Descript
Text-based AI video and audio editor with voice cloning
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 2 independent review sources
- 1,200 third-party reviews counted
- 1 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 1
- 4 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 35
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why Descript ranks #2
Descript ranks #2 of 6 ai voice & audio with a TOP SCORE of 43.
The category leader scores 43, a gap of 0 points.
That is 7 points above the category average of 36.
Its strongest component is External Reputation at 69; its weakest is Web Authority at 16.
No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
49 → 43 ↓6.1
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 ↗ | 4.6/5 | 92 | 920 | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
| Trustpilot ↗ | 2.8/5 | 56 | 280 | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude sonnet 5 parametric | 33% | 0% | 0% | 4.8 | 12 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- G231 Aug 2026
- Trustpilot31 Aug 2026
- Descript Help Center31 Aug 2026
- Better Business Bureau31 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- Descript is an AI audio/video editor built around text-based editing, where you edit media by editing its transcript, with an AI co-editor called Underlord. Voice generation is one module inside the suite: Overdub voice cloning and 'AI Speech with custom voice clones' are metered against a shared monthly AI credit pool. It is aimed at podcasters, video and course creators, and marketing or L&D teams that want recording, editing, dubbing and publishing in one subscription rather than a standalone TTS engine.
- Category
- AI Voice & Audio
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Products
- Descript editor (text-based video/audio editing), Underlord AI co-editor, Overdub / AI Speech custom voice clones, Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Create Clips, Green Screen, Eye Contact, Multi-language transcription (25 languages), Translation and dubbing in 30+ languages with proofread, AI avatars from photo or text, Built-in recorder and hosted publishing
- Markets
- SMB, Creators, Agencies, Enterprise, Education
- Integrations
- SSO (Enterprise), SCIM (Enterprise), Audit logs (Enterprise)
- Pricing
- Hobbyist $16/mo billed annually ($24/mo monthly) — 10 media hours, 400 AI credits/mo, 1080p watermark-free export, AI Speech with custom voice clones · free tier: Free $0 — 60 minutes (1 hr) media per month, 100 one-time AI credits, 25-language transcription, unlimited projects, no top-ups, no credit card required pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- SOC 2 Type II compliance asserted on the pricing page, with a claim that project information is confidential 'even from Descript'. Opt-out of AI training and custom retention are Enterprise-only controls — Free through Business buyers should assume no published opt-out. Voice cloning requires explicit authorization from the cloned speaker. Creator tier and above include unlimited royalty-free stock media. A BBB complaints file exists for Descript, Inc. including a billing/refund dispute referencing SquadCast; the record was not opened and is unverified beyond its existence.
- Official website
- https://descript.com ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Category context
- This platform43
- Category leader43
- Category average36
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