Last updated: May 19, 2025
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Overview
Guidde helps teams and individuals create engaging video documentation quickly. It captures workflows via screen recording and automatically generates step-by-step video guides with voiceovers (recorded or AI-generated text-to-speech). It offers editing, branding customization, analytics, and sharing options, aiming to simplify the creation of support articles, employee onboarding materials, and product tutorials.
Key Features
✦ AI-Powered Video Guide Creation: Automatically generates video documentation from screen recordings.
✦ Screen & Workflow Capture: Records screen activity to create step-by-step guides.
✦ Automatic Step Generation: Identifies actions and creates distinct steps in the video.
✦ Voiceover Options: Supports user-recorded voiceovers and AI-generated text-to-speech in multiple languages.
✦ Editing & Customization: Allows editing of steps, adding blurs, annotations, and branding (logos, colors).
✦ Multiple Export Options: Export guides as videos, PDFs, or embeddable content.
✦ Analytics & Insights: Tracks engagement with created guides.
✦ Web & Desktop App Support (Business+): Can capture workflows from both browser and desktop applications.
Advantages
🟩 Rapid Documentation: Significantly speeds up the creation of video guides and tutorials.
🟩 Ease of Use: Simplifies video creation, requiring no advanced video editing skills.
🟩 Engaging Format: Video guides can be more engaging and easier to follow than text-based documentation.
🟩 Consistent Formatting: Helps maintain a consistent look and feel for all guides.
🟩 Improved Knowledge Sharing: Makes it easier to create and distribute how-to information for customers or internal teams.
Limitations
🟥 Pricing Per Creator: Cost can scale quickly for larger teams as pricing is often per creator/user.
🟥 Limited Free Plan: The free tier has restrictions on the number of videos, features, and includes Guidde branding.
🟥 AI Voice Quality: AI-generated text-to-speech might not always sound perfectly natural, though studio voices are available on higher plans.
🟥 Advanced Editing Limitations: May not offer the full depth of features found in dedicated video editing software.
🟥 Desktop Recording on Higher Tiers: Full web and desktop app recording is typically reserved for business plans.
Use Cases
➤ Customer Support Documentation: Creating visual how-to guides and FAQs for product users.
➤ Employee Onboarding & Training: Developing step-by-step tutorials for new hires or internal processes.
➤ Software Demonstrations: Showcasing product features and functionality through video guides.
➤ Sales Enablement: Creating quick guides for sales teams to explain product usage to prospects.
➤ Educational Tutorials: Producing instructional content for students or online courses.
Pricing Details
Guidde operates on a freemium model with subscriptions based on features, number of creators ("seats"), and video capabilities.
⭘ Free Plan: Limited to a certain number of guides (e.g., 25), web browser recording only, and includes a Guidde watermark on videos.
⭘ Pro Plan (e.g., ~$16-$23/creator/month, billed annually): Offers unlimited guides, watermark removal, a custom branding kit, and various export options.
⭘ Business Plan (e.g., ~$35-$50/creator/month, billed annually): Includes everything in Pro, plus unlimited AI text-to-voice narration, desktop application recording, advanced privacy controls, and viewer analytics.
⭘ Enterprise Plan (Custom Pricing): For large organizations, this plan includes all features, unlimited studio voices, multi-language translation, SSO, advanced security, and dedicated support.
(Note: Pricing is per creator/seat and subject to change. Annual billing offers a significant discount.)
Summary
Guidde is an AI-powered platform that enables teams to quickly create video documentation and how-to guides by capturing screen workflows and auto-generating steps with voiceovers.
Released Dates
2025
Jan – Launched "Guidde Voice," offering a library of premium, studio-quality AI text-to-speech voices for narration.
2024
Aug – Introduced advanced analytics, providing insights into guide completion rates, viewer engagement, and drop-off points.
Mar – Released the Guidde desktop application, enabling users to capture workflows from desktop apps, not just web browsers.
2023
Oct – Added "Magic Edit," an AI feature allowing users to edit video guides using text commands.
May – Guidde launched publicly as an AI-powered platform for creating step-by-step video documentation and how-to guides.
