Writing documentation by hand means recording your own screen, then editing it, then writing captions, or typing out a step-by-step guide while trying to remember which button you clicked in which order. Guidde and Scribe both remove that manual step by watching you perform a task once and generating the finished guide automatically — they even list each other as the default alternative. The difference is the format they hand you back: a narrated video versus a structured text guide with screenshots.
Guidde
Guidde captures your screen as you click through a task, then uses AI to add a professional voiceover (in over 200 voices), automatic captions, visual highlights on exactly what you clicked, and consistent branding — no manual video editing, with the company claiming roughly 11x faster than doing it by hand. Finished guides can be embedded directly inside the tools your team already uses, so help shows up where the confusion actually happens instead of in a wiki nobody opens. The free tier is generous (25 videos), with Pro at $19/month and Business at $39/month, both billed annually. It's aimed squarely at enterprise onboarding, customer education, and documenting complex software rollouts (Salesforce, SAP, and Workday are called out by name). The catch: unlimited text-to-voice generation needs the Business tier, and a video is inherently slower to scan than a page of text when someone just needs to check one step.
Scribe
Scribe works as a browser extension: turn it on, perform the task normally, and it silently captures every click to assemble a polished step-by-step guide with screenshots and instructions — no writing required. Beyond individual guides, it analyzes captured workflows to surface inefficiencies and automation opportunities, turning ad-hoc "how we do things" knowledge into a searchable library. It targets HR, Finance, Operations, and IT teams inside larger organizations, and backs that up with enterprise features like auto-redaction of sensitive on-screen data, SSO, and role-based access — things Guidde doesn't emphasize. Pricing runs free (web apps only), Pro Personal around $29/month per seat, and Pro Team around $17/month per seat with a 5-seat minimum. The free tier's web-only restriction is limiting if your workflows touch desktop apps, and per-seat pricing climbs fast at enterprise scale.
| Guidde | Scribe | |
|---|---|---|
| Output format | Narrated video with AI voiceover | Text guide with screenshots |
| Free tier | 25 videos | Web apps only |
| Paid pricing | $19/mo (Pro), $39/mo (Business) | ~$29/mo solo, ~$17/mo/seat (5+ team) |
| Enterprise features | Embeddable guides in-app | Auto-redaction, SSO, role-based access |
| Best for | Video-based onboarding and customer education | Scannable text SOPs and sensitive internal processes |
Pick Guidde if the people consuming your guides prefer watching a short narrated video over reading, or you're documenting a visually complex rollout like an ERP or CRM implementation. Pick Scribe if your team needs guides people can scan in ten seconds, or you're documenting internal processes that touch sensitive data and need auto-redaction and SSO baked in. Either one beats writing the guide by hand — and if you outgrow both, Vidocu is worth a look since it generates video, SOP, and article formats from a single recorded source.