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Tella lists 19 features. How many does your team use?

Stop paying per seat for the rest. Pick the Tella features your team actually uses, and we build your own version that you own.

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Good fit

We can build almost all of Tella.

Replaceable for hosting, sharing and editing workflows, but the native screen recorders and AI transcription/MCP agent cannot be built as-is.

8 we build fully5 need an outside service4 simplified2 we can’t build

What Tella does

Read from Tella’s public website. Each feature is marked with what we can honestly build.

Recording

Web screen and camera recorder
Record screen, camera, or both from the browser.
Simplified version. Browser recording via getDisplayMedia/getUserMedia works; quality and system audio limited versus native apps.
Native Mac and Windows apps
Record 4K videos natively on desktop.
We can't build this. Desktop apps are not in scope; browser-based recorder only.
Chrome extension
Record from any browser tab via extension.
We can't build this. Browser extensions as products are not built; use the web recorder instead.
Video clips and speaker notes
Record multiple clips and show talking points while recording.

Editing

Trim, split and crop
Remove mistakes, trim, split and crop recordings in a web editor.
Auto transcription and captions
Automatic transcript, editable captions, SRT export, and cut video by editing text.
Needs an outside service: Deepgram. Requires a speech-to-text service.
AI editing and titles
Remove filler words and silences; generate titles automatically.
Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Needs an AI model for filler detection and title generation.
Auto zoom from clicks
Generate zooms from recorded clicks, editable.
Color filters and LUTs
Color grading presets, sliders and .cube LUTs.
Layouts, overlays and backgrounds
Multi-layouts, transitions, overlays, background removal and custom backgrounds.
Simplified version. Background removal needs an in-browser segmentation model; simpler versions only.

Sharing and hosting

Link sharing and embeddable player
Share via link, embed on any site, password protect.
Needs an outside service: Mux. Video storage and streaming at scale requires paid hosting.
4K export
Export high-resolution video.
Simplified version. Browser-side export is limited; 4K realistic only with server rendering.
Viewer comments and playlists
Viewer reactions, comments and public playlists.
Call-to-action, branding, custom domain
Custom logo, colors, CTA buttons and custom domain.
GIF thumbnails and downloads
Animated GIF thumbnails and viewer downloads.

Analytics

Viewer analytics
Track who watched, duration and drop-off points.

Collaboration and library

Team workspace and video library
Invite teammates to edit, review and organise videos.
Needs an outside service: Resend. Invitations need transactional email.
Video indexing for search
Get videos listed in Google results.
Simplified version. Only SEO metadata and sitemaps; Google indexing is not controlled by us.

AI agent and integrations

MCP and video agent
Connect AI agents to edit, export and organise videos.
Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. An MCP server is buildable, but agent quality depends on external models.

What you’d bring

We write all the code. These features only work on outside services, and those accounts are yours to open and pay for directly.

Sending notification emails: Resend

Free allowance, then pennies per thousand emails. Billed by the provider.

Storing and streaming video: Mux

Pay for minutes stored and streamed. This grows with use. Billed by the provider.

Transcripts and captions: Deepgram

Pay per audio minute. Billed by the provider.

AI features: OpenAI or Anthropic API

Pay per use, billed to your own account by the model provider. Our Claude credits are never used.

What we can’t build

Native Mac and Windows apps. Desktop apps are not in scope; browser-based recorder only.
Chrome extension. Browser extensions as products are not built; use the web recorder instead.

Build only the Tella features you use

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