With Hippo Video, you can:

• Capture your screen, webcam, audio, or a combination of the options.
• Choose to record your whole screen or your current browser tab.
• Record videos via the desktop app (Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook), web app, or Chrome extension.

With Droplr, you can:

• Choose to record your webcam, screen, both, or audio only
• Record your entire screen, a selected portion of the screen, a specific window, or a portion sized by a preset (E.g., 375x667 for an iPhone 8)
• Record using the Chrome extension or desktop app (Mac or Windows)

Hippo Video offers numerous options for sharing videos publicly and privately:

• Copy a video link and send to a recipient
• Send videos directly via email
• Copy an embed code to insert the video on other platforms
• Set a password to protect private videos
• Set an access expiry date for videos
• Share videos with team members to review them before sharing with prospects
• Create video folders and select users or groups to share them with

After recording a Drop, the video will save to the cloud and Droplr will automatically copy the video link to your clipboard. You can then share it on any platform — E.g. email, Slack, etc.

It offers several options for securing shared files:

• Set a time limit for how long your files are accessible.
• Set a password on sensitive files.
• Share files to a public board (anyone with a link can access) so that external collaborators can access them without seeing other files in your workspace.

Hippo Video doesn’t have a native voice annotation feature.

Droplr doesn’t enable viewers to respond to Drops with voice recordings.

With Hippo Video, you can enable comments on your videos. Viewers can attach comments to the playhead to include a timecode.

Droplr doesn’t allow viewers to comment on videos.

Hippo Video does not generate video transcripts for viewers to read and search.

However, the tool can create a transcript for editing with AI. You can delete words from the transcript to automatically edit the video accordingly. When you add words, the tool will add text interludes on screen.

Droplr doesn’t offer a transcription feature for your video recordings.

Hippo Video can generate subtitles for videos, or you can create and upload them yourself. You can also download the caption file in a .vvt or .srt format.

‍Note: Depending on your plan, you will have a limited number of subtitle credits available to you. Automated subtitles are available in 36 languages.

Droplr doesn’t generate and display captions for video playback.

Droplr doesn’t enable you to assign videos to recipients to require a timely response.

Droplr doesn’t enable you to assign videos to recipients to require a timely response.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer a native feature for setting response deadlines and automating reminders.

Droplr doesn’t send automated reminders for response deadlines.

You can create groups for different teams or clients on Hippo Video and add members to them. This allows you to share videos, folders, and sales page templates with an entire group. If video commenting is enabled, groups can also asynchronously discuss content within a video or folder.

‍Note: Groups are only available in the Teams and Enterprise plans.

With Droplr, you can create boards (like folders) to share collections of files. You can choose to make these public, password protected, or open to invitees only. This makes boards suitable for sharing files with specific groups or teams.

However, the boards are only for storage and teams can’t comment or communicate within Droplr.

You can import videos, images, and documents to Hippo Video from your local drive or Google Drive. You can edit, share, and track analytics for imported videos.

You can upload files, video, and images to Droplr. The maximum file size for uploads is 10GB, and you can store up to 100GB on Droplr on the Pro Plus and Teams plans.

You can also sync your Droplr storage with a third-party cloud platform like Google Drive, Dropbox, or Amazon S3.

If you have a paid plan, you can download videos from your Hippo Video library.

Droplr allows users to download files they have access to. You can set download permissions to decide who is authorized to download files you created or uploaded.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer users the option to capture screenshots.

Droplr includes a screenshot feature that allows you to select a portion of your screen to capture. You can also annotate your images with arrows, text, or drawings before saving them.

Hippo Video offers a Chrome extension that lets you start video and screen recordings from your browser.

Droplr offers a Chrome browser extension that allows you to quickly start webcam and screen recordings and capture screenshots.

Hippo Video doesn’t enable AI-generated video summaries or action items.

However, the tool does offer several AI features:

• Video details: Generate titles, descriptions, and chapters for videos
• Script Generator: Generate video scripts, that you can read off a teleprompter while recording
• AI Avatars: Convert text to video with realistic virtual presenters
• Humanize AI: Generate hundreds of personalized versions of your original video (E.g., adding prospect names)‍
• AI Editor: Edit a transcript of your video and let the AI make automatic edits to your video.

Droplr doesn’t include AI features for the Pro Plus or Team plans. Enterprise users can access the AI-powered automatic redaction feature, which blacks out words from your redaction list that appear in screenshots.

Hippo Video offers the following default user profiles:

• Standard Admin: Has access to all features, including branding, subscriptions, and user management.
• Standard User: Has permissions set by the admins. By default, this excludes branding, subscriptions, and user management.

You can also create custom user profiles and change their permissions.

When it comes to content permissions, an admin or owner of a video or folder can allow users or groups to be editors (with the ability to edit videos) or viewers (view-only access).

When you start a Droplr account, you will be assigned the account admin role, able to manage organization-level settings and user roles. You can invite others to the workspace as ordinary members or admins.

Hippo Video is a ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified provider. They host customer data in a segmented Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. They use TLS 1.2 encryption for data both in transit and at rest.

Droplr employs 256 bit encryption for data in transit. They use Amazon Web Services for hosting and security and offer geographically separated duplicate backups.

Hippo Video offers four pricing plans:

• Free: Free forever; includes 50 videos/month, a 30-minute recording length, and 10 minutes of closed captions.
• Pro: $30/user/month or $20/user/month billed annually; includes unlimited video recordings, a one-hour recording limit, and 30 minutes of closed captions.
• Teams: $60/user/month or $75/user/month billed annually; includes a two-hour recording limit, 200 minutes of closed captions, and 50 personalized videos.‍
• Enterprise: $80/user/month billed annually; includes a minimum of 10 seats, a three-hour recording limit, unlimited captions, and role-based access controls.

Droplr offers three pricing plans:

• Pro Plus: $8/month or $6/month billed annually for unlimited recording length and 100GB of storage. 
• Team: $9/user/month or $7/user/month billed annually for everything in Pro Plus, plus team controls, custom branding, and team analytics. ‍
• Enterprise: Contact sales for pricing; includes unlimited storage, SSO, and viewer analytics.

Hippo Video offers a user-friendly way to create and share professional-looking sales and marketing videos. Its AI features, brand customization, CTAs, and analytics make this a great option for companies looking to connect with customers. It’s also well-suited for other use cases like education (E.g., teachers, coaches, etc.).

The website offers users a wealth of educational resources to learn more about the app — including how-to articles, a Q&A forum, videos, and more.

Another handy feature for making work easier is the customizable hotkeys for performing actions while recording (E.g., start/stop, pause/resume, and mouse emphasis).

That said, a few additional features (like meeting recording, AI summaries, screenshots, and transcription) would expand the tool's functionality and improve internal communication for businesses.

Droplr offers user-friendly features for recording videos with webcam, screen capture, and audio inputs. It’s also handy for storing and transferring large files, shortening URLs, and taking screenshots.

However, the tool doesn’t offer much in the way of asynchronous communication, as it doesn’t allow threaded discussions, response assignments, or reminders and deadlines. This means that you, your team, and your clients will have to discuss your recordings on other platforms, which can lead to scattered communication.

Additionally, Droplr lacks AI features to save you time by transcribing, summarizing, and suggesting action items for your videos and meetings.

Hippo Video offers a seven-day free trial for its Pro and Teams plans. You can also contact sales to request a custom demo.

Droplr offers a 3-day free trial of its Pro Plus and Team plans. You can also submit a form to schedule a tailored Enterprise plan demo with a sales representative.