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Descript pricing
Yes. Descript has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $16/mo.
Descript's entry plan is the 6th cheapest of the 10 video tools we price, by the least a year costs on each; Kling is lowest at $79.20 a year (billed annually). Figures last confirmed 19 Aug 2026.
Plans
- Free plan
- Caps out at 60 media minutes/month and 100 one-time AI credits; exports are not watermark-free and AI tool access is limited
- Entry paid plan
- Hobbyist, $16/mo billed annually ($24/mo month-to-month): 10 media hours/month, 400 AI credits/month, watermark-free 1080p export, 1 seat
- Bills in
- Meters on two axes at once: media hours/minutes consumed and AI credits consumed per month, both scaling with tier; seats capped 1 to 5
- Cost per year
- $192 a year billed annually ($288 a year billed monthly) on the entry plan
Descript against the cheapest video tools
Entry plans only, ranked by the least a year costs on each: the annual-billed price where the vendor offers one, otherwise the monthly price times 12. The last column compares like with like: annual billing with annual billing when both tools offer it, otherwise the monthly price times 12 for both. Per-user and flat prices are not subtracted from each other. Credit-billed plans buy a monthly credit allowance; the dollar figure is the subscription price, not the cost of a given amount of output.
| Tool | Free plan | Entry | Per year | A year vs Descript |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 KlingsecondaryTry | Yes | $10/mocredits | $79.20billed annually | $112.80 lessboth billed annually |
 PikaTry | Yes | $8/mocredits | $96billed annually | $96 lessboth billed annually |
 RunwayTry | One-time credits | $12/mocredits | $144billed annually | $48 lessboth billed annually |
 HiggsfieldsecondaryTry | Yes | $15/mocredits | $180billed monthly, no annual plan | $12 lessboth billed annually |
 OpusClipTry | Yes | $15/mo | $180billed monthly, no annual plan | $12 lessboth billed annually |
 Descript | Yes | $16/mocredits | $192billed annually | this tool |
Is Descript free?
Yes. Descript has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $16/mo. The free plan: Caps out at 60 media minutes/month and 100 one-time AI credits; exports are not watermark-free and AI tool access is limited.
How much does Descript cost?
Descript's cheapest paid plan is $16/mo, which comes to $192 a year billed annually ($288 a year billed monthly). Plan detail: Hobbyist, $16/mo billed annually ($24/mo month-to-month): 10 media hours/month, 400 AI credits/month, watermark-free 1080p export, 1 seat.
Verified · source: descript.com
2026-08-19 facts pass, direct vendor fetch, corroborated by 12 secondary trackers with no conflicts.
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