Descript: verified facts and rating
Checked 2026-11-03
Score breakdown
74% backed by facts · How we rank
Descript against the market
The dot is the company, the line is the median of all companies in this ranking.
Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing$9.99$29.99$24.00 · median $19.88
Descript strengths and weaknesses
Pros
- Has a permanent free plan
- Vendor states a SOC 2 audit
- Public status page
- Identifies who is speaking
Cons
- High monthly price
- Recordings may be used to train AI unless you opt out
All facts
| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing | $24.00 $16 $24 per person / month | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Free plan | Yes No, Descript's Free plan includes everything you need to record, edit and mix audio and video content. | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Free transcription minutes per month | 60 60 minutes (1 hr) / month | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Transcription languages (vendor's count) | 25 Automatically transcribe your recordings into text in 25 languages | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings | Not verified | — | |
| Speaker identification | Yes Automatically identify and label multiple speakers in a recording. | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Subtitle export (SRT/VTT) | Not verified | — | |
| Public API | Yes Need auth, endpoints, and examples? The API docs have all of it. | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Not used for AI training by default | No Personalize and improve the Descript Service and for research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models; | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| SOC 2 stated | Yes We have achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance by going through a Certified Public Accounting firm | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| HIPAA | Not verified | — | |
| GDPR data processing agreement | Not verified | — | |
| Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC) | Yes Advanced Security and SSO / SCIM | descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Founded | Not verified | — | |
| Public status page | Yes We’re fully operational | status.descript.com | 2026-11-03 |
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