Vidu vs Descript: Features, Pricing and User Reviews 2026

Vidu is an AI video maker that turns text prompts, photos, or reference images into short video clips. It comes from Shengshu Technology, a team with roots in Tsinghua University's AI research group.

The tool can generate video from a written prompt, animate a still photo, or blend several reference images so the same character or object stays consistent across a whole clip. It also supports anime styles, camera movement, and in newer models, sound that matches the video.

Vidu works through a web app, mobile apps, and an API, so both casual creators and developers can use it. There is a free plan to start, along with paid plans for more credits and features.

Descript is an audio and video editor that works differently from most editing tools. With a complex timeline replaced by text-based editing, you edit by changing the text. Record or upload a video, and Descript creates an automatic transcript. Delete or change a word in the transcript, and it changes the video too.

The tool includes many AI features built right in. Studio Sound cleans up noisy audio, Remove Filler Words cuts out ums and uhs, and Eye Contact makes it look like you were staring straight at the camera. Underlord, its AI co-editor, can carry out full editing tasks from a simple written instruction.

Descript also supports remote recording, captions, translation, dubbing, and clip creation for social media, making it useful for podcasters, YouTubers, marketers, and teams that produce a lot of spoken content.

There is a free plan to get started, plus paid plans that unlock more editing time, higher resolution exports, and advanced AI tools.