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Guidde vs Vidocu

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
Guidde from $19/seat/mo, Vidocu from $39/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Vidocu has one; not confirmed by us for Guidde
Best fit
Guidde: Customer education teams building video help centers · Vidocu: Support teams producing help centre articles and demo videos from the same recording
Platforms
Guidde: Web, Chrome extension · Vidocu: Web

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactGuiddeVidocu
CategoryScreen Recording & Demo VideosScreen Recording & Demo Videos
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$19/seat/mo$39/mo
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score79 / 10078 / 100
PlatformsWeb, Chrome extensionWeb, API
Companyguidde Inc.Common Ninja Ltd.
Last verifiedOct 29, 2026Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

Guidde

Guidde is a fast way for support, training and enablement teams to produce narrated software walkthroughs without editing video by hand. It is overkill for one-off screen recordings, and the useful extras (desktop capture, unlimited text-to-voice, translation) sit on Business or in add-ons.

Pros

  • Auto-generates steps, script and AI voiceover from a single capture
  • Exports to video, PPT, PDF and knowledge-base articles
  • In-app Broadcast panel surfaces guides inside Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP and others
  • Usable free tier with no credit card

Cons

  • Free plan stops at 25 videos and keeps the watermark
  • Desktop and mobile capture require Business or Enterprise
  • Voice cloning, avatars and automatic translation cost extra

Vidocu

The pitch is that a single source recording should not have to be redone as a video, a help article and an SOP separately. Vidocu generates all three and lets you edit the drafts, which is a real saving for support and enablement teams. Video output is credit-metered and the entry tier's allowance is small enough to notice.

Pros

  • One source produces video, help articles, SOPs and training docs in parallel
  • AI recorder captures a workflow instead of you narrating it
  • Subtitles, voiceover, avatars and translation into 65-plus languages built in
  • Hosted knowledge centre publishes the written output
  • Developer API and MCP support for automating generation

Cons

  • Pro's 820 credits are about 16 minutes of video a month
  • Recordings are capped at 10 minutes on the entry tier
  • Named entity is Common Ninja Ltd., which is not obvious from the product branding
  • The jump from Pro to Business is $39 to $149

Which one fits

Choose Guidde if you need

  • Customer education teams building video help centers
  • L&D and onboarding teams documenting internal tools like SAP or Salesforce
  • Product teams producing quick click-through demos

Choose Vidocu if you need

  • Support teams producing help centre articles and demo videos from the same recording
  • Localising process documentation across many languages
  • Turning long training footage into short clips

Guidde vs Vidocu: the questions people ask

Is Guidde cheaper than Vidocu?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Guidde starts at $19/seat/mo, Vidocu at $39/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Guidde or Vidocu have a free tier?

Both: Guidde has a free tier, and Vidocu has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Guidde or Vidocu?

Vidocu ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Guidde is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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