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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free 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 plansRev
Star Rating
(560)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Reviews say that Rev excels in ease of use with a score of 9.5, making it a favorite among users who appreciate a straightforward interface for transcription tasks. In contrast, Descript, with a score of 8.4, is noted for having a steeper learning curve, particularly for new users.
- Users report that Rev's accuracy in transcription is highly praised, scoring 8.5, which is significantly higher than Descript's 7.8. Reviewers mention that Rev's human transcription service is a standout feature, ensuring high-quality results.
- Reviewers mention that Rev's timecode management feature, scoring 9.3, is particularly beneficial for video editors, allowing for precise synchronization. Descript, while scoring 8.6, does not offer the same level of detail in this area, which can be a drawback for users needing exact timing.
- Users on G2 highlight that Rev's quality of support, with a score of 9.3, is a major advantage, as many users report quick and helpful responses from the support team. Descript, scoring 8.4, has received mixed reviews regarding support responsiveness.
- G2 users mention that Rev's integration capabilities, scoring 7.9, allow for seamless use with existing applications, which is crucial for small businesses. Descript, with a score of 7.4, has fewer integration options, which can limit its usability in certain workflows.
- Users report that Rev's dictation feature, scoring 8.4, is reliable and user-friendly, making it a preferred choice for those who need quick voice-to-text capabilities. Descript's dictation feature, scoring 8.0, is functional but lacks some of the advanced features that Rev offers.
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
Rev
Free
Free
Per Month
For getting started with Rev.
- 45 AI transcription minutes per month.
- Organize files easily with 1 workspace
- Custom glossary terms for transcript accuracy
Free Trial
Descript
Free Trial is available
Rev
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
659
9.3
297
Ease of Use
8.4
674
9.5
307
Ease of Setup
9.0
424
9.6
241
Ease of Admin
8.5
111
9.5
62
Quality of Support
8.4
447
9.3
216
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
102
9.5
210
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
638
9.4
291
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
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
313
8.4
230
7.8
393
8.5
260
Transcription
8.3
371
8.1
257
8.6
356
9.3
253
8.8
337
8.4
220
7.8
172
7.9
206
Editing
8.4
312
8.2
204
7.8
155
8.2
231
8.8
370
8.5
228
7.4
136
7.7
196
Integration
8.3
279
8.4
209
7.3
240
7.7
188
8.6
317
8.8
220
8.1
264
7.7
188
7.5
252
7.9
193
Agentic AI - Transcription
7.1
11
8.2
85
8.0
11
7.9
84
8.0
11
8.1
85
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
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
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
8.8
27
Not enough data
8.9
25
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
9.2
24
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.1
25
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
23
Not enough data
8.7
22
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.3
12
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
Generative AI - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
8.7
24
LLM and NLP - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
8.4
24
Technology Benefit - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.5
22
Consistency, Accuracy and Efficiency - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
7.9
23
Automation using Legal Tech - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
8.6
21
Compliance and Data Security - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
8.1
22
Ease of Use and Adaptability - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
8.3
23
Agentic AI - AI Legal Assistant
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
8.4
21
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
9.3
20
Deployment & Integration - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
8.2
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Performance Optimization - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Security & Compliance - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.2
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Advanced AI & Biometric Features - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
7.5
14
Agentic AI - Voice Recognition
Not enough data
8.5
8
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
8.3
11
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 Rev are categorized as Transcription
Unique Categories
Rev is categorized as AI Meeting Assistants, Note-Taking Software, Voice Recognition, and AI Legal Assistant
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Rev
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%
Marketing and Advertising
8.5%
Media Production
6.6%
Higher Education
6.5%
Computer Software
4.4%
Entertainment
4.2%
Other
69.7%
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
can I use machine transcribing on the App
1 Comment
LT
Langulation provides professional translation services at the most competitive rates in the industry. We have vast experience translating a wide range of...Read more
How can we have closed captioning added to music videos?
1 Comment
LT
Langulation provides professional translation services at the most competitive rates in the industry. We have vast experience translating a wide range of...Read more
Is rev a legit company?
1 Comment
SL
Yes - I'm the Managing Director, EMEA. Rev is growing across the region to bring the world's most accurate AI Voice Applications to our 170k+ customers with...Read more
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