Comparison

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Whale and Scribe?

Do you need a step recorder? Or a comprehensive tool to align your teams on processes?

Comparing the two tools

Choosing the right tool for process documentation and team training is essential for organizational efficiency. Whale and Scribe are both notable solutions in this space, but they cater to different needs.

Whale is a comprehensive software platform with multiple features for process documentation and training, including a step recorder, screen recorder, AI assist, and automated workflows. In contrast, Scribe focuses primarily on being a step recorder, ideal for creating quick, step-by-step guides. This makes Whale the superior choice for organizations looking to centralize and streamline their documentation and training efforts.

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Ease of use

Customer Support

Interface Complexity 

Automated Workflows

Initial Setup Time

Learning Curve

Content Creation Tools

Artificial Intelligence

Integrations

Mobile Accessibility

Analytics and Reporting

Custom Branding

User Permissions

Pricing

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Intuitive design

Exceptional, highly responsive

Simple and intuitive

Included

Quick

Short

Comprehensive

Integrated

Wide range of tools

Native app

Advanced

Supported

Available

Granular

  • Free Plan
  • Essentials Plan: $8 per user per month
  • Scale Plan: $10 per user per month
  • Enterprise Plan: $1200 per month for 100 users

Find more info on Whale’s pricing here

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User-friendly (just for guides)

Slow, often unresponsive

Complex for advanced use

Lacks advanced workflows

Quick

Short

Excellent (just for guides)

AI-powered for guides

Limited

Native app

Basic

Supported

Available

Granular

  • Free Plan
  • Pro team: $12 per user per month
  • Pro personal: $23 per user per month
  • Enterprise: pricing upon request

Ease of use (G2)

Intuitive design

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

User-friendly (just for guides)

Customer Support

Exceptional, highly responsive

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Slow, often unresponsive

Interface Complexity

Simple and intuitive

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Complex for advanced use

Automated Workflows

Included

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Lacks advanced workflows

Initial Setup Time

Quick

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Quick

Learning Curve

Short

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Short

Content Creation Tools

Comprehensive

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Excellent (just for guides)

Artificial Intelligence

Integrated

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

AI-powered for guides

Integrations

Wide range of tools

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Limited

Mobile Accessibility

Native app

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Native app

Analytics and Reporting

Advanced

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Basic

Custom Branding

Supported

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Supported

Available

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Available

User Permissions

Granular

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.

Granular

Pricing

  • Free Plan
  • Essentials Plan: $8 per user per month
  • Scale Plan: $10 per user per month
  • Enterprise Plan: $1200 per month for 100 users

Find more info on Whale’s pricing here

A logo featuring three horizontal red rectangles of varying lengths, aligned to form a diagonal pattern, ideal for representing streamlined onboarding processes.
  • Free Plan
  • Pro team: $12 per user per month
  • Pro personal: $23 per user per month
  • Enterprise: pricing upon request

Diving deeper

Features

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Whale offers a robust suite of features designed to enhance process documentation and training. Key features include automated workflows, screen recording, AI assist, and seamless integrations with tools like Slack and Google Workspace. The standout advantage of Whale is its comprehensive approach, making documentation actionable and ensuring team members consistently follow the correct procedures.

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Scribe excels at creating step-by-step guides quickly and efficiently using AI to capture screenshots and add annotations. While Scribe is excellent for creating guides, it lacks Whale’s broader functionality, such as automated workflows, real-time collaboration, and AI-driven insights for process improvement.

Ease of use

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Whale is praised for its user-friendly design and intuitive interface, making it easy for new users to onboard and navigate. G2 reviews frequently highlight its straightforward setup and minimal learning curve.

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Scribe is also user-friendly, with users appreciating its simplicity in creating guides. However, some reviews mention that it can be less intuitive for managing more complex documentation and integrations.

Customer Support

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Whale is known for excellent customer support, with quick response times and helpful assistance. Users frequently highlight the support team’s efficiency and willingness to assist with any issues.

Whale also provides Coaching & Training services, and a Migration service. 

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Scribe offers good customer support, but some users have reported slower response times and less comprehensive support compared to Whale.

Pricing

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Free Plan: Available

Essentials Plan: $8 per user per month

Scale Plan: $10 per user per month

Enterprise Plan: $1200 per month for 100 users

Find more info on Whale’s pricing here

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Free Plan: Not available

Pro team: $12 per user per month

Pro personal: $23 per user per month

Enterprise: pricing upon request

Why others switched to Whale

More support

Rated ‘Best Support’

Expect quick answers on your questions, top notch coaching sessions and help with migrating your existing documentation to Whale.

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More ease of use

Rated ‘Easiest to Use’

Clients switch from other providers to Whale mostly because of our more user-friendly environment, making it easy for any team member to document, train or get trained.

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More speed

Rated ‘High Performer’

We understand that documenting processes takes work. Everything we provide in and around our platform is aimed at making the heavy lifting lighter, and shortening the time to value.

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Whale surpasses Scribe in functionality, offering way more than just step recording.​

If you’re looking for a tool where you could step record, screen record, automate onboarding with processes, train your teams with quizzes….and more, then you need Whale!

What clients say about us on

Whether you’re a team of 5 or 205, and you have a bunch of SOPs lying around or are completely new to the documentation game.

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Next to their very competitive pricing, their support is from out of this world. We used other tools before, but we left a bit hanging in the past regarding the support piece. Stino & his team are always available whenever we have a query which is amazing!”

Jonas M., Small-Business (50 or fewer employees)

We find Whale easy and intuitive to set up, navigate, and use, and the customer support has been AMAZING. Even though we are still onboarding—and so do not yet have our final structure in place—we can already find any process document within a few seconds (using Whale’s handy search feature).”

Verified User in Financial Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer employees)

“Whale is very user-friendly and has pre-built templates that make design and flow seamless! Automated reminders make it easy to keep important information up to date for staff in our change-oriented organization.

Julie H., Mid-Market (51-1000 employees)

The platform is easy to use and even easier to keep up to date. I love their search features, the widget (you can search and find without leaving your current window) and the automations.”

Julianne W., VP of Operations, Small-Business (50 or fewer employees)

Dedicated to Customer Success & Support

We make sure that each customer is onboarded exceptionally so that they can use the magic of Whale to it’s fullest. Our team will give you feedback on the best way to get started and best practices for documentation.

We offer a full migration service and will teach you our proven framework on how to create impactful documentation with no effort. Or you can simply enlist the help of one of our Certified partners to help you get it done. Book a demo and tell our team what you need!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

With Whale, you can get started in seconds. We offer a full migration service to get all your documents uploaded in no time at all.

Whale has a dedicated customer success team that supports new customers all the way from migrating their old documentation to creating new ones and using them to train new and current team members.

To start off with, Whale is free. Yup. That’s FREE with a capital ‘F’ for life. If you want to add functionality and team members you only pay for what you use. That means you only pay for the features you want and you only pay for the seats you use. You’ve literally got nothing to lose.

  • You’re looking for the fastest way to help you get your team aligned.
  • You want a solution that can help you document, train and onboard your team in zero time.
  • You want a platform that’s easy to use and to navigate.
  • You want to create automated training that can be personalized.
  • You’d like a centralized knowledge system that integrates into the apps where you and your team work.
  • You want to be able to get started with documentation and training in seconds.
  • You value outstanding customer onboarding and support.

An ocean of features behind the friendliest interface

Don’t hesitate to discover what all of the above looks like in the actual product, from our AI Assist to all things Analytics. Take a peek!

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