Descript vs Captions vs Selects vs Submagic

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Descript
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Competitor 1
Captions
Competitor 2
Selects
Competitor 3
Submagic
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Descript
descript.com
Edit media by editing text instead of timelines
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Competitor Captions
captions.ai
Edit video by editing text
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Competitor Selects
cutback.video
Manual video editing can't sync your five-camera podcast setup automatically
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Competitor Submagic
submagic.co
Submagic is an AI video editor for short-form content.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
3.1Mvisits/mo
999Kvisits/mo
116.1Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 10.2%
▼ 6.3%
▼ 1.2%
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6-month growth
+2.5%
+23.5%
+23.6%
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Global rank web
#15,466
#44,958
#338,432
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Avg. last 3 months
3.3M
1M
121.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
35%
40%
38%
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Pages / visit
5.4
4.2
2.6
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Visit duration
4m 03s
3m 51s
1m 21s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 72% · ● Referral 19%
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DescriptCaptionsSelectsSubmagic
0868.3K1.7M2.6M3.5MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MCaptions · 888.5KCaptions · 813.9KCaptions · 886.4KCaptions · 803.3KCaptions · 809KCaptions · 957.5KCaptions · 1MCaptions · 955.2KCaptions · 1.1MCaptions · 999KSelects · 54KSelects · 46.1KSelects · 72.8KSelects · 78.3KSelects · 93.9KSelects · 76.1KSelects · 85KSelects · 129.9KSelects · 117.5KSelects · 116.1K10K100K1M10MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MCaptions · 888.5KCaptions · 813.9KCaptions · 886.4KCaptions · 803.3KCaptions · 809KCaptions · 957.5KCaptions · 1MCaptions · 955.2KCaptions · 1.1MCaptions · 999KSelects · 54KSelects · 46.1KSelects · 72.8KSelects · 78.3KSelects · 93.9KSelects · 76.1KSelects · 85KSelects · 129.9KSelects · 117.5KSelects · 116.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
$24.99per month · free tier available
$20per month
$12per month
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeHobbyist $16/moCreator $24/moBusiness $50/mo+1 more
Free FreeMax $24.99/moScale 1x $69.99/moScale 2x $139.99/mo+2 more
Starter $20/moPro $100/moPro Max Custom/moTeam $1,000/mo
Starter $12/moPro $23/moBusiness $41/moCustom Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextVideo
TextVideo
TextVideo
Web pagesVideo
Output
AudioTextVideo
Video
Video
Video
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Audio & MusicVideo EditingVoice & SpeechWriting & Content+12 more
Video CreationVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Avatar Video Generator+5 more
Video EditingAI Video Editor
Video EditingWriting & ContentAI Subtitle GeneratorAI Video Editor+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
14
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12
Video editing
Video shortening
Video subtitles
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Video translation
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Podcast editing
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Video generation
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Video effects
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Transcription
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Audio editing
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Audio enhancement
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Caption videos
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Dubbing
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Short videos
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Text to speech
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Video captions
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Video clips
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Video repurposing
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Video verticalization
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Voice cloning
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Lip sync
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Podcasts
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Screen recordings
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TikTok captions
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TikTok videos
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Video avatars
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Voice enhancement
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Writing
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YouTube shorts
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