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DDescript vs VEED
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Descript if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: podcasters, youtube creators
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Choose VEED if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: marketers, solopreneurs
Side by side
Feature Descript VEED
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$16/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes
Data retentionPersonal data kept as long as necessary for collection purposesKept only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes collected
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPR—
Updates, last 90 days2—
Text-based editing—
AI auto-clipping
Filler/silence removal—
AI dubbing/translation
Social scheduling—
4K export—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryVideo EditingVideo Editing
CompanyDescript, Inc.Veed Limited
Based inUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
Founded—2018
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
V VEED
- Talking-head videos from one photo and a voice clone
- Library of AI presenters
- Automatic and dynamic subtitle generation
- AI dubbing and video translation
- Brand Kit for colours, fonts, logos and voice
- Eye contact correction and background noise removal
- Screen recorder, teleprompter and AI clip generator
- Access to Sora 2, Veo 3.1 and Kling AI models
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
VEED
FreeFree
EnterpriseCustom
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
VEED
- Free plan available
- Paid plans include unlimited subtitles, with a 50-hour monthly fair use limit
- Generating, editing, dubbing and subtitling in one tool
- Mobile apps alongside the web editor
- Pricing is per editor seat, so the cost grows with team size
- Unused AI credits and translation minutes don't roll over
- No public API mentioned
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