{
  "$comment": "§New-2 Stage-2 extraction artifact for Descript. This file is the evidence behind every Descript number rendered anywhere on 0saas. If a field's confidence is not 'verified', the UI must render a link to the source, never a number.",
  "incumbent": "Descript",
  "source_url": "https://www.descript.com/pricing",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-17",
  "extraction_method": "fetch official pricing page in-session (2026-09-17), extract plan cards + comparison table to strict JSON (no training-data recall)",
  "currency": "USD",
  "price_view_captured": "Per-editor pricing with annual figures as displayed in the plan table; the 'What's the difference?' table carries the free limits.",
  "plans": [
    {
      "name": "Free",
      "price": "US$0",
      "price_period": "free",
      "highlights": [
        "60 transcription minutes per month",
        "100 one-time AI credits",
        "720p export with watermark on Free renders"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hobbyist",
      "price": "US$16",
      "price_period": "per editor / month (billed annually)",
      "highlights": [
        "Expanded transcription",
        "AI features without the one-time cap",
        "1080p export",
        "No watermark"
      ],
      "confidence": "verified"
    }
  ],
  "free_tier_ceiling_for_displacement_brief": {
    "claim": "Descript Free transcribes 60 minutes a month and issues 100 one-time AI credits; the transcript-editing layer scales on Hobbyist at US$16 per editor a month (billed annually).",
    "confidence": "verified",
    "period_caveat": "Per-feature credit consumption is described rather than itemised on the page we read; we do not print a per-feature credit table."
  },
  "field_confidence": {
    "free_tier_limit": "verified",
    "paid_tier_price": "verified",
    "free_export_quality": "verified"
  },
  "receipts": [],
  "next_check_due": "2026-10-17"
}