# Tella vs Riverside

> Tella records as crisply as Riverside and lets you edit, host, share, and track it in one tool, without treating every video like a podcast episode.

Riverside is a remote recording tool built for podcasts and video interviews, with up to 4K multi-track recording, AI audio enhancement, Magic Clips, and Magic Audio. It's recording-first — there's no video hosting platform, no embedded player, no CTAs, and viewer analytics only cover the podcast hosting side.

Tella records as crisply as Riverside and lets you edit, host, share, and track engagement in one tool — without treating every recording like a podcast episode.

## Feature comparison

### Recording

| Feature | Tella | Riverside |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Screen recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webcam recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microphone recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| System audio recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Teleprompter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recording resolution | Up to 4K | Up to 4K (720p Free) |
| Recording length | 6 hours | 2 hrs (Free) / 5 hrs (Pro) / Unlimited (Business) |
| Transcription | 106 languages | ✓ |

### Editing

| Feature | Tella | Riverside |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | Riverside |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video expiry | Unlimited | — |
| Video hosting | ✓ | — |
| Embedded player | ✓ | — |
| Custom branding | ✓ | Enterprise only |
| 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 | Riverside |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Separate clips export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Raw recordings export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnail export | ✓ | — |
| Subtitles export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Playback speed & timelapse | ✓ | — |
| 4K | ✓ | Paid only |
| 60 FPS | ✓ | — |

### Analytics

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

### Organization & collaboration

| Feature | Tella | Riverside |
| --- | --- | --- |
| User management | ✓ | Enterprise only |
| Personal playlists | ✓ | — |
| Shared playlists | ✓ | — |
| Team playlists | ✓ | Enterprise only |
| Public playlists | ✓ | — |

### Apps & integrations

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

### Support & security

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

### Plans & pricing

| | Tella | Riverside |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan available | Yes, forever free | ✓ |
| Entry paid price | From $13/mo (Pro, annual) | $24/mo |
| Top tier price | Custom (Enterprise) | Custom |
| Billing cadence | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |

## Sources

- [Homepage](https://riverside.com/)
- [Pricing](https://riverside.com/pricing)
- [Recording](https://riverside.com/recording)

## Try Tella

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