The Clueso Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Clueso in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Clueso
The Insider’s Guide
AI platform that turns screen recordings into product videos
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among screen recording and video tools, read from Clueso’s own pages.
Made by Desklamp, Inc. · checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Clueso’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Clueso’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 4 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools we grade
Clueso is a browser-based video platform that turns a rough screen recording, slide deck, document or prompt into a finished video with an AI voiceover, zooms, captions and translation. The same content can be published as a step-by-step help article, and a browser agent can record a product walkthrough on request. Plans are priced by users and by how much video can be exported, with a free plan for evaluation.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Clueso, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for turning rough screen recordings into product tutorials
Comments, SSO and voice cloning are Enterprise only, and there's no desktop or phone app.
- 2
Paid plans start at $40 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $40 per month, billed yearly; $50 billed monthly.
- 3
There is a free plan
1 user, 10 minutes of video exports and 15 article exports a month, exports up to 1080p with a watermark, and a limited allowance of AI credits.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web, with a browser extension too.
- 5
Recordings turned into finished videos
Starts from a browser-extension recording, an uploaded video, a slide deck, a document or screenshots, then writes the script, adds a voiceover and applies zooms and spotlights.
- 6
Clueso Agent
A browser agent is told what to demonstrate, navigates the product and captures the walkthrough itself. Videos can also be created from a chat prompt.
- 7
AI voiceovers, avatars and captions
Generates voiceovers synced to the video, AI presenters and timed captions. The Free plan has 500+ voices and paid plans 10,000+.
- 8
A 2.2 GPA, above 4 of 52
That is against the other screen recording and video tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Clueso you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Clueso at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $40 per month, billed yearly; $50 billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, Browser extension
- Made by
- Desklamp, Inc.
- Category
- Screen Recording & Video
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for turning rough screen recordings into product tutorials
Clueso turns a rough screen recording of your product into a video with a script, an AI voiceover, zooms and captions, and can make a help article from the same recording. Solo costs $40 a month billed yearly, and every plan caps exported video: 10 minutes a month free, 3 hours a year on Solo. Comments, SSO and voice cloning are Enterprise only, and there's no desktop or phone app.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Solo is $40 a month billed yearly, $50 monthly, and the dearest tenth of video tools here starts at $38. For that you get one user and 3 hours of exported video a year, so the meter is running as well. Business is $120 a month for two people. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free gives one user 10 minutes of exported video a month and 15 articles, with 500-odd voices. Exports are watermarked and stop at 1080p, so it's for having a look, not for publishing. |
| Features | B | Start from a recording, a slide deck, a document or a prompt and it writes the script, reads it, adds zooms and captions and translates the lot, with a browser agent that can capture the walkthrough itself and a keyframe timeline underneath. The job is covered, as Guidde and Supademo cover it. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. The pitch is that the AI does the editing, which is true, but you still sign up, install the recording extension, and drop into a keyframe timeline whenever its first pass isn't right. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | A web app with a browser extension for recording, listed as working with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Gemini. No desktop app and no mobile app at all. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Clueso is for
- Fits if you're on a customer education or product team making tutorials in bulk
- Works for teams that need the same video in several languages
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you make a handful of videos a year, as the lowest paid plan is $40 a month billed yearly
- Tight if you publish a lot, since Solo stops at 3 hours of exported video a year
- Skip it if you want comments or voice cloning, because those are listed for Enterprise only
- Tight if you're staying free, as exports stop at 10 minutes a month, carry a watermark and top out at 1080p
- Watch out: 4K needs Business at $120 a month for 2 users, and the site lists no desktop or mobile app
Good to know
Good for
- Customer education and product teams producing tutorials at volume
- Turning one screen recording into both a video and a help article
- Teams that need the same video in several languages
Worth knowing
- Each plan caps exported video: 10 minutes a month on Free, 3 hours a year on Solo and 6 hours a year on Business with 2 users.
- Free exports carry a watermark and stop at 1080p; 2K needs Solo and 4K needs Business.
- SAML SSO, voice cloning, comments, multiple workspaces and editing by AI chat are listed for Enterprise only.
- It runs in the browser with a recording extension; the site lists no desktop or mobile app.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$40
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Clueso has a free plan. Paid plans start at $40 per month, billed yearly; $50 billed monthly.
Free
$0
1 user, 10 minutes of video exports and 15 article exports a month, up to 1080p with a watermark, and input videos of up to 10 minutes each.
Solo
$40
per month, billed yearly; $50 billed monthly
1 user, 3 hours of video exports and 180 articles a year, 2K exports with no watermark, 2,500 AI credits a month and in-app chat support.
Business
$120
per month for 2 users, billed yearly; $150 billed monthly
2 users, 6 hours of video exports a year, 4K exports, live collaboration, roles, clip templates and viewer analytics. Up to 10 users at $440 a month.
Enterprise
Custom
Custom users, export limits and AI credits, plus SAML SSO, voice cloning, multiple workspaces, a translation glossary and a customer success manager.
The free plan
1 user, 10 minutes of video exports and 15 article exports a month, exports up to 1080p with a watermark, and a limited allowance of AI credits.
Read from clueso.io on Oct 9, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page marks yearly billing as a 20% saving: Solo is $40 a month against $50, and Business $120 against $150 for 2 users.
Stated on clueso.io
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: Web and Browser extension
AI platform that turns screen recordings into product videos. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, real-time collaboration, templates, screen recording, video editing, AI agents.
The job is covered, as Guidde and Supademo cover it.
- Recordings turned into finished videos
- Starts from a browser-extension recording, an uploaded video, a slide deck, a document or screenshots, then writes the script, adds a voiceover and applies zooms and spotlights.
- Clueso Agent
- A browser agent is told what to demonstrate, navigates the product and captures the walkthrough itself. Videos can also be created from a chat prompt.
- AI voiceovers, avatars and captions
- Generates voiceovers synced to the video, AI presenters and timed captions. The Free plan has 500+ voices and paid plans 10,000+.
- Translation
- Translates voiceovers, on-screen text and captions into other languages. A translation glossary with custom rules is an Enterprise feature.
- Step-by-step guides
- Turns the same recording into a help article with screenshots and written instructions, exportable in five formats on every plan.
- Timeline editor
- Trims, splits and merges clips, crops and resizes, and animates text, images and shapes with keyframes, with music, a stock media library and version history.
Where it runs
- Web
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
- Gemini
Clueso is made by Desklamp, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
4/52
Other screen recording and video tools it is graded above
Clueso's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 4 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on features (B, above 26 of 52) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $40 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 38 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 53 screen recording and video tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Clueso’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 52
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 52
- BFeaturesAbove 26 of 52
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 52
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 15 of 52
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 46 screen recording and video tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Clueso is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Clueso you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 42 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $480 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A video editor.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Clueso’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Guidde, Synthesia, Descript, Supademo and Vmaker AI
The 5 tools Clueso is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
Guidde
Free plan · from $19/mo
AI video documentation tool that turns screen captures into guides.
- Only Guidde lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Clueso also covers templates and AI agents.
- Guidde also covers AI search.
- 2.4GPA
Synthesia
Free plan · from $18/mo
AI video platform that turns scripts into avatar-presented videos.
- Clueso also covers video editing and AI agents.
- 2.4GPA
Descript
Free plan · from $16/mo
Audio and video editor that works by editing the transcript.
- Only Clueso lists a browser extension.
- Only Descript lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Clueso also covers templates and AI agents.
- 2.2GPA
Supademo
Free plan · from $38/mo
Interactive product demos, screen recordings and step-by-step guides.
- Only Supademo lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Clueso also covers templates.
- Supademo also covers screenshots.
- 2.4GPA
Vmaker AI
Free plan · from $18/mo
AI video editor, clip maker and screen recorder in one account.
- Only Vmaker AI lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Clueso also covers templates and AI agents.
- Vmaker AI also covers transcription and noise cancellation.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Clueso free?
Clueso has a free plan. 1 user, 10 minutes of video exports and 15 article exports a month, exports up to 1080p with a watermark, and a limited allowance of AI credits.
How much does Clueso cost?
Clueso lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Clueso work on?
Clueso is available on Web. It also has a browser extension.
Does Clueso offer any discounts?
Clueso publicly lists the following: Save 20% with yearly billing.
Does Clueso have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Clueso is listed for Web.
Does Clueso have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Clueso is listed for Web.
Is Clueso open source?
Clueso is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.
What does Clueso integrate with?
Clueso's listing names Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Gemini. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Clueso?
Clueso is made by Desklamp, Inc.
What are the alternatives to Clueso?
The closest alternatives to Clueso in our directory are Guidde, Synthesia, Descript, Supademo and Vmaker AI.
How does Clueso compare with other screen recording and video tools?
Clueso's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 4 of the 52 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 6.
Is Clueso good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Clueso D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $40 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 38 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Clueso?
To replace Clueso you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Clueso’s own pages on Oct 9, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Clueso's own pages on 9 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-03-27.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Desklamp, Inc. Prices change, so check clueso.io before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Clueso, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/clueso
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Clueso’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Clueso is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Desklamp, Inc. Prices and plans change: check clueso.io before you buy.