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Cleanvoice vs Descript

Side-by-side comparison of Cleanvoice and Descript.

Tool
Cleanvoice

AI removes filler words and silences automatically

Descript

Edit video and audio by editing text

Starting price
11/mo
16/mo
Founded
2017
Pricing model
freemium
freemium
Free option
Free tier
Free tier

What they are

Cleanvoice

Cleanvoice is an AI audio editor that detects and removes filler words, mouth sounds, stutters, and dead silence from podcast and voice recordings. Podcasters, solo creators, and interview hosts upload audio files and get a cleaned version back without manual editing. Processing is asynchronous, so you submit a file and return when it is done. The per-minute pricing model means light users pay less, but heavy producers can hit costs quickly.

Descript

Descript treats audio and video like a word processor: it transcribes your recording, then lets you cut, rearrange, or delete media by editing the transcript. Podcasters, video creators, and course makers use it to remove filler words, generate AI voice clones, and publish without a separate editing app. The text-based workflow is genuinely faster for dialogue-heavy content, though complex multi-track productions still hit its limits.

Choose
Cleanvoice

if you need video editing. It has a usable free tier to start with.

  • +Handles filler words, mouth clicks, and stutters in one pass
  • +Supports multiple languages for filler word detection
  • +Free trial included so you can test on real audio before paying
Choose
Descript

if you need video editing and transcription. It has a usable free tier to start with.

  • +Text-based editing makes cutting spoken content much faster than traditional timeline editing
  • +Automatic filler-word removal saves significant post-production time
  • +AI voice cloning (Overdub) fixes small spoken mistakes without re-recording

Which to choose

Cleanvoice and Descript both cover video editing, so this is a real either-or for some teams. The right pick depends on which one's wider feature set and pricing fit how you work.

Read the full reviews for Cleanvoice and Descript.

Pricing checked 3 Jun 2026.