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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (96.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
No pricing available
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
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Star Rating
(54)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (96.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
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- Users report that Studio One excels in its audio mixing capabilities, with a score of 7.8, while Descript shines in transcription accuracy, boasting a score of 9.0. Reviewers mention that the seamless integration of transcription features in Descript makes it a preferred choice for those focused on content creation.
- Reviewers mention that Studio One's ease of setup is rated at 9.0, indicating a user-friendly experience right from the start. In contrast, users on G2 report that Descript's ease of use is slightly lower at 8.4, suggesting that while it is still manageable, it may require a bit more time to get accustomed to.
- G2 users highlight that Descript offers superior collaboration features, scoring 8.4, which allows teams to work together effectively on projects. Conversely, Studio One's collaboration features are rated lower, indicating that it may not be as robust for team-based workflows.
- Users say that Studio One's audio capabilities, particularly in terms of voice cloning and accents, are rated lower at 6.6 and 7.5 respectively, which may limit its appeal for users looking for advanced voice features. Descript, however, provides a more comprehensive suite of voice-related functionalities, making it a better option for those focused on voice content.
- Reviewers mention that Descript's video editing capabilities, particularly in screen recording and text extraction, are rated highly at 8.8 and 8.9, respectively. Studio One, while strong in audio, does not offer the same level of video editing features, which may be a drawback for users looking for an all-in-one solution.
- Users report that Descript's integration with existing applications is rated at 7.5, which is beneficial for users who rely on multiple tools. In contrast, Studio One's integration capabilities are rated lower at 7.8, suggesting that it may not connect as seamlessly with other software, potentially hindering workflow efficiency.
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
Studio One
No pricing availableFree Trial
Descript
Free Trial is available
Studio One
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
659
8.6
43
Ease of Use
8.4
674
8.6
44
Ease of Setup
9.0
424
9.0
5
Ease of Admin
8.5
111
8.7
5
Quality of Support
8.4
447
8.2
39
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
102
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
638
8.3
40
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
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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
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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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
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
317
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
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Not enough data
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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
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
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Generative AI
Not enough data
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Editing
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Storage & Management
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Core Recording & Tracking
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Live Collaboration & Direction
Not enough data
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Post & Editing Support
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
AI & Automation
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Descript and Studio One are categorized as Audio Editing
Unique Categories
Studio One has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Studio One
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%
Music
57.4%
Media Production
11.1%
Entertainment
5.6%
Religious Institutions
3.7%
Marketing and Advertising
3.7%
Other
18.5%
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
I made a a heavy metal song I wrote just for fun but the quality in the end was blurry after using all inbuilt effects, can you guys suggest some better settings to blur out the additional noise because of distortion and poly-rhythmic sounds?
1 Comment
D
I'm not into heavy metal at all, not in the least. But I don't think your problem is directly linked to your genre of music that you created in regards to...Read more
Any thoughts & suggestions to make Studio One even more over the top for those like me using it to compose for film?
1 Comment
D
My want, which probably isn't important to everyone else, is if Studio One tried to streamline itself to help out us film composers.
I love the workflow...Read more
Where i can get another soundsets?
1 Comment
RS
Stock and 3rd party sound sets can be imported into studio one with its built in function. Taskbar > Studio One > Options > Options (on bottom, not Song...Read more
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