Is Descript or Webex AI Assistant better for AI meeting notes?

It depends on your workflow. Descript is strong for editing podcasts and videos by editing the transcript, while Webex AI Assistant is strong for automatically capturing transcripts, summaries, and action items from webex meetings. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.

How do Descript and Webex AI Assistant compare on price?

Descript is a free tier with paid upgrades and Webex AI Assistant is from $12/mo. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.

Can I use both Descript and Webex AI Assistant?

You can — some teams pair them when each covers a different part of the meeting workflow.

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Descript vs Webex AI Assistant

Descript: Video/podcast editor with transcription and meeting recording Webex AI Assistant: The AI assistant built into the Cisco Webex Suite, providing real-time transcription, automatic meeting summaries, highlights, and action items across Webex meetings, messaging, and calling. Below, they line up on price, capture method, and how each fits a real meeting stack.

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Final recommendation

Shortlist Descript when editing podcasts and videos by editing the transcript matters most, and Webex AI Assistant when catching up on a meeting you joined late or missed by asking the assistant what was discussed matters most. Try them side by side on real calls before deciding — needs vary by team.

Descript

CustomAI Meeting Assistants

Video/podcast editor with transcription and meeting recording

Automatic transcription of imported or recorded audio and videoMultitrack audio and video editingOne-click caption and subtitle generation

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Webex AI Assistant

$12/moAI Meeting Assistants

The AI assistant built into the Cisco Webex Suite, providing real-time transcription, automatic meeting summaries, highlights, and action items across Webex meetings, messaging, and calling.

About Descript

Descript is an audio and video editing platform built around text-based editing, where the spoken content of a recording is automatically transcribed and the resulting transcript becomes the primary way to edit the media. When users import or record audio and video, Descript generates a transcript that they can read, search, and edit, with changes to the text reflected in the underlying recording. The platform also offers one-click caption and subtitle generation so the transcribed words can be displayed on screen and styled to match a project. In addition to transcription and captions, Descript provides features for podcast and video production, including multitrack editing, screen recording, and AI-assisted tools. Because editing the transcript edits the media, it is especially useful for podcasters, video creators, and teams who want to cut filler, rearrange segments, or repurpose content without working frame by frame. Descript is aimed at content creators, marketers, educators, and teams who want transcription, captions, and editing combined in a single workflow. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.

Best suited for

Editing podcasts and videos by editing the transcript
Generating captions and subtitles for published content
Producing searchable transcripts from recorded sessions

About Webex AI Assistant

Webex AI Assistant (the Cisco AI Assistant) is built into the Webex Suite, adding AI features to Webex Meetings, Messaging, and Calling rather than working as a standalone app for other platforms. In meetings it provides real-time transcription, automatic meeting summaries, highlights, notes, and action item tracking, and it lets participants ask questions about what was discussed without interrupting the meeting. It can generate post-meeting summaries within recordings, including transcripts, notes, action items, and chapters, and it offers message summaries in Webex messaging. The AI Assistant is included on paid Webex plans (Webex Meet, Webex Suite, and Webex Enterprise); the free Webex plan does not include it. Paid plans add AI-powered cloud recording (10 GB on Webex Meet), closed captions, and longer meetings. Real-time translation to 100+ languages is available as a separate paid add-on.

Best suited for

Automatically capturing transcripts, summaries, and action items from Webex meetings
Catching up on a meeting you joined late or missed by asking the assistant what was discussed
Summarizing long Webex messaging threads
Producing post-meeting notes and chapters within Webex recordings for later reference

Feature	Descript	Webex AI Assistant
Core capability	Automatic transcription of imported or recorded audio and video	Meeting summaries
Standout feature	Text-based editing where editing the transcript edits the media	Real-time transcription
Team usage	One-click caption and subtitle generation	Highlights & action items
Integrations	Multitrack audio and video editing	In-meeting Q&A
Languages & capture	Screen and audio recording built in	Message summaries

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