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- Choose Tella for the strongest editor: transcript editing, AI mistake and filler-word removal, layouts, up to 4K and 6-hour clips, native Mac and Windows recorders. From $13 per user/month billed yearly; 7-day trial, no free plan.
- Choose Screenity if you want a free recorder with drawing, blur and a camera bubble, and maybe a cheaper editor later ($10/month billed yearly).
- Choose neither if you only need the raw recording as a file: a simple free recorder is enough.
Side by side
| Tella | Screenity | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No forever-free plan; 7-day Pro trial (no card) | The Chrome recorder is free and open source (GPLv3) |
| Paid plans | Pro $13, Premium $19 per user/month, billed annually (monthly billing costs more) | Pro $10/month billed yearly ($120 a year); monthly billing costs more |
| Trial | 7 days; clips capped at 2 hours and HD 30 fps exports during the trial | 7-day free trial of Pro |
| Account to record | Yes | No (only for the cloud editor and share links) |
| Recording length | Up to 6 hours per clip | No time limit in the free recorder; up to 1 hour per recording on Pro |
| Quality | Up to 4K; 60 fps exports | Unlimited 1080p exports on Pro |
| Recording tools | Screen, webcam, mic, system audio, teleprompter | Tab, window or screen, camera bubble, drawing, live blur, cursor spotlight, push-to-talk |
| Editing | Timeline and transcript editing, AI mistakes finder, silence and filler-word removal, layouts, subtitles | Free: trim, crop, swap audio. Pro: scenes, auto-zoom on clicks, captions, layouts |
| Where videos live | Tella's cloud, with share pages and analytics | On your device or your Google Drive; Pro cloud hosted in Europe |
| Apps | Chrome extension, native macOS and Windows recorders | Chrome extension (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Chromebooks) and a browser recorder |
When Tella wins
When the video is a product in itself: a launch video, course lesson or polished tutorial. Tella's editor lets you fix mistakes by editing the transcript, removes silences and filler words, switches layouts and adds styled subtitles, and its Tella Agent edits from a chat (Pro includes 3,000 credits per user a month). After the trial, your videos stay viewable and shareable, but recording, editing and exporting are locked until you subscribe.
When Screenity wins
When you want to record for free, keep the file and annotate as you go. The free recorder needs no account, has no watermark or time limit, and saves locally. If you later want scenes, auto-zoom, word-by-word captions and share links, its single Pro plan is cheaper than Tella Pro on yearly billing.
When you need neither
If you just need the raw recording as a file for Slack, Drive, a ticket, your LMS or your own editor, Bobbin is a simpler free option: a Chrome extension that records your screen, a window or a tab with a webcam bubble (or camera only), your mic and tab audio, and saves an MP4 where Chrome supports it. No account, no watermark, no time limit, no video limit, and every second is written to disk as you record, so a crash doesn't lose the take. It asks for no access to the websites you visit. Optional Pro is $4.99/month or $24 once (founding price) for 1440p/4K and 60 fps where your screen and computer support it, bubble styling, an auto-stop timer and custom file names, with a 7-day refund. Founding price for the first 100 buyers. Then $39 lifetime / $5.99 per month.
Bobbin doesn't host videos or make share links, and it has no editing, transcripts, comments, viewer analytics, team workspace or mobile app. If you want drawing or blur for free, Screenity has them and Bobbin doesn't.
| Tella Pro | Screenity (free recorder) | Bobbin Free | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $13 per user/month (annual) | Free | Free |
| Account | Required | Not needed | Not needed |
| Time limit | 6 hours per clip | None | None (your disk space) |
| Drawing / blur | No (editor tools instead) | Yes | No |
| Editing | Full editor | Trim, crop, swap audio | None |
| File | Export from Tella | Saved locally or to Drive | MP4 where supported, WebM otherwise |
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Checked on 26 October 2026 from their own pages: tella.com/pricing · Tella help: How the 7-day free trial works · screenity.io/extension · screenity.io/pricing. Plans and settings change; check the linked page before you decide.
Loom, Vidyard, Tella, Tango, Screencastify, Screenity, Zoom and Slack are trademarks of their respective owners. Bobbin is not affiliated with them. Prices and plan limits from their public pages as of 22 Oct 2026.