Descript vs Kapwing vs Selects vs Submagic

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

Your tool
Descript
vs
Competitor 1
Kapwing
Competitor 2
Selects
Competitor 3
Submagic
Compare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Descript
descript.com
Edit media by editing text instead of timelines
Remove
Competitor Kapwing
kapwing.com
Online video editor for internet content
Make main Remove
Competitor Selects
cutback.video
Manual video editing can't sync your five-camera podcast setup automatically
Make main Remove
Competitor Submagic
submagic.co
Submagic is an AI video editor for short-form content.
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
3.1Mvisits/mo
4.7Mvisits/mo
116.1Kvisits/mo
—
MoM change
▼ 10.2%
▼ 5.7%
▼ 1.2%
—
6-month growth
+2.5%
-23.2%
+23.6%
—
Global rank web
#15,466
#9,509
#338,432
—
Avg. last 3 months
3.3M
4.9M
121.2K
—
Bounce rate lower is better
35%
28%
38%
—
Pages / visit
5.4
5.0
2.6
—
Visit duration
4m 03s
2m 50s
1m 21s
—
Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 72% · ● Referral 19%
—
DescriptKapwingSelectsSubmagic
01.6M3.2M4.8M6.4MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MKapwing · 5.8MKapwing · 6.4MKapwing · 5.9MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 6.1MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 5.6MKapwing · 5MKapwing · 4.9MKapwing · 4.7MSelects · 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 · 3.1MKapwing · 5.8MKapwing · 6.4MKapwing · 5.9MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 6.1MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 5.6MKapwing · 5MKapwing · 4.9MKapwing · 4.7MSelects · 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
$16per month · free tier available
$20per month
$12per month
Free tier
–
–
Free trial
–
API access
–
–
–
Plans
Free FreeHobbyist $16/moCreator $24/moBusiness $50/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $16/moBusiness $50/moEnterprise Custom
Starter $20/moPro $100/moPro Max Custom/moTeam $1,000/mo
Starter $12/moPro $23/moBusiness $41/moCustom Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioVideoText
TextVideoImagesAudio
VideoText
VideoWeb pages
Output
VideoTextAudio
Video
Video
Video
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Audio & MusicVideo EditingVoice & SpeechWriting & Content+12 more
Video CreationVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Subtitle Generator+4 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
9
7
14
Video editing
Video shortening
Video subtitles
–
Video generation
–
–
Video repurposing
–
–
Video translation
–
–
Podcast editing
–
–
Video effects
–
–
Transcription
–
–
–
Audio editing
–
–
–
Audio enhancement
–
–
–
Caption videos
–
–
–
Multilingual subtitle creation
–
–
–
Presentations to videos
–
–
–
Short videos
–
–
–
Text to speech
–
–
–
Video captions
–
–
–
Video clips
–
–
–
Video transcription
–
–
–
Video verticalization
–
–
–
Voice cloning
–
–
–
Multilingual video creation
–
–
–
Podcasts
–
–
–
Screen recordings
–
–
–
Social media management
–
–
–
TikTok captions
–
–
–
TikTok videos
–
–
–
Video avatars
–
–
–
Voice enhancement
–
–
–
Writing
–
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 0
▲ 2
▲ 0
▲ 0
Saves
0
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
0
Prompts
0
0
0
0
Verified listing
–
–
–
–

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.