Overview

CANVID is screen recording software for Windows and Mac aimed at teams and creators who make product demos, tutorials, customer support walkthroughs and quick internal updates. It captures the screen, webcam, microphone and system audio, then helps polish the result in the same workflow, so that rough captures need little manual editing.

AI features

CANVID detects every click and automatically zooms the frame, so your clicks effectively become keyframes and most of the editing happens while you record. AI voice clarity removes hum, echo and background noise from the microphone track with one click. Webcam background tools blur, swap or remove your backdrop without a green screen. Instant captions generate subtitles that you can edit like plain text. These features run on either cloud or on-device AI.

Recording and editing

You can record at up to 4K on Windows and on Mac with Apple Silicon, using hardware or fallback software encoding. Microphone and system audio can be toggled independently before or after recording. After you stop, you can trim clips, adjust the automatic zooms and tweak captions in CANVID's own timeline. Keyboard shortcuts and cursor styles adapt to each platform.

Sharing

Quick Share renders the clip, uploads it to your CANVID cloud space and copies a view-only link to the clipboard for Slack, LinkedIn, X, YouTube or email. CANVID positions itself as a Loom alternative that records natively on both platforms.

Pricing

There is a $75 one-time Lifetime licence that includes lifetime updates and 1GB of cloud storage, or an $84 per year subscription with unlimited storage and access to cloud AI features. Larger teams can contact CANVID for volume pricing.

Use cases

The site highlights product update demos, tutorial channels, support replies sent as a link to close a ticket, and internal hand-offs where a developer can replay a bug instead of joining a call. CANVID says it is trusted by more than 5,000 makers.

Things to consider

CANVID currently needs an internet connection to sign in and run, because the interface and cloud services load from its servers; an offline mode is being tested but is not available yet. The Lifetime licence's 1GB of storage fills quickly if you share many videos, so consider exporting locally. Check recordings for sensitive information on screen, such as emails or keys, before sharing a link.