Compare Descript and Murf.ai 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (89.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (79.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
$0.00
Descript
Star Rating
(770)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (89.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(1,378)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
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- Users report that Descript excels in its transcription capabilities, scoring 9.0, which reviewers mention is particularly useful for content creators needing accurate text representation of audio. In contrast, Murf.ai, while still strong, scores slightly lower at 8.1, indicating a potential area for improvement.
- Reviewers mention that Murf.ai offers superior voice quality, with a score of 9.0 for speech output, which users say provides a more natural-sounding experience compared to Descript's score of 8.6. This is particularly important for users focused on voice dubbing and audio production.
- G2 users highlight that Murf.ai has a more user-friendly interface, reflected in its ease of use score of 9.3, compared to Descript's 8.4. Reviewers say this makes it easier for beginners to navigate and utilize the software effectively.
- Users on G2 report that Descript's collaborative features, scoring 8.4, are beneficial for teams working on projects together, but Murf.ai shines with a higher score of 9.3, indicating a more robust set of tools for collaboration and project management.
- Reviewers mention that Descript's video editing capabilities, particularly its screen recording feature, score 8.4, making it a solid choice for video content creators. However, Murf.ai's video editing capabilities are noted to be less comprehensive, with a score of 6.7, suggesting it may not meet the needs of users focused on extensive video production.
- Users say that both platforms offer good customer support, but Murf.ai stands out with a quality of support score of 9.3, while Descript scores 8.4. Reviewers mention that responsive support can significantly enhance the user experience, especially for those encountering technical issues.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Descript
Free
$0.00
Get started on your creative journey with text-based editing and give our AI tools a spin.
- 1 free hour of transcription per month
- Edit unlimited projects
- Transcribe audio from 23 languages
Murf.ai
FREE
$0.00
Best way to get started. No Credit Card required.
- Try all 200+ ultra-realistic voices
- Try everything in Business plan for free
- 10 mins of voice generation
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Descript
Free Trial is available
Murf.ai
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
616
9.1
77
Ease of Use
8.4
629
9.3
713
Ease of Setup
9.0
380
9.5
626
Ease of Admin
8.6
103
9.6
19
Quality of Support
8.4
419
9.3
58
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
95
9.6
17
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
594
9.6
78
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
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Optimization
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Not enough data
Logistics
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.3
124
Not enough data
8.6
131
Not enough data
7.2
112
Not enough data
Platform Content
7.5
107
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
133
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.5
130
Not enough data
8.0
106
Not enough data
Platform Basics
7.4
18
Not enough data
8.5
20
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
Platform Content
7.3
17
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
8.7
20
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.1
17
Not enough data
5.6
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.2
17
Not enough data
7.3
14
Not enough data
6.5
14
Not enough data
8.0
16
Not enough data
5.6
14
Not enough data
7.0
17
Not enough data
6.3
15
Not enough data
Translation Options
Not enough data
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Offering Type
Not enough data
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Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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Feature Not Available
Translation Memory
Not enough data
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Machine Translation
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Translation Options
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Voice
8.0
294
8.7
10
7.8
374
8.5
11
Transcription
8.3
352
8.5
11
8.6
337
8.5
10
8.9
319
9.0
7
7.8
155
8.8
11
Editing
8.4
295
9.3
7
7.8
137
8.5
8
8.8
353
8.8
10
7.3
121
8.1
6
Integration
8.3
263
9.7
5
7.3
225
Not enough data
8.6
300
9.4
9
8.1
249
Not enough data
7.5
238
8.9
6
Integration
7.7
98
9.0
17
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Speech Output
8.6
114
9.0
63
Feature Not Available
8.5
62
8.2
113
9.0
64
7.4
51
7.9
65
Feature Not Available
8.3
31
Feature Not Available
6.6
33
7.5
97
8.6
60
Audio Format
7.7
103
8.6
62
8.4
110
9.0
30
8.3
44
8.6
28
Generative AI
8.0
80
9.0
7
Platform Features
8.4
46
Not enough data
7.8
43
Not enough data
7.7
46
Not enough data
7.8
44
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Organization
8.4
43
Not enough data
8.1
41
Not enough data
8.5
43
Not enough data
Customization
7.7
43
Not enough data
8.1
45
Not enough data
8.0
43
Not enough data
Analytics
7.4
39
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.6
40
Not enough data
Editing
7.7
241
Not enough data
9.0
248
Not enough data
7.6
233
Not enough data
7.8
217
Not enough data
8.1
230
Not enough data
8.6
244
Not enough data
8.8
238
Not enough data
Platform
8.6
224
Not enough data
8.7
235
Not enough data
8.0
207
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.8
200
Not enough data
7.5
200
Not enough data
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
6.2
102
Not enough data
Publishing
7.6
110
Not enough data
Social Media
7.1
109
Not enough data
Planning
6.0
103
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
111
Feature Not Available
7.3
109
Feature Not Available
7.6
108
Feature Not Available
6.1
99
Feature Not Available
6.2
97
Feature Not Available
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
7.4
14
Not enough data
7.3
13
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
6.4
12
Not enough data
6.3
12
Not enough data
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.0
11
Not enough data
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.5
16
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.5
16
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.9
189
Not enough data
8.9
205
Not enough data
7.4
176
Not enough data
7.2
186
Not enough data
7.7
192
Not enough data
7.7
177
Not enough data
8.1
177
Not enough data
7.6
180
Not enough data
8.0
173
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
164
Not enough data
8.8
194
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.1
157
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
7.1
179
Not enough data
7.9
173
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
7.9
188
Not enough data
7.7
180
Not enough data
6.9
153
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
7.7
172
Not enough data
7.6
159
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Descript and Murf.ai are categorized as Text to Speech, Transcription, Content Creation, Audio Editing, and Video Translation
Unique Categories
Descript is categorized as Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Video Communications, Video Editing, Presentation, and Screen and Video Capture
Murf.ai is categorized as Computer-Assisted Translation and Machine Translation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Descript
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Murf.ai
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
12.5%
Media Production
10.5%
Professional Training & Coaching
6.6%
Computer Software
5.3%
Consulting
5.1%
Other
59.9%
E-Learning
8.4%
Marketing and Advertising
6.8%
Entertainment
6.3%
Education Management
4.0%
Computer Software
3.8%
Other
70.8%
Most Helpful Reviews
Descript
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Tom R.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
I've been using Descript for several years now, and I love how they keep adding new features to it. The purchase of Squadcast was Chef's Kiss, and now the addition of the new AI features helps me considerably with my podcast editing.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Winnie L.
Verified User in Education Management
The user interface is so hard, it hung and after reloading I lost all my three hours of work :(
Murf.ai
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Xavier C.
Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
Murf it's an amazing text-to-speech AI voice generator easy to work with, flexible and reliable. Its voices, non-pro and pro (either English, Spanish, and French), are both so real that many clients of mine have been surprised to know that they were not...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Helena M.
Verified User in Education Management
There are a limited number of characters for each language and the intonation can be robotic at times. Also, there are some glitches with creating monologues vs dialogues. Creating dialogues is a very long and drawn out process which needs to change to...
Tom R.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
I've been using Descript for several years now, and I love how they keep adding new features to it. The purchase of Squadcast was Chef's Kiss, and now the addition of the new AI features helps me considerably with my podcast editing.
Xavier C.
Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
Murf it's an amazing text-to-speech AI voice generator easy to work with, flexible and reliable. Its voices, non-pro and pro (either English, Spanish, and French), are both so real that many clients of mine have been surprised to know that they were not...
Winnie L.
Verified User in Education Management
The user interface is so hard, it hung and after reloading I lost all my three hours of work :(
Helena M.
Verified User in Education Management
There are a limited number of characters for each language and the intonation can be robotic at times. Also, there are some glitches with creating monologues vs dialogues. Creating dialogues is a very long and drawn out process which needs to change to...
Discussions
Can you add in another video to an existing project?
2 comments
KY
We are a well-trained service provider who takes care of the risks associated with fitting electronic parts so our technician will arrive at your place and...Read more
In my trained AI Overdub Voice
1 comment
RL
Yes, it can. Training your Overdub voice takes about 30 minutes of audio recording (and then a few hours of processing time). Once it is complete, you can...Read more
Why is combining multiple audio files into one track so difficult?
1 comment
TP
YES! I struggle with it tooRead more
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