Async (formerly Podcastle): Provides an all-in-one podcast recording and AI editing suite, but feels less refined for text-driven cutdowns. Descript records 3,267,817 monthly visits with +11.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Paid pricing. Async (formerly Podcastle) records 8,906 monthly visits with +4.8% growth and Freemium, Paid, Contact for Pricing pricing.
Edit video and podcasts by editing text
Chat-based AI video editor and podcast studio in one workspace
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | descript.com | podcastle.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Paid | Freemium, Paid, Contact for Pricing |
| Monthly Visits | 3.27M (3,267,817) | 8.91K (8,906) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +326.91K (+11.1%) | +407 (+4.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (38.9%) | 🇺🇸 United States (63.8%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.65M | 3.49K |
| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Edit video and podcasts by editing text
Edit audio and video by deleting, rearranging or retyping words in the automatic transcript, with a full multitrack timeline available when you need it.
Describe the edit you want in plain language and let the AI assistant assemble a tight cut, add clips and handle repetitive production work.
Remove background noise, level out voices, and fix misread lines with Regenerate Speech using a clone of your own voice.
Generate subtitles and transcripts in a click, translate video into other languages, and reformat long recordings into shareable vertical clips.
Chat-based AI video editor and podcast studio in one workspace
Tell the assistant what to fix — filler words, pauses, bad takes, pacing or scene order — and it applies edits to your timeline automatically.
Record remote guests in high quality regardless of their connection, with separate local tracks for every participant.
Remove background noise and sharpen voices so rough home recordings sound close to studio quality.
Turn long episodes into short vertical clips, generate synced subtitles, translate them into many languages and dub content with AI voices.
Provides extensive template and timeline effects with strong AI tools, but lacks Descript's seamless word-level script editing.
Provides extensive template and timeline effects with strong AI tools, but lacks Descript's seamless word-level script editing.
AI audio platform for speech, agents, music and dubbing
Studio-quality spoken audio recording and cleanup in your browser
Delivers powerful browser-based video editing and auto-subtitling, though lacking Descript's document-style text editing model.
Delivers powerful browser-based video editing and auto-subtitling, though lacking Descript's document-style text editing model.
Focuses on text-to-video generation and agentic editing, whereas Descript centers on editing recorded audio and video.
Focuses on text-to-video generation and agentic editing, whereas Descript centers on editing recorded audio and video.
Offers robust online collaborative video editing and AI tools, but lacks deep script-based transcript manipulation.
Offers robust online collaborative video editing and AI tools, but lacks deep script-based transcript manipulation.
SpecialistProvides highly accurate transcription and translation across numerous languages, but lacks creative video editing suites.
SpecialistProvides highly accurate transcription and translation across numerous languages, but lacks creative video editing suites.
Studio-quality podcast and video recording, editing, and publishing in your browser
Studio-quality podcast and video recording, editing, and publishing in your browser
Browser-based video and audio studio with AI captions, voices and visualizers
Browser-based video and audio studio with AI captions, voices and visualizers
SpecialistSpecializes in automatically slicing long-form video into viral short clips, but lacks full podcast production depth.
SpecialistSpecializes in automatically slicing long-form video into viral short clips, but lacks full podcast production depth.
SpecialistAI audio and video podcast editor that cleans up recordings in minutes
SpecialistAI audio and video podcast editor that cleans up recordings in minutes
SpecialistAll-in-one AI voice studio for voiceovers, cloning, and audio cleanup
SpecialistAll-in-one AI voice studio for voiceovers, cloning, and audio cleanup
