Compare Dubble

Honest, side-by-side comparisons of Dubble against the tools people weigh it against: Scribe, Tango, Loom, iorad, Guidde and Supademo. Every page cites real pricing, free-plan limits and third-party reviews, and names where the other tool wins before it names where Dubble does.

TL;DR
If you want documentation created while you work and a free plan you can actually keep, Dubble is the pick: its free tier includes unlimited guides, editing and redaction, and guides copy/paste straight into Notion, Confluence or Google Docs. Choose Scribe instead for enterprise compliance, or Loom for narrated async video.

How we compare these tools

Every tool here turns something you do on screen into documentation, but they optimize for different things. Scribe and Tango are polished, VC-backed step-guide leaders; Loom and Guidde lead with video; iorad specializes in interactive tutorial players; and Supademo builds sales-demo tours. Dubble is the indie, bootstrapped option that leads on two things the others charge for: a genuinely generous free plan and copy/paste portability, with no walled garden.

We score each tool on the same seven dimensions (capture, output formats, editing, export and embed, pricing and free-plan limits, AI features, and team features), and we use the numbers straight from each vendor's pricing page. When a competitor is the better choice for your situation, the relevant page says so plainly.

Dubble vs Scribe vs Tango vs Loom at a glance

A compact feature snapshot of Dubble against the three tools it's most often compared with. A check with a tier label means the feature is available on that plan; a cross means it isn't offered.

FeatureDubbleScribeTangoLoom
Browser extension capturefreefreefreefree
Desktop app capturepaidpaidpaidfree
Screen video recordingpaid
Audio recordingpaid
Pause, restart, discard controlsfree
Mobile capturepaidfree
Automatic step + screenshot generationfree
Webcam + screen recordingfree
Automatic step-by-step capture
Rich-text step editingfree
Screenshot annotationfree
Screenshot redaction and blurfree
Upload your own screenshotsfree
Capture new steps into an existing guidefree
Create new steps from an existing videopaid
Auto-zoom screenshotsfree
Step text and title editingfree
Add, reorder, and delete stepsfree
Manual redaction / blurpaid
Automatic PII/PHI redactionenterprise
Annotationsfree
Step title/description editingfree
Screenshot annotation / freehand drawingpaid
Automatic PII/sensitive-data blurringenterprise
Multi-path / branching workflowsenterprise
Trim / stitch clipspaid
Edit by transcriptpaid
Filler-word and silence removalpaid
Blur / redactionpaid
Re-record a single step
Annotations / drawingfree
Step-by-step written guidefree
Screenshotsfreefreefree
Video / screencastpaid
GIF export
PDF downloadfree
Step-by-step guidefreefree
Videofree
GIFpaidfree
PDF exportpaid
PDFpaid
Screenshots as separate steps
Magic Copy (paste to Notion, Confluence, Google Docs, Trainual)free
Public share linkfreefree
Embedfree
No watermarkspaid
API accesspaid
Integrationspaid
Embed in Notion, Confluence, Guru, SharePoint, HubSpotfree
PDF / HTML / Markdown exportpaid
Custom branding on guidespaid
Public/share linkfree
Embed in knowledge basefree
Markdown / HTML exportpaid
Notion/Confluence/Docs paste
Shareable linkfree
Embed playerfree
Download MP4paid
Copy/paste as editable text
Auto-generated step titles and descriptionsfree
AI rewriting of step text
AI voiceover
AI-generated titles and step descriptionsfree
AI process documents (combine multiple Scribes into a doc)paid
AI redaction of sensitive datapaid
Voice transcriptionpaid
Workflow translationenterprise
AI voiceover / auto-rewriting
Auto titles and summariespaid
Auto chapterspaid
AI-generated documents from videopaid
Auto meeting recaps and notespaid
Invite collaboratorspaid
Unlimited private viewersfree
Multiple workspacesenterprise
Workspace user adminpaid
Organization adminenterprise
Analytics
Team workspacespaid
Roles and permissionsenterprise
Analytics / view trackingpaid
SSO / SAML / SCIMenterprise
Workspacesfree
Viewership / usage analyticspaid
In-app guided walkthroughs (Guide Me / Pins / Automations)enterprise
Advanced permissions / rolesenterprise
Workspaces / company spacesfree
Permissions and admin controlspaid
Engagement analyticspaid
Integrationsfree
Secure cloud hostingfree
Google SSOfree
SSO (SAML)enterprise
SOC 2enterpriseenterprise
HIPAAenterprise
SOC 2 Type II
GDPR compliance
HIPAA supportenterprise
ISO 27001
IP whitelisting / data governanceenterprise
SSO / SAMLenterpriseenterprise
SCIM provisioningenterprise
GDPRfree
Privacy default

The seven dimensions that matter

Capture method

Dubble captures with both a Chrome/Edge browser extension and a Mac desktop app (beta); Scribe, Tango and Loom all add native Windows desktop capture, so cross-platform desktop recording is a genuine competitor edge.

Output formats

Dubble turns one recording into written steps, screenshots and a video; Scribe and Tango output steps and screenshots but no native video, while Loom outputs video and GIF but no written step-by-step guide.

Editing

Dubble includes image editing and blur-before-recording on its free plan, whereas Scribe gates redaction behind Pro and enforced PII redaction behind Enterprise, and Tango reserves automatic PII blurring for Enterprise.

Export & embed

Dubble's Magic Copy pastes a full guide as markdown or HTML directly into Notion, Confluence, Google Docs or Trainual, while Scribe paywalls PDF/HTML/Markdown export above its free plan and keeps embeds hosted on its own platform.

Pricing & free plan

Dubble's free plan includes unlimited guides, editing, redaction and unlimited private viewers; Scribe's free plan excludes PDF export and redaction, Loom's caps you at 25 videos and 5-minute recordings, and iorad's charges $200/mo before you get private tutorials.

AI features

Guidde and Loom (Business + AI) lead on AI voiceover and video summaries, while Dubble focuses AI on auto-generating usable written steps and titles rather than synthetic narration that reviewers say can sound robotic.

Team features

Scribe, Tango, Loom and Guidde offer mature workspaces, SSO and analytics on paid enterprise tiers; Dubble ships core workspace sharing today with SSO (SAML) and admin controls on Enterprise, and is honest that some team features are still arriving.

Alternatives to each tool

Shortlists of the best alternatives to each major documentation tool, ranked on capture, export, pricing and free-plan generosity.

Scribe alternativesSix tools that capture step-by-step guides without Scribe's PDF-export and redaction paywalls. Dubble leads on a free plan you can actually keep.Read comparison →Tango alternativesWhere to go now that Tango has pivoted upmarket to enterprise digital adoption and priced small teams out of simple guide capture.Read comparison →Loom alternativesFor documentation you skim rather than watch: turn a recording into a searchable written guide instead of a 5-minute-capped video.Read comparison →iorad alternativesModern step-guide tools that skip iorad's $200/mo entry price and its public-by-default free tier.Read comparison →Guidde alternativesFirst-class written guides instead of an AI-voiceover video with the step doc as an afterthought, plus no 25-video watermarked cap.Read comparison →Supademo alternativesIf you need internal SOPs, not sales-demo tours: tools built for process documentation rather than click-through product demos.Read comparison →Trainual alternativesWhen a full training LMS is more than you need: capture-first tools that document the process itself instead of billing every trainee as a per-seat cost.Read comparison →Folge alternativesWhere to move when a one-time desktop app stops scaling: cloud sharing, automatic capture and video that a install-once Windows tool can't match.Read comparison →FlowShare alternativesStep-guide capture that isn't locked to Windows: cross-platform recording, a real free plan and copy/paste export beyond FlowShare's desktop-only workflow.Read comparison →

Guides & resources

Buyer's guides, the open-source and free-plan questions every shortlist raises, and copy-paste SOP templates you can use today.

Open-source SOP softwareThe real self-hostable options (BookStack, Wiki.js, Docmost, MediaWiki, DokuWiki), plus the maintenance tradeoff and the capture gap none of them close.Read guide →Free SOP softwareWhich free plans actually give you unlimited guides, export with no paywall, no watermark and no credit card, compared line by line.Read guide →SOP templatesTen copy-paste SOP formats (standard, checklist, hierarchical, onboarding, support, ISO 9001 and IT runbook), plus how to auto-generate one from a recording.Read guide →How to choose the softwareA neutral buyer's framework: seven evaluation criteria, a copyable scoring rubric and honest tool picks by situation.Read guide →Process documentation templatesEight one-click formats: standard process doc, audit checklist, SIPOC, swimlane, decision matrix, ISO 9001 controlled doc and a process register.Read guide →Training manual templatesSeven copy-paste training manual formats: new-hire, role-based 30/60/90, quick-start, product, train-the-trainer, compliance and hybrid.Read guide →How to write an SOPThe seven-step method: scope it, record the process as you do it, draft, add exceptions, review and publish, with a worked example.Read guide →SOP vs work instructions vs process docsThe terminology sorted out: scope, audience and level of detail for each, plus one onboarding example carried through all three.Read guide →ISO 9001 process documentationWhat ISO 9001:2015 actually requires as documented information (clauses 7.5 and 4.4), document control in plain English, and what auditors check.Read guide →

Frequently asked questions

For most individuals and small teams, Dubble is the strongest Scribe alternative because its free plan includes what Scribe paywalls: guide editing, blur/redaction and unlimited private viewers, plus copy/paste export into Notion, Confluence or Google Docs with no PDF-export paywall. Scribe remains the better pick if you specifically need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA compliance today. See our Scribe alternatives page for the full six-tool breakdown.

Dubble's free plan is the most generous for written documentation: unlimited guides, image editing, blur-before-recording, embedding and unlimited private viewers, with no watermark on images. Scribe's free plan blocks PDF export and redaction, Loom's caps you at 25 videos and 5-minute recordings, Guidde's stops at 25 watermarked videos, and iorad's makes every free tutorial public. Supademo's free Starter plan is also strong but built for sales demos rather than internal SOPs.

It depends on the tool. Dubble lets you copy/paste guides as markdown or HTML into any document on the free plan, so there is no export paywall. Scribe requires a Pro plan for PDF, HTML and Markdown export, and Tango gates PDF/Markdown export and branded exports behind Pro. Loom, Guidde and Supademo center on hosted links and embeds rather than portable, editable text you own.

Loom produces an async video you watch start to finish; Dubble produces a searchable, skimmable step-by-step written guide with numbered steps and screenshots, plus a video, from the same recording. Loom is better when tone and narration matter, such as feedback or sales outreach. Dubble is better for reference documentation and SOPs, where readers want to jump to one step rather than scrub a timeline. Read the full Dubble vs Loom comparison for details.

Tango has pivoted upmarket to enterprise digital adoption (DAP). Its Pro plan starts around $22/user/month billed annually and every creator or editor is a paid seat, so costs scale fast, while the most valuable features like in-app Guide Me walkthroughs and automatic PII blurring are locked to Enterprise with no public pricing. Its free plan is also capped to a handful of shared workflows.

Dubble is the cheapest starting point: the free plan covers unlimited written guides, and paid Pro is $24/mo ($18/mo billed annually) with three creator seats included. By contrast, Scribe's Pro Team carries a 5-seat minimum, Tango and Guidde charge per creator, and iorad starts at $200/mo. Loom's Business plan is competitive per seat but only produces video, not written SOPs.

We make our position clear: Dubble is our product, so we lead with where it genuinely wins, mainly the free plan and copy/paste portability. But every page names real competitor strengths first and cites actual numbers, pricing and third-party reviews. Where a competitor is the better choice, such as Scribe for enterprise compliance or Loom for narrated video, we say so. The goal is an honest map, not a straw man.

For internal standard operating procedures you want written, skimmable and easy to keep current, a step-guide tool like Dubble, Scribe or Tango fits better than a video-first tool like Loom or Guidde. Dubble's advantage is that documentation is generated while you work and pastes straight into your existing knowledge base. For a deeper look, see our guides on SOP software and process documentation software.

Create your first guide, completely free

Dubble watches you work, turning any process into step-by-step guides with screenshots and video in real-time. No credit card, no export paywall.