Captions vs Descript: Which Should You Choose in 2026?
Both prices below were read from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown.
Pricing side by side
| Plan | Captions | Descript |
|---|---|---|
| tier 1 | $15/mo — AI captions, eye contact fix, audio enhancement, 4K export | Free — Text-based editing with limited AI |
| tier 2 | $40/mo — AI voice cloning, multi-language dubbing, 60-min video exports | $24/mo — 1 person, 10 media hours and 400 AI credits a month, 1080p export |
| tier 3 | On request — Custom API integrations, team workspaces, custom SLAs | $35/mo — Team of 3 billed separately, 30 media hours, 800 AI credits, 4K export |
| tier 4 | — | $65/mo — Team of 5 billed separately, 40 media hours, 1,500 AI credits |
read from both vendors' pricing pages · 22 Aug 2026 · how we verify
Choose Captions if
- Performance ad creators and founders recording talking-head product videos
- International marketing teams dubbing creator videos into multiple languages with lip-sync
Choose Descript if
- Teams making talking-head or podcast content who edit by script
- Anyone who wants watermark-free 1080p at the cheapest paid tier
Where each one disappoints
Captions
- Text-only article publishers with no video production strategy
Descript
- Growing teams reading the seat count as included — extra seats are billed separately on Creator and Business
Compiled by Stepan Noianov from both vendors' own sites. Something wrong? Report an inaccuracy.