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DDescript vs Reduct
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Descript if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: podcasters, youtube creators
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Choose Reduct if…
- you want the lower entry price ($12/mo vs $16/mo)
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: public defenders and legal teams, ux and qualitative researchers
Side by side
Feature Descript Reduct
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price$16/mo$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionPersonal data kept as long as necessary for collection purposes—
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPRSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA
Updates, last 90 days2—
Text-based editing—
AI auto-clipping—
Filler/silence removal—
AI dubbing/translation—
Social scheduling—
4K export—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryVideo EditingTranscription
CompanyDescript, Inc.Reduct
Based inUnited States—
Founded—2017
Part of——
Key features
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
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
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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
Reduct
Personal$12/editor per month
Professional$40/editor per month
EnterpriseCustom (seat plans from $75/editor per month)
Strengths and limitations
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
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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