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DCapCut vs Descript
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose CapCut if…
- you work on Windows, macOS, iOS
- you're in its core audience: content creators, social media marketers
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Choose Descript if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: podcasters, youtube creators
Side by side
Feature CapCut Descript
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$16/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes—
Data retentionKept as long as necessary; cloud space data deleted on requestPersonal data kept as long as necessary for collection purposes
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—2
Text-based editing—
AI auto-clipping—
Filler/silence removal—
AI dubbing/translation—
Social scheduling—
4K export—
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, AndroidWeb, API
CategoryVideo EditingVideo Editing
CompanyByteDanceDescript, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded2016—
Part of——
Key features
C CapCut
- Online, desktop, mobile and tablet video editor
- Auto captions and subtitles
- Text to speech and custom voices
- Image and video background removal
- AI image and video generators
- Noise reduction and voice enhancement
- Template library for social and business content
- Brand kit on Teams plan
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- 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
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
CapCut
FreeFree
Pro€23.99/mo (€199.99/yr billed yearly)
Ultra€68/mo (€779/yr billed yearly)
Teams€14.99/seat/mo (2 seats); €120/seat/yr billed yearly
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
CapCut
- Free plan with basic editing tools and templates
- Available on web, desktop, mobile and tablet
- Paid plans include 1 TB storage
- Supports 20 languages
- AI generation is limited by monthly credits
- The pricing page says its prices are for reference only and final pricing shows after sign-in
- No public API listed
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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