Peutly vs Arcade. Here is when each one wins.
Arcade is polished, popular and priced per seat. If screenshot tours are enough, Peutly Screenshot at $45 flat costs less than one Arcade Growth seat. Against Peutly Essentials, the plan that captures the real DOM, Arcade is cheaper for up to three people and we are not going to pretend otherwise. That maths turns at the fourth teammate, and Arcade caps its Growth plan at ten users, so this comparison is mostly about how many people in your company should be allowed to touch a demo. Arcade now leads with AI video, which it sells as a separate product on its own pricing page; this page compares its interactive demo plans.
Arcade pricing, as Arcade publishes it
Every figure below is copied from their own pricing page, last read on 6 November 2026. Where they publish no number, we say so instead of estimating one.
| Plan | Monthly | Seats and what is included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 user 1 published demo, unlimited AI demos, AI voiceovers. Records with the Chrome extension, desktop app, Figma plugin or uploaded media. |
| Growth | $50 per user | Up to 10 users Unlimited published demos, branching, CTAs and forms, MP4 and GIF exports. Extra seats are $50 a month each. "HTML capture" is listed on Enterprise only. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Multiple The only tier listing HTML capture, custom domains, SSO and API access, plus up to 10 brand kits. |
The seat maths. Arcade Growth is $50 per user per month, so three users cost $150 and four cost $200. Peutly Essentials is $175 flat for your whole company. On monthly billing the two models cross at the fourth user; on annual billing ($42.50 a user against $140) they cross at the fourth as well. Against Peutly Growth at $450 nine Arcade users cost the same and the tenth tips it, and Arcade Growth stops at ten.
What each price buys. Peutly records screenshot tours on Screenshot, at $45 a month, and captures the real DOM from Essentials, at $175 a month, so the demo is your actual interface and stays editable afterwards. Both come out of the same extension and workspace. At Arcade that starts on Enterprise ("HTML capture", listed under Enterprise only), at a price they do not publish. Their cheaper tiers capture screenshots or video; compare those with Peutly Screenshot rather than Essentials.
The matrix
Arcade is an interactive demo platform. Rows marked missing for Peutly are things we genuinely do not do, not things we are about to ship.
| Feature | Peutly | Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model Arcade Growth is $50 per user per month, $42.50 on annual billing. | Per workspace, flat | Per user |
| Unlimited users on every plan Arcade Growth is capped at 10 users. | ||
| Cost of your fifth demo builder | Included | +$50/mo |
| Free plan Peutly runs a 7-day trial instead, plus 7 bonus days once you install the extension and record, edit and publish a first demo. | 1 published demo | |
| Custom domain Arcade lists custom domains on Enterprise only. Peutly includes a custom share domain on Growth at $450. | Growth+ | Enterprise |
| Advanced analytics | Growth+ | Growth+ |
| Public API | Enterprise | |
| SSO Arcade lists SSO on Enterprise. Peutly offers Google and Microsoft sign-in, which admins can enforce, but no SAML. | Enterprise | |
| Account reveal Arcade lists Audience Reveal on Growth. Peutly shows identified viewers who filled in a form, plus city-level geo, but no company lookup. | Growth+ | |
| Sandboxes A Peutly sandbox is a clickable copy of an HTML-captured demo that viewers explore freely. It needs the Unlimited sandboxes add-on on Growth; the trial includes one. Arcade does not list sandboxes on its demo pricing page. | Growth add-on | Not listed |
| Desktop and Figma capture Arcade lists a desktop app for Mac and Windows and a Figma plugin on every plan. Peutly records in Chrome only. | ||
| AI metered by credits Arcade demo plans list no credit allowance; credits belong to its separately sold AI video plans (Pro: 1,000 credits a month, $59, or $49 billed annually). Peutly meters its AI assistant in credits (100 a month on Screenshot and Essentials, 500 on Growth) and voice-over by characters (300,000 a month on Screenshot and Essentials, 1M on Growth). | AI video only | |
| Video recording alongside demos Peutly exports GIF, WebM and MP4 from a demo, up to 720p on Screenshot and Essentials and 1080p on Growth. Arcade demo Growth includes video editing and MP4 and GIF exports, and Arcade sells AI video generation as a separate subscription. | Export only | |
| Watermark removed Peutly has no watermark on any paid plan. There is no free tier to watermark. | Growth+ |
Where Peutly wins
The price stops moving when the team grows
Arcade charges per user, so every person you want editing demos is another $50 a month, and Growth stops at ten of them. Peutly is $175 or $450 for the workspace, whoever is in it. The moment demos become something your PMM, your AEs and your CS lead all touch, a flat plan stops being a preference and starts being the cheaper option.
A custom domain two tiers earlier
Arcade lists custom domains on Enterprise. Peutly includes a custom share domain on Growth, at a published $450 a month. If you want demos served from your own domain without a procurement cycle, that is a real difference in how fast you get there.
HTML capture and sandboxes at a published price
Arcade lists HTML capture on Enterprise only, behind a sales call. Peutly captures the real DOM from Essentials at $175 a month, and on Growth you can add unlimited sandboxes: a clickable copy of a captured demo that prospects explore at their own pace. Arcade does not list sandboxes on its demo pricing page.
Captured HTML you keep editing
Peutly records the DOM, so the captured product stays editable. Change copy, blur a customer name, swap a logo, or run find and replace across every step. When your UI ships a change you patch the demo rather than re-recording the whole flow.
Where Arcade wins
Cheaper than Essentials for one to three people
One Arcade seat is $50 a month against $175 for Peutly Essentials, our plan with real DOM capture. If demos are one person’s job and you want more than a screenshot tour, Arcade costs less than a third of Essentials and we would be lying to say otherwise. Peutly Screenshot at $45 is cheaper than that seat, but it records screenshot tours only.
A real free tier
Arcade Free gives you one published demo, with unlimited AI demos and AI voiceovers, indefinitely. Peutly has no free plan, only a 7-day trial with 7 bonus days once you install the extension and record, edit and publish a first demo. If you need to sit on a free tier for a quarter while you figure out whether demos work for you, take theirs.
AI video as its own product
Arcade now leads with AI video: a separate subscription that generates on-brand product videos from a credit balance, with Pro at $59 a month ($49 billed annually) for up to 10 people. Peutly exports video from a demo but does not generate video as a separate creative surface. If your team wants interactive demos and generated marketing video from one vendor, Arcade covers both, sold as two plans.
More capture options and more maturity
Arcade records from a desktop app on Mac and Windows and from a Figma plugin as well as Chrome, lists Audience Reveal and demo branching on Growth, and offers up to 10 brand kits on Enterprise. Peutly records in Chrome only and has no branching. Arcade has been at this longer and it shows.
Choose Arcade if you want a free tier, AI video generation from the same vendor, desktop or Figma capture, or if one to three people need more than screenshot tours. Choose Peutly Screenshot for flat-priced screenshot tours from the first user, Essentials once four or more people build demos on the real DOM, and Growth for a custom domain or sandboxes without an Enterprise contract.
Peutly and Arcade, the short answers
If we got a fact about their product wrong, email founders@peutly.com and we will correct it.
On Peutly Screenshot, from the first person: $45 flat against $50 a seat, for screenshot tours. On Essentials, which adds real DOM capture, the fourth person. Arcade Growth is $50 per user per month, so four users is $200 against Peutly Essentials at $175 flat. On annual billing four Arcade users are $170 against Peutly at $140, so it crosses at four as well. Against Peutly Growth at $450 nine users cost the same and the tenth tips it, and Arcade Growth caps at ten users anyway.
No. You get 7 days with no credit card, plus 7 bonus days once you install the extension and record, edit and publish a first demo. Arcade Free is a genuine free-forever tier with one published demo. If a permanent free plan is a requirement, Arcade has one and we do not.
It can export them: GIF, WebM and MP4, up to 720p on Screenshot and Essentials and 1080p on Growth, with annotations included on Growth. What it does not do is treat video as a separate thing you create and edit in its own right, which is how Arcade approaches it with its separately sold AI video plans.
No. There is no watermark on any Peutly plan, because there is no free tier for a watermark to police. Arcade removes its watermark from Growth upward.
Build the same demo in both. See for yourself.
You get 7 days free, 14 when you finish setup. Build the demo you would actually ship in both tools and let your own funnel data settle it.