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SayScreen vs Arcade

Arcade is best known for interactive product demos: you capture a walkthrough, and viewers click hotspots through the story, with AI voiceover and branching on paid plans. It also sells AI Video as a separate subscription for on-brand marketing videos. SayScreen makes one thing: a narrated, edited MP4 of your web app, recorded by an AI from a one-line lesson. Choose Arcade when buyers should click through the product themselves; choose SayScreen when you want a finished tutorial video without recording it.

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Arcade or SayScreen: which should you choose?

Choose Arcade if…

  • You want an interactive demo buyers click through, with hotspots, callouts and branching
  • You need demo analytics, CTAs and forms, or a custom landing page (Growth)
  • You capture with a Chrome extension, desktop app or Figma plugin, including desktop apps
  • You want Arcade's separate AI Video product for short, on-brand marketing clips

Choose SayScreen if…

  • You want a finished narrated MP4 of your web app, not a click-through demo
  • You don't want to record: the AI clicks through your app from a one-line description
  • You want to rewrite a line and have it re-voiced and re-timed without capturing again
  • You'd rather pay for finished minutes of video than per seat for demos

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Arcade and SayScreen side by side

SayScreen compared with Arcade
SayScreenArcade
What you get
What you getA narrated, edited MP4 (1080p at 60 fps, widescreen or vertical for phones) plus an .srt caption fileInteractive demos viewers click through (hotspots, callouts, branching on Growth), with AI voiceover; Growth and Enterprise can export GIF and MP4. Arcade also sells AI Video separately for generated product videos
Who records the screen
Who records the screenThe AI. You give it a start page and a short brief, and it drives a real Chrome browser through your appYou do. Capture with the Chrome extension (clicks become screenshots with hotspots; scroll, type and drag become video), the Mac/Windows desktop app, a Figma plugin, or by uploading media
Narration
NarrationWritten by the AI as it works and read by a lifelike AI voice: a stock voice, or your own cloned voiceAI voiceover (Avery) on Interactive Demo plans; AI Video generates narration as part of the video. Interactive Demo and AI Video are billed as separate subscriptions
Editing
EditingAutomatic zooms, a gliding cursor, click highlights and captions. Rewrite a line and it's re-voiced and re-timed; drop a step or change the look and re-render without recording againHotspots, callouts, chapters, branching, CTAs and forms on Growth; AI copy with Avery. AI Video edits scenes by asking the AI or by hand; brand kits keep videos on-brand
What it can record
What it can recordWeb apps that run in Chrome, including pages behind a login (single sign-on and 2-step codes)Web apps with the Chrome extension; desktop apps and multi-tab flows with the desktop app; Figma frames; uploaded MP4s, images and PDFs
Sharing
SharingDownload the MP4 and .srt and publish them anywhere: your help center, video host, docs or website. For YouTube, the AI also writes titles and a description and makes a thumbnailShareable demos with unlimited views; custom branding and landing pages on Growth; custom domains and collections on Enterprise
Free plan
Free planNone. The trial is $1 for 7 daysInteractive Demo Free: 1 published demo, AI voiceover, Arcade MCP. AI Video Free (separate): 250 one-time credits, videos up to 30 seconds, 1080p with a watermark
Paid plans
Paid plans$49 a month for 60 minutes of video, up to 8 minutes eachInteractive Demo Growth $50 per seat a month ($510 per seat a year, about $42.50/mo). AI Video Pro $59 a month ($49 billed yearly), up to 5-minute videos and 4K. Enterprise custom for either product

Where Arcade and SayScreen differ

What you get

Arcade Interactive Demo produces a clickable walkthrough: each click becomes a step with a hotspot, and viewers move through at their own pace. Growth adds branching, CTAs, forms and MP4 or GIF export. SayScreen produces a single narrated, edited MP4 (1080p at 60 fps) plus an .srt caption file you host yourself.

Who records

With Arcade you capture the flow: the Chrome extension turns clicks into screenshots with hotspots, and scroll, type and drag into video; a desktop app covers desktop software. SayScreen's AI does the recording itself in a real Chrome browser, from a start page and a one-line lesson.

Two Arcade products

Interactive Demo and AI Video are billed separately on Free and Growth; only a negotiated Enterprise contract can bundle both. Paying for demos does not include AI Video credits, and the other way around. SayScreen is one product with one plan.

Pricing

Arcade Interactive Demo Free publishes 1 demo; Growth is $50 per seat a month, or $510 per seat a year (about $42.50 a month). Arcade AI Video Free has 250 one-time credits and 30-second watermarked videos; Pro is $59 a month ($49 billed yearly). SayScreen is $1 for your first 7 days, then $49 a month for 60 minutes of video, up to 8 minutes each.

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Sources and notes

Last checked . What this page says about Arcade comes from its own website; what it says about SayScreen comes from this site. Prices and features change, so check the source before you buy. If something here is out of date, tell us at hey@sayscreen.com and we'll fix it.

Arcade is a trademark of its owner. SayScreen isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Arcade; the names are used only to identify the products.

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