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RAlitu vs Reduct
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Alitu if…
- you're in its core audience: new podcasters, hobbyist creators
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Choose Reduct if…
- you want the lower entry price ($12/mo vs $38/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: public defenders and legal teams, ux and qualitative researchers
Side by side
Feature Alitu Reduct
Pricing modelFree trialFree trial
Starting price$38/mo$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryPodcastingTranscription
Company—Reduct
Based in——
Founded—2017
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
R Reduct
- Interactive transcript linked to video playback
- Transcription in over 90 languages
- Video and audio PII redaction
- Text-based editing with strikethrough cuts
- Live Capture for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls
- Exact and fuzzy search across all recordings
- Multicam sync and timeline view
- Premiere Pro plugin for rough cuts
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Alitu
Alitu (monthly)$38/mo
Alitu (annual)$380/yr
Hosting add-on$10/mo
Reduct
Personal$12/editor per month
Professional$40/editor per month
EnterpriseCustom (seat plans from $75/editor per month)
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
Reduct
- Free commenters on every plan
- Long silences are excluded from transcription billing
- Discounts for non-profits and academics
- Premiere Pro integration uses original source files
- Redaction and multicam sync require Professional or above
- Personal plan limited to 720p exports and 4GB files
- Document support only on Enterprise
- Transcription beyond the quota is charged per minute
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DD
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D
DD
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Editing, color, VFX, audio and photo post-production in one desktop app
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CC
Freemium
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Professional video editing with AI masking, text-based editing and color tools
From $22.99/mo
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From $22.99/mo
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Professional video editing with AI masking, text-based editing and color tools
Video Editing
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WW
Free, from $12/mo
W
Voice dictation that turns speech into clean, formatted text in any app
TranscriptionFree plan
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