RecordlyPro vs Tella
Tella is close in spirit and publishes to more platforms today. The differences are captions, written output and where data lives.
Tella is the closest tool to RecordlyPro on this list. Both record from the browser, both put a camera bubble over the screen, both zoom automatically and both end in a share page. If you have used Tella, RecordlyPro will feel familiar within a minute.
The differences start after the recording. Tella publishes directly to YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook today, which is more than RecordlyPro can offer until the remaining platform connections are approved; on that point Tella is ahead. RecordlyPro treats the recording as the source for more kinds of output: the polished video, captions in your chosen style from a speech model on our own server, an AI title and chapters, vertical clips, and a blog post or step guide, all from one take. The other difference is where the files are: Tella is a US company with US hosting; RecordlyPro runs on its own server in Frankfurt, Germany.
Recording
Both record in the browser with camera layouts and automatic zoom. RecordlyPro also zooms whole-screen recordings using on-server activity detection, saves every five seconds locally for crash recovery and ships a teleprompter.
Captions
Tella transcribes through a cloud API. RecordlyPro runs its own speech model on its own server, offers twelve caption styles and burn-in or sidecar SRT and VTT.
Publishing
Tella publishes to YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook from the app. RecordlyPro publishes to YouTube today; TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Bluesky, Pinterest and Facebook are built and switch on as each connection is approved. Until then Tella is the stronger choice if direct social posting is your main need.
Written content
RecordlyPro turns the video into a blog post with chapter screenshots and a numbered step guide with highlighted clicks. Tella does not.
Share page
Both have one. RecordlyPro’s adds a searchable transcript, comments with timestamps, a lead form you can gate at any second, password, expiry and first-party analytics with a watch-time heat bar.
Data
Tella stores in the US. RecordlyPro stores in Frankfurt, Germany, under EU data-protection law, and offers a data processing agreement for business customers.
Verdict
If you already like Tella, or direct posting to several social networks is what you need today, stay with Tella. Choose RecordlyPro if you want speech to text on the vendor’s own server, the same recording turned into captions, chapters, a blog post and a step guide without re-doing work, a lead form on the share page, or EU hosting as a requirement for you or your clients.
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| RecordlyPro | Loom | Screen Studio | Tella | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs in the browser, nothing to install | Yes | Browser + desktop app | macOS app | Yes |
| Automatic zoom on clicks | Yes, also for whole-screen recordings | Announced, not shipped | Yes | Yes |
| Speech to text on the vendor’s own server | Yes | Cloud API | On device | Cloud API |
| Publish to social platforms from the app | YouTube now; 8 more as approved | No | No | YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook |
| Vertical clips from the long video | Yes | No | No | Yes (Shorts, Reels) |
| Blog post and step guide from a video | Yes | No | No | No |
| Share page with lead form and analytics | Yes | Analytics, no lead form | Share link | Share page with analytics |
| Data hosted in the EU | Frankfurt, Germany | US | Local file; share links uploaded | US |
| Price for one person | Free plan; Basic 16.99 €/month | Free plan; paid tiers | One-off licence | Free plan; paid tiers |
Based on the vendors’ public documentation as of October 2026. Features and prices change; check before you decide.
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