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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (76.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free 1 seat Per Month
Descript
Star Rating
(825)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 plansGrain
Star Rating
(299)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (76.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 seat Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Descript excels in its Call Recording feature, scoring a remarkable 9.6, which reviewers mention is crucial for capturing high-quality audio during meetings. In contrast, Grain's Call Recording feature, while still effective, scores lower at 8.3, indicating a slight disadvantage in this area.
- Reviewers mention that Grain shines in Ease of Use, with a score of 9.4, making it particularly appealing for small businesses looking for a straightforward solution. Descript, while still user-friendly, has a lower score of 8.4, suggesting that some users may find it slightly more complex to navigate.
- G2 users highlight Descript's superior Transcription capabilities, achieving a score of 9.0, which is praised for its accuracy and speed. Grain, on the other hand, scores 8.9 in this area, indicating that while it performs well, it may not match the efficiency of Descript's transcription services.
- Users on G2 report that Grain's Integration with Existing Applications is a standout feature, scoring 8.9, which reviewers say enhances its functionality within existing workflows. Descript, with a score of 7.5, may require additional effort to integrate seamlessly with other tools.
- Reviewers mention that Descript's Screen Capture feature is highly rated at 8.4, providing users with robust options for creating visual content. Grain's Screen Capture, however, scores lower at 7.7, suggesting that it may not offer the same level of versatility.
- Users say that Grain's Quality of Support is exceptional, with a score of 9.1, which many reviewers appreciate for timely assistance. Descript, while still providing good support, scores 8.4, indicating that users may experience slightly longer response times.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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
Grain
Free
Free
1 seat Per Month
The quickest and easiest way to try Grain
- 20 meetings
- View team's meetings
- Basic AI Notes
Free Trial
Descript
Free Trial is available
Grain
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
659
9.1
200
Ease of Use
8.4
674
9.4
201
Ease of Setup
9.0
424
9.5
68
Ease of Admin
8.5
111
9.1
62
Quality of Support
8.4
447
9.1
147
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
102
9.7
63
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
638
9.3
180
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
Lead Facilitation
Not enough data
6.3
17
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
7.8
18
Not enough data
7.4
17
Organization
Not enough data
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.2
17
Performance Analysis
Not enough data
8.1
17
Not enough data
7.4
17
Sales Analysis
Not enough data
6.4
12
Not enough data
7.6
14
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - AI Sales Assistant
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
Call Analytics
Not enough data
9.6
36
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
8.8
28
Not enough data
7.9
13
Agent Performance Management
Not enough data
7.8
19
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
8.4
35
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.3
12
Agentic AI - Conversation Intelligence
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
8.3
128
Not enough data
8.6
135
Not enough data
7.1
116
Not enough data
Platform Content
7.4
111
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
137
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.5
134
Not enough data
8.0
110
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
7.7
20
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
9.2
21
Not enough data
Platform Content
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.8
21
Not enough data
8.2
21
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.4
19
Not enough data
6.1
19
Not enough data
8.2
20
Not enough data
Generative AI
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
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.0
18
Organization
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.5
14
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.1
15
Agentic AI - Video CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Voice
8.0
313
8.7
77
7.8
393
8.0
102
Transcription
8.3
371
8.3
99
8.6
356
8.9
76
8.8
337
7.9
57
7.8
172
7.3
24
Editing
8.4
312
8.6
71
7.8
155
Feature Not Available
8.8
370
7.9
67
7.4
136
7.2
34
Integration
8.3
279
8.3
33
7.3
240
7.4
26
8.6
317
8.4
39
8.1
264
7.8
41
7.5
252
8.9
66
Agentic AI - Transcription
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
Integration
7.8
105
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
8.6
123
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
121
Not enough data
7.6
60
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Audio Format
7.9
112
Not enough data
8.5
118
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
88
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Features
8.4
50
9.4
22
7.9
47
6.3
8
7.8
50
8.7
9
7.9
47
7.1
7
8.6
49
9.5
14
Feature Not Available
7.7
15
Organization
8.4
47
8.3
16
8.2
44
8.3
12
8.6
46
8.2
15
Customization
7.8
47
6.9
6
8.2
49
8.3
13
8.1
47
6.7
5
Analytics
7.5
42
6.3
8
Feature Not Available
8.3
10
7.7
43
8.8
10
Editing
7.8
267
Not enough data
9.0
275
Not enough data
7.6
259
Not enough data
7.9
241
Not enough data
8.2
255
Not enough data
8.6
272
Not enough data
8.8
263
Not enough data
Platform
8.6
247
Not enough data
8.7
259
Not enough data
8.1
228
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.8
224
Not enough data
7.7
224
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Editing
8.2
20
Not enough data
8.3
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
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
Planning
6.4
114
Not enough data
Publishing
7.7
122
Not enough data
Social Media
7.3
122
Not enough data
Planning
6.2
116
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
124
Not enough data
7.5
122
Not enough data
7.8
121
Not enough data
6.4
112
Not enough data
6.4
110
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.8
10
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
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
Not enough data
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.6
14
Not enough data
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.8
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.0
194
Not enough data
8.9
211
Not enough data
7.4
182
Not enough data
7.2
192
Not enough data
7.7
198
Not enough data
7.7
183
Not enough data
8.1
182
Not enough data
7.6
185
Not enough data
8.0
179
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
169
Not enough data
8.8
200
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.1
162
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
7.1
184
Not enough data
7.9
178
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
7.9
193
Not enough data
7.7
185
Not enough data
6.9
158
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
7.7
177
Not enough data
7.6
164
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Meeting Prep - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
5.7
9
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
9.8
10
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
5.4
8
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.5
9
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
9.4
8
Not enough data
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Output - Voice Dubbing
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
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
Agentic AI - Sales Coaching
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Training
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
9.7
10
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
9.9
15
Feedback
Not enough data
9.7
11
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
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
Pre-Meeting Tools
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.4
18
Meeting Tools
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.4
27
Post-Meeting Tools
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Agentic AI - Meeting Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Descript and Grain are categorized as Transcription and Video Communications
Unique Categories
Descript is categorized as Virtual Recording Studio, Screen and Video Capture, Video Editing, AI Video Generators, Text to Speech, AI Avatar Generators, Video Content Creation, Video Translation, Content Creation, Presentation, and Audio Editing
Grain is categorized as AI Meeting Assistants, Conversation Intelligence, AI Sales Assistant, Video CMS, Sales Coaching, Meeting Management, and Note-Taking Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Grain
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
12.4%
Media Production
10.3%
Professional Training & Coaching
6.3%
Computer Software
5.8%
Consulting
5.0%
Other
60.1%
Computer Software
28.9%
Marketing and Advertising
9.9%
Information Technology and Services
8.8%
Management Consulting
4.1%
Higher Education
3.7%
Other
44.6%
Discussions
Can you add in another video to an existing project?
2 Comments
KY
We are a well-trained service provider who takes care of the risks associated with fitting electronic parts so our technician will arrive at your place and...Read more
In my trained AI Overdub Voice
1 Comment
RL
Yes, it can. Training your Overdub voice takes about 30 minutes of audio recording (and then a few hours of processing time). Once it is complete, you can...Read more
Why is combining multiple audio files into one track so difficult?
1 Comment
TP
YES! I struggle with it tooRead more
Grain has no more discussions with answers
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