Automate Basics

Descript vs VEED

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

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Descript

Free plan · from $16/person/mo

VEED

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

What it isVideo and audio editor that works by editing a text transcriptBrowser-based video editor with subtitles, AI avatars and dubbing
Free plan60 media minutes (1 hour) per month; 100 AI credits (one-time); 720p local export720p export; 10-minute export length; 2GB storage; 1GB upload size; 10 minutes of auto subtitles per month; limited stock media
Cheapest paid plan$16/person/mo billed annually (Hobbyist)Descript pricing$10/user/mo billed annually (Creator)VEED pricing
What it covers10 media hours and 400 AI credits per month; 1080p watermark-free export.Billed yearly as $116; 500 credits per month on monthly billing or 6,000 credits per year on yearly billing.
Free trialNone statedEnterprise trial only (minimum 3 users), arranged through sales
PlatformsmacOS, WindowsWeb, iOS, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNo
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
  • Adding subtitles to marketing or training videos
  • Recording screen and camera videos in the browser
  • Translating and dubbing videos for other markets
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: 720p export, 10-minute export length, 2GB storage and 10 minutes of auto subtitles per month
  • AI generation features consume plan credits
  • No self-serve free trial; trials are for Enterprise customers with at least 3 users
Made byDescriptVEED

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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