Comparison
The Tella alternative for a clip of you talking, not a screen demo
Tella is a screen and camera recorder with an editor and an AI agent, and it's very good at product demos. Cutroom's Magic Editor is the alternative when you film yourself talking and want a finished vertical video back.
In short
- Cutroom is a good Tella alternative when you film yourself talking and need a finished vertical video, while Tella stays the better pick for recording and editing screen demos.
- Tella records your screen and camera on separate tracks, edits videos of up to 6 hours a clip, exports up to 4K and shares by link.
- Cutroom's Magic Editor takes one clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes, plus your screenshots or a screen recording, and Jacob, its AI editor, makes the whole vertical edit from one press.
- Tella starts at $13 per user a month billed yearly, after a 7-day trial. Cutroom starts with your first video free, then Lite at $19.99 a month.
What is Tella?
Tella is a tool for recording your screen and camera together, editing the recording and sharing it with a link. People use it for product demos, tutorials, sales videos and onboarding videos.
Here is what Tella's own pages say it does, as of November 2026.
- Tella records your screen, camera and audio as separate tracks, so you can change the layout or resize the camera after you record.
- Tella takes clips of up to 6 hours, and you edit them on a timeline or in a transcript editor.
- Tella adds zooms, layouts that switch between screen and camera, and audio enhancement.
- Tella Agent, in public beta, is a chat in the editor's sidebar that makes each edit you describe: it cuts filler words and pauses, zooms in on clicks, adds and translates subtitles and writes a title and chapters.
- Tella Agent can also make a 9:16 copy of a long video for Shorts, Reels or TikTok.
- Tella exports up to 4K at 60 frames a second, or shares the video by link or embed, with a password if you want one.
- Tella runs in the browser, as a Mac or Windows app and as a Chrome extension.
Where Tella is the better pick
Tella does several things Cutroom doesn't do at all, so it's worth being clear about them first.
- Tella records your screen for you. Cutroom has no recorder: you upload a clip you filmed and any recording you made elsewhere.
- Tella handles long videos, such as a 20-minute tutorial or a recorded call. Cutroom stops at 3 minutes.
- Tella exports wide videos up to 4K. Cutroom makes one vertical MP4 at 1080 by 1920 and nothing else.
- Tella shares a video by link, with viewer analytics. Cutroom gives you an MP4 to download and post yourself.
- Tella lets you edit on a timeline when you want full control. Cutroom has no timeline.
- Tella also lets outside AI agents edit a Tella video through its own MCP tools.
How Cutroom's Magic Editor edits a video like this
Jacob is the AI editor inside Cutroom's Magic Editor: it edits your video for you, then changes it when you ask in a chat.
The 4 styles, as example edits
Steps
Three steps, four angles
Skit
Hook, hard stop, demo card
Verdict
The tester's verdict
Poster
Typography does the talking
Hover or tap an example to play it, without sound. These are example edits of each style; the presenters in them are generated with AI.
- Your take: one video of you talking, up to 3 minutes
- Your style: one of 4: Steps, Skit, Verdict or Poster
- Your files: screenshots, a screen recording or a logo, if you have them
- Your goal: what the video is for, in a few words, if you like
- Jacob makes it: normally 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email
- Your edit: ask Jacob for changes in a chat, then export
Then you ask Jacob, for example
- “Make this about 10 seconds shorter”
- “Put a clip on the strongest sentence”
- “Change the music to something calmer”
Each change is a new version, and going back is free. First cut 250 credits, each change 40, questions free, export 30 credits per started minute.
Where Cutroom's Magic Editor fits instead
You press Make my video once, and Jacob, Cutroom's AI editor, makes the whole edit. That means the cuts, captions, your screens on the right words, music and the ending.
That suits a founder or a marketer who films a short vertical video about the product, rather than a long screen demo. Here is one example clip, drawn in the Skit style, which is made for a product walkthrough with a face on screen.
- Cutroom's Magic Editor turns one clip of you talking into a finished vertical video: Jacob, its AI editor, makes the whole edit, and you change it by asking in a chat.
- It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when your first cut is ready.
- Your screenshots, a screen recording, product photos and your logo go in with the clip, up to 20 files, and Jacob puts each one on the words where you talk about it.
- Jacob cuts the ums, false starts and repeats from the clip, so you don't need a clean recording.
- After the first edit you ask for changes in a chat, such as "Make this about 10 seconds shorter" or "Put a flash right before the ending". Each change is a new version, and the earlier ones stay.
A founder's signup demo, before and after
Only Cutroom's side is drawn. Tella is described from its own pages and was not run on this clip.
Drawing of an example clip, not a customer video
Before · the clip as filmed
A 40-second phone video of a startup founder explaining a new signup screen, plus a screen recording of the app
“So, um, most people left our app on the signup screen, so we cut it down to one field. We, we only ask for your email now. ... (pause) Here's what that looks like.”
struck through = what Jacob cuts
After · Jacob's first edit, Skit style
“Most people left our app on the signup screen, so we cut it down to one field. only ask for your email now. Here's what that looks like.”
- On “left”: the hook on you full screen, then a sudden stop
- On “field”: a card with your screenshot signup.png slides over your face
- On “email”: the word set big in your accent colour
- On “looks”: the video closes on a phone playing your screen recording demo.mp4
window: signup.png
Then you ask Jacob
- “Put a flash right before the ending”v2the same edit, with a flash just before the phone shot
- “Change the call to action to Try it free”v3a new version whose ending reads Try it free
Tella and Cutroom side by side
Both tools let you ask an AI for edits in plain words. Tella's agent makes the edits you describe one by one, inside its editor. Jacob makes the whole first edit from one press, then takes changes.
Tella and Cutroom compared
From Tella's own pages and Cutroom's app, checked 12 November 2026. Tella records and handles long, wide videos; Cutroom finishes a short vertical video for you.
Records your screen and camera
Tella: Separate tracks, layouts after recordingCutroom: You upload a clip and recordings you madeLong videos
Tella: Up to 6 hours a clipCutroom: Up to 3 minutesWide video and 4K
Tella: Up to 4K at 60 frames a secondCutroom: Vertical 1080×1920 onlyShare by link with analytics
Tella: Link, embed, passwordCutroom: You download the MP4The whole edit from one press
Tella: The agent makes each edit you ask forCutroom: Cuts, captions, screens, music, endingYour screenshots placed on the words you say
Tella: Not described on its agent pageCutroom: Up to 20 files, each on its wordsA published price for each change
Tella: Uses credits, no price per messageCutroom: 40 credits, questions free
| Tella | Cutroom | |
|---|---|---|
| Records your screen and camera | Separate tracks, layouts after recording | You upload a clip and recordings you made |
| Long videos | Up to 6 hours a clip | Up to 3 minutes |
| Wide video and 4K | Up to 4K at 60 frames a second | Vertical 1080×1920 only |
| Share by link with analytics | Link, embed, password | You download the MP4 |
| The whole edit from one press | The agent makes each edit you ask for | Cuts, captions, screens, music, ending |
| Your screenshots placed on the words you say | Not described on its agent page | Up to 20 files, each on its words |
| A published price for each change | Uses credits, no price per message | 40 credits, questions free |
What Tella and Cutroom cost
Tella has a 7-day free trial and then paid plans per user. Cutroom gives you your first video free and then sells monthly credits.
- Tella Pro is $13 per user a month and Premium is $19, both billed yearly. Tella's page doesn't print the price for paying month to month.
- Tella Pro includes 4,500 credits a month for its agent, Premium 9,000. Tella doesn't say how many credits a message uses.
- Removing Tella branding is a Premium feature.
- Cutroom's Magic Editor charges 250 credits for the first edit, 40 for a change you ask for and 30 credits per started minute of the exported video. A question to Jacob that changes nothing is free.
- Cutroom's Lite plan has 1,250 credits a month, enough for 4 short videos at the smallest price.
- Your first video is free, no card, and you have 7 days to make it. It carries a Cutroom mark; Lite at $19.99/month removes it.
Tella and Cutroom prices
As each company publishes them, checked 12 November 2026. Tella's credits and Cutroom's credits are different units.
| Price | Tella | Cutroom |
|---|---|---|
| Free start | 7-day trial with 4,500 credits | Your first video is free, no card |
| First paid plan | Pro: $13/user/month, billed yearly | Lite: $19.99/month |
| Next plan | Premium: $19/user/month, billed yearly | Basic: $39.99/month |
| Top plan | Enterprise: custom | Premium: $79.99/month |
| Credits a month | 4,500 Pro, 9,000 Premium, per user | 1,250, 2,500 or 5,000 |
| A change you ask for | No price per message published | 40 credits |
Price: Free start
- Tella
- 7-day trial with 4,500 credits
- Cutroom
- Your first video is free, no card
Price: First paid plan
- Tella
- Pro: $13/user/month, billed yearly
- Cutroom
- Lite: $19.99/month
Price: Next plan
- Tella
- Premium: $19/user/month, billed yearly
- Cutroom
- Basic: $39.99/month
Price: Top plan
- Tella
- Enterprise: custom
- Cutroom
- Premium: $79.99/month
Price: Credits a month
- Tella
- 4,500 Pro, 9,000 Premium, per user
- Cutroom
- 1,250, 2,500 or 5,000
Price: A change you ask for
- Tella
- No price per message published
- Cutroom
- 40 credits
Should you pick Tella or Cutroom?
It depends on whether your video is a screen demo or you talking to the camera.
Tella or Cutroom
Choose Tella if you record product demos, tutorials or sales videos on your screen, your videos run longer than a few minutes, you need a wide video in 4K, or you want to share by link and see who watched.
Choose Cutroom if you film yourself talking about your product for Reels, TikTok or Shorts and want the finished vertical video back, with your screenshots on the right words. Your first video is free.
Questions people ask
- What is the best Tella alternative for vertical videos?
- For a short vertical video of you talking, Cutroom's Magic Editor is a strong alternative, because Jacob makes the whole edit from one press and puts your screenshots on the words where you mention them. For long screen recordings, Tella itself is hard to beat.
- Does Tella have a free plan?
- No free plan is listed. Tella offers a 7-day free trial with 4,500 credits for its agent, and then Pro at $13 per user a month billed yearly.
- Can Tella make vertical videos for Reels and TikTok?
- Yes. Tella Agent can turn a long video into a Short, Reel or TikTok as a 9:16 copy at 1080 by 1920, and your original video stays as it was.
- Can Cutroom record my screen like Tella?
- No. Cutroom has no screen recorder. You record your screen with any tool you like and add the file next to your clip, and it plays as the demo while you talk about it. Pictures can be PNG, JPEG or WebP up to 25 MB; recordings can be MP4, MOV or WebM up to 200 MB.
- How long does Cutroom take to edit a clip?
- It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when your first cut is ready. You can close the page while Jacob works. Your video keeps going.
- Can Cutroom post the video for me?
- No. Cutroom gives you a vertical MP4 at 1080 by 1920 to download, and you post it to TikTok, Instagram or YouTube yourself.
Film yourself talking about your product, add your screenshots, and let Jacob make the first edit.