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$24/user
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- Free plan with 60 minutes (1 hr) of media per month and 100 one-time AI credits, 720p...
Other options (8)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | At 1,200 minutes | Against Descript | States that Descript doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DeepgramNova-3 Monolingual (Growth), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$7.80$0.0065 per minute, 1,200 minutes | Not comparable | Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items, HIPAA BAA | Growth is annual prepaid credits | One-off allowance: Free $200 credit on Pay as you go, roughly 43,000 minutes of Nova-3... |
 TurboScribeTurboScribe Unlimited, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$20$20 flat, unlimited minutes | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Cancel any time; access continues to end of billing period | 3 free transcripts per day, files up to 30 minutes, lower priority... |
 GoTranscriptAI Transcription Subscription 2100 min, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$35$35, includes 2,100 minutes | Not comparable | Human proofreading option | Not found | Not found |
 TrintTeam, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$90$90 flat, unlimited hours of live transcription per seat per month | Not comparable | Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items | Monthly or annual subscriptions | Trial: Free trial offered, length not stated |
 OpenAI Whisper APIBusiness Standard seat, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$25/moBusiness Standard seat plan, starting price | Not comparable | HIPAA BAA | Paid subscription can be cancelled at any time | A free version of ChatGPT is available to everyone; its limits are not... |
 SonixCore, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$25/moCore plan, starting price | Not comparable | AI summaries and action items, Zoom, Teams, Meet integrations, HIPAA BAA | Not found | Trial: 30 minutes of free transcription, no credit card required |
 AssemblyAIread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.15/hourUsage price | Not comparable | Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items, HIPAA BAA | no contract on pay-as-you-go | Free tier with no credit card: up to 185 hours of pre-recorded and 333 hours... |
 Speechmaticsread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.24/hourUsage price | Not comparable | Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items, HIPAA BAA | Self-serve: standard terms of service; Enterprise: Master Services... | One-off allowance: $100 in credit with no card required; if on the free tier, API access pauses... |
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Questions
Is there a free alternative to Descript?
Yes. 3 AI transcription software have a free plan, including TurboScribe, OpenAI Whisper API, AssemblyAI.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from Descript's own category, AI transcription software. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that Descript doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Descript's, which doesn't prove Descript lacks it. How prices are read.