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SayScreen vs Scribe

These tools answer “how do I…?” in different formats. Scribe captures a process as you click through it and produces a written guide with screenshots that people can skim, search and print. SayScreen produces a narrated, edited video of a web app, and its AI does the clicking. If your team runs on written SOPs, choose Scribe; if you need video, choose SayScreen. Or use both: a guide to skim and a video to watch.

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Scribe or SayScreen: which should you choose?

Choose Scribe if…

  • You need written SOPs and how-to guides people can skim, search, print or paste into a knowledge base
  • You document desktop and mobile apps as well as web apps (Pro)
  • You want guides built from work your team already does, with Autocapture
  • You need Enterprise controls such as PII and PHI auto-redaction, SSO and translation

Choose SayScreen if…

  • You want a narrated video for onboarding, your help center, release notes or product pages
  • You want an MP4 and .srt caption file to publish anywhere, from YouTube to your docs
  • You'd rather describe the task than perform it: the AI clicks through your app from a prompt
  • You want studio polish on every video: zooms, a gliding cursor, captions and one house style

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SayScreen compared with Scribe
SayScreenScribe
What you get
What you getA narrated, edited MP4 (1080p at 60 fps, widescreen or vertical for phones) plus an .srt caption fileWritten step-by-step guides with screenshots and AI-written steps; guides can also play as narrated “Movies”. Pro exports PDF, HTML and Markdown
Who records the screen
Who records the screenThe AI. You give it a start page and a one-line lesson, and it drives a real Chrome browser through your appYou do: click through the process with the Chrome or Edge extension or the Mac and Windows desktop app, and Scribe captures a screenshot for each step. Autocapture can also turn everyday work in approved apps into guides
Narration
NarrationWritten by the AI as it works and read by a lifelike AI voice: a stock voice, or your own cloned voiceWritten guides need none; a Movie plays the guide with an AI voiceover. Translation is on the Enterprise plan
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 againEdit the step text and screenshots; crop, annotate and redact screenshots on Pro
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 on the free Basic plan; web, desktop and mobile apps on Pro
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 thumbnailShare links and embeds on every plan; an embed can play a guide as a narrated Movie
Free plan
Free planNone. The trial is $1 for 7 daysBasic: browser capture for any web app, shared by link or embed
Paid plans
Paid plans$29 a month for 30 videos, up to 10 minutes eachPro Personal $35 per seat a month ($25 billed yearly). Pro Team $17 per seat a month ($13 billed yearly), from 5 seats. Enterprise custom

Where Scribe and SayScreen differ

A document or a video

Scribe's output is a document: steps with screenshots and AI-written text, exported to PDF, HTML or Markdown on Pro. It can also play a guide as a “Movie” with an AI voiceover, from a share link or embed. SayScreen's output is a video: an MP4 with natural narration, camera moves and captions, plus an .srt file.

How the steps get captured

Scribe records what you do (you click through with its extension or desktop app), and Autocapture can build guides from work as it happens in apps an admin approves. SayScreen does the clicking itself, in a real Chrome browser, from a one-line description of the lesson.

What each can capture

Scribe's free Basic plan captures in the browser; Pro adds desktop and mobile apps. SayScreen works with web apps that run in Chrome, including pages behind a login with single sign-on and 2-step codes.

Pricing

Scribe Basic is free. Pro Personal is $35 per seat a month ($25 billed yearly), and Pro Team is $17 per seat ($13 billed yearly) from five seats. SayScreen is $1 for your first 7 days, then $29 a month for 30 videos, up to 10 minutes each.

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Last checked . What this page says about Scribe 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.

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

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