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Transcript-based video and podcast editing with AI voice and filler-word removal.

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Trust score · Verified

3 data points checked · 2026-11-07

Model stack: VerifiedEntry price: VerifiedVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

Underlord

Entry cost

Free tier · from $24/mo

Changes / 30d

6

The short answers · verified November 2, 2026

What is the latest version of Descript?
The current shipped version of Descript is Underlord, as of November 2, 2026.
How much does Descript cost?
Descript starts at $24 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of November 2, 2026.
What AI model does Descript use?
Descript runs primarily on ChatGPT.

Source: Descript — descript.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Text-based editing
  • Overdub voice clone
  • Studio Sound
  • Eye contact
  • Underlord agent
  • Video editing
  • Audio transcription
  • Screen recording
  • AI speech & Voice cloning
  • AI Underlord
  • Eye Contact correction
  • Green screen
  • Translation & Dubbing
  • API & MCP
  • Podcasting
  • Screen recorder
  • Rooms
  • Transcription
  • Captions
  • AI Speech
  • Underlord (AI assistant)
  • API + MCP
  • AI Speech & Voice Clones
  • Underlord AI Assistant
  • Remote Recording (Rooms)
  • Screen Recording
  • Eye Contact Correction
  • API Access
  • Enhance video
  • AI speech
  • Remove Filler Words
  • Green Screen
  • Eye Contact
  • AI Avatars
  • Rooms (Remote Recording)
  • Eye Contact AI
  • AI Speech (Voice clones)
  • Underlord AI co-editor
  • AI video maker
  • Translation
  • Underlord AI assistant
  • API
  • Underlord
  • Rooms (Remote recording)
  • AI Speech (Voice cloning)
  • Generate media
  • Templates
  • Underlord AI
  • Create Clips
  • Remote recording
  • Rooms (remote recording)
  • AI speech (voice clone)
  • Voice cloning
  • Filler word removal
  • Filler Words Removal
  • Custom voice clones
  • MCP
  • Filler Word Removal
  • Descript MCP
  • Audio editing
  • Avatars
  • Translate captions
  • AI Speech (text-to-speech)
  • Underlord (AI co-editor)
  • Voice clones
  • Translate video
  • Filler words removal
  • Descript API

Pricing

  • Free

    60 minutes (1 hr) / month media minutes, 100 one-time AI credits

    Free

  • Hobbyist

    10 media hours/mo, 400 AI credits/mo, export 1080p watermark-free

    $24

  • Creator

    30 media hours/mo, 800 AI credits/mo, export 4k watermark-free

    $35

  • Business

    40 media hours/mo, 1500 AI credits/mo, brand studio, translate & dub

    $65

  • Enterprise

    Sized to team, custom retention, SSO, SCIM

    Free

Entry price over time

5 of 59 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture

1/8/2021 · $011/2/2026 · $24

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • ChatGPT

    OpenAI

    disclosed
  • GPT-4

    OpenAI

    inferred
  • In-house speech models

    Descript

    disclosed
  • Underlord

    Descript

    disclosed
  • Undisclosed frontier LLM

    Provider undisclosed

    unknown

Context window

Not published

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • Node.js

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • capability

    New capabilities: Filler words removal, Descript API

    66 tracked68 tracked · +Filler words removal, Descript API

    source
  • model

    Descript added GPT-4 to its model stack

    ChatGPT, In-house speech models, Underlord, Undisclosed frontier LLMChatGPT, GPT-4, In-house speech models, Underlord, Undisclosed frontier LLM

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $16$24

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Translate video

    65 tracked66 tracked · +Translate video

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $16$24

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Voice clones

    64 tracked65 tracked · +Voice clones

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Underlord (AI co-editor)

    63 tracked64 tracked · +Underlord (AI co-editor)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: AI Speech (text-to-speech)

    62 tracked63 tracked · +AI Speech (text-to-speech)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Translate captions

    61 tracked62 tracked · +Translate captions

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Avatars

    60 tracked61 tracked · +Avatars

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Audio editing

    59 tracked60 tracked · +Audio editing

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Descript MCP

    58 tracked59 tracked · +Descript MCP

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Filler Word Removal

    57 tracked58 tracked · +Filler Word Removal

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: MCP

    56 tracked57 tracked · +MCP

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $16$24

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Custom voice clones

    55 tracked56 tracked · +Custom voice clones

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $19$24

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $19/mo

    $16$19

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Filler Words Removal

    54 tracked55 tracked · +Filler Words Removal

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $19$24

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $19/mo

    $16$19

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $16$24

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $19$16

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Filler word removal

    53 tracked54 tracked · +Filler word removal

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $19/mo

    $15$19

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $15/mo

    $16$15

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $16$24

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Voice cloning

    52 tracked53 tracked · +Voice cloning

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $16$24

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Rooms (remote recording), AI speech (voice clone)

    50 tracked52 tracked · +Rooms (remote recording), AI speech (voice clone)

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $24$16

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $24/mo

    $16$24

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $16/mo

    $19$16

    source
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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/descript

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Descript — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/descript
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-descript,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Descript — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/descript}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}