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CapCut vs Descript
CapCut scores higher overall (8.3 vs 7.8), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose CapCut if…
Social creators who want a free, full-featured editor on every device
8.3/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Descript if…
Podcasters, YouTubers and teams who edit talking-head video
7.8/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| CapCut | Descript | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.3/10 | 7.8/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 | #3 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $19.99/month | Freemium · from $16/month |
| Free version | Full editor with 1080p export; some templates and exports add a watermark | 60 media minutes a month, 100 one-time AI credits, 720p export with watermark |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Desktop app | Desktop app, Web, API |
| Made by | ByteDance | Descript, Inc. |
| Edit quality | 8 | 8 |
| Ease of use | 9 | 8 |
| Features | 7 | 8 |
| Value for money | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Platforms | 10 | 6.5 |
CapCut: what the AI does
- Auto-captions and caption translation
- AI voices and voice effects
- Vocal isolation (Pro)
- Camera tracking and flicker removal (Pro)
- Script-to-video and templates
- Generous free plan
- Apps on every platform
- Huge template and effects library
- Very easy to learn
- Its terms give CapCut a broad, perpetual licence to content you upload
- Best AI tools sit behind Pro
- Android rating is low (3.6)
Descript: what the AI does
- Text-based video editing
- Underlord AI co-editor
- Studio Sound audio clean-up
- Automatic captions
- Translation and dubbing (Business)
- AI voices to fix flubbed words
- Editing by transcript is fast and intuitive
- Underlord handles multi-step edits from a prompt
- Strong audio clean-up
- Works in the browser or as a desktop app
- Editor slows down on complex projects
- AI credits are shared across all features
- No mobile editing app