / mo; 1080p watermark-free; Underlord; AI Speech, custom voice, video regenerate; 1 person; 100 GB cloud storage; 5 recording hours / mo per drive |
| Creator | $24 | Month/person billed annually; $35 monthly | 30 media hours / mo; 800 AI credits / mo; 4K watermark-free; Full Underlord, 20+ AI tools; Generate video with the latest AI models; Unlimited stock library; 1-3 seats, billed separately; Top-ups for more media hours and AI credits; 1 TB cloud storage; 15 recording hours / mo per drive |
| Business | $50 | Month/person billed annually; $65 monthly | 40 media hours / mo; 1,500 AI credits / mo; Brand Studio; Translate and dub in 30+ languages with proofread; Custom avatars; Priority support with SLA; Up to 5 seats; Top-ups for more media hours and AI credits; 2 TB cloud storage; 25 recording hours / mo per drive |
| Enterprise | contact sales | Custom | Credits and media hours sized to the team; SSO, SCIM, audit logs; SOC 2 Type II; Training opt-out, custom retention |

## Video models

### PixVerse v5 (Default in Descript)
- **Generates:** Text-to-video in Descript. Default model. Smooth motion, stable camera and lighting, as described in the help center; not a specification.
- **Max. duration:** Selectable in the Generate Panel; exact seconds not tabulated except for Kling v01
- **Resolution:** Selectable in the panel; no fixed resolution is specified for PixVerse
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Audio generation on selected models only; PixVerse not named
- **Camera / motion:** Help mentions “stable camera work” as a trait, not a control API
- **Watermark:** Export watermark follows the plan, not the model
- **Rights / use:** Descript subscription; not per model
- **Credits / seconds:** AI credits; premium models often cost more. No published per-second rate.
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/hc/en-us/articles/39869916772621-Generative-image-and-video-models-in-Descript

### Kling v3.0 / v3.0 Pro
- **Generates:** Video with “fluid motion and native audio” per Descript help.
- **Max. duration:** Not specified
- **Resolution:** Not specified
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Native audio per help
- **Camera / motion:** Not published
- **Watermark:** Follows the plan
- **Rights / use:** Not published
- **Credits / seconds:** Not published
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models

### Veo 3.1 / Veo 3.1 Fast
- **Generates:** High-end video with integrated audio, synchronised dialogue and sound effects (Google DeepMind, via Descript).
- **Max. duration:** Not specified
- **Resolution:** Not specified
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Integrated, dialogue and effects
- **Camera / motion:** Not published
- **Watermark:** Follows the plan
- **Rights / use:** Not published
- **Credits / seconds:** Help: higher-end models often use more credits
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models

### Seedance 2.0 (in Descript)
- **Generates:** Video, prompt adherence, motion stability. Help: cannot accept image inputs with human faces; can generate humans from scratch.
- **Max. duration:** Not specified
- **Resolution:** Not specified
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Not published
- **Camera / motion:** Not published
- **Watermark:** Follows the plan
- **Rights / use:** Not published
- **Credits / seconds:** Not published
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models

### Kling Avatar v2 / v2 Pro
- **Generates:** Avatar talking-head in Descript. v2 720p everyday, v2 Pro 1080p, both with attitude prompting.
- **Max. duration:** Not specified
- **Resolution:** v2 720p, v2 Pro 1080p
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Not specified separately
- **Camera / motion:** Attitude prompting, no camera figures
- **Watermark:** Follows the plan
- **Rights / use:** Not published
- **Credits / seconds:** Not published
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models

### Underlord
- **Generates:** Agentic editing and media generation from a prompt. Can write a script, cut clips, host avatars. Model parameters are not selectable inside the agent.
- **Max. duration:** Not specified
- **Resolution:** Export follows the plan (Free 720p, Hobbyist 1080p, Creator+ 4K)
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Uses Descript AI Speech, Studio Sound, voice clone depending on plan
- **Camera / motion:** Not published
- **Watermark:** Follows the plan
- **Rights / use:** Descript subscription
- **Credits / seconds:** AI credits; Free limited, Hobbyist 400/mo, Creator 800, Business 1,500
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://www.descript.com/underlord

### Kling O3 / O3 Pro
- **Generates:** Video in Descript. Help: transitions and text-driven scene guidance; O3 Pro with stronger frame coherence. Provider Kling AI (Kuaishou), February 2026.
- **Max. duration:** Not specified. Duration and resolution are selectable in the panel; there is no fixed table except Kling v01 = 10 s.
- **Resolution:** Not specified. Duration and resolution are selectable in the panel; there is no fixed table except Kling v01 = 10 s.
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Not published
- **Camera / motion:** Not published
- **Watermark:** Export watermark follows the plan, not the model
- **Rights / use:** Descript subscription; not per model
- **Credits / seconds:** AI credits; help: higher-end models and longer videos often cost more. No published per-second rate.
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models

### Wan v2.2 [turbo]
- **Generates:** Video in Descript. Help: speed-optimized, early concepts. Provider ByteDance, March 2025.
- **Max. duration:** Not specified. Duration and resolution are selectable in the panel; there is no fixed table except Kling v01 = 10 s.
- **Resolution:** Not specified. Duration and resolution are selectable in the panel; there is no fixed table except Kling v01 = 10 s.
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Not published
- **Camera / motion:** Not published
- **Watermark:** Export watermark follows the plan, not the model
- **Rights / use:** Descript subscription; not per model
- **Credits / seconds:** AI credits; help: higher-end models and longer videos often cost more. No published per-second rate.
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models

### Minimax H3 Max Turbo
- **Generates:** Video in Descript. Provider MiniMax, August 2026.
- **Max. duration:** Not specified. Duration and resolution are selectable in the panel; there is no fixed table except Kling v01 = 10 s.
- **Resolution:** Not specified. Duration and resolution are selectable in the panel; there is no fixed table except Kling v01 = 10 s.
- **Frame rate:** Not specified
- **Audio:** Not published
- **Camera / motion:** Not published
- **Watermark:** Export watermark follows the plan, not the model
- **Rights / use:** Descript subscription; not per model
- **Credits / seconds:** AI credits; help: higher-end models and longer videos often cost more. No published per-second rate.
- **Note:** not published
- **Source:** https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://www.descript.com/pricing
- https://www.descript.com/underlord
- https://help.descript.com/hc/en-us/articles/39869916772621-Generative-image-and-video-models-in-Descript
- https://help.descript.com/generative-media/models
- https://help.descript.com/generative-media/generate-media
- https://help.descript.com/hc/en-us/articles/38621681243789-Generate-AI-images-and-video
- https://help.descript.com/api-and-mcp/mcp
- https://help.descript.com/api-and-mcp/api
- https://help.descript.com/billing-payments-plans/track-and-understand-your-media-minutes-and-ai-credits
- https://help.descript.com/billing-payments-plans/top-ups

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