Riverside vs Tella

Riverside

• Podcasters and interviewers recording remote guests in high quality
• Marketing teams turning long recordings into social clips
• Hosts who want recording, editing, hosting and live streaming in one tool

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

Riverside

• The Free plan allows 2 hours of multi-track recording, tops out at 720p and puts a Riverside watermark on exports.
• Separate-track downloads are capped each month: 15 hours on Pro, 20 on Grow and 25 on Webinar.
• Live streaming starts on Grow, and registration, Q&A and polls for webinars need the Webinar plan.
• Collaborative editing, custom roles, SSO and API access are limited to Business; the desktop app is listed for Mac only.

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.

Riverside

Local multi-track recording

Audio and video are recorded on each participant's own device and uploaded in the background, giving a separate track per person in up to 4K.

Text-based editor

Edit a recording through its transcript, with AI tools that remove silences and filler words. Paid web plans include unlimited transcriptions.

Magic Clips and AI show notes

AI selects short clips for social media and drafts show notes. Magic Clips is also listed on the Free plan.

Live streaming and webinars

Grow adds Full HD live streaming to multiple destinations. The Webinar plan adds registration, Q&A, polls, email reminders and analytics.

Podcast hosting and publishing

Each studio has its own podcast hosting, analytics and website, and can publish to YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Mac and mobile apps

The Mac app records a shared screen locally as its own track. The iOS and Android apps can record, invite guests and serve as a second webcam.

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.

Riverside

• Free$0

  2 hours of multi-track recording, unlimited single-track recording, 720p video and a Riverside watermark.

• Mobile Plus$9.99

  per month

  For the mobile apps only: removes watermarks and exports up to 4K video and WAV audio.

• Pro$24

  per month, billed annually at $288 ($29 monthly)

  Up to 4K video and 48 kHz audio, no watermark, 15 hours of separate-track downloads a month and 1 studio.

• Grow$34

  per month, billed annually at $408 ($39 monthly)

  20 hours of separate-track downloads a month, 2 studios, and Full HD live streaming with multistreaming.

• Webinar$79

  per month, billed annually ($99 monthly)

  25 hours of separate-track downloads, 3 studios, and webinars with up to 100 registrants, Q&A, polls and analytics.

• BusinessCustom

  Unlimited studios and separate-track downloads, up to 10,000 webinar registrants, API access, SSO and a dedicated CSM.

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.

Riverside

• Annual discount

  Save up to 20% with yearly billing

  Annual billing drops Pro from $29 to $24 per month, Grow from $39 to $34 and Webinar from $99 to $79, which Riverside describes as saving up to 20%.

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.