Does Sceed work in Chrome?

No. Sceed is a Windows app. It captures any window, area or monitor, not only the browser.

Does Screencastify edit the cursor or zoom?

No. It trims, crops and adds text. Sceed redraws the cursor and adds zoom points after the take.

Screencastify has a free tier with limits. Sceed has a free plan, and Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.

Does Screencastify work on Windows?

Screencastify runs on: Chrome, Chromebook. It does not run on Windows, which is the gap Sceed fills. Sceed runs on Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11 only.

Is Screencastify free?

Screencastify: Free tier, then subscription. Sceed has a free plan (exports up to three minutes, with a small mark), and Sceed Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.

Where do Screencastify and Sceed keep recordings?

Screencastify: Google Drive, Screencastify cloud. Sceed: on your own disk, in a folder you choose. Sceed never uploads a recording.

Can Screencastify change the cursor after recording?

No. Screencastify keeps the cursor as it was captured. Sceed records without the cursor and draws its own afterwards, so it can be smoothed, restyled, recoloured or hidden at any time.

What does Screencastify do that Sceed does not?

From this comparison: captions made on the machine and share link.

Can Sceed replace Screencastify?

For the recording and the polish, yes. For the hosted link, no: Sceed writes a file, and you upload it where your team already watches. Many people keep Screencastify for quick messages and use Sceed for anything that should look finished.

How was this comparison made?

From each product’s public pages and documentation, checked in September 2026. Products change; if something here is out of date, write to hello@sceed.io and it will be corrected. Screencastify is a trademark of its owner, and this page is not affiliated with it.

Sceed vs Screencastify

Screencastify is a Chrome extension that records a tab, the desktop or the camera, saves to Google Drive and shares a link, with a simple online editor. It is made for schools. Sceed is a native Windows app for people who want the recording itself to look finished.

Cloud recorders · checked September 2026

The short answer

Sceed is a screen recorder and editor for Windows that finishes the video for you. Screencastify runs on: Chrome, Chromebook. Its recordings live: Google Drive, Screencastify cloud. Sceed has cursor redrawn after recording, cursor smoothing and looks, frames and backgrounds and sections between clips, which Screencastify does not. Screencastify has captions made on the machine and share link, which Sceed does not.

Key facts

Key facts about Sceed and Screencastify
	Sceed	Screencastify
Runs on	Windows 10 and 11	Chrome, Chromebook
Price	Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly	Free tier, then subscription
Recordings live	On your disk	Google Drive, Screencastify cloud
Works without an account	Free account	No

Where each one is ahead

Of the 19 features compared, Sceed has 16 and Screencastify has 12. They share 10.

Only in Sceed6

Cursor redrawn after recording
Cursor smoothing and looks
Frames and backgrounds
Sections between clips
Keystroke overlay
4K export

Only in Screencastify2

Captions made on the machine
Share link

In both10

Window, area or monitor
System audio and mic
Webcam
Editor built in
Zooms
Camera looks
Region effects
Text and lower thirds
Privacy blur
GIF export

At a glance

Feature comparison of Sceed and Screencastify
	Sceed	Screencastify
Basics
Runs on	Windows 10 and 11	Chrome, Chromebook
Price	Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly	Free tier, then subscription
Recordings live	On your disk	Google Drive, Screencastify cloud
Works without an account	Free account
Capture
Window, area or monitor		Tab, desktop, camera
System audio and mic
Webcam
Live streaming
Editing
Editor built in		Light, online
Cursor redrawn after recording
Cursor smoothing and looks
Zooms	Numbered points, eased	Crop and zoom in editor
Camera looks	Many looks	Bubble
Frames and backgrounds	Frames and backgrounds
Region effects	Many kinds	Drawing while recording
Sections between clips	Many styles
Text and lower thirds		Basic
Captions made on the machine		In the cloud
Privacy blur		Blur tool
Keystroke overlay
Output
4K export	4K at 60 fps
GIF export
Share link

Checked September 2026.

Sceed and Screencastify, feature by feature

Basics

Runs on

Differs

The operating systems the app runs on.

Sceed. Sceed is a native Windows app for Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11. It does not run on Mac, Linux, phones or in a browser.

Screencastify. Chrome, Chromebook.

Price

Differs

What it costs, and how it is charged.

Sceed. Sceed is free to download and use. Free exports run up to three minutes and carry a small mark. Sceed Pro removes both and unlocks every effect for $25 a month or $115 a year, with a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Screencastify. Free tier, then subscription.

Recordings live

Differs

Where a recording is stored once you stop.

Sceed. Sceed writes every recording and every export to a folder on your own disk. Nothing is uploaded.

Screencastify. Google Drive, Screencastify cloud.

Works without an account

Differs

Whether you can use it without signing up.

Sceed. Sceed needs a free account. You sign in once through the browser, and that carries your plan to the machine. No card is asked for.

Screencastify does not have this.

Capture

Window, area or monitor

Both

Recording one window, a dragged area, or a whole monitor.

Sceed. Sceed records a window, an area or a whole monitor at up to 60 frames a second, with a countdown.

Screencastify. Tab, desktop, camera.

System audio and mic

Both

Recording the computer’s sound and a microphone.

Sceed. Sceed records system sound and the microphone as separate lanes, with a noise gate and levelling on the mic.

Screencastify has this.

Webcam

Both

Recording your camera along with the screen.

Sceed. Sceed records the webcam as its own layer, so its shape, size and position can change after the take.

Screencastify has this.

Live streaming

Neither

Broadcasting live to a streaming service.

Sceed. Sceed does not stream. It records, edits and exports files.

Screencastify does not have this.

Editing

Editor built in

Both

Editing the recording in the same app that made it.

Sceed. Every take opens in Sceed’s own editor: cuts, speed, zooms, effects, sections and export in one window.

Screencastify. Light, online.

Cursor redrawn after recording

Sceed

Whether the pointer is drawn after the fact, so it can be changed.

Sceed. Sceed records the screen without the cursor and draws its own afterwards. That is what lets the cursor be smoothed, restyled, recoloured or hidden once the take is done.

Screencastify does not have this.

Cursor smoothing and looks

Sceed

Smoothing the pointer’s path and choosing how it looks.

Sceed. Sceed smooths the cursor’s path, offers several pointer looks in any colour, and adds click effects.

Screencastify does not have this.

Zooms

Both

Zooming in on part of the screen during the video.

Sceed. Zooms are blocks on the timeline aimed at numbered points or at the cursor. The camera eases in, can pan from point to point, and eases out. There are two kinds: crop in, or move the whole window closer.

Screencastify. Crop and zoom in editor.

Camera looks

Both

Ready-made ways to show the webcam.

Sceed. One-click camera looks: a corner bubble, a hero card, side by side, full screen and more, changeable for each part of the video.

Screencastify. Bubble.

Frames and backgrounds

Sceed

A frame round the recording and a background behind it.

Sceed. Window frames (Mac, browser, Windows and device frames) on gradient, solid, picture or video backgrounds, with padding, corners and shadow.

Screencastify does not have this.

Region effects

Both

Effects placed on a region of the screen.

Sceed. Region effects are dragged straight onto the preview: callouts, pop-outs, focus, reveals, arrows and many more, each a block on the timeline.

Screencastify. Drawing while recording.

Sections between clips

Sceed

Cards that play between or over clips.

Sceed. Sections play between clips or over them: titles, numbers, charts, steps, quotes and end cards, in matching themes.

Screencastify does not have this.

Text and lower thirds

Both

Text on screen, and name plates.

Sceed. Animated text overlays and lower thirds, by word or by letter.

Screencastify. Basic.

Captions made on the machine

Screencastify

Subtitles made from the audio, on your own machine.

Sceed. Sceed does not make captions.

Screencastify. In the cloud.

Privacy blur

Both

Hiding private information in the picture.

Sceed. Privacy blur: drag a box over anything that should not be seen, for any stretch of the video.

Screencastify. Blur tool.

Keystroke overlay

Sceed

Showing the keys you press.

Sceed. A keystroke overlay shows the shortcuts you press, in a pill on the frame.

Screencastify does not have this.

Output

4K export

Sceed

Exporting at 4K resolution.

Sceed. Sceed exports H.264 MP4 at up to 4K and 60 frames a second, straight to disk, using the graphics card’s encoder.

Screencastify does not have this.

GIF export

Both

Exporting an animated GIF.

Sceed. Sceed exports GIFs from 480 to 1080 pixels wide, as well as MP4.

Screencastify has this.

Share link

Screencastify

A hosted link to send instead of a file.

Sceed. Sceed does not host videos. It writes a file, and you share it wherever you already share video.

Screencastify has this.

Price

Screencastify. Free tier, then subscription. Prices change; check Screencastify's own site for today's.

Sceed pricing in full →

Privacy, and where recordings live

Sceed. Sceed writes every recording and every export to a folder on your own disk. Nothing is uploaded. Exports are written straight to disk, so a recording of a private screen never leaves the machine unless you send it somewhere.

Screencastify. Recordings live: Google Drive, Screencastify cloud. Works without an account: No.

Choose Screencastify if

You live in Chrome and Google Workspace.
Students or colleagues need to record on Chromebooks.
Drive storage and a link is the workflow.

Choose Sceed if

You want native capture on Windows at full resolution.
Zooms, a smooth cursor and a camera bubble should be one click each.
Nothing should leave the machine.

Switching from Screencastify to Sceed

1Download Sceed on a Windows 10 or 11 PC and sign in with a free account. No card is asked for.
2Record the same window, area or monitor you would have recorded with Screencastify. Sceed adds a frame, a background and a smoothed cursor by default.
3Add zoom points where the detail is, then any callouts, sections or a camera look. Each is a block on the timeline.
4Export an MP4 at up to 4K. Where you used to send a Screencastify link, upload the file to wherever your team already watches video.
5Before you switch, note what you would give up: captions made on the machine and share link.

Questions

Does Sceed work in Chrome?: No. Sceed is a Windows app. It captures any window, area or monitor, not only the browser.
Does Screencastify edit the cursor or zoom?: No. It trims, crops and adds text. Sceed redraws the cursor and adds zoom points after the take.
Which is free?: Screencastify has a free tier with limits. Sceed has a free plan, and Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.
Does Screencastify work on Windows?: Screencastify runs on: Chrome, Chromebook. It does not run on Windows, which is the gap Sceed fills. Sceed runs on Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11 only.
Is Screencastify free?: Screencastify: Free tier, then subscription. Sceed has a free plan (exports up to three minutes, with a small mark), and Sceed Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.
Where do Screencastify and Sceed keep recordings?: Screencastify: Google Drive, Screencastify cloud. Sceed: on your own disk, in a folder you choose. Sceed never uploads a recording.
Can Screencastify change the cursor after recording?: No. Screencastify keeps the cursor as it was captured. Sceed records without the cursor and draws its own afterwards, so it can be smoothed, restyled, recoloured or hidden at any time.
What does Screencastify do that Sceed does not?: From this comparison: captions made on the machine and share link.
What does Sceed do that Screencastify does not?: From this comparison: cursor redrawn after recording, cursor smoothing and looks, frames and backgrounds, sections between clips, keystroke overlay and 4K export.
Can Sceed replace Screencastify?: For the recording and the polish, yes. For the hosted link, no: Sceed writes a file, and you upload it where your team already watches. Many people keep Screencastify for quick messages and use Sceed for anything that should look finished.
How was this comparison made?: From each product’s public pages and documentation, checked in September 2026. Products change; if something here is out of date, write to hello@sceed.io and it will be corrected. Screencastify is a trademark of its owner, and this page is not affiliated with it.

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