Comparison
A Descript alternative that speaks 50+ languages
54 caption languages, including Indian and right-to-left scripts
Descript is a full audio and video editor that lets you edit by editing the transcript. PolyShorts is narrower and faster for one job: turning a long podcast, talk or stream into ready-to-post vertical Shorts, with captions that render correctly in 50+ languages.
Captions in 54 languages
and translation between them on Artist and Pro- English
- हिन्दी · Hindi
- Hinglish
- বাংলা · Bengali
- தமிழ் · Tamil
- తెలుగు · Telugu
- मराठी · Marathi
- ગુજરાતી · Gujarati
- ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada
- മലയാളം · Malayalam
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · Punjabi
- اردو · Urdu
- العربية · Arabic
- فارسی · Persian
- עברית · Hebrew
- Español · Spanish
- Português · Portuguese
- Français · French
- Deutsch · German
- Italiano · Italian
- Nederlands · Dutch
- Polski · Polish
- Română · Romanian
- Čeština · Czech
- Slovenčina · Slovak
- Magyar · Hungarian
- Svenska · Swedish
- Dansk · Danish
- Norsk · Norwegian
- Suomi · Finnish
- Ελληνικά · Greek
- Русский · Russian
- Українська · Ukrainian
- Български · Bulgarian
- Српски · Serbian
- Hrvatski · Croatian
- Türkçe · Turkish
- Bahasa Indonesia · Indonesian
- Bahasa Melayu · Malay
- Filipino
- Tiếng Việt · Vietnamese
- ไทย · Thai
- 中文 · Chinese
- 日本語 · Japanese
- 한국어 · Korean
- नेपाली · Nepali
- සිංහල · Sinhala
- မြန်မာ · Burmese
- ខ្មែរ · Khmer
- Kiswahili · Swahili
- አማርኛ · Amharic
- Yorùbá · Yoruba
- Hausa
- Afrikaans
What PolyShorts does
- Finds the best moments in your long video and gives each clip a 1 to 10 hook score
- Reframes to vertical 9:16 with face tracking that keeps the speaker centred
- Animated word-by-word captions in 50+ languages, with Indian and right-to-left scripts shaped correctly
- Hinglish support, and translated captions on Artist and Pro (speak Hindi, caption in English)
- Quick editor: trim to the word, change caption style, speed from 0.25x to 2x
- 1080x1920 export, ready for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok
PolyShorts may suit you better if…
- You make videos in Hindi, Hinglish, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Urdu or another non-English language.
- You want captions in a different language from the one you speak, for example Hindi speech with English captions.
- Your captions use Indian or right-to-left scripts and need to render correctly, not as broken characters.
- You want simple monthly pricing with a free video to test first.
Descript may suit you better if…
- You need a complete editor for long-form podcasts and videos, not just Shorts.
- You want transcript-based editing of the full episode.
PolyShorts pricing
| Plan | Price | Videos / month | Max length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 video to try | 30 min | 2 Shorts to try, small watermark |
| Creator | $15/mo | 10 | 2 hours | No watermark |
| Artist | $30/mo | 25 | 3 hours | No watermark, caption translation |
| Pro | $50/mo | 55 | 4 hours | Caption translation, custom caption branding |
We only list our own prices. Features and prices of Descript change over time, so check their website for current details before you decide.