Tango review: free for 15 workflows, then $24 a seat
Tango writes a step by step guide from your clicks, in annotated screenshots rather than video. Our check of tango.ai on 12 June 2026 recorded a free plan for up to 10 users and 15 workflow captures, Pro at $24 per user a month and quoted Enterprise pricing. Those figures are four months old.
The short answer
Buy Tango Buy Tango Pro if you document software processes often and the people reading the guides do not need seats. Pro was $24 per user a month when we checked tango.ai on 12 June 2026, which is $288 a seat across a year, and it is where desktop capture sits.
Skip it if you need video, or if the documentation is mostly text. Scribe's Pro Team seat was $17 a month, verified 6 October 2026, and Guidde turns the same captures into narrated video from $25 a creator a month, verified 12 June 2026.
Where Tango fits
Tango fits the operations or support team that has to write the same instructions over and over. You click through a task with the extension running and it returns a guide of annotated screenshots, which is a better reference format than video for anything someone follows along with.
The free plan is the most generous in this corner of the category. Our 12 June 2026 check recorded up to 10 users in a workspace and 15 workflow captures, with browser based capture only and no branded exports, which is enough to document a department's core processes and then stop.
Pro was $24 per user a month on that check, and it carries unlimited workflows and desktop capture. The unit is a seat for people who capture, so one seat is $288 across a year and five is $120 a month, which is $1,440 across a year.
The 15 workflow cap on the free plan is the thing that forces the decision, not the user count. Ten people can share a free workspace, but the fifteenth guide is the end of it, and the next guide costs a $24 seat at the June 2026 rate.
Annual billing was recorded as discounted on our check without the size of the discount being recorded, so this page states no annual rate for Tango, only the $24 monthly one. Ask for the annual figure before you prepay rather than assuming it matches what other tools in this category offer.
Enterprise is quoted rather than listed. Our check recorded single sign-on, PII blurring and advanced permissions on that tier with no price attached, so if a compliance team needs those, the cost of Tango is a conversation and not a number. Against the field, Scribe Pro Team was $17 a seat a month, verified 6 October 2026, and Guidde Pro was $25 per creator a month, verified 12 June 2026, while Loom Business was $18 per user a month, verified 1 October 2026, for video rather than screenshots.
These Tango figures come from 12 June 2026 and have not been checked since, which makes them four months old. The free plan's caps are the most likely part to have moved, because they are the lever a vendor pulls first. Read the current pricing page before you plan a documentation project around that allowance. The screen recording software category holds the alternatives.
Tango pricing
Tango prices per seat for the people who capture and leaves readers free. Everything below comes from our check of tango.ai on 12 June 2026, which is four months old, so confirm it before you buy a seat.
| Plan | Price | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 15 workflow captures, up to 10 users, browser capture only, no branded exports |
| Pro | $24/user/mo | Unlimited workflows, desktop capture, branded exports. Discounted with annual billing, amount not recorded |
| Enterprise | Custom | Quoted. Single sign-on, PII blurring, advanced permissions |
The meter is seats for people who capture. Five things set what you pay:
- How many people create guides. Pro was $24 per user a month in June 2026, so five creators is $120 a month at that rate.
- Whether the workflows leave the browser, because desktop capture sat on Pro rather than on the free plan.
- The 15 workflow cap on the free plan, which is what ends the free arrangement rather than the 10 user limit.
- Billing period. An annual discount was recorded on 12 June 2026 without a figure, so the only rate this page states is $24 a month.
- Whether single sign-on, PII blurring or advanced permissions are required, since all three sat on a quoted Enterprise tier.
Tango pricing against the documentation tools
Tango is the dearer of the two screenshot tools we price. Scribe Pro Team was $17 a seat a month, or $13 a seat billed annually from five seats, verified 6 October 2026, so a five person documentation team costs less there than on Tango's $24 seat. Guidde Pro was $25 per creator a month, or $18 billed annually, verified 12 June 2026, and produces narrated video from the same kind of capture. Loom Business was $18 per user a month, verified 1 October 2026. What Tango's premium buys is the visual guide format, so the question is whether your readers prefer large annotated screenshots to text or to video. The Scribe and Loom dates are more recent than Tango's.
Tango billing terms worth knowing
Two things decide the bill: how many people capture, and whether the capture leaves the browser.
- Free plan
- 15 workflow captures, up to 10 users, browser capture only, as of 12 June 2026.
- Pro
- $24 per user per month, which is $288 a seat across a year.
- Five Pro seats
- $120 a month at the June 2026 rate, which is $1,440 across a year.
- Desktop capture
- Recorded on Pro, not on the free plan, as of 12 June 2026.
- Annual billing
- Recorded as discounted on 12 June 2026 without a figure, so no annual rate is stated here.
- Enterprise
- Quoted. Single sign-on, PII blurring and advanced permissions sit there.
- Check date
- 12 June 2026. Not checked since, so confirm before buying.
Tango offers a free plan for up to 10 users with 15 workflow captures, a Pro plan at $24/user/month with unlimited workflows and desktop capture, and custom Enterprise pricing with SSO and advanced features. The free plan covers browser-based capture only. Desktop capture and branded exports require Pro.
If the current pricing page differs from the figures above, the pricing page is right and this page is four months behind. Our creator tool cost calculators will total a year of capture seats once you have today's numbers, and the Tango pricing breakdown carries the tier detail.
What Tango gives up
You give up video. Tango produces screenshots and text, so anything that needs motion, a voice or a demonstration of timing has to be made somewhere else, and a team that needs both formats pays for both tools.
You give up desktop capture on the free plan. Browser capture only was what our June check recorded, so documenting a desktop application starts at a $24 seat, which is $288 across a year.
You give up tidy captures. The extension records what you click, including the steps you did not mean to record, so every guide needs a pass to delete the strays and rewrite the generated descriptions.
You give up a cheap team. Per-seat pricing means five documenters is $120 a month at the June 2026 rate, which is $1,440 across a year, while Scribe's Pro Team seat was $17 a month on 6 October 2026 for a comparable job.
You give up a published annual rate. Our check recorded that annual billing is discounted and not by how much, so the only figure you can plan with from this page is $24 a month.
You give up permanence again. Guides describe an interface, and the interface changes, so a library of 200 captured workflows is a standing maintenance commitment rather than a finished asset.
Our pricing evidence is from 12 June 2026 and that is the weakest part of this page. Four months is long enough for the free plan's 15 workflows or 10 users to have changed, and those are the numbers a documentation plan rests on, so verify them first.
How Tango compares
The three tools below are the ones weighed against Tango, and the axis is screenshots against text and video. Prices are each vendor's own published rates with the date we checked them, and those dates differ. The wider field sits in the screen recording software category.
| Tool | Best for | Price | Where it breaks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tango | Visual screenshot guides captured from your clicks | Free (15 workflows), $24/user/mo Pro (June 2026) | No video, and desktop capture needs Pro |
| Scribe | Text-led guides with smaller screenshots | Free Basic, $17/seat/mo Pro Team (Oct 2026) | Less visual, and the cheapest team rate starts at 5 seats |
| Guidde | Narrated video built from the same kind of capture | Free (25 videos), $25/creator/mo Pro (June 2026) | Synthetic voice, and desktop capture needs Business |
| Loom | Recording the walkthrough in your own voice | Free Starter, $18/user/mo Business (Oct 2026) | Video is poor as a step-by-step reference |
What to test on the Tango free plan
Our 12 June 2026 check recorded 15 workflow captures and up to 10 users on the free plan, with browser capture only. Confirm those numbers first, because they are four months old and they set the size of the project you can run unpaid.
- Check the current free workflow and user caps on tango.ai/pricing. Our figures are from June 2026 and this is the step not to take on trust.
- Capture one messy real process rather than a clean demo, then count the strays you had to delete. That cleanup is the hidden cost of auto-capture.
- Send a finished guide to someone who has never done the task and watch them follow it. Screenshots either carry the job or they do not.
- Try a workflow that leaves the browser. Desktop capture sat on Pro at $24 per user a month in June 2026, so find out now whether you need it.
- Count the people who would capture guides, not the people who would read them. Five capturers is $120 a month at that rate.
- If the guides would work as text, price Scribe Pro Team at $17 a seat a month instead, verified 6 October 2026. If they would work better as video, price Guidde Pro at $25 a creator a month, verified 12 June 2026.
- Ask for the annual rate before prepaying, because our check recorded a discount without a figure, and the cost calculators will total the year once you have it.
Tango questions buyers ask
How much does Tango cost per month?
Tango offers a free plan (15 workflows, 10 users, browser capture), Pro at $24/user/month with unlimited workflows and desktop capture, and custom Enterprise pricing. Annual billing offers a discount. Only guide creators need paid seats. Viewers can access guides for free.
Does Tango have a free plan?
Yes. Tango's free plan supports up to 10 users in a workspace with 15 workflow captures. It includes browser-based capture via the Chrome extension and basic sharing. The main limitations are the 15-workflow cap, browser-only capture (no desktop apps), and no branded exports.
Who is Tango best for?
Tango is best for operations teams, IT departments, and knowledge managers who document software processes regularly. It excels at creating onboarding guides, SOPs, and training materials for browser-based workflows. It is less suited for teams that need video walkthroughs, creative content, or documentation for complex multi-app processes.
Tango vs Scribe: which is better?
Both auto-capture processes, but the output differs. Tango produces more visual guides with larger annotated screenshots. Scribe produces more text-focused documents with smaller screenshots. Scribe's team pricing is cheaper: Pro Team was $17 a seat a month, or $13 a seat billed annually from five seats, when Scribe's pricing was verified on 6 October 2026, against Tango Pro at $24 per user a month as recorded on 12 June 2026. Tango's free plan covers 15 workflows for up to 10 users. Choose Tango for visual guides; choose Scribe for text-heavy documentation.
What does Tango integrate with?
Tango integrates with Notion, Confluence, Google Docs, Zendesk, Intercom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. The magic copy feature lets you paste formatted guides into any tool that accepts HTML. Tango's Nuggets feature can overlay interactive walkthroughs directly inside web applications your team uses.
Can Tango capture desktop applications?
Only on the Pro plan ($24/user/month). The free plan is limited to browser-based capture via the Chrome or Edge extension. Pro includes a desktop app for Mac and Windows that captures any application on your screen. If your workflows involve desktop software, you need Pro from the start.
What export options does Tango offer?
Tango guides can be shared via link, exported to PDF, HTML, or Markdown, and pasted as formatted content into Notion, Confluence, Google Docs, and other platforms. The Pro plan adds branded exports with your logo and colors. There is no native video export since Tango produces screenshot-based guides, not video.
Can teams collaborate in Tango?
Yes. Tango workspaces let team members create, edit, and share guides. Viewers do not need paid seats. The Pro plan adds analytics on guide views and engagement. Enterprise adds SSO, advanced permissions, and admin controls. The main collaboration gap is that there are no inline comments or approval workflows within guides.
Is Tango worth the money?
At $24 per user a month on our 12 June 2026 check, which is $288 a seat across a year, Tango is worth it if you create step-by-step guides regularly and the auto-capture saves you writing them by hand. If you document occasionally, the free plan's 15 workflows may cover it, and Scribe's Pro Team seat was cheaper at $17 a month when Scribe's pricing was verified on 6 October 2026.
Can I cancel Tango anytime?
Yes. Tango subscriptions can be cancelled at any time. Monthly plans end at the close of the current billing cycle. Guides you have already created remain accessible in the workspace after cancellation as long as the workspace exists. Annual plans are billed upfront and do not prorate refunds for unused months.