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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$0.00
AKOOL
Star Rating
(461)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansDescript
Star Rating
(826)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansAKOOL vs Descript
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found AKOOL easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with AKOOL overall.
- Reviewers felt that AKOOL meets the needs of their business better than Descript.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AKOOL is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of AKOOL over Descript.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AKOOL
Free
Free Trial
Get started for free
- 25 images or 1.5 mins of video
- 3 Customized Instant Avatars
- Upload file size limited to 150M and 5mins
Descript
Free
$0.00
Get started on your creative journey with text-based editing and give our AI tools a spin.
- 1 media hour / month
Free Trial
AKOOL
Free Trial is available
Descript
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.5
303
8.9
660
Ease of Use
9.5
459
8.5
675
Ease of Setup
9.5
427
9.0
425
Ease of Admin
9.5
34
8.5
112
Quality of Support
9.4
299
8.4
448
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
33
8.7
103
Product Direction (% positive)
9.9
311
9.1
638
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.2
10
8.3
128
9.4
9
8.6
135
9.4
9
7.1
116
Platform Content
8.9
6
7.4
111
9.6
8
Feature Not Available
9.6
9
8.7
137
Platform Additional Functionality
10.0
7
8.5
134
Not enough data
8.0
110
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
7.7
20
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
9.2
21
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.8
21
Not enough data
8.2
21
Not enough data
8.8
22
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.4
19
Not enough data
6.1
19
Not enough data
8.2
20
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
19
Not enough data
7.4
16
Not enough data
7.0
16
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
5.9
16
Not enough data
7.3
19
Not enough data
6.7
17
Translation Options
Not enough data
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Offering Type
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Machine Translation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Client Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Translation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Translation Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Voice
8.6
12
8.0
313
9.1
11
7.8
393
Transcription
8.8
12
8.3
371
8.8
10
8.6
356
8.7
9
8.8
337
8.7
10
7.8
172
Editing
Feature Not Available
8.4
312
9.4
8
7.8
155
8.6
6
8.8
370
8.3
6
7.4
136
Integration
8.9
6
8.3
279
8.9
6
7.3
240
Not enough data
8.6
317
7.7
5
8.1
264
Not enough data
7.5
252
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Integration
9.2
82
7.8
105
9.1
73
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
9.4
71
8.6
123
9.2
67
Feature Not Available
9.1
64
8.3
121
9.2
53
7.6
60
9.3
60
Feature Not Available
9.3
54
Feature Not Available
9.1
45
7.6
105
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio Format
9.4
49
7.9
112
9.3
42
8.5
118
9.4
40
8.6
52
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Software Delivery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Email
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Features
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
7.8
50
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Organization
Not enough data
8.4
47
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.6
46
Customization
Not enough data
7.8
47
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
8.1
47
Analytics
Not enough data
7.5
42
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
43
Editing
9.1
64
7.8
267
9.2
60
9.0
275
9.1
57
7.6
259
9.0
60
7.9
241
9.3
50
8.2
255
9.2
57
8.6
272
9.2
51
8.8
263
Platform
9.2
44
8.6
247
9.4
50
8.7
259
Feature Not Available
8.1
228
Generative AI
9.4
6
7.8
224
Not enough data
7.7
224
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
8.2
20
Not enough data
8.3
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image Generation
9.2
59
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
9.1
60
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
9.0
56
Not enough data
8.7
56
Not enough data
8.9
56
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
Model
8.8
57
Not enough data
9.1
55
Not enough data
9.0
53
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
80
6.4
114
Publishing
9.0
79
7.7
122
Social Media
8.7
80
7.3
122
Planning
Feature Not Available
6.2
116
Generative AI
8.5
81
7.5
124
8.4
75
7.5
122
8.4
73
7.8
121
8.9
74
6.4
112
8.7
74
6.4
110
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.7
5
7.8
10
7.3
5
7.6
9
8.0
5
8.0
9
8.3
5
8.1
9
8.0
5
8.3
8
8.7
5
8.3
9
8.3
5
8.3
9
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
6.7
15
Not enough data
6.6
15
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.6
14
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.8
15
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.9
25
8.0
194
9.0
26
8.9
211
9.2
26
7.4
182
8.7
28
7.2
192
9.3
29
7.7
198
9.0
27
7.7
183
8.9
26
8.1
182
9.1
26
7.6
185
9.0
25
8.0
179
Distribution - Video Content Creation
9.0
26
Feature Not Available
8.5
25
7.4
169
8.7
29
8.8
200
Analytics - Video Content Creation
9.3
26
Feature Not Available
8.8
26
6.1
162
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.8
26
7.1
184
8.9
28
7.9
178
Integrations - Video Content Creation
9.0
26
7.9
193
8.7
25
7.7
185
9.3
29
6.9
158
Other - Video Content Creation
9.0
29
7.7
177
9.5
28
7.6
164
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
8.0
10
8.8
10
8.3
11
9.0
8
8.5
10
9.0
7
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
8.5
11
9.4
8
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
8.6
11
9.3
7
8.9
11
9.0
7
Output - Voice Dubbing
8.3
10
9.4
8
8.5
12
9.5
7
9.1
11
9.2
8
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
9.2
13
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live streaming
Not enough data
Not enough data
Script-based automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage & Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Core Recording & Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live Collaboration & Direction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Post & Editing Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI & Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AKOOL and Descript are categorized as AI Video Generators, Video Translation, Video Content Creation, Text to Speech, Transcription, Content Creation, Video Editing, Screen and Video Capture, and Video Communications
Unique Categories
AKOOL is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, AI Image Generators, Video Email, Translation Management, and Machine Translation
Descript is categorized as Virtual Recording Studio, AI Avatar Generators, Presentation, and Audio Editing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AKOOL
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
33.8%
Information Technology and Services
19.7%
Design
4.8%
Computer Software
4.1%
Graphic Design
2.2%
Other
35.4%
Marketing and Advertising
12.4%
Media Production
10.3%
Professional Training & Coaching
6.3%
Computer Software
5.8%
Consulting
5.0%
Other
60.1%
Discussions
AKOOL has no discussions with answers
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In my trained AI Overdub Voice
1 Comment
RL
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1 Comment
TP
YES! I struggle with it tooRead more
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