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SayScreen vs Tella

Tella is a screen and camera recorder with a polished editor, built for people who present their own demos: you talk, it handles layouts, zooms, captions and cuts, and the Tella Agent edits on request. Its Auto Capture (in beta) can even film a web page for you, but Tella doesn't generate narration. SayScreen makes the whole tutorial from a short prompt: the AI clicks through your web app, writes and voices the narration and edits it. Choose Tella if you want your face and voice in the video; choose SayScreen if you want neither.

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Tella or SayScreen: which should you choose?

Choose Tella if…

  • You want your camera and your own voice in the video, with screen and camera layouts
  • You share by link: embeds, password protection and viewer analytics are built in
  • You record desktop apps or anything on your screen, not only web apps
  • You want to edit with an AI agent in chat, or from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor through its MCP server

Choose SayScreen if…

  • You don't want to narrate: the AI writes the script and reads it in a stock or cloned voice
  • You want the recording done for you every time, not only for web pages in a beta feature
  • You want to rewrite a line and have it re-voiced and re-timed without recording again
  • You'd rather pay for finished minutes of video than per user

See how teams use SayScreen for product demos and customer onboarding, or try the free Online teleprompter.

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SayScreen compared with Tella
SayScreenTella
What you get
What you getA narrated, edited MP4 (1080p at 60 fps, widescreen or vertical for phones) plus an .srt caption fileScreen and camera videos, shared as a link or embed, or exported in up to 4K
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, with the Mac or Windows app, the Chrome extension or the web recorder. Auto Capture (beta, paid plans) has an AI agent film a public web page, or a signed-in one with a saved login, with an animated cursor
Narration
NarrationWritten by the AI as it works and read by a lifelike AI voice: a stock voice, or your own cloned voiceYour own voice, recorded with the screen (there's a teleprompter). Tella doesn't generate AI narration, clone voices or dub audio
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 againA timeline and transcript editor with layouts, zooms, captions and filler-word removal, plus the Tella Agent (beta), a chat that makes edits for you on credits
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)Your screen, camera, microphone and system audio; Auto Capture records web pages only
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 thumbnailLinks, embeds and password protection, viewer analytics, transcription in 106 languages and subtitles translated into up to 10
Free plan
Free planNone. The trial is $1 for 7 daysNo free plan: a 7-day free trial of Pro, no credit card (it can't start an Auto Capture take)
Paid plans
Paid plans$49 a month for 60 minutes of video, up to 8 minutes eachPro $26 per user a month ($13 billed yearly). Premium $39 per user a month ($19 billed yearly). Enterprise custom. AI features run on credits

Where Tella and SayScreen differ

Who records

With Tella you record with its Mac or Windows app, Chrome extension or web recorder. Its Auto Capture, in beta on paid plans, has an AI agent film a public web page (or a signed-in one with a saved login) with an animated cursor. SayScreen's AI always does the recording: it signs in on your app's own sign-in page, decides where to click from your description and records each step.

Voice

Tella records your voice with the screen and has a teleprompter; it says it doesn't generate AI narration, clone voices or dub audio. SayScreen writes the narration from what happens on screen and voices it, in a stock AI voice or your own cloned voice.

Sharing

Tella shares links and embeds with password protection and viewer analytics, and exports up to 4K. SayScreen gives you an MP4 at 1080p and 60 fps plus an .srt caption file to host wherever you like; there are no share links or analytics.

Pricing

Tella has no free plan: a 7-day free trial of Pro, then Pro at $26 per user a month ($13 billed yearly) or Premium at $39 ($19 billed yearly), with AI features on credits. 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 Tella 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.

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

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