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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
$20.00 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 plansVimeo
Star Rating
(709)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$20.00 Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Vimeo excels in screen capture functionality, scoring 9.5, while Descript falls behind at 8.3. Reviewers mention that Vimeo's screen capture feature is intuitive and allows for high-quality recordings, making it a favorite among small businesses.
- Reviewers mention that Descript offers a free entry-level price point, making it accessible for startups and freelancers, while Vimeo's entry-level price is $20. Users on G2 appreciate the affordability of Descript, especially for those just starting out.
- Users say that Vimeo has a slight edge in ease of use with a score of 9.0 compared to Descript's 8.4. Reviewers mention that Vimeo's user interface is straightforward, allowing for quick navigation and efficient video management.
- G2 users report that both platforms have equal scores in ease of admin at 8.6, but reviewers mention that Vimeo's admin features are more robust, particularly for managing team permissions and video access.
- Reviewers mention that Descript shines in product direction with a score of 9.1, indicating a strong commitment to innovation and user feedback, while Vimeo's score of 7.9 suggests room for improvement in future updates.
- Users report that Vimeo's video capture feature scores 9.2, highlighting its superior quality and ease of use, while Descript's score of 8.6 indicates it may not meet the same level of expectations for video quality, according to user reviews.
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
Vimeo
Starter
$20.00
Per Month
Grow your business with essential video tools. Includes everything in the Free Plan, plus:
- Privacy controls
- Custom video player
- Custom URLs
Free Trial
Descript
Free Trial is available
Vimeo
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
659
8.7
520
Ease of Use
8.4
674
9.0
524
Ease of Setup
9.0
424
8.8
219
Ease of Admin
8.5
111
8.6
192
Quality of Support
8.4
447
8.4
415
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
102
8.5
182
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
638
7.9
494
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
Software Options
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
8.3
69
Not enough data
8.6
68
Not enough data
9.1
76
Audience Tools
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
68
Not enough data
8.7
73
Streamer Tools
Not enough data
8.5
54
Not enough data
9.1
74
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
7.8
49
Agentic AI - Live Stream
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Platform Basics
8.3
128
9.2
33
8.6
135
9.0
33
7.1
116
7.4
30
Platform Content
7.4
111
8.3
31
Feature Not Available
7.1
30
8.7
137
9.1
32
Platform Additional Functionality
8.5
134
8.8
32
8.0
110
8.5
31
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
Hosting
Not enough data
9.1
140
Not enough data
8.5
119
Not enough data
8.2
105
Management
Not enough data
8.9
142
Not enough data
8.7
129
Not enough data
9.1
137
Not enough data
8.5
121
Marketing
Not enough data
6.7
85
Not enough data
7.8
108
Not enough data
7.2
27
Not enough data
8.2
28
Insights
Not enough data
8.2
127
Not enough data
8.1
108
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
47
Not enough data
6.2
45
Not enough data
6.1
45
Platform
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
7.4
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
7.8
24
Security
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.3
27
Agentic AI - Video Hosting
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
6.4
11
Not enough data
7.0
11
Not enough data
7.3
11
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
Content Type
Not enough data
8.9
17
Not enough data
7.6
17
CDN Type
Not enough data
8.4
17
Not enough data
7.9
16
Monetization
Not enough data
8.3
18
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Content Delivery
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.4
17
Not enough data
8.7
18
Not enough data
8.5
18
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.0
16
Not enough data
5.2
16
Not enough data
5.0
16
Not enough data
5.1
16
Agentic AI - OTT Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
API Features
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Security and Compliance
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Platform Features
8.4
50
8.5
32
7.9
47
7.7
29
7.8
50
Feature Not Available
7.9
47
8.0
26
8.6
49
8.6
29
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Organization
8.4
47
7.8
33
8.2
44
8.3
34
8.6
46
8.3
37
Customization
7.8
47
8.8
36
8.2
49
Feature Not Available
8.1
47
Feature Not Available
Analytics
7.5
42
7.8
31
Feature Not Available
8.0
34
7.7
43
8.1
34
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
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 Vimeo are categorized as Screen and Video Capture and Video Communications
Unique Categories
Descript is categorized as Virtual Recording Studio, Video Editing, AI Video Generators, Text to Speech, AI Avatar Generators, Video Content Creation, Video Translation, Content Creation, Presentation, Audio Editing, and Transcription
Vimeo is categorized as Video Platform as a Service (VPaaS), Live Stream, Video Hosting, and OTT Platforms
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Vimeo
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
12.1%
Computer Software
8.3%
Information Technology and Services
5.5%
Media Production
4.3%
Higher Education
4.3%
Other
65.6%
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 have recently seen lot of business people use vimeo than youtube. Is there any specific reason behind this?
8 Comments
AC
Youtube will just pop ads in your videos at any given time. Don't know about Vimeo, but youtube is still dominant in the market so I'd still go with them...Read more
What is the best way to make a video?
1 Comment
AL
Totally unreliable service. I requested for a refund which they did, but with a shortfall of $$$$.
When I requested for an explanation, they provided a...Read more
Vimeo or YouTube for embedded videos ?
1 Comment
CV
Vimeo because it doesn't show "related" videos when the clip has finished playing and you can actually add a call to action on the video.Read more
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