Komodo Decks allows you to record unlimited videos (without time limits) for free.

You can choose to record your webcam, your screen or both simultaneously. Once you record the video, you can edit the recording in the app directly.

Additionally, its Guides feature lets you voice record step-by-step instructions when recording your screen. The feature documents every action taken, such as clicking a link or pressing a button, and shows it in the final output.

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.

There are multiple ways to share videos publicly and privately with Komodo Decks:

• Direct link: The tool generates a link you can send to your team.
• Embedding: You can embed the video directly on your website or in training docs.

• Custom landing pages: You can create a landing page where you can add your Komodo Decks videos and additional elements such as images, text, and attachments.
• Password protection: Videos with sensitive data can be secured with a password.‍
• Link expiration: You can choose to add an expiry date to your video to prevent misuse. After the time period expires, the link will be switched off.

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

Komodo Decks doesn’t offer voice annotation features.

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

Komodo Decks allows you to drop comments on a specific portion of the video timeline. This lets you give viewers more context.

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

Komodo Decks’ Mac OS app has an internal AI model that automatically transcribes your videos and recordings. It supports multiple languages.

When you click anywhere on the transcript, you are taken to the corresponding part of the recording. You can edit your transcripts and delete words to remove those sections from the video automatically.

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.

Viewers can enable closed captions in Komodo Decks to automatically generate them for all videos.

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.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer a native feature for assigning videos to recipients to require a response.

However, Hippo Video users who select the Educator option during onboarding will have a feature that allows them to create assignments and share links with students that they can use to submit their work.

Hippo Video doesn’t offer a native feature for assigning videos to recipients to require a response.

However, Hippo Video users who select the Educator option during onboarding will have a feature that allows them to create assignments and share links with students that they can use to submit their work.

Komodo Decks doesn’t have a feature for creating response deadlines and reminders.

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

With the Team plan, you can organize files into a shared folder. You can either share with specific people or the whole team. Team members can directly view all the recordings and guides in this folder.

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.

The desktop application and browser extension allow you to upload videos up to 1GB each.

Its landing page feature allows you to add custom images and PDFs.

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.

People with a starter or team subscription can download their own videos and those shared with them. You can toggle video downloading on or off for videos you create.

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

Komodo Decks has no native screenshots feature.

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

Komodo Decks offers a free Chrome extension that offers most of the features available in the desktop version, such as a screen recorder, cloud editor, and page builder.

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

The AI model used in the transcription feature is based on OpenAI’s Whisper.

Newer versions of Komodo Decks also have a feature that lets you summarize transcripts through AI.

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.

When using the team plan, you can choose which team members can edit and which can only view guides & recordings.

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).

Komodo Decks uses personal information provided only for internal uses or service-related purposes.

They also ensure that deleting a video completely removes it from their system.

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.

Komodo Decks has four pricing tiers:

• Starter: Free for one user - Unlimited videos and no limits on video length.
• Professional: $7/month or $4.20/month billed annually for one user - Everything in Starter plan + AI-generated transcript + high-resolution videos in full HD.
• Team: $35/month or $21/month billed annually for five users - Everything in Professional plan + team roles & permissions.
• Enterprise: Contact sales for pricing; includes SSO SAML, API Integrations, and advanced customizations like group policies & rules.

‍Note: The team plan supports up to 50 users; pricing varies for additional users.

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.

Komodo Decks makes it easy to set up an account because it doesn’t ask you to enter your credit card details. Users can make the most of the free version of the app as it offers unlimited screen recording capabilities.

You can easily create walkthrough videos and document SOP, which makes the tool great for sharing information with your team.

However, it lacks basic team collaboration features such as dedicated team channels, assigned responses, and smart reminders.

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.

There is no free trial for paid plans. However, Komodo Decks offers a starter plan, letting users understand whether the tool is right for them.

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