Comparison

Docent vs Tango

Tango is a step-by-step guide maker — a browser extension captures your clicks and turns them into a written, illustrated how-to, with video as an optional extra. Docent only makes video, and it makes the video itself — no clicking required from you.

If you want a document someone can skim, that's Tango's category. If you want a video someone watches, that's Docent's. Note: Tango's domain moved from tango.us to tango.ai.

The honest comparison

	Docent	Tango
Default output	Narrated video (MP4)	Written step-by-step guide (screenshots + highlights + text)
Who drives the capture	Docent — browses and narrates itself	You — browser extension captures your own clicks in real time
Video option	Video only	Available as an add-on conversion, not the default
Free tier	$0 — 5 tours, watermarked, 90s cap	$0 — 5 shared Workflows, browser capture, up to 10 users/workspace
Cheapest paid	$29/mo — 15 walkthroughs a month, no watermark	Pro $15/user/mo (3+ users, annual) or $22/user/mo (1-2 users, annual)
Annual	$290/yr — 20 walkthroughs a month	Pro annual rates above; monthly billing is $20-26/user/mo
Enterprise	Not offered	Custom — PII redaction, multi-path workflows, SSO/SCIM
Export formats	Video file only	PDF, Markdown, HTML, plus the interactive Workflow itself

Prices verified live, 2026-08-29. Re-check before citing.

Who each is actually best for

Pick Tango if: the deliverable should be something a reader can scan, search, and follow one screenshot at a time — internal SOPs, written onboarding docs, anything exported to a wiki or PDF. The multi-format export is real capability Docent doesn't have.
Pick Docent if: the deliverable should be a video someone watches — a client handoff, a walkthrough easier to follow narrated than read. And you don't want to click through it, which Tango still requires.
Not a fair fight on: Format. A written guide and a narrated video solve the same problem differently — someone who wants a document isn't satisfied by a video.

"Tango documents your clicks. Docent replaces them — and only makes video, never a document."

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