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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Baseten
DEVELOPER / CODING
PROMPT
Users retain 100% intellectual property ownership over all code repositories and prompts.
OUTPUT
Outputs are assigned fully to users under standard commercial parameters.
TRAINING
Excluded by default. Model training is contractually turned off under standard developer APIs.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of all workflow priorities and prioritizations is fully permitted.
283 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
Descript
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users own their inputs and generated outputs. "Both Input and Output are considered User Content under these Terms, and as between you and Descript, you own all right, title, and interest in and to any Input and Output, to the extent protectable under applicable law."
OUTPUT
Users own their generated outputs but Descript notes that "the copyright status of the generated Output may not be clear and that the use of such Generative Tools may affect your ability to obtain or enforce any intellectual property rights."
TRAINING
Descript uses content to train models by default unless the user opts out. "Descript may access and use your Input and Output in order to create and operate Descript...including by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use)."
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of user-generated outputs is permitted. Specific commercial licensing applies to Storyblocks stock material.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Baseten has moderate defaults; Descript carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: BASETEN ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · DESCRIPT NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | BASETEN | DESCRIPT |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
P
SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Baseten
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Users retain 100% intellectual property ownership over all code repositories and prompts.
“Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Baseten Products & Services will not be used, and is not licensed for use, in connection with any of Customer’s time-critical or mission-critical functions. Customer will not remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices (including co…”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Users own their inputs and generated outputs. "Both Input and Output are considered User Content under these Terms, and as between you and Descript, you own all right, title, and interest in and to any Input and Output, to the extent protectable under applicable law."
“We claim no ownership rights in your User Content. You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt,…”
Despite claiming no ownership, Descript takes an extremely broad, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable license over all user content including name and likeness, across all current and future media channels, with no compensation.
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Baseten
MEDMED
Outputs are assigned fully to users under standard commercial parameters.
“ 1.6 “ Customer Model Output ” means the output of any query received by the Customer Model through the Baseten Products & Services. 1.7 “Documentation” means the technical materials provided by Baseten to Customer in hard copy or electronic form describing the use and operation…”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Users own their generated outputs but Descript notes that "the copyright status of the generated Output may not be clear and that the use of such Generative Tools may affect your ability to obtain or enforce any intellectual property rights."
“We claim no ownership rights in your User Content. You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt,…”
Descript disclaims ownership of user content but takes back a sweeping perpetual, irrevocable license to outputs/edited content. The scope of 'improve the Descript Service' is broad and could encompass model training.
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
Baseten
MEDMED
Excluded by default. Model training is contractually turned off under standard developer APIs.
“ 5.1 License; Ownership. Customer is solely responsible for any and all obligations with respect to the accuracy, quality and legality of Customer Content. Customer will obtain all third party licenses, consents and permissions needed for Baseten to use the Customer Content to p…”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Descript uses content to train models by default unless the user opts out. "Descript may access and use your Input and Output in order to create and operate Descript...including by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use)."
“You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt, modify, analyze, and otherwise use the User Content…”
The license to 'analyze' and 'improve the Descript Service' could encompass AI model training on user content. There is no explicit opt-out mechanism referenced in the visible text.
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Baseten
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Commercial use of all workflow priorities and prioritizations is fully permitted.
“ the operation of the Baseten Products & Services or the hardware and network used to operate the Baseten Products & Services; (f) modify, copy or make derivative works based on any part of the Baseten Products & Services or Documentation; (g) access or use the Baseten Products &…”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Commercial use of user-generated outputs is permitted. Specific commercial licensing applies to Storyblocks stock material.
“Additional content libraries (the “Additional Libraries”) are not subject to this license, may not be available for commercial use without a license, and may require that you obtain model clearance.”
Additional Libraries outside Storyblocks may require separate commercial licenses and model clearances, creating potential legal exposure for users who assume all platform content is commercially usable.
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Baseten
HIGHMED
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“ As defined in the CCPA, "sell" and "sale" mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's personal information by the business to a thir…”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“Personalize and improve the Descript Service and for research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models;”
User data (including uploaded content) may be used to train AI models. An opt-out exists for Projects specifically, but this broad statement covers other collected information without a clear opt-out.
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Baseten
MEDMED
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“ 4.1 Fees. In consideration for the access rights granted to Customer and the Services performed by Baseten under this Agreement, Customer will pay to Baseten the Fees. Except as otherwise provided in the Order, all Fees are billed at the end of the month due and payable within t…”
Descript
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ Scope of License. The license granted to you is limited to a non-transferable license to use the Mac App on any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad that you own or control as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple App Store Terms of Service.”