Descript vs Canva

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Compared on	Descript Free plan · from $16/person/mo Visit Remove	Canva Free plan · from $12/person/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Video and audio editor that works by editing a text transcript	Online design tool with templates, stock media and AI features
Free plan	60 media minutes (1 hour) per month; 100 AI credits (one-time); 720p local export	5GB cloud storage; up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses (monthly allowance); 1 Brand Kit (3 colours only); 1.6M+ templates
Cheapest paid plan	$16/person/mo billed annually (Hobbyist)Descript pricing	$12/person/mo billed annually (Pro)Canva pricing
What it covers	10 media hours and 400 AI credits per month; 1080p watermark-free export.	Published as US$144/year for one person (yearly billing); the monthly-billing price was not shown on the US pricing page as fetched.
Free trial	None stated	Free trial offered for Pro and Business (length not stated on the pricing page)
Platforms	macOS, Windows	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Editing podcasts and interviews by deleting words from the transcript Cleaning up audio and removing filler words Cutting short clips from a longer video	Making social media graphics and ads from templates Keeping team designs on brand with shared Brand Kits Scheduling social posts from the same tool used to design them
Watch out for	Free plan: 1 media hour per month, 100 one-time AI credits and 720p export Hobbyist exports up to 1080p; 4K export starts on Creator Desktop app requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or Windows 11 or newer	Free plan: 5GB storage and up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses per month Ultra AI tools and Design in bulk are not available on Free SSO and SCIM provisioning require the Enterprise plan
Made by	Descript	Canva

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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