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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (73.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free 1 User
Descript
Star Rating
(820)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansOtter.ai
Star Rating
(437)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (73.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Descript excels in text editing capabilities, with a score of 8.8, allowing for seamless integration of audio and video editing. Reviewers mention the "Overdub" feature as a standout, enabling users to create voiceovers that sound natural.
- Reviewers mention that Otter.ai shines in ease of use, scoring 9.0, making it particularly appealing for users who prioritize a straightforward interface. Users on G2 appreciate the intuitive design that allows for quick note-taking and transcription.
- G2 users highlight Descript's strong performance in collaboration features, scoring 8.4, which is beneficial for teams working on projects together. Reviewers say that the ability to share projects and receive feedback in real-time enhances productivity.
- Users say that Otter.ai has a slight edge in dictation accuracy, scoring 8.6 compared to Descript's 8.0. Reviewers mention that Otter.ai's transcription is particularly reliable for meetings and interviews, making it a preferred choice for professionals.
- Reviewers mention that both products have similar ease of setup scores (9.0), but users report that Descript's onboarding process is more comprehensive, providing detailed tutorials that help new users get started quickly.
- Users report that while both products offer good data security, Descript scores slightly higher at 8.2 compared to Otter.ai's 8.0. Reviewers mention that Descript's commitment to user privacy and data protection is a significant factor in their decision-making process.
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
Otter.ai
Basic
Free
1 User
For those who want to give it a try
- Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet
- AI Chat within and across meetings
- AI meeting workflows
Free Trial
Descript
Free Trial is available
Otter.ai
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
656
8.7
368
Ease of Use
8.5
670
9.0
373
Ease of Setup
9.0
420
9.0
267
Ease of Admin
8.5
109
8.6
87
Quality of Support
8.4
444
8.4
236
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
100
8.5
80
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
634
8.8
358
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.1
67
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.8
16
Organization
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
7.6
17
Performance Analysis
Not enough data
6.6
68
Not enough data
6.8
67
Sales Analysis
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.1
61
Not enough data
8.6
60
Agentic AI - AI Sales Assistant
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.5
11
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.3
5
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Call Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
88
Not enough data
8.3
87
Not enough data
8.5
85
Not enough data
7.5
22
Agent Performance Management
Not enough data
7.7
73
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
8.6
80
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.7
78
Agentic AI - Conversation Intelligence
Not enough data
8.2
23
Not enough data
8.2
23
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.3
23
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.2
22
Not enough data
7.7
22
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
Voice
8.0
312
8.5
182
7.8
393
8.0
193
Transcription
8.3
371
7.7
190
8.6
356
8.7
177
8.8
337
7.9
155
7.8
172
7.4
157
Editing
8.4
312
8.2
169
7.8
155
Feature Not Available
8.8
370
7.9
173
7.4
136
Feature Not Available
Integration
8.3
279
8.0
155
7.3
240
7.6
52
8.6
316
8.3
167
8.1
264
7.8
148
7.5
252
8.0
158
Agentic AI - Transcription
7.1
11
8.3
49
8.0
11
8.2
48
8.0
11
8.0
47
Integration
7.8
105
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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
Audio Format
7.9
112
Not enough data
8.5
118
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
88
Not enough data
Platform Features
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
Not enough data
Organization
8.4
47
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
Customization
7.8
47
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
Analytics
7.5
42
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
43
Not enough data
Editing
7.8
266
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
271
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
7.8
17
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
8.0
19
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
19
Not enough data
9.2
19
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
8.9
175
Not enough data
8.1
174
Not enough data
8.4
174
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
8.0
168
Not enough data
7.7
168
Not enough data
8.7
171
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
170
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
8.3
83
Not enough data
7.9
82
Not enough data
7.9
84
Not enough data
8.0
82
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
Deployment & Integration - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
7.5
16
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
8.9
17
Performance Optimization - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
8.6
16
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
8.8
15
Security & Compliance - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Advanced AI & Biometric Features - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
7.2
16
Agentic AI - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
8.4
15
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 - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
9.0
27
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.5
62
Not enough data
8.9
62
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.7
63
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.3
60
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
7.7
61
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.0
61
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.1
58
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.3
61
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
7.9
63
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
Descript and Otter.ai are categorized as Transcription
Unique Categories
Otter.ai is categorized as AI Note-Taking Software, Business Instant Messaging, Conversation Intelligence, AI Sales Assistant, Note-Taking Software, Voice Recognition, and AI Meeting Assistants
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Otter.ai
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
12.5%
Media Production
10.4%
Professional Training & Coaching
6.4%
Computer Software
5.9%
Consulting
5.0%
Other
59.9%
Marketing and Advertising
11.5%
Computer Software
11.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.2%
Consulting
6.7%
Higher Education
5.0%
Other
57.9%
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
What does otter AI do?
2 Comments
FT
Otter.ai is an artificial intelligence transcription service that automatically creates text transcriptions of online meetings and audio recordings.Read more
Custom vocabulary
1 Comment
RD
Hello! I wanted to let you know that Equal Time (www.equaltime.io) offers Custom vocab (up to 1000 words or phrases). So you can add special tango terms as...Read more
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