Tella vs Vimeo Comparison 2026
Both cover video hosting. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Screen recordings that look designed, not captured
Video hosting with a player nobody advertises on
At a glance
- Vimeo starts cheaper, at $12.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
- Vimeo bills annually only, so there is no month to try it for.
Side by side
Tella | Vimeo | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $13 | From $12 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing (they differ) | Monthly or annual | Annual only |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
Tella
Screen recordings that look designed, not captured
Tella records a screen and a camera and then does the thing that usually takes an editor: backgrounds, rounded corners, zooms that follow the cursor and clean cuts between takes. A product demo comes out looking like it was made on purpose rather than grabbed in one sitting. The output is a hosted video with its own link. Somebody who needs frame-level control will find the constraints exactly as constraining as they sound.
Our note
Buy Tella for the thing it refuses to let you do badly, which is ship an ugly demo. If your videos are already going through an editor, this replaces nothing and adds a subscription.
Only on this side
- Covers screen recording
Vimeo
Video hosting with a player nobody advertises on
Vimeo is where a video goes when it has to sit on your own site without YouTube's suggestions appearing over the end of it. The player is customisable, privacy controls are real, and the review tools are decent. Its audience discovery never materialised, so treat it as hosting rather than as a place people will find you.
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