Descript vs HeyGen vs AddSubtitle vs Otter.ai

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

Your tool
Descript
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Competitor 1
HeyGen
Competitor 2
AddSubtitle
Competitor 3
Otter.ai
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Descript
descript.com
Edit media by editing text instead of timelines
Competitor HeyGen
heygen.com
Your face speaking languages you don't know
Competitor AddSubtitle
addsubtitle.ai
A YouTube creator films a 15-minute tutorial in English but wants to reach Spanish and French audiences without recording three separate versions
Competitor Otter.ai
otter.ai
Meetings that take notes for themselves
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
3.1Mvisits/mo
10.7Mvisits/mo
12.3Kvisits/mo
6.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 10.2%
▲ 10.8%
▲ 32.0%
▼ 1.4%
6-month growth
+2.5%
+16.7%
-11.3%
-24.1%
Global rank web
#15,466
#3,689
#2,526,582
#8,187
Avg. last 3 months
3.3M
10.3M
12K
6.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
35%
38%
39%
27%
Pages / visit
5.4
8.0
1.5
5.2
Visit duration
4m 03s
7m 15s
1s
4m 42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 86% · ● Mail 11%
DescriptHeyGenAddSubtitleOtter.ai
02.8M5.6M8.4M11.2MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MHeyGen · 9.3MHeyGen · 8.7MHeyGen · 10.2MHeyGen · 9.1MHeyGen · 10.6MHeyGen · 11.2MHeyGen · 10.5MHeyGen · 9.6MHeyGen · 10.7MAddSubtitle · 12.4KAddSubtitle · 1.9KAddSubtitle · 10.9KAddSubtitle · 13.8KAddSubtitle · 6.7KAddSubtitle · 10.7KAddSubtitle · 14.5KAddSubtitle · 9.3KAddSubtitle · 12.3KOtter.ai · 6.7MOtter.ai · 6.2MOtter.ai · 7.2MOtter.ai · 7.5MOtter.ai · 8.3MOtter.ai · 7.7MOtter.ai · 7MOtter.ai · 6.6MOtter.ai · 6.4MOtter.ai · 6.3M1K10K100K1M10M100MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MHeyGen · 9.3MHeyGen · 8.7MHeyGen · 10.2MHeyGen · 9.1MHeyGen · 10.6MHeyGen · 11.2MHeyGen · 10.5MHeyGen · 9.6MHeyGen · 10.7MAddSubtitle · 12.4KAddSubtitle · 1.9KAddSubtitle · 10.9KAddSubtitle · 13.8KAddSubtitle · 6.7KAddSubtitle · 10.7KAddSubtitle · 14.5KAddSubtitle · 9.3KAddSubtitle · 12.3KOtter.ai · 6.7MOtter.ai · 6.2MOtter.ai · 7.2MOtter.ai · 7.5MOtter.ai · 8.3MOtter.ai · 7.7MOtter.ai · 7MOtter.ai · 6.6MOtter.ai · 6.4MOtter.ai · 6.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
$9.9per month · free tier available
$8.49per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeHobbyist $16/moCreator $24/moBusiness $50/mo+1 more
Free FreeCreator $29/moPro $49/moBusiness $149/mo+1 more
Basic FreeStandard $9.9/moPro $19.9/moEnterprise Custom
Basic FreePro $8.49/moBusiness $19.99/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoTextAudio
AudioVideoTextImages
VideoText
Audio
Output
AudioVideoText
Video
VideoText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
14
11
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6
Video translation
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Video editing
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Transcription
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Video subtitles
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Dubbing
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Video dubbing
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Voice cloning
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Lip sync
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Meeting transcription
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Note taking
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Summarizing
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Video avatars
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Video generation
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Audio editing
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Audio enhancement
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Avatar animation
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Image to video
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Multilingual video creation
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Podcast editing
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Subtitle translation
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Text to speech
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Call transcriptions
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Podcasts
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Productivity
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Screen recordings
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Video localization
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Video shortening
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Voice enhancement
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Writing
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.