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Kapwing vs Descript
Kapwing scores higher overall (7.9 vs 7.8), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose Kapwing if…
Social and marketing teams who want a fast, collaborative editor in the browser
7.9/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Descript if…
Podcasters, YouTubers and teams who edit talking-head video
7.8/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| Kapwing | Descript | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.9/10 | 7.8/10 |
| Rank in category | #2 of 10 | #3 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $16/month | Freemium · from $16/month |
| Free version | 10 credits, 720p exports up to 4 minutes with a watermark | 60 media minutes a month, 100 one-time AI credits, 720p export with watermark |
| Platforms | Web | Desktop app, Web, API |
| Made by | Kapwing | Descript, Inc. |
| Edit quality | 7.5 | 8 |
| Ease of use | 8.5 | 8 |
| Features | 8.5 | 8 |
| Value for money | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Platforms | 7 | 6.5 |
Kapwing: what the AI does
- Transcript-based trimming
- Smart Cut silence removal
- AI Clip Maker
- Auto-subtitles
- Dubbing into 40+ languages
- AI B-roll and video generation
- Feels like a desktop app in a browser
- Real-time collaboration
- Broad set of AI tools
- Social safe-zone guides for TikTok and Instagram
- Free plan is 720p with a watermark
- Advanced AI generations use credits
- No mobile apps
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