Pick Cleanvoice if
podcasters and voiceover editors who will buy hours when the trial is used up.
Read the Cleanvoice pageCleanvoice vs Descript
Our take
Pick Cleanvoice if podcasters and voiceover editors who will buy hours when the trial is used up. Pick Descript if podcasters and video editors who already think in a script and will spend media hours. Skip Cleanvoice if people who need a vocal stem (LALAL.AI) or a meeting transcript (Fathom). Skip Descript if people who need a text-to-video model (Runway, Kling AI) or speech-only TTS (ElevenLabs).
Descript
text-based video and podcast editor
Best for
Cleanvoice A cleaner voice track without opening a DAW
Descript Edit footage by editing words
Free plan
Cleanvoice No free plan
Descript $0 · 60 minutes (1 hr) of media / month; 720p export with a watermark on the comparison table
Lowest paid
Cleanvoice
Descript Hobbyist $16/mo yearly
Next step up
Cleanvoice
Descript Creator $24/mo yearly
Watch out
Cleanvoice Hours are the meter
Descript Media hours and AI credits are the meter
Last checked
Cleanvoice 2026-10-22 · cleanvoice.ai/pricing
Descript 2026-10-20 · descript.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Descript if
podcasters and video editors who already think in a script and will spend media hours.
Read the Descript page