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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
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 plansSimplified
Star Rating
(4,985)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that while both Descript and Simplified have a strong focus on small businesses, Simplified has a slightly higher percentage of reviews from this segment (94.5% vs. 88.6%), indicating a more tailored experience for small business needs.
- Reviewers mention that Descript offers a free entry-level price point, making it accessible for users who are just starting out, while Simplified starts at $29.00, which may be a barrier for some potential users.
- Users on G2 highlight that Simplified excels in features like Slide Design (9.7) and Presenter Tools (9.2), which are crucial for users focused on creating engaging presentations, whereas Descript scores lower in these areas (7.5 and 8.6 respectively).
- Reviewers say that Simplified's ease of use (8.9) and ease of admin (9.1) are superior to Descript's scores (8.4 and 8.6), suggesting that users find Simplified more intuitive and easier to manage overall.
- G2 users mention that Descript shines in transcription (9.0) and audio mixing (7.8), making it a preferred choice for those focused on audio and video editing, while Simplified's scores in these areas (9.1 and 8.6) are also strong but not as specialized.
- Users report that Simplified's collaborative features, such as Team Review (9.0) and Messaging (9.4), are highly rated, indicating a robust platform for teamwork, while Descript's scores in these areas (8.1 and 7.2) suggest room for improvement in collaboration capabilities.
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
Simplified
Simplified One
Starting at $29.00
1 Seat Per Month
Best for freelancers, solo creators
- 7 Social Media Accounts, 1 User
- 1 Brand Style & Voice
- 100K AI words
Free Trial
Descript
Free Trial is available
Simplified
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
656
9.0
723
Ease of Use
8.5
670
8.9
1,145
Ease of Setup
9.0
420
8.7
587
Ease of Admin
8.5
109
9.1
210
Quality of Support
8.4
444
8.9
555
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
100
9.1
200
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
634
9.0
665
Features by Category
Social Analytics
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Reports & Dashboards
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
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
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
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
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
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
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 - AI Chatbots
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
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
Not enough data
9.0
116
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.9
117
Not enough data
8.8
108
Design & Editing
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.7
100
Ad Management
Not enough data
8.7
96
Not enough data
8.8
104
Not enough data
8.8
85
Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Grammar
Not enough data
8.9
366
Not enough data
8.8
356
Not enough data
9.0
391
Formatting
Not enough data
8.9
286
Not enough data
8.9
318
Not enough data
8.6
248
Content
Not enough data
9.0
337
Not enough data
9.1
393
Not enough data
8.9
277
Product Type
Not enough data
9.0
275
Not enough data
8.7
211
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
29
Not enough data
8.5
29
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
9.7
6
8.6
22
9.2
6
9.2
21
9.2
6
Platform Content
7.5
19
9.2
6
7.8
21
9.4
6
8.2
21
8.9
6
8.8
22
9.4
6
Platform Additional Functionality
7.4
19
9.4
6
6.1
19
8.9
6
8.2
20
9.7
6
Generative AI
8.4
19
9.2
6
7.4
16
8.9
6
7.0
16
9.2
6
8.1
18
9.7
6
5.9
16
9.2
6
7.3
19
9.2
6
6.7
17
8.9
6
Content & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.7
157
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.7
119
Not enough data
9.0
185
Social Management
Not enough data
8.7
127
Not enough data
9.0
155
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
141
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.2
14
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Voice
8.0
312
Not enough data
7.8
393
Not enough data
Transcription
8.3
371
Not enough data
8.6
356
Not enough data
8.8
337
Not enough data
7.8
172
Not enough data
Editing
8.4
312
Not enough data
7.8
155
Not enough data
8.8
370
Not enough data
7.4
136
Not enough data
Integration
8.3
279
Not enough data
7.3
240
Not enough data
8.6
316
Not enough data
8.1
264
Not enough data
7.5
252
Not enough data
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
Responses
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
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
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
266
8.6
49
9.0
275
9.1
49
7.6
259
9.1
55
7.9
241
9.1
50
8.2
255
9.0
50
8.6
271
8.8
52
8.8
263
9.1
55
Platform
8.6
247
9.0
51
8.7
259
8.9
50
8.1
228
9.0
50
Generative AI
7.8
224
7.5
8
7.7
224
7.7
8
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
Image Generation
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Model
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
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
6.4
114
8.5
14
Publishing
7.7
122
8.3
14
Social Media
7.3
122
8.2
14
Planning
6.2
116
7.9
15
Generative AI
7.5
124
8.3
15
7.5
122
8.3
15
7.8
121
8.1
15
6.4
112
8.0
15
6.4
110
7.6
14
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
7.8
17
7.9
12
7.8
16
7.9
12
7.7
15
7.4
12
8.0
19
8.2
11
6.7
15
6.1
12
6.6
15
6.7
11
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.6
14
7.5
6
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.8
19
7.9
12
9.2
19
7.9
11
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.7
19
7.6
12
8.1
18
7.1
12
8.1
15
7.5
12
7.8
15
7.5
12
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.0
194
7.7
10
8.9
211
7.2
10
7.4
182
6.8
10
7.2
192
7.2
10
7.7
198
6.5
10
7.7
183
7.0
10
8.1
182
7.2
10
7.6
185
7.2
10
8.0
179
7.3
10
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
7.0
10
7.4
169
7.2
10
8.8
200
7.8
10
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
6.5
10
6.1
162
7.5
10
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
7.1
184
7.3
10
7.9
178
6.8
10
Integrations - Video Content Creation
7.9
193
7.3
10
7.7
185
7.3
10
6.9
158
7.0
10
Other - Video Content Creation
7.7
177
7.0
10
7.6
164
7.0
10
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
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
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 Simplified are categorized as Video Editing, AI Video Generators, Video Content Creation, Content Creation, Presentation, and Transcription
Unique Categories
Descript is categorized as Virtual Recording Studio, Screen and Video Capture, Text to Speech, AI Avatar Generators, Video Translation, Audio Editing, and Video Communications
Simplified is categorized as AI Image Generators, AI Chatbots, AI Writing Assistant, Display Ad Design, Graphic Design, Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Chatbots, and Photo Editing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Simplified
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%
Writing and Editing
8.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.5%
Animation
4.5%
Accounting
4.2%
Arts and Crafts
4.1%
Other
70.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
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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
How can i optimise the long writer ? and is their a video that explains the video editor better
2 Comments
KD
Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShtGcsuz0PY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SimplifiedRead more
Can I embed your services in my website..
2 Comments
KD
You can ping online support, based on your use case we can explore the optionsRead more
Can Simplified AI writer really create readers-intent content?
2 Comments
MG
Hi Ganiyu! Yes! You can try it for yourself for free at simplified.co/aiRead more
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