Descript vs. Canva

Canva turns design templates into quick videos. Descript makes complex video editing simple. When you want real quality, really fast, Descript is the obvious choice.

These companies use Descript. Not bad!

  • Amazon
  • Canva
  • Salesforce
  • Figma
  • Apple
  • Okta
  • Spotify
  • Vox
  • Reuters
  • CBS
  • Microsoft
  • New York Times
  • GitHub
  • KPMG
  • Coke
  • Amazon
  • Canva
  • Salesforce
  • Figma
  • Apple
  • Okta
  • Spotify
  • Vox
  • Reuters
  • CBS
  • Microsoft
  • New York Times
  • GitHub
  • KPMG
  • Coke

FEATURE COMPARISON

Quick comparison guide

If you’re looking to make professional-quality videos without learning professional video skills, Descript is the obvious choice. Text-based editing and AI tools let you do more than just slap some designs on video files. Descript will help you create beautifully polished videos in a fraction of the time.

CapabilityDescriptCanva
Features
Recording
Included
Not included
Maximum resolution
4K
4K
Cloud-based video
Included
Included
Free shareable links
Included
Included
Remote recording capabilities
Included
Not included
Multi-track timeline editing
Included
Basic
Automatic transcriptions
Included
Not included
AI audio enhancement
Included
Not included
Filler word removal
Included
Not included
Eye contact correction
Included
Not included
Overdub for generative audio
Included
Not included
Green screen background
Included
Included
Stock media library
Included
Included
Design templates
Included
Included
Slides -> video
Included
Not included
Brand kit/consistency
Included
Included
Comments & collaboration
Included
Included
Underlord editing
Included
Not included
Security & compliance
SOC 2 Type II
Included
Included
GDPR compliant
Included
Included
SSO/SAML
Included
Included
SCIM
Included
Included
Data encryption
256-bit AES
256-bit AES
Enterprise features
User provisioning
Included
Included
Integrations
Included
Included
Scalability
Seat limits
Unlimited
Unlimited
Storage
Unlimited
Unlimited

Descript can do it all. Canva can’t.

Lightning fast text-based editing, AI tools to take your video visuals to the next level, and AI voices that help fix mistakes without re-recording. That’s just some of what Descript can do that Canva can’t.

Quick text-based editing

Canva just gives you text overlays and old-fashioned timeline editing. Descript gives you text-based editing, which makes editing video as quick and easy as typing. If you know how the backspace key works, or how to copy-paste, you know how to make video in Descript.
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Quick text-based editing

Instant editing with AI

Descript comes with Underlord, a built-in editing assistant; Canva doesn’t. Clean up your look, fix your audio, and let Underlord make all the tedious, annoying edits in just a few clicks.
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Instant editing with AI

Create an AI voice clone to generate and edit audio

Canva only offers generic text-to-speech voices. Descript uses AI voice technology to let you create your own eerily real voice clone. So you can fix audio mistakes, in your own voice, without re-recording.
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Create an AI voice clone to generate and edit audio

More video, more engagement—faster growth

Descript is the all-in-one video creation platform that enables your whole team to produce high-quality videos, fast, at scale. And they already know how to use it.

Frequently asked questions

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