Dubble vs Scribe: an honest comparison (2026)
Choose Dubble if you want a genuinely generous free plan, copy-anywhere portability, and video plus text from one recording at a lower price. Choose Scribe if you need enterprise compliance, large-team governance, or its bigger template gallery. Scribe is the polished market leader; Dubble is the portable, indie-friendly value pick.
Scribe and Dubble both watch you click through a process and turn it into a step-by-step guide automatically. Scribe is the VC-backed category leader, with over 5 million users, a $75M Series C in November 2025, and a polished editing experience. Dubble is the bootstrapped challenger (now part of Paperform) built around a different bet: that documentation should be free to start, portable to move, and available as text, screenshots and video from a single capture. This page compares the two head-to-head across all seven dimensions that matter when you document work, and is honest about where Scribe genuinely wins.
Dubble vs Scribe across all seven dimensions
1. Capture method
Both tools capture with a browser extension, and both offer a desktop app, but Scribe's desktop capture ships on Mac and Windows, while Dubble's desktop app is Mac-only and still in beta. For pure browser-based click-throughs the two are comparable; for desktop software on Windows, Scribe is the safer choice today.
2. Output formats
Dubble produces a written guide, screenshots and a video from one recording; Scribe produces step-by-step screenshots and text but no synchronized video from the same capture. This is one of Dubble's clearest wins: one capture, three formats, so readers who prefer to watch and readers who prefer to skim are both served without a second tool like Loom.
3. Editing
Scribe's editing experience is mature and well-polished, and its redaction is capable (manual and assisted on Pro, enforced automatically on Enterprise), but redaction is gated behind paid plans. Dubble includes image editing and blur/redaction on its free plan, including blurring sensitive content before you even record, so free users can safely document screens with private data.
4. Export & embed
Dubble's Magic Copy pastes a full guide as markdown or HTML straight into Notion, Confluence, Google Docs or Trainual, with no export paywall; Scribe requires a Pro plan to export as PDF, HTML or Markdown, and even embedded guides stay hosted on Scribe's platform. If you want documentation you fully own and can move anywhere, Dubble's portability is the decisive difference. Scribe does, in fairness, offer deep Smart Embeds into Notion, Confluence, Guru, SharePoint and HubSpot.
5. Pricing & free plan limits
Dubble's free plan includes unlimited guides, editing, redaction and embed-anywhere; Scribe's free plan is limited to web-app capture with no export, no redaction and no desktop capture. On paid plans, Dubble Pro is $18/mo billed annually with 3 creators included, while Scribe Pro Team is $13/mo per seat but enforces a 5-seat minimum (roughly $65/mo entry). Dubble is the cheaper, simpler option for small teams and individuals.
6. AI features
Both tools auto-generate step titles and descriptions from what they observe, so you get a drafted guide rather than a blank page. Scribe layers additional AI document generation and its larger content ecosystem on top; Dubble focuses its automation on turning one recording cleanly into text, screenshots and video.
7. Team features
This is where Scribe genuinely leads. Scribe offers team workspaces, analytics, roles, data governance, SSO/SAML/SCIM and enterprise-grade compliance (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA), which is why it scales to 600,000+ businesses. Dubble offers workspaces and collaborators on Pro, with organization admin and SSO (SAML) on Enterprise, but some team and integration features are still marked coming soon. For large or regulated teams, Scribe is currently the stronger fit.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Dubble | Scribe |
|---|---|---|
| Capture | ||
| Browser extension capture | ✓free | ✓free |
| Desktop app capture | ✓paid | ✓paid |
| Screen video recording | ✓paid | — |
| Audio recording | ✓paid | — |
| Pause, restart, discard controls | ✓free | — |
| Mobile capture | — | ✓paid |
| Editing | ||
| Rich-text step editing | ✓free | — |
| Screenshot annotation | ✓free | — |
| Screenshot redaction and blur | ✓free | — |
| Upload your own screenshots | ✓free | — |
| Capture new steps into an existing guide | ✓free | — |
| Create new steps from an existing video | ✓paid | — |
| Auto-zoom screenshots | ✓free | — |
| Step text and title editing | — | ✓free |
| Add, reorder, and delete steps | — | ✓free |
| Manual redaction / blur | — | ✓paid |
| Automatic PII/PHI redaction | — | ✓enterprise |
| Annotations | — | ✓free |
| Output formats | ||
| Step-by-step written guide | ✓free | — |
| Screenshots | ✓free | ✓free |
| Video / screencast | ✓paid | — |
| GIF export | — | — |
| PDF download | ✓free | — |
| Step-by-step guide | — | ✓free |
| Video | — | ✕ |
| GIF | — | ✕ |
| PDF export | — | ✓paid |
| Export & embed | ||
| Magic Copy (paste to Notion, Confluence, Google Docs, Trainual) | ✓free | — |
| Public share link | ✓free | ✓free |
| Embed | ✓free | — |
| No watermarks | ✓paid | — |
| API access | ✓paid | — |
| Integrations | ✓paid | — |
| Embed in Notion, Confluence, Guru, SharePoint, HubSpot | — | ✓free |
| PDF / HTML / Markdown export | — | ✓paid |
| Custom branding on guides | — | ✓paid |
| AI features | ||
| Auto-generated step titles and descriptions | ✓free | — |
| AI rewriting of step text | — | — |
| AI voiceover | — | — |
| AI-generated titles and step descriptions | — | ✓free |
| AI process documents (combine multiple Scribes into a doc) | — | ✓paid |
| AI redaction of sensitive data | — | ✓paid |
| Team features | ||
| Invite collaborators | ✓paid | — |
| Unlimited private viewers | ✓free | — |
| Multiple workspaces | ✓enterprise | — |
| Workspace user admin | ✓paid | — |
| Organization admin | ✓enterprise | — |
| Analytics | — | — |
| Team workspaces | — | ✓paid |
| Roles and permissions | — | ✓enterprise |
| Analytics / view tracking | — | ✓paid |
| SSO / SAML / SCIM | — | ✓enterprise |
| Security | ||
| Secure cloud hosting | ✓free | — |
| Google SSO | ✓free | — |
| SSO (SAML) | ✓enterprise | — |
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| HIPAA | — | — |
| SOC 2 Type II | — | ✓ |
| GDPR compliance | — | ✓ |
| HIPAA support | — | ✓enterprise |
| ISO 27001 | — | ✓ |
| IP whitelisting / data governance | — | ✓enterprise |
Pricing compared
Dubble Pro is $18/mo billed annually with 3 creators included; Scribe Pro Team is $13/mo per seat but requires a 5-seat minimum, so real entry pricing is roughly $65/mo. Both offer a free plan, but Dubble's does far more.
| Tool | Free plan | Entry paid plan | All paid tiers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubble | Unlimited guides, image editing and redaction, blur sensitive content before recording, embed and share anywhere, unlimited private viewers. No video/audio capture, collaborators, or watermark removal. | Free — $0/mo |
| Annual billing saves ~20% (Pro effective $18/mo vs $24/mo monthly). Pro includes 3 creator seats; additional creators are +$8/mo (or +$6/mo billed annually). 14-day free Pro trial. Enterprise is custom-priced (contact sales). |
| Scribe | Unlimited guides for web apps only; no desktop capture, no PDF/HTML/Markdown export, no redaction, and no custom branding | Pro Team — $13/mo |
| Pro Team requires a 5-seat minimum (effectively $65/mo entry when billed annually). PDF export and redaction — often expected as basics — are paywalled above the free plan. |
Ratings & reviews
Scribe carries a large, well-established review base, with 4.8 on G2 and 4.9 on Capterra, reflecting its scale. Dubble is smaller and indie, with a 4.7 Chrome Web Store rating and strong Product Hunt sentiment.
Scribe is the safer pick for large, security-conscious organizations that need SOC 2/HIPAA compliance, governance and a deep template gallery. Dubble is the better pick for individuals and small teams who want a truly usable free plan, copy-anywhere guides they actually own, and video plus written steps from one recording, all at a lower, simpler price. Most people documenting everyday processes will get more, for less, from Dubble.
Keep comparing
Keep weighing your options from the comparison hub, or read our Scribe alternatives roundup and Scribe pricing teardown. If you're also looking at video-first tools, see Dubble vs Loom. And if your real goal is writing procedures, our guide to SOP software covers how these tools fit into a documentation workflow.
Frequently asked questions
References
- Dubble pricing — dubble.so
- Scribe pricing — scribe.com
- Scribe security & compliance — scribe.com
- Scribe Pricing: Is It Worth The Cost? (2026 Compared) — Supademo
- Best Scribe Alternatives in 2026 | 7 Tested Picks — ngram
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