Cursorful vs Tella

Cursorful

• Product demos recorded in the browser with zooms added for you
• People who want recordings rendered on their own device
• Buyers who prefer a one-time payment to a subscription

Tella

• Product demos and tutorials that need more polish than a raw screen capture
• People who want to record in the browser without installing an app
• Teams that want hosted video links with viewer analytics

Cursorful

• The free plan is for non-commercial use, records only the browser and exports at up to 1080p; microphone, camera and 4K need Pro.
• The desktop apps need a Pro license to export, and the Mac app requires Apple silicon.
• Firefox is not supported, and in the extension automatic zooms work only while the browser is in focus.
• Cloud storage beyond the 10 GB included with Pro costs $0.02 per GB per month.

Tella

• There is no free plan: once the trial ends, existing videos can be viewed and shared, but recording, editing and export need a subscription.
• Monthly billing costs about twice the yearly rate: $26 versus $13 per user / month on Pro.
• There is no mobile app, and editing is desktop-only; phones and tablets can record quick camera videos in the browser.
• Custom domains, branding removal, advanced analytics and 60 FPS export beyond 5 minutes need Premium.

Cursorful

Automatic zooms and pans

A zoom is added when two or more clicks happen within 3 seconds and follows the cursor while clicking continues. Zooms can be added, removed and adjusted afterward.

Segment timeline

Zooms, speed changes, camera layouts and blur are segments on one timeline that can be trimmed, moved and stacked. Any segment can be sped up to 10x.

Redrawn cursor in the desktop apps

The desktop apps capture the pointer separately from the video, so it can be smoothed, resized and given sway, motion blur, a shadow and click animations.

Captions and microphone denoising

Captions are generated from the audio on the device and can be restyled. Denoising removes fan, hum and keyboard noise from narration, also on the device.

Local rendering and aspect ratios

Exports are rendered on the user's machine with hardware encoding, in ten aspect-ratio presets from ultrawide to portrait. 4K needs Pro.

Shareable links

A video can be exported to a streaming link that is public or private to an organization. Pro includes 10 GB of shared cloud storage.

Tella

Separate screen and camera tracks

Screen and camera are recorded as separate tracks, so you can change the layout, resize the camera or hide either source afterwards.

Editor with layouts and zooms

Trim and split clips, switch between side-by-side, picture-in-picture and full-screen layouts, and add zoom effects and backgrounds.

Transcript-based editing

Remove mistakes and filler words by deleting them from the transcript. Transcription covers 106 languages and can be shown as captions.

AI assistance

AI generates titles, chapters and automatic layouts from the transcript, and can turn a video into a summary or document.

Link sharing and analytics

Share a video by link or embed it and track viewers. Paid plans have no storage or bandwidth limits and no cap on video count.

API, webhooks and MCP server

A public REST API, webhooks and an MCP server for assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT are included on every plan.

Cursorful

• Cursorful Free$0

  Records the browser with automatic zoom and pan, zoom editing, backgrounds and unlimited exports rendered locally. For non-commercial use.

• Cursorful Pro$79

  per seat, one-time payment

  Shown as $40 off a crossed-out $119. Adds the macOS and Windows desktop apps, commercial use, microphone and camera, 4K exports and 10 GB of cloud storage.

Tella

• Pro$13

  per user / month, billed yearly ($26 monthly)

  Unlimited recordings up to 6 hours per clip, unlimited storage, the full editor, 4K export, sharing and analytics.

• Premium$19

  per user / month, billed yearly ($39 monthly)

  Adds a custom domain, domain restriction for embeds, Tella branding removal, 60 FPS export at any length and advanced analytics.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Premium plus SSO and SCIM, a shared Slack channel, personalized onboarding and volume discounts.

Cursorful

• Lifetime license

  Pro is a one-time payment of $79 per seat

  Cursorful Pro is paid once, not as a subscription, and includes lifetime access to all current and future offline features.

• Other savings

  Lower per-seat price from 3 seats

  The seat selector on the pricing section drops the Pro price to $66 per seat for 3 or more seats, $59 for 5 or more and $54 for 10 or more.

Tella

• Annual discount

  About 50% off with yearly billing

  Pro is $13 per user per month billed yearly versus $26 billed monthly, and Premium is $19 versus $39. Tella's pricing page labels the annual option as 50% off.

• Education

  Tella for Education: 6 months free

  Teachers, professors and students at accredited institutions can get Tella Pro free for 6 months, then 50% off for as long as they qualify. The free term covers one user per workspace.

• Nonprofit

  50% off for verified nonprofits

  Verified nonprofits, including US 501(c)(3) organizations and registered charities elsewhere, get 50% off Pro or Premium with no expiry while their status holds.