Compare · checked 26 October 2026
Descript is a full editor whose files live in its cloud, with clip-making built in. Kime does one job, finding the moments and making clips and cuts, on your own computer, free, without your video leaving it.
At a glance
Never uploaded
Kime works on the file where it sits.
DescriptFiles are stored in its cloud
No minutes to count
An hour-long episode is as free as a minute.
DescriptFree plan: 1 hour of media a month
Full resolution, free
Clips come out at the source's own resolution.
Descript720p on the free plan
Action footage too
Highlight cuts and stills from movement, faces, sound and light.
DescriptIts pages make no claim about it
Side by side
What each one does with your video, what it costs, and what it keeps. Descript's side is taken from its own pricing page and help centre.
| What | Kime | Descript |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Kime has the edgeOn your computerOn your computer. Your video is never uploaded. | Desktop and web, files in its cloudA desktop app (macOS 14 or Windows 11 and newer) and a web app. Files are stored in Descript's cloud. |
| Price | Kime has the edgeFreeFree on your computer. Kime AI is an optional monthly subscription, priced at public release. | Free, then $16 to $65 a monthFree; Hobbyist $16–$24, Creator $24–$35, Business $50–$65 a person a month, depending on annual or monthly billing; Enterprise custom. |
| How use is counted | Kime has the edgeNot countedIt isn't, on your computer. Kime AI has a monthly allowance in hours of video. | Media minutes + AI creditsMedia minutes uploaded or recorded each month (Free 1 hour, Hobbyist 10, Creator 30, Business 40), plus AI credits. Unused minutes and credits don't roll over. |
| Watermark | Kime has the edgeNoneNone. | On the free planOn exports from a free account. |
| File size | Kime has the edgeNo capNo cap: Kime reads the file where it sits. | 1GB to 50GBUp to 1GB per file on Free, 10GB on Hobbyist, 20GB on Creator, 50GB on Business. |
| Export quality | Kime has the edgeSource resolutionUp to the source's own resolution. | 720p on the free plan720p on the free plan. |
| Finding clips | EvenPicks them itselfKime picks the moments itself, free; Kime AI can pick them from what was said. | EvenUnderlord picks themUnderlord, its AI, picks the most viral-worthy moments. |
| Shapes | Even9:16, 1:1, 16:99:16, 1:1 and 16:9. | Even9:16 and 1:1 presetsPortrait (9:16) and square (1:1) presets for clips. |
| Speaker-following crop | Kime has the edgeYesYes. | In betaCenter active speaker, in beta. |
| Footage with no talking | Kime has the edgeHighlight cuts + stillsYes. Kime finds moments from movement, faces, sound and light, and makes highlight cuts and stills. | No claim madeDescript's own pages make no claim about it. |
| Your content and AI training | EvenNever sent, never trained onYour video is never sent. With AI on, Kime sends the words it heard and a few small snapshots; our AI provider doesn't train on them. | EvenNot trained on, it saysDescript says its models in use are trained on no user data, and research uses only data from users who opt in. |
| Posting | Kime has the edgeFive platformsTo YouTube, Instagram, a Facebook Page and LinkedIn; to TikTok as a draft. | YouTube, from the web appDirect export to YouTube from the web app (not Shorts). |
| Available | Private testingIn private testing, Windows and Mac. | Descript has the edgeNowNow. |
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Who has the edge on each row is our call, made from each side's own pages. Turn on the detail to see exactly what each one says.
Sources, checked 26 October 2026: descript.com/pricing, descript.com/download, and Descript's help centre on media minutes and AI credits, exports, file types, creating clips, center active speaker, YouTube and data privacy. Prices are in US dollars as shown to a US visitor; the page lists two prices per plan for annual and monthly billing.
Which one fits
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Made by Kime
Every clip and cut here came out of Kime, from openly licensed footage.
Talk
8 clips from a 59:18 keynote, following the speaker across the stage.
Action
29 files and five minutes in, a 45-second cut and 8 stills out, with the AI off.
On your computer
Kime finds the moments itself, on your own computer. No upload, no queue, no account and no credits counted per minute. It works on a plane. Turn the AI on for a file and it sees the words Kime heard and a few small snapshots, never your audio or your video.
For making clips and highlight cuts from long video, yes. Kime does that one job on your own computer, free, without uploading your video. Descript is a wider editor whose files live in its cloud.
No. Your video stays on your computer. If you turn on Kime AI for a file, Kime sends the words it heard and a few small snapshots to the AI, never the audio or the video.
Yes. Everything Kime does on your computer is free: finding clips, captions, the editor, highlight cuts and stills. Kime AI is an optional monthly subscription, priced at public release.
No watermark, and clips come out at up to the source's own resolution.
Kime is in private testing on Windows and Mac. Email hello@kime.video and we will write once, when it is out.
Kime is in private testing on Windows and Mac. Everything it does on your computer is free, and your video stays there.
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