The Arcade alternative for Windows.
Arcade: Interactive product demos you click through. Sceed is a screen recorder and editor for Windows 10 and 11 that finishes the video for you. It records without the cursor and draws a smooth one back, eases zooms in and out where you place them, adds a camera look, a frame and a background, and exports 4K at 60 fps straight to disk. Nothing is uploaded.
Arcade captures a flow and turns it into an interactive demo: hotspots, chapters and callouts that the viewer clicks through in the browser, with a video or GIF export as a by-product. It is for embedding on landing pages. Sceed makes the video itself, watched rather than clicked.
Why people switch
- You want a video with a smooth cursor, zooms and a camera.
- It goes on YouTube, in a changelog or a deck.
- Nothing should be uploaded.
What you would give up
- You want an embeddable, clickable demo on a landing page.
- Hotspots and branching matter more than motion.
- Hosting and analytics are part of the product.
Sceed and Arcade, feature by feature
| Sceed | Arcade | |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Runs on | Windows 10 and 11 | Chrome, browser |
| Price | Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly | Free tier, then subscription |
| Recordings live | On your disk | Arcade cloud |
| Works without an account | Free account | |
| Capture | ||
| Window, area or monitor | Browser flows | |
| System audio and mic | Voiceover | |
| Webcam | ||
| Live streaming | ||
| Editing | ||
| Editor built in | Step editor, online | |
| Cursor redrawn after recording | Synthetic | |
| Cursor smoothing and looks | Synthetic | |
| Zooms | Numbered points, eased | Pan and zoom per step |
| Camera looks | Many looks | |
| Frames and backgrounds | Frames and backgrounds | |
| Region effects | Many kinds | Hotspots and callouts |
| Sections between clips | Many styles | Chapters |
| Text and lower thirds | ||
| Captions made on the machine | ||
| Privacy blur | Blur tool | |
| Keystroke overlay | ||
| Output | ||
| 4K export | 4K at 60 fps | |
| GIF export | Planned | |
| Share link | ||
Compiled from each product's public pages, checked September 2026. Read the full Sceed vs Arcade comparison →
Moving from Arcade
- 01
Download Sceed
Free, with a free account and no card. Windows 10 and 11.
- 02
Record one take
Pick a window, an area or a monitor. The cursor is not recorded, so it can be fixed later.
- 03
Let the defaults work
Frame, background, cursor smoothing and a camera look are already on. Drop a zoom point where it matters.
- 04
Export
4K at 60 fps, straight to disk. What you scrubbed is what you ship.
Questions
- Can Sceed make interactive demos?
- No. Sceed makes video. Arcade, Supademo and Storylane make click-through demos.
- Can Arcade export a video?
- Yes, as a by-product. Sceed is built around the video, with an editor for cursor, zoom, camera, effects and sections.
- Which is free?
- Arcade has a free tier with limits. Sceed has a free plan, and Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.
Sceed and Arcade as a list
- Runs on: Sceed Windows 10 and 11; Arcade Chrome, browser.
- Price: Sceed Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly; Arcade Free tier, then subscription.
- Recordings live: Sceed On your disk; Arcade Arcade cloud.
- Works without an account: Sceed Free account; Arcade No.
- Window, area or monitor: Sceed Yes; Arcade Browser flows.
- System audio and mic: Sceed Yes; Arcade Voiceover.
- Webcam: Sceed Yes; Arcade No.
- Live streaming: Sceed No; Arcade No.
- Editor built in: Sceed Yes; Arcade Step editor, online.
- Cursor redrawn after recording: Sceed Yes; Arcade Synthetic.
- Cursor smoothing and looks: Sceed Yes; Arcade Synthetic.
- Zooms: Sceed Numbered points, eased; Arcade Pan and zoom per step.
- Camera looks: Sceed Many looks; Arcade No.
- Frames and backgrounds: Sceed Frames and backgrounds; Arcade Yes.
- Region effects: Sceed Many kinds; Arcade Hotspots and callouts.
- Sections between clips: Sceed Many styles; Arcade Chapters.
- Text and lower thirds: Sceed Yes; Arcade Yes.
- Captions made on the machine: Sceed No; Arcade No.
- Privacy blur: Sceed Yes; Arcade Blur tool.
- Keystroke overlay: Sceed Yes; Arcade No.
- 4K export: Sceed 4K at 60 fps; Arcade No.
- GIF export: Sceed Planned; Arcade Yes.
- Share link: Sceed No; Arcade Yes.