Berrycast
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveScreen, webcam, and audio recorder for async video messages, with AI-generated transcripts and summaries.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
Starter and Pro plans billed monthly or annually, plus a limited-time one-time lifetime purchase of Pro; prices load in the browser and could not be read from the vendor's pricing page today. A 14-day full-feature trial, extendable by another 14 days, needs no card.
Use tool ↗About Berrycast
Berrycast is a screen-recording tool for asynchronous team communication: it captures screen, webcam, and audio into a hosted, shareable video rather than a download, and auto-generates a transcript and summary of each recording so it can be searched instead of rewatched. It's used for product walkthroughs, bug reports, and async updates instead of a live call. The company is Canadian, with a stated 100,000 users across 127 countries. The vendor's own pricing page didn't render for direct confirmation; a third-party review lists a Starter tier at $99 one-time for personal use, a Pro plan at $9.99/month (billed annually) with custom-domain branding, and a custom Enterprise tier, with only a 14-day trial rather than a permanent free tier.
- Platforms
- Web · Windows · macOS · Chrome extension
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page FAQ: no free plan, a 14-day full-feature trial extendable by 14 days without a card; Starter and Pro plans plus a one-time lifetime purchase option; amounts are rendered client-side and not visible (15 October 2026)berrycast.com ↗
- Site offers a Chrome extension and Windows/Mac desktop recorder with AI transcripts, summaries and action items (15 October 2026)berrycast.com ↗
Is Berrycast legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- May 17, 2018 (8 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Cloudflare, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 26, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
Pros & cons of Berrycast
Berrycast fills the same niche as Loom — record and share instead of scheduling a call — with a transcript/summary step built in so recordings become searchable rather than something people have to sit through. It leans personal/team use rather than enterprise: no permanent free tier is confirmed, and pricing had to be sourced from a third-party review rather than the vendor's own page.
Pros
- Records screen, webcam, and audio together into one shareable hosted video
- Automatic AI transcript, summary and action items for every recording
- A one-time lifetime purchase is offered as an alternative to a subscription
- Chrome extension and desktop apps for Windows and Mac
Cons
- No permanent free tier confirmed — only a 14-day trial before payment
- Vendor's own pricing page did not render for direct confirmation, so figures rely on a third-party review
- Desktop apps are Windows/Mac only, per the site's own description
Best for
- async product walkthroughs, bug reports, and team updates instead of live calls
- teams wanting a searchable transcript of every recording, not just the video
- personal use via the one-time Starter purchase instead of a subscription
Not for
- anyone wanting to try it free indefinitely before paying — only a 14-day trial is offered
- teams that need the vendor's own pricing page to load with confirmed current numbers
Watch out: Confirm current pricing directly with the vendor before committing — the numbers here come from a third-party review, not a loaded vendor pricing page.