Runway
Runway
10
Creative suite for generated video
- Version
- Gen-4.5
- Cost
- Free tier · from $15 one-time
- Model
- Aleph
Descript
Descript · #1 most active of 17 in Video
Transcript-based video and podcast editing with AI voice and filler-word removal.
100
Trust score · Verified
3 data points checked · 2026-09-10
Current version
Underlord
Entry cost
Free tier · from $16/mo
Changes / 30d
10
The short answers · verified September 16, 2026
- What is the latest version of Descript?
- The current shipped version of Descript is Underlord, as of September 16, 2026.
- How much does Descript cost?
- Descript starts at $16 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 16, 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
Pricing
Free
Free
Hobbyist
$16
Creator
$24
Business
$50
Enterprise
Free
Entry price over time
5 of 40 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
ChatGPT
OpenAI
- disclosed
In-house speech models
Descript
- disclosed
Underlord
Descript
- unknown
Undisclosed frontier LLM
Provider undisclosed
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.
- Undisclosed frontier LLMProvider undisclosed · 9 products
- ChatGPTOpenAI · 6 products
- In-house speech modelsDescript · 2 products
- UnderlordDescript · 1 product
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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- Version
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Change history
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New capabilities: Rooms (remote recording), AI speech (voice clone)
50 tracked52 tracked · +Rooms (remote recording), AI speech (voice clone)
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- capability
New capabilities: Rooms (Remote recording), AI Speech (Voice cloning)
43 tracked45 tracked · +Rooms (Remote recording), AI Speech (Voice cloning)
source - capability
- pricing
- pricing
- capability
New capabilities: Underlord AI assistant, API
40 tracked42 tracked · +Underlord AI assistant, API
source - pricing
- capability
New capabilities: AI video maker, Translation
38 tracked40 tracked · +AI video maker, Translation
source - pricing
- capability
- capability
- capability
- model
Descript added Underlord to its model stack
ChatGPT, In-house speech models, Undisclosed frontier LLMChatGPT, In-house speech models, Underlord, Undisclosed frontier LLM
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: AI Speech & Voice Clones, Underlord AI Assistant, Remote Recording (Rooms)
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Descript compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Video.
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 2026-09-17, 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: 2026-09-17}
}