Descript alternative
In Descript you edit the transcript yourself. With Eddie you ask for the video, and Eddie edits it, from raw footage to the finished file.
500 free credits, about 2 hours of footage. No card required.
The short answer
Eddie AI. Descript speeds up editing you do yourself, by letting you edit the transcript like a document. Eddie does the editing for you. Describe the video you want in chat, and Eddie cuts it from all of your footage, adds captions, titles, music and graphics, and gives you the finished MP4.
Eddie is built for the footage that is slow to edit by hand: hours of interviews, several cameras and a folder of b-roll. It has what the finish needs, from motion graphics and music to voiceover and colour, so the video can be done in Eddie. And when your team wants it in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro, the same edit opens there as a sequence relinked to your original media.
Side by side
| Eddie AI | Descript | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI video editor. Chat to go from raw footage to a finished video, then download it or open it in your editing app. | An editor for recording, text-based editing and publishing. |
| Making the edit | Describe the video. Eddie picks the moments across every clip, cuts the story and finishes it. Revise by chat. | Edit the transcript like a document. Underlord, Descript's AI, works inside the app. |
| AI usage | Credits, the same ones in the web app, the desktop app, and in Claude or ChatGPT. | AI credits per person each month: 400 on Hobbyist, 800 on Creator, 1,500 on Business. |
| Footage | Credits are spent as you import. No monthly hours allowance to run out of. | Media hours per person each month: 10 on Hobbyist, 30 on Creator, 40 on Business. |
| Delivery | Finished MP4, or a sequence for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro relinked to your originals. Avid in beta. | Export from Descript; timeline export (XML, FCPXML, Premiere .prproj in beta) on Creator plans and up. |
| Price | Pay as you go. Credit packs from $10 that never expire, no subscription. 500 free credits to start, about 2 hours of footage, no card required. | Free plan, then a subscription per person: Hobbyist $16 to $24, Creator $24 to $35, Business $50 to $65 a month, by billing period. |
Facts about Descript come from descript.com/pricing and Descript Help Center: Timeline exports, checked . Plans change, so check their site before you buy.
Start to finish
Yes. Ask in chat and Eddie cuts the story from all your footage, then finishes it: captions and titles, motion graphics, music, voiceover, stock or generated b-roll, and a colour style. Ask for changes the same way. When it is right, download the finished MP4.
Everything Eddie does
Tell Eddie the story, the length and the speakers to favour. It reads every clip and builds the edit. Ask for a different opening or more of one speaker, and it rebuilds it.
Rough cuts
Eddie identifies each speaker and logs what they say, in 100+ languages, and what is in every shot. Ask for a person, a topic or a kind of b-roll by name.
Speaker identification
Give Eddie the script or an outline. It follows your structure and picks the best take of each line.
Scripted edits
Yes. Eddie is an MCP server. Add it to Claude or ChatGPT, ask for the video in chat, and the work saves to your Eddie project.
Eddie in Claude & ChatGPTHow it works
Eddie finishes the edit itself, and it is powerful enough to go into your editor when you want it to. Download the finished MP4, or open the same edit in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro, relinked to your original media.
Upload your footage, or send clips from your editing app with the Eddie desktop app. Eddie transcribes and logs every one.
Describe the story, the length and the look. Eddie cuts it, places the b-roll, and adds captions, music and graphics. Ask for changes in chat.
Download the MP4. Or send the edit to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro with every clip relinked. Avid is in beta.
From editors
Raw footage to rough cut
“It's mindblowing to me how quickly Eddie helped me go from all that raw footage to a rough cut that I can now polish and be creative with.”
Brad West58K YouTube Subscribers
Story assembly
“I fed in all the footage and Eddie didn’t just organise it, it actually crafted a story draft from the material.”
Zachary E.Creative Director · G2
Rough cuts
“I drop in a raw documentary-style shoot, walk away, and come back to a rough cut that already has the structure I would have spent an afternoon assembling by hand.”
Snow W. L.CEO, Runbear · G2
FAQ
Yes. Descript makes editing faster when you do it yourself. Eddie does the editing for you: describe the video in chat and Eddie turns your raw footage into a finished video you can download, or a sequence for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro.
Eddie edits from the transcript too, but you do not cut the text by hand. You describe the video, or ask Eddie to keep or drop specific lines, and it rebuilds the edit.
Yes. Eddie cuts the story and adds captions, titles, music, motion graphics and a colour look, then renders the MP4 for you to download. You can also open the same edit in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro.
No. Eddie edits footage you have already shot, from any camera or recorder. Send it the files and ask for the video.
Descript is a monthly subscription per person, with an allowance of media hours and AI credits. Eddie is pay-as-you-go: credit packs from $10 that never expire, and every new account starts with 500 free credits.
No. Your footage is not used to train our models, and we do not look at your content. Your media stays yours.
Start with one prompt. Your first 500 credits are free.