Descript vs. Kapwing

Sometimes less is less—like Kapwing’s simple video editor. Descript’s all-in-one platform gives you more features like text-based editing, easy design tools, and AI that help you create more video that’s actually good.

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Descript does more, more easily

Descript picks up where Kapwing’s simple timeline editor leaves off, with a full suite of intuitive tools that let anyone make good video —no experience required.

Quick text-based editing

If you know how the backspace key works, or how to copy-and-paste, then you know how to make video in Descript. Unlike Kapwing, Descript uses text-based editing, which makes editing video as fast as typing in a doc.

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Make it pretty in a click

After you’re finished your recording, quickly beautify your video with dozens of built-in designs for B-roll, multi-cam views, on-screen text, or whatever. Plus, silky smooth transitions, added automatically when you apply layouts.

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Create clips fast with AI

Don’t spend time trying to find your best clips. Your AI assistant, Underlord, will scan your video and pick the most viral-worthy moments. Then it’ll clip them, format them, add captions and anything else you need to make clips that pop on your social feeds.

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Quick comparison guide

Kapwing will give you the basics. But Descript gives you much more editing control and support—for less money.

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  • Recording time
    Unlimited
    NA
  • Maximum resolution
  • Cloud-based video
  • Multi-track timeline editing
  • Free shareable links
  • Remote recording capabilities
  • Automatic transcriptions
  • AI audio enhancement
  • Filler word removal
  • Eye contact correction
  • Overdub with AI voices
  • Layout templates
  • Brand kit/consistency
  • Stock media library
  • Comments & collaboration
  • Total monthly cost (Business)
    $40/month
    $50/month
Don’t just take our word for it
With a 4.6-out-of-5-star rating and a bunch of distinctions on G2, Descript’s users have declared it an industry standard in the video and podcasting world.
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“With Descript I'll be able to at least double my content output since editing is taking one-quarter the time it used to.”

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“With Descript we can create videos for our YouTube channel and our LinkedIn page much faster and with high quality.”
Balázs N.
“Descript has made cleaning up and creating my educational videos into professional presentations [possible] without needing extensive technical computer skills.”
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Barbara C.
“Descript makes recording and editing audio and video a breeze. It's advanced features have streamlined my workflows, saving me a lot of time usually spent editing.”
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Roderick F.
“The collaborative tools streamline teamwork, allowing my team and me to work efficiently together on projects. Overall, Descript enhances productivity and simplifies the editing process.”
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Aldrich M.
“Transcription-based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing.”
Nidhin M.

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.

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