Is Descript cheaper than Transcribsi?
No. The cheapest paid plan of Descript starts at $16 a month paid yearly, ours is $10 a month paid yearly. The free plans differ too: ours gives 3 files a day with no card.
Alternative
A Descript alternative for transcription
Transcribsi against Descript: $0 with 3 files a day against a free editor, $10 a month against $16, 99+ languages against 23+.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
Both services transcribe a file to text. Descript is an editor with transcription inside it, $16 a month at the cheapest paid plan; Transcribsi is a transcription service, $10 a month paid yearly, with a REST API and an MCP server.
The case
Who should pick which
The two services answer different questions, and the comparison below is built on what we could read on their public pages on 21 October 2026. Where a page could not be read, the cell says so. We publish the page of the service we are, so we left our own weak side in the table too.
How to move a file to this service
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Work out what the file is for
A transcript that has to be quoted, exported and put in an archive is a job for a transcription service. A video that has to be cut and published is a job for an editor.
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Compare the plan with the work
Our $10 a month paid yearly gives no minute limit of audio. Descript starts at $16 a month paid yearly, and the price of an editor is not only the subscription: it is the hour it takes to learn.
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Check the languages you need
We support 99+ languages. Descript announces 23+ transcription languages. If your work is in Russian, that is the row to read twice.
Tips
Read the row about the languages before the row about the price.
Compare the allowances, not the headlines: minutes against seats.
Check what happens to the file after the upload.
Questions this page answers
Does Descript have an API for transcription?
We did not find one on the pages we could read, so the cell says not measured. We have a REST API, an MCP server with 4 tools and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT.
Which one for a Russian-language team?
The recording language is detected automatically. The free plan covers 3 files a day with up to 30 minutes each, and Pro has no minute limit.
When is Descript the better choice?
When the transcript is the raw material of a video: text-based editing, screen recording and publishing are the reason the service exists. We do not pretend to do that.
Sources
- DDescript — pricingdescript.com · checked 21 October 2026
- DDescript — llms.txtdescript.com · checked 21 October 2026
- DDescript — robots.txtdescript.com · checked 21 October 2026
Reading: 7 minutesUpdated 
Transcribsi editorial team
Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps