Descript pricing in 2026: media minutes, AI credits and plans
Descript has a free plan with 60 media minutes a month and three paid plans per person: Hobbyist at $24 a month ($16 billed yearly), Creator at $35 ($24) and Business at $65 ($50). Plans differ in media minutes — every minute you upload or record counts, transcribed or not — and in AI credits, which pay for translation, dubbing and other AI tools.
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At a glance
- 60 min
- of media a month on the free plan, 720p export with a watermark
- $16
- per person a month for Hobbyist, billed yearly ($24 monthly)
- 25
- transcription languages, Latin alphabet only
- 0
- rollover: unused media minutes and AI credits expire monthly
From Descript’s own pricing and help pages, checked November 2026.
Descript plans and prices
Prices per person in USD from descript.com/pricing. Media minutes count all uploaded and recorded media.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Billed yearly | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | 60 media min a month, 100 AI credits once, 720p with watermark, 1 GB uploads |
| Hobbyist | $24 | $16 | 600 media min a month, 400 AI credits, 1080p, 10 GB uploads |
| Creator | $35 | $24 | 1,800 media min a month, 800 AI credits, 4K, 20 GB uploads, lip sync |
| Business | $65 | $50 | 2,400 media min a month, 1,500 AI credits, 50 GB uploads, translation proofreading |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Security, SSO and admin controls |
Top-ups of minutes and credits are available on Creator and Business and expire 12 months after purchase.
What the free plan includes
The free plan gives 60 media minutes a month, 100 AI credits once, 1 GB uploads and 5 GB of storage. Videos export at 720p with a Descript watermark. Translation and dubbing are available in a limited form, without lip sync.
How media minutes and AI credits work
- Media minutes count everything you upload or record, whether or not you transcribe it. A 30-minute video you only cut still uses 30 minutes.
- AI credits pay for AI tools, including caption translation (61 languages) and dubbing (30 languages). Descript doesn’t publish a per-minute credit cost, and re-translating after edits uses more credits.
- Languages. Transcription covers 25 languages on the pricing page (26 in the help center), Latin alphabet only — no Chinese, Japanese or Russian.
- No rollover. Unused minutes and credits expire at the end of each month.
Which plan fits
Hobbyist covers one person editing a podcast or a few videos a month. Creator adds 4K, lip-synced dubbing and three times the media minutes. Business is for teams that need more minutes per editor and a human proofread of translations.
How Descript compares with BlaBlaScribe on price
Descript is a video and audio editor that bills you for every minute you bring in. If you need transcripts and subtitles rather than an editor, BlaBlaScribe charges by transcription minutes, not seats: 30 free minutes to start, Creator at $14 a month for 600 minutes ($11 a month billed yearly), or minute packs from 50 minutes for $5 with no subscription. BlaBlaScribe transcribes 120+ languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Russian, and translates into 50+.
