Their Pitch
AI editing for every kind of video.
Our Take
It's video editing that works like editing text in a Word doc. Instead of scrubbing through timelines, you edit the transcript and the video changes automatically.
Deep Dive & Reality Check
Used For
- +**Manual waveform editing eating your weekends** → Delete "um" and "uh" from transcripts, video auto-adjusts in seconds
- +**Zoom recordings sitting unused because editing is too hard** → Drag in recording, get transcript instantly, cut out dead air by deleting text
- +**Need 10 social clips from one long video but timeline editing takes forever** → AI finds highlight moments, creates clips automatically
- +Voice cloning from 10-minute samples - fix mistakes without re-recording entire segments
- +Screen recording with automatic transcription - replaces Loom but with built-in editing
Best For
- >Podcasters drowning in 4-6 hours of editing per episode
- >YouTubers who need to clip long videos into social media posts fast
- >Non-technical teams turning Zoom calls into shareable content
Not For
- -Hollywood filmmakers or pros who need frame-perfect timeline control — AI approximations will frustrate you
- -Heavy accent or non-English workflows — transcription accuracy drops to 85% and you'll spend time fixing errors
- -Tight budgets — free tier's 1 hour monthly transcription burns fast, forcing quick upgrades to $24/month
Pairs With
- *Slack (auto-notifications when team members comment on video projects)
- *Zoom (records separate audio/video tracks that Descript can edit individually)
- *YouTube (where your edited content actually gets published after Descript polishes it)
- *Final Cut Pro (for timeline precision work that Descript's text-editing can't handle)
- *Castos (podcast hosting that accepts Descript's cleaned-up audio files)
- *SquadCast (remote recording that uploads directly to Descript for editing)
The Catch
- !Transcription hours disappear faster than expected — one podcast episode eats 80% of the Creator tier monthly limit
- !Voice cloning needs 10-30 minutes of clean audio samples or quality drops significantly
- !Desktop app crashes on files over 2GB, web version works better but no offline editing
Bottom Line
Cuts podcast editing time from 5 hours to 45 minutes by letting you delete filler words like typos in a document.