Scribe pricing in 2026

Scribe is free in the browser, and costs $25 to $35 a month once you need desktop capture, PDF export or screenshot editing.

Folge is free to use with all three included, and $89 once for all features.

System Requirements: Windows 7 (partial support), 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (64-bit only). OSX > 10.10. Available in ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น/๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต languages.
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Basic is free

Scribe Basic costs nothing and captures web apps in the browser, with links and embeds for sharing. It leaves out desktop capture, PDF export and screenshot editing.
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Pro Personal, $25 to $35

One seat costs $35 a month billed monthly, or $25 a month billed yearly, which is $300 a year. It adds desktop capture, branding, screenshot editing and redaction, and export to PDF, HTML and Markdown.
3

Pro Team, from $65 a month

A seat costs $17 a month billed monthly, or $13 billed yearly, and the plan starts at 5 seats. The smallest team pays $65 a month, or $780 a year.
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Enterprise is quoted

Scribe does not publish an Enterprise price. The plan adds single sign-on, role-based access, automatic redaction of personal data and translations.

What three years cost

Scribe and Tango totals use yearly billing, the cheaper option, in US dollars. Sources: scribe.com/pricing tango.ai/pricing

FolgeScribeTango
1 person$89 once (personal license)$900 (Pro Personal, $25 a month)$792 (Pro, $22 a month)
5 people$775 once (5 business seats)$2,340 (Pro Team, $13 a seat a month)$2,700 (Pro, $15 a user a month)
10 people$1,550 once, less with volume pricing$4,680$5,400
Desktop captureโœ… Included, also in the free versionPaid plans onlyPaid plans only
PDF exportโœ… Included, also in the free versionPaid plans onlyPaid plans only
After you stop payingYou keep the app and your guidesThe paid features stopThe paid features stop

What Folge costs instead

Folge is a desktop app for Windows and macOS that records a screenshot on every click and builds the step-by-step guide. A personal license is $89 (โ‚ฌ75) once, with all future updates included. A business seat is $155 (โ‚ฌ130) once and covers both Windows and Mac.

The free version has no time limit. It includes desktop capture, every annotation tool, blur for sensitive data and PDF export.

Folge works offline and keeps guides on your computer. It has no shared team workspace and no viewer analytics, which Scribe's paid plans do have.

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Questions about Scribe pricing

Is Scribe free?

Scribe has a free Basic plan that captures web apps in the browser. Desktop capture, PDF export and screenshot editing need a paid plan, from $25 a month.

How much does Scribe cost per month?

Pro Personal is $35 a month, or $25 a month billed yearly. Pro Team is $17 a seat a month, or $13 billed yearly, with a minimum of 5 seats.

What is the minimum for Scribe Pro Team?

Five seats. That makes the smallest Pro Team plan $65 a month billed yearly, or $85 billed monthly.

Does the free Scribe plan export to PDF?

No. PDF, HTML and Markdown export start with Pro Personal.

Does Scribe have a one-time price or a lifetime deal?

No. Every paid Scribe plan is a subscription billed monthly or yearly.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Scribe?

Folge is free to use, and $89 once for all features, including desktop capture and 11 export formats. Over three years that is $811 less than Scribe Pro Personal.

Does Scribe work offline?

No. Scribe saves guides to its cloud, so it needs an internet connection. Folge captures, edits and exports offline.

Pay once for desktop capture

Folge is free to use, with PDF export. All features cost $89 (โ‚ฌ75) once.

System Requirements: Windows 7 (partial support), 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (64-bit only). OSX > 10.10. Available in ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น/๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต languages.

Folge at a glance

Folge is a desktop application for Windows and macOS that creates step-by-step guides, SOPs and process documentation by capturing a screenshot on every click.

Platforms
Windows and macOS desktop app. No browser extension needed; it captures any application.
Price
$89 (โ‚ฌ75) one-time payment, all future updates included. No subscription. Business licenses $155 (โ‚ฌ130) per seat, one time, for Windows and Mac; volume pricing from 10 seats. 7-day money-back guarantee.
Free version
Free to use, with no time limit, full capture and PDF export. No credit card required.
Where your data lives
On your computer. Guides are captured and edited offline; nothing is uploaded unless you publish or export. GDPR-friendly, made in Europe.
Export formats
PDF, Word, PowerPoint, rich and simple HTML, SCORM, animated GIF, Markdown, JSON, online guide and embeddable widget (11 formats).
Integrations
One-click publishing to Notion, Confluence (Cloud and Data Center), WordPress and Hudu.
Editing
20+ annotation tools, blur for sensitive data, OCR text extraction, AI-written step descriptions, custom CSS.
App languages
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Japanese.
Made by
Oleksii Sribnyi, independent developer in Europe, since 2020. Contact: hello@folge.me.

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