Descript vs Selects vs D-ID vs Submagic

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
Selects
Competitor 2
D-ID
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 Selects
cutback.video
Manual video editing can't sync your five-camera podcast setup automatically
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Competitor D-ID
d-id.com
Make photos talk
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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
116.1Kvisits/mo
485.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 10.2%
▼ 1.2%
▲ 5.6%
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6-month growth
+2.5%
+23.6%
-41.0%
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Global rank web
#15,466
#338,432
#82,861
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Avg. last 3 months
3.3M
121.2K
481.4K
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Bounce rate lower is better
35%
38%
37%
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Pages / visit
5.4
2.6
4.8
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Visit duration
4m 03s
1m 21s
1m 54s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 72% · ● Referral 19%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 8%
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DescriptSelectsD-IDSubmagic
0868.3K1.7M2.6M3.5MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MSelects · 54KSelects · 46.1KSelects · 72.8KSelects · 78.3KSelects · 93.9KSelects · 76.1KSelects · 85KSelects · 129.9KSelects · 117.5KSelects · 116.1KD-ID · 857.8KD-ID · 798.4KD-ID · 952.4KD-ID · 879.5KD-ID · 823.1KD-ID · 771.3KD-ID · 683KD-ID · 499KD-ID · 459.7KD-ID · 485.6K10K100K1M10MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MSelects · 54KSelects · 46.1KSelects · 72.8KSelects · 78.3KSelects · 93.9KSelects · 76.1KSelects · 85KSelects · 129.9KSelects · 117.5KSelects · 116.1KD-ID · 857.8KD-ID · 798.4KD-ID · 952.4KD-ID · 879.5KD-ID · 823.1KD-ID · 771.3KD-ID · 683KD-ID · 499KD-ID · 459.7KD-ID · 485.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
$20per month
$5.99per month · free tier available
$12per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeHobbyist $16/moCreator $24/moBusiness $50/mo+1 more
Starter $20/moPro $100/moPro Max Custom/moTeam $1,000/mo
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Starter $12/moPro $23/moBusiness $41/moCustom Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioVideoText
VideoText
TextImagesDocuments
VideoWeb pages
Output
VideoTextAudio
Video
VideoApps
Video
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Audio & MusicVideo EditingVoice & SpeechWriting & Content+12 more
Video EditingAI Video Editor
Video CreationVideo EditingAI Avatar Video GeneratorAI Lip Sync Generator+1 more
Video EditingWriting & ContentAI Subtitle GeneratorAI Video Editor+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
14
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12
Video editing
Video shortening
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Video subtitles
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Video translation
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Podcast editing
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Text to speech
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Video generation
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Video effects
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Avatar animation
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Transcription
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Video avatars
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Audio editing
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Audio enhancement
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Caption videos
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Conversational avatars
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Image to video
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Lip sync
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Multilingual video creation
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Short videos
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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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Agents
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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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