takeascreen.com vs Vidyard: the sales video alternative
Vidyard is built for sales and marketing teams: record a personal video, send it, see who watched. takeascreen.com is built for the videos those teams keep remaking: product tours, feature demos and how-tos, recorded and narrated by an AI agent, kept current on a schedule, and shared with a link.
What is Vidyard?
- Vidyard offers screen and camera recording through a Chrome extension and desktop app, video hosting with analytics, and AI features such as avatars and script generation aimed at sales outreach. It integrates with CRMs and email tools.
- It has a free plan with limits and paid plans per user, plus enterprise hosting packages.
Vidyard vs takeascreen.com (as of October 2026)
- Built for: Vidyard: Sales outreach and marketing video hosting. takeascreen.com: Product walkthroughs, onboarding, tutorials and bug reports.
- Who records: Vidyard: You (AI avatars for some sales videos). takeascreen.com: Your AI agent records from a prompt in its own cloud browser, or you record yourself (web or Chrome).
- Narration: Vidyard: Your microphone; AI scripts for outreach. takeascreen.com: AI script written from what happened on screen, voice-over in 20+ voices and 30+ languages, or your own mic.
- Presenter: Vidyard: Camera bubble or AI avatar. takeascreen.com: Camera bubble, side by side, camera only, or one of six AI presenter avatars.
- Analytics: Vidyard: Detailed viewer analytics and CRM sync. takeascreen.com: View counts per shared video.
- Scheduled videos: Vidyard: No. takeascreen.com: Scheduled re-recordings (changelogs, onboarding tours) run 24/7 without you.
- Price: Vidyard: Free plan with limits; paid plans per user. takeascreen.com: $1 for the first 24 hours, then Starter $29, Pro $69 or Elite $119 a month, with AI credits included.
Choose Vidyard if
- You need per-viewer analytics synced to your CRM.
- Your main use is one-to-one sales videos.
Choose takeascreen.com if
- You need product and support videos recorded and kept current without a person recording them.
- You want a voice-over and presenter in many languages from one recording.
- You want to request videos from Slack, Telegram or email.
FAQ
- Does takeascreen.com track viewers like Vidyard? It counts views on shared videos. It does not sync per-viewer data to a CRM.
- Can I use it for sales demos? Yes: ask the agent to record a demo of a specific flow, pick a voice and presenter, and send the link. For personal one-to-one videos, record yourself in the web recorder.
- Can takeascreen.com replace Vidyard for sales videos? For product demos, onboarding tours and support answers, yes: the agent records and narrates them and you share a link with a view count. For CRM-integrated outreach analytics, Vidyard is still the specialist.
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