# Arcade review (2026)

Source: https://thebestscreenrecorder.com/reviews/arcade/
By Sam Fisher, updated October 6, 2026. Part of The Best Screen Recorder (https://thebestscreenrecorder.com/). Method: https://thebestscreenrecorder.com/how-we-test/

Arcade records clicks in your product and turns them into interactive demos, and it can also record plain screen video. It suits marketing and product teams who share demos on their site.

## At a glance

- Score: 8.9/10 as a demo tool
- Best for: You want polished click-through demos of a web app to embed on your website.
- Works on: Windows, Mac
- Free recording: Length not documented
- Watermark when free: Yes
- Price: From $50/mo (Growth plan, $510 per seat per year ($42.50/mo), or $50 billed monthly. Prices from arcade.software/pricing, 6 Oct 2026.)
- Made by: Arcade (https://www.arcade.software)
- Last checked: October 2026

## Plans

- Free: free, free. 1 user, 1 published demo and 1 published video, watermark
- Growth: $50/month, $510/year. Per seat, up to 10. Unlimited published demos, branching, insights, MP4 and GIF export, no watermark
- Enterprise: n/a, n/a. Contact sales; HTML capture, custom domains, SSO

## Subscores

- Sharing: 10.0/10
- Recording features: 10.0/10
- Editing: 10.0/10
- Free plan: 6.0/10
- Value for money: 4.0/10
- Ease of use: 9.5/10
- Platforms: 4.0/10

## What we like

- Clicks become steps with hotspots; scrolling and typing become video
- Camera picture-in-picture, and system audio in the desktop app
- Exports to MP4, GIF and step-by-step guides on Growth

## What to watch

- Free plan: 1 published demo and 1 video, with a watermark
- Branching, insights and exports need Growth at $510 a year per seat
- HTML capture moved to Enterprise in May 2026


## Our verdict

Arcade is quick to learn. You click through your product with the Chrome extension or desktop app, and each click becomes a step with a hotspot, while scrolling and typing are kept as video. You can add a camera bubble, AI copy and an AI voiceover, then share a link or embed it.

The free plan is a trial in practice. It publishes one demo and one video, with an Arcade watermark and no insights. Growth costs $510 per seat a year and adds branching, insights, exports and your own branding. Since May 2026, HTML capture is only on Enterprise.

If you need HTML capture without an Enterprise contract, check what [Supademo](/reviews/supademo/), [Storylane](/reviews/storylane/) and [Navattic](/reviews/navattic/) include. For written step-by-step guides, look at [Scribe](/reviews/scribe/) or [Tango](/reviews/tango/). For quick video messages, [Loom](/reviews/loom/) is built for that job.