Which one gives a transcript for a case file?
Rev. It offers rough drafts, premium transcripts and court reporting, and it sells the work of a person at $1.99 a minute. Descript produces text inside a video editor.
Rev vs Descript
Rev or Descript: a transcript to file or one to cut
Rev sells human and machine transcription by the minute; Descript is an editor with transcription inside it. Prices read on 21 October 2026.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
Rev sells the transcript: $1.99 a minute for a person, $0.20 an hour for the machine. Descript sells the edit: $16 a month paid yearly for a seat and 1080p export. Transcribsi makes only the file, at $10 a month paid yearly.
Rev, Descript and Transcribsi side by side
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TTranscribsiThat's us
What it is
a human and AI transcription platform: rough drafts, premium transcripts, court reporting, subtitles and an API
an AI video and audio editor where the transcript is the surface you cut on
a transcription service with a REST API, an MCP server and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT
Who does the work
a person when you ask for one: human transcription at $1.99 a minute, 99%+ accuracy
the engine first; you fix the words and the picture in the same place
The recording language is detected automatically.
Free plan
no free plan on the pages we read
$0, with the editor included
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
Paid plan
$0.20 an hour for Reverb Transcription in English, $0.30 an hour for a foreign language, $1.99 a minute for a person
Hobbyist $16 a month paid yearly or $24 a month paid monthly; Creator $24 or $35; Business $50 or $65
$10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month paid monthly
Languages
58 languages on the foreign-language rate, 17 for Global Subtitles
23+, announced in its llms.txt; the site is English only
99+ languages, set by you or detected
What comes back
a transcript, a legal rough draft, a court report, subtitles and an edited document
a finished video, a podcast episode or a screen recording
TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV, DOCX
Vertical markets
law, insurance and investigation: depositions, self-deposition, image analysis, the Transcript Library
podcasters, screen recording, Rooms in 4K, templates and publishing
journalists, developers and anyone who needs the file as text
The machine-readable side
the Rev AI API with a published price per minute and per hour
llms.txt of 6.3 KB and 933 tool pages; no transcription API on the pages we read
a REST API, an MCP server with 4 tools, plugins for Claude and ChatGPT
The case
The same words, two different endings
The two services meet on the same word — transcript — and stop in different places. Rev is built for work that goes into a case file, with a person and a rate card. Descript is built for work that goes out as a video, with seats and export resolution. We make the text and nothing else.
How to match the service to the job
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Name the job, not the tool
A deposition, an interview or a court report is Rev's market. A podcast edit, a screen recording or a cut video is Descript's. If the file ends in a text file, neither of the two is needed.
- 2
Compare the smallest true prices
Rev's smallest unit is $0.20 an hour for English machine transcription. Descript's smallest paid plan is $16 a month paid yearly, and its free plan comes with the editor.
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Look for the human in the price
At $1.99 a minute Rev offers a person and claims 99%+ accuracy. Descript never sells that: the words you get are the words you fix yourself in the editor.
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Count the languages on both sides
Rev names 58 languages on its foreign-language rate, Descript announces 23+ in its llms.txt. We support 99+ languages, and say so in every row.
Tips
A rate per minute and a rate per month answer different questions.
Ask what happens to the recording after the export.
Read the languages row before the price row.
Decide who fixes a wrong word.
Questions this page answers
Is the Descript free plan really free?
Yes, $0 with the editor included, and no card is mentioned. What it does not include is a seat for a second person or an export above 1080p.
Does Rev publish a subscription price?
Not one we could read. The prices on rev.com are loaded with JavaScript, and the page gave our check nothing on 21 October 2026. The rate card we do have is the one on rev.ai.
Which one handles Russian audio?
Neither claims Russian as a focus.Wthe recording language is detected automatically.
Can you export a transcript from Descript?
You can, as part of the project, but the product is the edit. We give you six formats of plain text instead: TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV and DOCX.
Sources
- RRev AI — pricingrev.ai · checked 21 October 2026
- RRev — home pagerev.com · checked 21 October 2026
- DDescript — pricingdescript.com · checked 21 October 2026
- DDescript — llms.txtdescript.com · checked 21 October 2026
- TTranscribsi — pricingtranscrib.si · checked 22 October 2026
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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