Video

Screencast-O-Matic AI

Screen recorder with AI editing

★4.2ratingPricing · Freemium from $3/moStable
The FalcoScan Intel PanelScreencast-O-Matic AI · Video
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Elevated
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.2
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Screencast-O-Matic AI does

ScreenPal, formerly Screencast-O-Matic, is a screen recorder and video editor for capturing, editing and sharing videos. It serves educators in schools and higher education, business teams in sales, training, marketing, support and product, and developers through an API and SDK. The site names screen and webcam recording with annotations, trimming, text, overlays and music, video hosting and embedding, interactive quizzes and polls, analytics, screenshots and a stock library. AI tools cover background removal, speech to text captions, generated chapters and summaries, text to speech voiceovers and video translation. Pricing is freemium: the free plan has a 15 minute recording limit, and paid plans start at $4.00 a month billed annually.

How Screencast-O-Matic AI compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Screencast-O-Matic AI does. Only Riverside lists a starting price, $24 a month. 1 of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Screencast-O-Matic AI. Screencast-O-Matic AI offers a web app and a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 3 offer a web app and 1 offers a desktop app. Screencast-O-Matic AI was founded in 2005; the alternatives were founded between 2016 and 2021. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in Israel and the United States.

Market position · Video

How Screencast-O-Matic AI compares in Video

Screencast-O-Matic AI has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 392 live Video tools on FalcoScan. Across Video, the average opportunity score is 62.8 and the average saturation score 42.7. FalcoScan rates Screencast-O-Matic AI's own market position as contested. 82 of the 392 operating Video tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 26 shutdowns in the category.

Screencast-O-Matic AI compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Screencast-O-Matic AIFounded 2005ModerateContestedFreemium$3/moYesNoWeb, DesktopStable
Wondershare DemoCreatorFounded 2016ModerateCrowdedFreemium—YesNoDesktopStable
Guidde VideoFounded 2021 · Tel Aviv, IsraelHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, ExtensionRising
RiversideFounded 2017 · Tel Aviv, IsraelModerateContestedFreemium$24/moYesNoWebHot
Captions Video EditorFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoMobileStable
Descript RoomsFounded 2017 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWebStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Video.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Screencast-O-Matic AI exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
TranscriptionText Generation
Industry Verticals
EducationMarketing
Tagged

Screencast-O-Matic AI shows up when builders search for these

screen-recordingcaptionseducation
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Questions

Screencast-O-Matic AI: common questions

How much does ScreenPal cost?

As of Oct 2026, ScreenPal has a free plan, Deluxe at $4.00 a month and Max at $10.00 a month, both paid annually, and Team Business at $8.00 per user a month for at least 3 users.

Source: screenpal.com ↗

Is Screencast-O-Matic AI free?

Screencast-O-Matic AI has a free tier, with paid plans from $3 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Screencast-O-Matic AI?

The closest alternatives to Screencast-O-Matic AI that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Wondershare DemoCreator, Guidde Video, Riverside, Captions Video Editor, and Descript Rooms.

Is Screencast-O-Matic AI still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Screencast-O-Matic AI as operating at screenpal.com.

Does Screencast-O-Matic AI have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Screencast-O-Matic AI.

Who is Screencast-O-Matic AI for?

Screencast-O-Matic AI is built for students, businesses, and creators.

How do I sign in to Screencast-O-Matic AI?

Sign in on Screencast-O-Matic AI's own website, screenpal.com. FalcoScan reviews Screencast-O-Matic AI but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Screencast-O-Matic AI directly.

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