Comparison

Docent vs Scribe

Scribe (formerly ScribeHow — scribehow.com now redirects to scribe.com) is a documentation tool — a browser or desktop capture turns your clicks into a written, searchable how-to guide for internal knowledge bases. Docent only makes video, from a URL, with nobody clicking through anything.

The honest comparison

	Docent	Scribe
Default output	Narrated video (MP4)	Written step-by-step guide with screenshots
Who drives the capture	Docent — browses and narrates itself	You — browser extension or desktop app captures your own clicks
Free tier	$0 — 5 tours, watermarked, 90s cap	$0 (Basic) — web apps only, no desktop capture, basic insights
Cheapest paid	$29/mo — 15 walkthroughs a month, no watermark	Pro Personal $35/seat/mo (or $25/seat/mo annual)
Team tier	Not offered	Pro Team $17/seat/mo (or $13/seat/mo annual), 5-seat minimum
Annual	$290/yr — 20 walkthroughs a month	Pro Personal annual $25/seat/mo; Pro Team annual $13/seat/mo
Enterprise	Not offered	Custom — PII/PHI auto-redaction, SSO/SAML/SCIM, IP whitelisting, translations
Export formats	Video file only	PDF, HTML, Markdown, Confluence integration
Built for	Client/product how-to videos	Internal knowledge bases, SOPs, team documentation

Prices verified live, 2026-08-29. Scribe domain moved from scribehow.com to scribe.com. Re-check before citing.

Who each is actually best for

Pick Scribe if: the goal is an internal knowledge base or SOP library — searchable, exportable to Confluence or PDF, redactable for compliance. That's genuinely a different job than a client-facing video.
Pick Docent if: what you're handing someone is meant to be watched, not read — a client walkthrough — and you don't want to click through it to make it.
Not a fair fight on: Compliance and internal-knowledge tooling. Scribe's Enterprise tier (PHI redaction, SCIM, multi-team governance) is for regulated internal documentation; Docent has none of that and isn't trying to.

"Scribe documents your process for your team. Docent hands your client a video — and you never had to run through the process yourself."

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