# Tella vs Microsoft Stream

> Tella records and edits without the 15-minute cap, without a Microsoft 365 license, and without stitching together Stream, Clipchamp, and SharePoint to share one video.

Microsoft Stream is a video hosting layer on top of OneDrive and SharePoint, with Clipchamp as the editor. It gives enterprise teams SSO, SCIM, domain restriction, and analytics, but the built-in recorder caps at 15 minutes, there's no custom domain or branding, and the whole workflow requires a Microsoft 365 tenant.

Tella records without the 15-minute cap, without a Microsoft 365 license, and without stitching Stream, Clipchamp, and SharePoint together to share one video — with editing, hosting, and team collaboration in a single tool.

## Feature comparison

### Recording

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Screen recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webcam recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microphone recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| System audio recording | ✓ | — |
| Teleprompter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recording resolution | Up to 4K | 1080p |
| Recording length | 6 hours | 15 min (built-in recorder) |
| Transcription | 106 languages | ✓ |

### Editing

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timeline editing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transcript editing | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI mistakes finder | ✓ | — |
| Buffer removal | ✓ | — |
| Silence removal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filler word removal | ✓ | — |
| Layout editing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto Layouts | ✓ | — |
| Zoom effects | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto Zoom | ✓ | — |
| Blur | ✓ | ✓ |
| Highlight | ✓ | — |
| Backgrounds | ✓ | ✓ |
| Borders | ✓ | — |
| Subtitle editing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subtitle styling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Screen cropping | ✓ | ✓ |
| Camera reframing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio level editing | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI audio enhancement | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background music | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adjust canvas size | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logo overlay | ✓ | ✓ |

### Sharing & storage

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video expiry | Unlimited | — |
| Video hosting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Embedded player | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom branding | ✓ | — |
| Custom domain | ✓ (Premium plan and above) | — |
| Password protection | ✓ | — |
| Domain restriction | ✓ (Premium plan and above) | ✓ |
| White-label | ✓ (Premium plan and above) | — |
| Title & description | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video chapters | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comments | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reactions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Call-to-action buttons | ✓ | ✓ |
| Playback speed control | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI document generation | ✓ | — |

### Download

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio export | ✓ | Paid only |
| Separate clips export | ✓ | — |
| Raw recordings export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnail export | ✓ | — |
| Subtitles export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Playback speed & timelapse | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4K | ✓ | Paid only |
| 60 FPS | ✓ | — |

### Analytics

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total views | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unique viewers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Watch time | ✓ | ✓ |
| Engagement | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conversion funnels | ✓ | — |
| Individual viewers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Traffic sources | ✓ | — |
| Viewer locations | ✓ | ✓ |
| History | All time | ✓ |

### Organization & collaboration

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| User management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Personal playlists | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared playlists | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team playlists | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public playlists | ✓ | ✓ |

### Apps & integrations

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Native macOS recorder | ✓ | — |
| Native Windows recorder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chrome extension | ✓ | — |
| Slack integration | ✓ | — |
| Notion integration | ✓ | — |
| Linear integration | ✓ | — |

### Support & security

| Feature | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority support | ✓ (Premium plan and above) | Enterprise only |
| Shared Slack channel | ✓ (Enterprise plan only) | — |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ (Enterprise plan only) | ✓ |
| SCIM | ✓ (Enterprise plan only) | ✓ |
| Loom migration tool | ✓ | — |
| Batch import tool | ✓ | — |

### Plans & pricing

| | Tella | Microsoft Stream |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan available | Yes, forever free | — |
| Entry paid price | From $13/mo (Pro, annual) | $6/user/mo |
| Top tier price | Custom (Enterprise) | $6/user/mo |
| Billing cadence | Monthly or annual | Monthly |

## Sources

- [Homepage](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-stream)
- [Stream overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/new-stream)
- [Features](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/streamnew/features-new-version-stream)

## Try Tella

Get started at https://www.tella.com or sign up at https://www.tella.tv/api/signup.