Trails , the best Tango alternative

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A modern alternative built for video-first documentation

How is Trails different from Tango?

1. Trails makes guides more engaging with AI videos

Tango does a great job capturing step-by-step workflows - but it stops at screenshots and text. That works for some people, but not everyone learns the same way.

Some need to skim and find answers fast. Others need to watch and listen to actually absorb it.

With Trails, you don't have to choose. Every guide you create automatically comes with a polished, AI-narrated video - no screen recording, no editing, no extra work.

And when you update a step or swap a screenshot, the video updates too. Everything stays in sync automatically.

2. Trails lets you create guides from videos

Many teams are already used to creating short videos for documentation. With Tango, you have to start from scratch to turn each video into a guide manually. Trails takes a different approach.

Upload any existing video, and Trails automatically turns it into a structured, step-by-step guide. It breaks down key actions, adds screenshots, and generates clear descriptions for each step. You end up with both a polished video and a written guide with no extra editing required.

This feature is especially useful for teams who are used to creating ad-hoc Loom videos or Zoom recordings.

Instead of letting that content collect dust (because who is really watching those 20+ minute recordings?), you can repurpose it into something searchable, easy to skim, and reusable.

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Unlimited users, one price

Expensive plans getting in the way? Not anymore. Trail’s business plan gives you unlimited users for a single price so that your entire team can create, edit and share process documentation

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3. Trails makes it easier to hide private information

When you’re creating training content, sensitive info almost always sneaks in: emails, names, or customer data you don’t want shared. Blurring that out is essential.

Most tools, including Tango, let you blur after capture, but only once your screenshots have been uploaded to their servers. That’s not ideal if you’re documenting internal systems or private data.

Trails handles blurring differently. Redacting data happens securely on your device before anything is uploaded. You can quickly hide sensitive details as you capture, keeping private information private.

Our smart blur can even detect and automatically hide things like emails, numbers, and names — all locally, without sending a single pixel to the cloud.


4. Trails costs less as you scale

Most documentation tools get more expensive the more people you share them with.

With Tango, you pay for every user, even if they’re just reading. That makes broad internal or customer-facing documentation costly fast.

The Trails Business plan is capped at $299 for unlimited users, so sharing knowledge with the entire organization has a single predictable cost.

And you also don’t have to jump to an expensive enterprise plan to unlock core features. With Tango, core features like user management and language translation are gated behind plans starting around $1,000 per month.

Drag the slider below to take a look at the difference in monthly cost:

Here's what our customers have to say

Trails is a user-friendly platform that lets us turncomplex workflows into simple walkthroughs in minutes.It’s speed on our end and usability on the customer’s end. Exactly what we need when we don’t have enough time.

Andy Ju
Head of Product, ClassRanked

Our product moves really quickly with frequent feature releases. Trails makes it much easier to keep documentation up to date without having to redo everything.

Fatima Jaferi
Sr Customer Success Enablement Manager, Canary Technologies

Product Comparison

$1000+ / mo
$$ per additional user
only screenshots and text
feature not available
feature not available
$299 / mo
Unlimited users
Engaging AI Videos
Save hours and deliver higher quality training materials with AI videos
Convert any video recording into a step-by-step guide
Take any video (Loom, Zoom, etc.) and turn it into a guide.
Translations
Help everyone follow along, no matter what language they work in.
Web and desktop capture
Central user management
Voice transcription
$1000+ / mo
$$ per additional user
only screenshots and text
feature not available

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