Free screen recorder, right in your browser
Most "free" screen recorders make you download an app, create an account, and then stamp a watermark on your video. Vidsay does none of that: open the page, record your screen, camera and mic, and download the video. That's it.
What you can record, free
- Your whole screen, a window, or a browser tab — you pick what to share, and the browser asks you first.
- Your camera, picture-in-picture — your face in the corner while your screen does the talking.
- Your microphone — narrate as you go. System audio too, where the browser allows it.
- Up to 5 minutes per recording — and 25 videos in the free library. Pause and resume whenever you need to think.
How recording in a browser works
Modern desktop browsers have screen capture and video recording built in. On desktop, when you press record, Vidsay asks the browser to share your screen, combines it with your camera on a canvas, and records the result with the MediaRecorder API. On your phone it records your camera instead — phones can't share their screen. The video is assembled on your device — it never travels to a server, because there is no server in this version. When you stop, the file downloads as a .webm video you can send anywhere.
That also sets the limits honestly: screen sharing needs Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a desktop computer, and Safari's support is limited. If your browser can't do it, Vidsay tells you so instead of failing silently.
What "free" costs you here
Nothing, except two fair limits: 25 videos in the library and 5 minutes per recording. Free recordings carry a small "Vidsay" mark in the corner. Pro ($12 per user per month, coming soon) removes the cap and the mark and records in 1080p. There is no checkout yet, so the free limits apply to everyone for now — we say that plainly rather than pretending a paid tier exists.
Good uses for a quick screen recording
- Show a developer exactly what broke, with your voice explaining the steps.
- Walk a new teammate through a tool once, instead of repeating yourself five times.
- Record a product demo you can paste into a proposal or an email.
- Give feedback on a design by pointing at it, not describing it in a paragraph.
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