Free
- Usage limits
- 1 media hr/mo
- Credits, minutes, images
- 1 media hr/mo
- Models
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
- Key features
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
Descript pricing (October 2026)
by Descript · Voice
Worth it if you edit podcasts or video by text and need 10 media hours a month (Hobbyist, $24 or $16 billed yearly).
Skip if you record about an hour a month, which the free plan covers.
Start free if the free plan covers you: 1 media hour/mo.
- Cheapest paid, billed monthly
- Hobbyist · $24.00 USD/mo≈CA$34.07/mo Estimate
- Cheapest paid, billed yearly
- Hobbyist · $16.00 USD/mo≈CA$22.71/mo Estimate≈ $192≈ CA$272.52 yearly Save 33%
- Free plan
- Yes
- Prices checked
- Verified
Plans
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Limits, in Descript’s words |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | 1 media hr/mo |
| HobbyistBest for the lowest paid price | $24.00≈CA$34.07 Estimate | $16.00≈CA$22.71 Estimate≈ $192≈ CA$272.52 yearly Save 33% | 10 media hrs/mo, 400 AI credits |
| Creator | $35.00≈CA$49.69 Estimate | $24.00≈CA$34.07 Estimate≈ $288≈ CA$408.84 yearly Save 31% | 30 media hrs/mo, 800 AI credits |
| Business TeamBest for teams, priced per seat | $65.00≈CA$92.27 Estimate | $50.00≈CA$70.98 Estimate≈ $600≈ CA$851.76 yearly Save 23% | 40 media hrs/mo, 1,500 AI credits |
Before tax, from Descript’s official pricing page ↗. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
More details limits, tax, history, alternatives, method
Prices per person.
Usage limits, credits and models
Hobbyist
- Usage limits
- 10 media hrs/mo, 400 AI credits
- Credits, minutes, images
- 10 media hrs/mo
- 400 AI credits
- Models
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
- Key features
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
Creator
- Usage limits
- 30 media hrs/mo, 800 AI credits
- Credits, minutes, images
- 30 media hrs/mo
- 800 AI credits
- Models
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
- Key features
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
Business Team
- Usage limits
- 40 media hrs/mo, 1,500 AI credits
- Credits, minutes, images
- 40 media hrs/mo
- 1,500 AI credits
- Models
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
- Key features
- Not published · check Descript’s page (official pricing page) ↗
Free plan: 1 media hour/mo.
Where each price comes from, with tax
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | Verified · Source for Free: Descript pricing page ↗Verified · Source ↗ |
| HobbyistBest for the lowest paid price | $24.00≈CA$34.07 Estimate+ 13% HST = ≈CA$38.50/mo in ON | $16.00≈CA$22.71 Estimate≈ $192≈ CA$272.52 yearly Save 33%+ 13% HST = ≈CA$25.66/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Hobbyist: Descript pricing page ↗Checked · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Creator | $35.00≈CA$49.69 Estimate+ 13% HST = ≈CA$56.15/mo in ON | $24.00≈CA$34.07 Estimate≈ $288≈ CA$408.84 yearly Save 31%+ 13% HST = ≈CA$38.50/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Creator: Descript pricing page ↗Checked · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Business TeamBest for teams, priced per seat | $65.00≈CA$92.27 Estimate+ 13% HST = ≈CA$104.27/mo in ON | $50.00≈CA$70.98 Estimate≈ $600≈ CA$851.76 yearly Save 23%+ 13% HST = ≈CA$80.21/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Business: Descript pricing page ↗Checked · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
USD from Descript’s US pricing page, before tax. Switch to CAD to see Canadian prices with sales tax.Official CAD = Descript’s page shows CAD to Canadians. App Store CAD = Apple App Store Canada (web checkout may differ). Estimate (≈) = USD × 1.4196, Bank of Canada, Oct 15, 2026. Tax is an estimate: what you pay depends on the vendor’s GST/HST registration. Yearly totals with tax
Change history
Tracking started . No price or plan changes confirmed since then.
Alternatives to Descript
| Tool | Cheapest paid USDCAD/mo | Free plan | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax AudioVerified MiniMax | $5.00≈CA$7.10 Estimate | Yes | Descript vs MiniMax Audio |
| TypecastPartly verified Neosapience | $5.00≈CA$7.10 Estimate | Yes | Descript vs Typecast |
| Voice.aiPartly verified Voice.ai | $5.00≈CA$7.10 Estimate | Yes | Descript vs Voice.ai |
| ElevenLabsVerified ElevenLabs | $6.00≈CA$8.52 Estimate | Yes | Descript vs ElevenLabs |
| Kits AIPartly verified Kits AI | $10.00≈CA$14.20 Estimate | Yes | Descript vs Kits AI |
Prices checked against official pricing pages. Before tax. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
Free and open-source options
Options for transcription that you can run yourself or use on a hosted service. Checked .
| Your setup | Option | Licence or price | Needs / free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows or Linux PC with an NVIDIA GPU or Apple Silicon Mac | Whisper (OpenAI) ↗ | MIT | tiny ~1GB to large ~10GB VRAM; macOS ok |
| CPU only or a laptop | whisper.cpp ↗ | MIT | CPU, Apple Silicon optimized |
| No hardware (hosted) | Together AI ↗ | Per token/unit. gpt-oss-120B $0.15/$0.60 per 1M tok; Llama 3.3 70B $1.04; Kokoro-82M TTS $4/1M chars; Whisper Large v3 $0.0015/min; FLUX.2 dev $0.0154/img | Some $0 models listed (e.g. Ternary Bonsai 27B) |
We haven’t recorded a public leaderboard ranking for this use yet, so these aren’t ranked by quality.
More free options for transcription
Source & method
USD prices from Descript's official pricing page (US version, before tax), last verified . A script re-checks that every listed price still appears on that page, and nothing here changes until a person confirms it. Each CAD price shows where it came from and when we checked it; estimates use the Bank of Canada rate (1.4196, Oct 15, 2026). Usage limits, credits and models are quoted from the vendor’s page; “Not published” means the page doesn’t say. Full method