A Trint alternative that keeps your recordings on your computer

	Trint	MediaFind
Where processing happens	Trint's cloud (AWS, EU or US region)	On your computer
Account required	Yes	No
Price	Pro $79/seat/mo billed annually; Team $69/seat/mo billed annually; Business on request	Free (10 files); Pro $24.99/mo after a $9.99 first month, or $107.88/yr
Usage limits	Unlimited under fair use; archive and bulk projects excluded	Free: 10 media files; Pro: unlimited indexing
Real-time team editing	Yes (Team and Business)	No, single-user desktop app
Translation	Into 70+ languages	Not a listed feature
Search across a library	Search within your transcripts	By meaning, visuals, on-screen text and speakers
Works offline	Not advertised	Yes, after the one-time model download
Export to video editors	Captions and rough cuts	FCPXML and EDL (Pro)

The short version

Trint is a web platform built around the transcript. You upload audio or video, Trint transcribes it in its cloud, and you and your colleagues edit, highlight, translate and caption it together. Its plans are sold per seat and aimed at journalists, producers and content teams.

MediaFind is a desktop app. It transcribes on your own computer, then indexes the transcript alongside what is on screen, the on-screen text and who is speaking, so you can search a whole library of recordings by meaning and jump to the exact timestamp. There is no account, no upload and no API key, and once the models have downloaded it works offline.

What to weigh when choosing a transcription tool for interviews

Whatever you pick, a few questions decide most of the fit. Where does the audio go? A cloud service stores your files on its servers, which is fine for most material and a problem for sources who were promised confidentiality. Who else needs the transcript? If an editor or producer has to work in it with you, shared editing saves a lot of emailing of Word files. And what do you do after transcribing? Some people need a clean transcript and captions; others need to find one quote across months of interviews.

Cost structure matters too. Per-seat subscriptions scale with team size. Local tools cost the same no matter how many hours you process, but they depend on your computer's speed, and nobody else can open your library from a browser.

When Trint is the better choice

Be clear about what Trint does that MediaFind does not:

• Teams editing together. Trint's Team plan offers shared drives and real-time editing of a transcript by up to five people, and its Business plan widens that to unlimited team members.
• Translation. Trint says it can translate transcripts into more than 70 languages.
• Newsroom integrations. On its Business plan Trint lists plugins for newsroom systems such as ENPS, Mimir, LiveU and Octopus, plus API access, SSO and SCIM.
• Web and mobile access. Trint runs in the browser and has mobile and desktop apps for live transcription, so colleagues can open a transcript from anywhere.
• A formal security program. Trint states it is ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certified, hosts on AWS in the EU or US, and does not listen to recordings to train its models.

When MediaFind is the better choice

Pick MediaFind if the recordings themselves are the sensitive part: whistleblower interviews, legal material, HR conversations or unreleased footage. Transcription, search and the Ask assistant all run on your computer, and a built-in privacy check lets you confirm that the core path makes zero external connections.

It also suits people whose problem is finding, not editing. Instead of opening transcripts one by one, you can search every recording at once with a phrase like the part where she explains the funding gap and get ranked moments with timestamps. You can ask a question and get an answer that cites the clips it came from. Video is searchable by what was shown and by text on screen, and photos sit in the same index. See MediaFind for journalists for a typical workflow.

Exports and handing off the transcript

Both tools produce captions. Trint has a caption editor; MediaFind exports any transcript as Word, PDF, SRT, VTT or plain text, written on your machine. If you need to convert between caption formats, the free subtitle converter works in the browser without uploading anything.

For video work, MediaFind Pro can send selected moments to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro as an FCPXML or EDL timeline, and the built-in Create editor lets you cut a rough piece by editing the transcript.

Pricing and platforms

As of September 26, 2026, Trint's pricing page lists Pro for individuals at $79 per seat per month billed annually ($948 a year) and Team for two to five people at $69 per seat per month billed annually ($828 a year), with Business priced on request. Trint describes its transcription as unlimited under a fair-use policy that excludes archive and bulk projects. Vendors change terms, so check current pricing before you buy.

MediaFind has a free plan for up to 10 media files and a Pro subscription with a 7-day trial; see the table above. The main app is for Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later, and Windows and Linux builds are in beta.

Sources

Checked 2026-09-26 on each company's own site. Prices and features change, so check the current pages before you decide.

• Trint pricing
• Trint security
• Trint home page

Frequently asked questions

Does MediaFind upload my interviews anywhere?

No. Transcription, indexing, search and Ask run on your computer. The only network activity is opt-in, such as the one-time model download, license activation and update checks.

Can my editor and I work on the same transcript in MediaFind?

Not live. MediaFind is a desktop app for one person. You can export the transcript as Word, PDF, SRT, VTT or text and share the file, but if you need several people editing at once, Trint's team plans are built for that.

Does Trint train its models on my recordings?

Trint's security page says it never listens to your recordings to train its algorithms. It does store your files in its cloud, on AWS in the EU or US.

Which is cheaper for heavy use?

It depends on team size. Trint charges per seat with fair-use limits, while MediaFind Pro is one subscription with unlimited indexing on your own hardware. Check both pricing pages for current terms.