AudioTranscribr vs Descript
Descript is an editor: you cut audio and video by editing the transcript. Transcription hours are an allowance inside each plan.
Figures for Descript are from their public pricing and current reviews as of October 2026; they change, so check theirs. Ours come from the same file that runs our billing.
Descript (October 2026)
- Free: about 60 minutes of transcription a month, watermarked exports.
- Hobbyist: about $16 a month billed yearly ($24 monthly) for 10 media hours a month.
- Creator: about $24 a month billed yearly ($35 monthly) for 30 media hours a month.
AudioTranscribr
- Transcription only, so more of it per dollar: 10 hours for $9 a month, 40 hours for $29, 150 hours for $99.
- Outputs you can hand to any tool — SRT and VTT for your editor or platform, JSON for code, TXT and PDF for people.
- Files up to 5 GB, speaker labels everywhere, an API and an MCP server.
Pick Descript if…
You are editing the recording itself — removing filler words, cutting scenes, making clips. Descript is a very good editor.
Pick AudioTranscribr if…
You already edit elsewhere (or do not edit at all) and just need the transcript and subtitles.
Our plans
Free account: your first transcription is free whatever its length, then 5 minutes a month, no card. Starter $9 a month for 10 hours ($0.90 an hour) · Pro $29 a month for 40 hours ($0.72 an hour) · Scale $99 a month for 150 hours ($0.66 an hour). Overage on paid plans is billed per second. Details →