Can Sceed do guided tours?

No. Sceed makes video. Storylane makes hosted interactive tours.

Does Storylane export video?

It can export a video from a demo. Sceed records real motion and edits it.

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

Does Storylane work on Windows?

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

Storylane: 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 Storylane and Sceed keep recordings?

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

Can Storylane change the cursor after recording?

Storylane: Synthetic. Sceed records without the cursor and draws its own afterwards, so it can be smoothed, restyled, recoloured or hidden at any time.

What does Storylane do that Sceed does not?

From this comparison: share link.

What does Sceed do that Storylane does not?

From this comparison: webcam, camera looks, keystroke overlay, 4K export and GIF export.

Can Sceed replace Storylane?

No. They make different things: Storylane makes click-through demos, Sceed makes video. Teams often use both.

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 Products change; if something here is out of date, write to hello@sceed.io and it will be corrected. Storylane is a trademark of its owner, and this page is not affiliated with it.

Sceed vs Storylane

Storylane captures a product and builds interactive, hosted demos with guided tours, personalisation and lead capture. It is for marketing and sales teams. Sceed is for the person who needs a finished screen recording on their disk.

Interactive demo tools · checked September 2026

The short answer

Sceed is a screen recorder and editor for Windows that finishes the video for you. Storylane runs on: Chrome, browser. Its recordings live: Storylane cloud. Sceed has webcam, camera looks, keystroke overlay and 4K export, which Storylane does not. Storylane has share link, which Sceed does not.

Key facts

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

Where each one is ahead

Of the 19 features compared, Sceed has 16 and Storylane has 12. They share 11.

Only in Sceed5

Webcam
Camera looks
Keystroke overlay
4K export
GIF export

Only in Storylane1

Share link

In both11

Window, area or monitor
System audio and mic
Editor built in
Cursor redrawn after recording
Cursor smoothing and looks
Zooms
Frames and backgrounds
Region effects
Sections between clips
Text and lower thirds
Privacy blur

At a glance

Feature comparison of Sceed and Storylane
	Sceed	Storylane
Basics
Runs on	Windows 10 and 11	Chrome, browser
Price	Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly	Free tier, then subscription
Recordings live	On your disk	Storylane cloud
Works without an account	Free account
Capture
Window, area or monitor		Flows
System audio and mic		Voiceover
Webcam
Live streaming
Editing
Editor built in		Step editor, online
Cursor redrawn after recording		Synthetic
Cursor smoothing and looks		Synthetic
Zooms	Numbered points, eased	Per step
Camera looks	Many looks
Frames and backgrounds	Frames and backgrounds
Region effects	Many kinds	Hotspots and tooltips
Sections between clips	Many styles	Chapters
Text and lower thirds
Captions made on the machine
Privacy blur		Blur tool
Keystroke overlay
Output
4K export	4K at 60 fps
GIF export
Share link

Checked September 2026.

Sceed and Storylane, 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.

Storylane. Chrome, browser.

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.

Storylane. 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.

Storylane. Storylane 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.

Storylane 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.

Storylane. Flows.

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.

Storylane. Voiceover.

Webcam

Sceed

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.

Storylane does not have this.

Live streaming

Neither

Broadcasting live to a streaming service.

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

Storylane 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.

Storylane. Step editor, online.

Cursor redrawn after recording

Both

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.

Storylane. Synthetic.

Cursor smoothing and looks

Both

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.

Storylane. Synthetic.

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.

Storylane. Per step.

Camera looks

Sceed

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.

Storylane does not have this.

Frames and backgrounds

Both

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.

Storylane has 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.

Storylane. Hotspots and tooltips.

Sections between clips

Both

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.

Storylane. Chapters.

Text and lower thirds

Both

Text on screen, and name plates.

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

Storylane has this.

Captions made on the machine

Neither

Subtitles made from the audio, on your own machine.

Sceed. Sceed does not make captions.

Storylane does not have this.

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.

Storylane. 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.

Storylane 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.

Storylane does not have this.

GIF export

Sceed

Exporting an animated GIF.

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

Storylane does not have this.

Share link

Storylane

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.

Storylane has this.

Price

Storylane. Free tier, then subscription. Prices change; check Storylane'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.

Storylane. Recordings live: Storylane cloud. Works without an account: No.

Choose Storylane if

Interactive demos with lead capture are the goal.
Personalised demos per prospect matter.
Analytics and CRM integrations are part of the job.

Choose Sceed if

You want a video, recorded once, that looks produced.
You keep everything local.
You need zooms, camera looks, sections and 4K export.

Switching from Storylane 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 Storylane. 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 Storylane link, upload the file to wherever your team already watches video.
5Before you switch, note what you would give up: share link.

Questions

Can Sceed do guided tours?: No. Sceed makes video. Storylane makes hosted interactive tours.
Does Storylane export video?: It can export a video from a demo. Sceed records real motion and edits it.
Which is free?: Storylane has a free tier with limits. Sceed has a free plan, and Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.
Does Storylane work on Windows?: Storylane runs on: Chrome, browser. It does not run on Windows, which is the gap Sceed fills. Sceed runs on Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11 only.
Is Storylane free?: Storylane: 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 Storylane and Sceed keep recordings?: Storylane: Storylane cloud. Sceed: on your own disk, in a folder you choose. Sceed never uploads a recording.
Can Storylane change the cursor after recording?: Storylane: Synthetic. Sceed records without the cursor and draws its own afterwards, so it can be smoothed, restyled, recoloured or hidden at any time.
What does Storylane do that Sceed does not?: From this comparison: share link.
What does Sceed do that Storylane does not?: From this comparison: webcam, camera looks, keystroke overlay, 4K export and GIF export.
Can Sceed replace Storylane?: No. They make different things: Storylane makes click-through demos, Sceed makes video. Teams often use both.
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. Storylane is a trademark of its owner, and this page is not affiliated with it.

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