Descript review

Descript treats voice cloning as an editing tool rather than a separate product. Because you edit audio and video by editing a transcript, a custom voice clone lets you type a corrected word or a new sentence and regenerate it in your own voice, which saves a re-record for podcasters and video editors. AI Speech with custom voice clones is listed on the Hobbyist plan at $16 a person a month billed yearly, or $24 monthly, along with 10 media hours, 400 AI credits a month and watermark-free 1080p exports. Creator at $24 billed yearly raises that to 30 media hours and 800 credits and adds 4K export. The limits matter if you want long narration from scratch: Descript is built around recorded media, and dubbing into 30+ languages is reserved for Business at $50 billed yearly. We compared documented features and published prices; check the media hour and credit counts against how much you publish each month.

Who it is for

podcasters and video editors who fix lines in the edit

Price

Free plan; Hobbyist $16 a person a month billed yearly or $24 monthly.

Hobbyist $16 $24 per person / month 1 person included
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 13, 2026.

Key features

• AI Speech with custom voice clones on the Hobbyist plan
• Edit audio and video by editing the transcript
• Hobbyist includes 10 media hours and 400 AI credits a month
• Studio Sound and Remove Filler Words for cleanup
• Business plan translates and dubs video in 30+ languages

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Voice clone lives inside the editor, so a wrong word can be retyped and regenerated
• Strength: Free plan includes 1 media hour a month and 100 one-time AI credits
• Strength: Descript says more than 6 million creators and teams use it
• Weakness: Not a standalone text to speech studio for long narration
• Weakness: Hobbyist exports top out at 1080p; 4K needs Creator at $24 billed yearly
• Weakness: Translation and dubbing need the Business plan at $50 billed yearly

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, 60 media minutes a month
• Voice clone from: Hobbyist, $16 billed yearly
• AI credits on Hobbyist: 400 a month
• Dubbing: Business plan, 30+ languages

Where it ranks

Descript is No. 2 in our Best AI Voice Cloning Tools verdict.