Head to head / AI Transcription
Descript vs Gladia
- →Descript has a free tier to start; Gladia does not.
| Compared | Descript | Gladia |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $24/mo | $0.61/hr |
| Free tier | Yes | — |
| Visit Descript | Visit Gladia |
Feature by feature
| Feature | Descript | Gladia |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | 26 (Latin only) | 100+ |
| API | Yes | Yes (core product) |
| Real-time | No | Yes |
| Speaker labels | Yes | Yes (diarization) |
| Export formats | TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX, MP4 | JSON, SRT, VTT |
| Human option | No | No |
Descript
Podcasters and video creators who want to edit audio and video by editing the transcript.
- +Edit audio/video by editing text
- +Overdub voice clone plus Studio Sound
- +One-click filler-word ('um') removal
- +Record, transcribe, edit, publish in one
Gladia
Developers who need cheap, high-volume speech-to-text with real-time streaming and diarization in a single API.
- +Very low per-hour cost, especially at committed volume
- +100+ languages with automatic language detection
- +Async and real-time streaming in one API
- +10 free hours every month
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