Cursorful alternative
The Cursorful alternative that blurs client data for you
Cursorful is the best-known Chrome recorder with automatic zoom, and a good one. Glidecast starts from the same idea and makes two different choices: emails, amounts and passwords are blurred for you while you record, and the free plan exports your microphone, camera and captions.
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Glidecast or Cursorful?
Choose Glidecast if
- You show a CRM or a back office and want emails, amounts and passwords blurred automatically
- You narrate your demos and want voice, camera and captions without paying
- You want a smooth cursor in the browser, without a desktop app
- You use the free plan for client or paid work
Choose Cursorful if
- You record desktop apps, not only the browser
- You prefer a single payment: $79 per seat
- You need share links, cloud projects or editing as a team
- You want free 1080p exports without a watermark, for silent, non-commercial videos
Glidecast vs Cursorful, side by side
| Feature | Glidecast | Cursorful |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Chrome extension: Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS | Chrome extension; Mac and Windows apps with Pro |
| Paid plan | €6/month or €59/year; €49, then €69, once (founder licence) | $79 once per seat (Pro) |
| Free plan | Yes: recording and editing, 720p export with a small watermark | Non-commercial use: 1080p, no watermark; exports without microphone, camera or captions |
| Auto-zoom on clicks | Yes, free | Yes, free, in the browser |
| Smooth cursor | Yes, with a ripple on clicks | Pro desktop app |
| Automatic captions | Yes, on your computer | Pro, on your computer |
| Blur sensitive data | Yes, automatic, remembered per site | Blur regions set in the editor |
| Webcam background | Blur or colour behind you | Blur or removal (Pro) |
| Where recordings live | On your computer only | On your computer; optional cloud links |
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Why people look for a Cursorful alternative
- Its free plan is for non-commercial use, and its exports leave out the microphone, the camera and captions.
- Smoothed cursor movement needs its Pro desktop app, for Windows and Apple silicon Macs; there is no Linux desktop app.
- Its pages list blur regions placed in the editor, and no automatic blurring of emails, amounts or passwords.
Glidecast and the 5 main alternatives
| Feature | Glidecast | Screen Studio | Loom | Awesome Screenshot | Screenity | Cursorful |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Chrome extension: Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS | Mac app only | Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension | Chrome extension | Chrome extension, open source | Chrome extension; Mac and Windows apps with Pro |
| Paid plan | €6/month or €59/year; €49, then €69, once (founder licence) | $29/month, or $9/month billed yearly | $18 per user/month (Business) | $6/month billed yearly, or $8 monthly (Professional) | $10/month (Pro) | $79 once per seat (Pro) |
| Free plan | Yes: recording and editing, 720p export with a small watermark | No free plan listed | 25 videos, 5 minutes each, 720p | 20 cloud recordings in 720p; local ones up to 5 minutes | Yes; recordings stay on your device | Non-commercial use: 1080p, no watermark; exports without microphone, camera or captions |
| Auto-zoom on clicks | Yes, free | ✓ | — | — | Pro editor | Yes, free, in the browser |
| Smooth cursor | Yes, with a ripple on clicks | ✓ | — | — | Spotlight | Pro desktop app |
| Automatic captions | Yes, on your computer | Optional, in the cloud | AI titles and summaries | — | — | Pro, on your computer |
| Blur sensitive data | Yes, automatic, remembered per site | Fixed masks | Business plan and up | — | Live blur while recording | Blur regions set in the editor |
| Webcam background | Blur or colour behind you | Cut-out and backgrounds | Virtual backgrounds | — | — | Blur or removal (Pro) |
| Where recordings live | On your computer only | On your Mac; share links upload | In Loom’s cloud | Its cloud, or your computer | Your device; cloud with Pro | On your computer; optional cloud links |
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Questions
Is Cursorful free?
Yes, for non-commercial use: its free plan exports in 1080p without a watermark, and its site says those exports leave out the microphone, camera and captions. Glidecast’s free plan includes all three, with exports up to 720p and a small watermark.
How do the prices compare?
Cursorful Pro is a single payment of $79 per seat. Glidecast Pro is €6 a month or €59 a year, and the founder licence is €49 once for the first 50 buyers, then €69.
Does Glidecast record desktop apps?
It records a window or your whole screen through Chrome. Automatic zoom and the smooth cursor work in browser tabs; Cursorful has desktop apps for Mac and Windows in its Pro plan.
Do my recordings stay on my computer?
With both, yes. Glidecast has no cloud at all: recording, captions and export run in your browser. Cursorful also renders on your device, and uploads only when you use a cloud feature such as a share link.
Competitor facts come from their own websites, read between 2 and 11 November 2026; prices are theirs, in their currency, and may have changed since. Cursorful, Screen Studio, Loom, Awesome Screenshot and Screenity are trademarks of their owners. Glidecast is not affiliated with them.
Sources: Cursorful · Screen Studio · Loom · Awesome Screenshot · Screenity