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RAlitu vs Descript
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Alitu if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: new podcasters, hobbyist creators
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Choose Descript if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($16/mo vs $38/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: podcasters, youtube creators
Side by side
Feature Alitu Descript
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$38/mo$16/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Personal data kept as long as necessary for collection purposes
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—2
Filler-word removal—
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryPodcastingVideo Editing
Company—Descript, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
A Alitu
- Browser recording studio
- Remote call recorder for up to 5 guests
- Transcript-based and waveform editing
- Automatic noise reduction, leveling and hum removal
- Filler-word removal
- Automatic intro and outro music
- Built-in hosting with analytics and a podcast website
- Episode scheduling
D Descript
- Edit video and audio by editing the transcript
- Transcription in 25 languages with speaker detection
- Studio Sound noise removal and voice enhancement
- One-click filler word and retake removal
- Underlord AI co-editor driven by prompts
- Voice clones, stock AI voices and speech regeneration
- Automatic clips, captions and video translation
- API and MCP server for programmatic editing
Plans and prices
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Alitu
Alitu (monthly)$38/mo
Alitu (annual)$380/yr
Hosting add-on$10/mo
Descript
Free$0
Hobbyist$16/mo billed annually ($24 monthly)
Creator$24/mo billed annually ($35 monthly)
Business$50/mo billed annually ($65 monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Alitu
- Recording, editing and hosting in one tool
- Hosting free up to 1,000 downloads a month
- Guests join remote recordings without installing software
- 30-day money-back guarantee after the first charge
- No free plan, only a trial
- Hosting above 1,000 downloads a month costs extra
- Trial processing is capped at 2 hours of audio
Descript
- Free plan with no credit card required
- Text-based editing removes the need to scrub a timeline
- Recording, editing, captions and publishing in a single tool
- SOC 2 Type II, SAML SSO, SCIM and GDPR compliance for business use
- Free plan includes only 60 media minutes a month and 100 one-time AI credits
- 4K export requires the Creator plan or higher
- Translation and dubbing only on Business plan and above
- Paid plans are priced per person
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