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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (74.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free 1 User Per Month
Descript
Star Rating
(826)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
(463)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (74.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that while both Descript and tl;dv offer strong ease of use, tl;dv shines with a score of 9.3 compared to Descript's 8.4. Reviewers mention that tl;dv's intuitive interface makes it easier for new users to get started quickly.
- Reviewers mention that Descript excels in text editing with a score of 8.8, particularly highlighting its powerful editing features like the "Overdub" tool, which allows users to create voiceovers seamlessly. In contrast, tl;dv scores lower at 7.9, with users noting that its text editing capabilities are more basic.
- Users on G2 report that tl;dv has a slight edge in collaboration features, scoring 8.5 compared to Descript's 8.4. Reviewers appreciate tl;dv's ability to easily share and collaborate on video projects, making it a preferred choice for teams.
- Reviewers mention that Descript's dictation feature, while useful, scores 8.0, which is lower than tl;dv's 8.5. Users say that tl;dv's dictation is more accurate and user-friendly, making it a better option for transcription tasks.
- G2 users report that both products have strong data security measures, but tl;dv edges out with a score of 8.5 versus Descript's 8.2. Reviewers mention that tl;dv's commitment to user privacy and data protection is a significant factor in their choice.
- Users say that while both products have good support, tl;dv's quality of support scores higher at 9.2 compared to Descript's 8.4. Reviewers appreciate tl;dv's responsive customer service and comprehensive help resources, which enhance the overall user experience.
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
tl;dv
Free
Free
1 User Per Month
For everyone just getting started with tl;dv
- Unlimited Meetings & Viewers
- Unlimited AI Moment Summaries
- 10x AI Meeting Notes
Free Trial
Descript
Free Trial is available
tl;dv
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
660
9.1
387
Ease of Use
8.5
675
9.3
414
Ease of Setup
9.0
425
9.3
319
Ease of Admin
8.5
112
9.1
148
Quality of Support
8.4
448
9.1
294
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
103
9.1
139
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
638
9.5
393
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
7.2
26
Not enough data
7.0
27
Not enough data
6.8
27
Not enough data
7.2
27
Organization
Not enough data
6.7
26
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
8.3
26
Performance Analysis
Not enough data
6.7
26
Not enough data
7.6
26
Sales Analysis
Not enough data
6.4
26
Not enough data
6.5
26
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
8.7
26
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
9.4
41
Not enough data
8.7
36
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
7.6
34
Agent Performance Management
Not enough data
7.9
36
Not enough data
9.3
38
Not enough data
9.3
38
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.1
35
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
Voice
8.0
313
8.5
233
7.8
393
8.2
248
Transcription
8.3
371
8.7
244
8.6
356
Feature Not Available
8.8
337
Feature Not Available
7.8
172
Feature Not Available
Editing
8.4
312
8.5
231
7.8
155
7.9
226
8.8
370
7.8
207
7.4
136
7.9
203
Integration
8.3
279
8.5
205
7.3
240
7.9
191
8.6
317
8.3
193
8.1
264
Feature Not Available
7.5
252
8.6
200
Agentic AI - Transcription
7.1
11
8.1
32
8.0
11
7.7
33
8.0
11
7.9
33
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
9.1
225
Not enough data
8.8
222
Not enough data
8.4
216
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
210
Not enough data
8.7
218
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
8.0
210
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
204
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.3
15
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
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.5
14
Not enough data
9.5
14
Feedback
Not enough data
9.7
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
9.4
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.6
13
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.0
10
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.4
24
Not enough data
8.6
23
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.8
24
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.8
24
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.3
24
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.8
23
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.4
23
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.5
25
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.8
24
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
45
Not enough data
6.9
47
Not enough data
7.3
46
Meeting Tools
Not enough data
8.6
48
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
7.9
46
Not enough data
7.5
45
Post-Meeting Tools
Not enough data
7.4
45
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.3
44
Agentic AI - Meeting Management
Not enough data
6.8
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
6.9
12
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Descript and tl;dv are categorized as Transcription
Unique Categories
tl;dv is categorized as AI Note-Taking Software, AI Meeting Assistants, Conversation Intelligence, AI Sales Assistant, Sales Coaching, and Meeting Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
tl;dv
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
16.2%
Marketing and Advertising
15.7%
Information Technology and Services
12.9%
Consulting
8.2%
Financial Services
4.7%
Other
42.4%
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
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