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DDescript vs Vosk
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Descript if…
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: podcasters, youtube creators
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Choose Vosk if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Linux, Android, iOS
- you're in its core audience: software developers, embedded and iot engineers
Side by side
Feature Descript Vosk
Pricing modelFreemiumFree
Starting price$16/moFree
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionPersonal data kept as long as necessary for collection purposes—
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, APILinux, Android, iOS, API, Self-hosted
CategoryVideo EditingTranscription
CompanyDescript, Inc.Alpha Cephei
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
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 Vosk
- Fully offline speech recognition
- Streaming API for real-time transcription
- Speaker identification
- Quick vocabulary reconfiguration
- Compact models of about 50 MB per language
- Larger server models available
- Bindings for Python, Java, C#, JavaScript and more
- Runs on Raspberry Pi, Android and iOS
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
Vosk
Open sourceFree
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
Vosk
- Open source under the Apache-2.0 license
- Works fully offline, including on lightweight devices
- Supports 20+ languages and dialects
- Small models of about 50 MB each
- A developer toolkit, with no ready-made end-user app
- No commercial plans or pricing published on the site
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