NorthwindYour first week, in three minutes
Camtasia alternative for training teams
Camtasia alternative: training video without filming
Turn a doc, deck or SOP into an AI-presented training video, or capture a software walkthrough in your browser. Change a line of text instead of re-recording.
Bring a real document to the demo. Leave with a first draft.
4.6 on G2 from 500+ reviewsXylem Kendall
Updated when the regulation changes
Anytime there's a change in regulation, process, or procedure, we can adapt our training very quickly without relying on a film crew.
★★★★★
Multilingual training in minutes
Colossyan Creator is a cost-effective, user-friendly tool that allows our global team to produce interactive, multilingual training videos in just minutes.
Paramount
10 hours of meetings replaced a month
We've been able to replace an average of 10 hours of walkthrough meetings every month by generating a Colossyan video.
Sonesta
Easy updates, real savings
The ease of content update and cost savings are remarkable.
Mentor Group
90% lower video production cost
Scaling and maintaining content has been cost-prohibiting, but with Colossyan, we were able to cut around 90% of our video production costs.
DSV
Better new hire training
The AI technology they've built into their software is truly cutting-edge and has significantly improved our new hire training program productivity.
An AI agent, plus everything
a real production needs.
Give Cora your existing policies, decks or SOPs and get a complete video plan back in minutes, with every scene yours to review and approve. Then ship it in 120+ languages, wrap it into a full course, or make it interactive, without opening another tool.
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START FROM A SOURCE
From source to video.
Cora reads your handbook, deck or help page, writes the script and lays out each scene. Nothing renders until you approve it. Start from a PDF, a PowerPoint or a web page.
AI Video Generator
New Joiner Onboarding
NorthwindYour first week, in three minutes
Our journey so far
Script Northwind was founded in 2014, and today we are 2,000 people across eleven countries.You will meet many of them in week one.How we work
Script Three working agreements shape every team here: write things down, ship small, and ask early.setupTue13Wed14Meet
buddyThu15Fri16First
ticket
Your first week
Script Monday is setup, Wednesday you shadow your buddy, and by Friday you will own your first ticket.
Where to get help
Script Three people have your back from day one: Sam, Laura and Daniel.Reach out to any of them, any time.
Hello there,
I'm Cora. Let's turn your documents and ideas into videos.
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120+ LANGUAGES
Every language, one recording.
Pick a language and the voice, captions and lip-sync follow, across the video, the on-screen text and every interaction. Same presenter, same timing, translated into 120+ languages.
Translation
US
Hi, I am Riley, and I will be your guide for the next three minutes.
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ONBOARDINGWelcome to
NorthwindYour first week, in three minutes
NorthwindYour first week, in three minutes
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FULL COURSES, NOT JUST CLIPS
Full courses, SCORM-ready.
Build modules, knowledge checks and pass marks in Colossyan Learn, then export SCORM to your LMS. When a policy changes, you update the lesson instead of rebuilding the course.
Colossyan Learn
LESSON 1 · START SECURE
Build secure defaults from day one
Learn the simple habits that protect your accounts, messages, and devices throughout the workday.
Most breaches start with an ordinary moment, a reused password, a link that looked internal, a laptop left unlocked. This lesson covers the defaults that remove those moments from your day.
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INTERACTIVE VIDEO
Video people can click.
Add branching scenarios, quizzes and clickable action buttons to the same video. Every choice reports back to your LMS as a tracked event.
Interactive video
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Hi, I am Riley, and I will be your guide for the next three minutes.
ONBOARDINGWelcome to
NorthwindYour first week, in three minutes
NorthwindYour first week, in three minutes
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The short version
Which one fits your team?
Choose
Camtasia
- You want deep desktop timeline editing, offline work or IT-managed installs (MSI, Intune, Citrix)
- You mainly need low-cost screen recording and step guides (Starter is $39 a year)
- Simple quizzes and SCORM are enough, and Essentials at $179.88 a year covers them
Choose
- Your training starts as documents, decks or SOPs, not recordings
- You want updates to be a script edit in one editor, not work across three apps
- You need branching video and full courses, with video in 120+ languages
Compare
Colossyan vs Camtasia, side by side
| Camtasia |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Video | ||
| Starting point | Screen, camera and audio recording | Document, deck, URL, script or video |
| Screen recording | Desktop 4K multitrack, plus a 1080p browser recorder | In-app recorder and Chrome/Edge extension, 1080p |
| Step-by-step capture | Snagit Step Capture, converts to video since Aug 2026 | Each click becomes a scene the learner clicks through |
| AI avatars | 49+ stock avatars, Pro plan or standalone Audiate | Stock avatars on every plan, or your own from footage |
| Courses & tracking | ||
| Quizzes | 4 question types, Essentials plan and up | Quizzes in video and in courses, on every plan |
| Branching | No branching feature found (hotspots can jump) | Up to 4 paths per branching scene |
| Course builder | No multi-lesson course builder found | Cora builds a full course from your files |
| SCORM | Essentials plan and up; version not documented | Video 1.2 and 2004, courses 1.2; from Professional |
| Localise & keep current | ||
| Translation | 7 languages, Pro plan only | Video: 120+ languages with lip sync, every plan |
| Update after a UI change | New Snagit screenshot, fix line in Audiate, rebuild in Editor | Edit the script line or swap the screenshot, regenerate |
| Security & plans | ||
| Team licence | $198 per user a year; generative AI needs Audiate | Professional $59/mo billed yearly, up to 3 editors |
| SSO and SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type 2; SSO and SCIM "coming soon" | SOC 2 Type II; SAML and OIDC SSO on Enterprise |
Prices in USD, billed yearly unless stated. Colossyan facts from our plans and help centre.
What one platform replaces
3 line items, or one platform
One platform instead of a recorder plus an authoring tool and a translation vendor.
With Camtasia
Line item 1A course authoring tool for multi-lesson courses
Line item 2A translation vendor beyond 7 languages
Line item 3Audiate licences for AI voices on team plans
With Colossyan
- AI video with presenters
- Courses and quiz pages
- Quizzes and branching video
- SCORM export
- 120+ languages
Training goes out of date faster than you can build it.
Most teams still juggle an authoring tool, a video tool and a translation agency, so every update means starting over. Teams on Colossyan draft in an afternoon, keep the final say on every scene, and update without rebuilding. Here's how Paramount, AmeriSave and others made the switch.
Media
10 hrs
of meetings replaced every month
“Reducing time in meetings, especially in a hybrid environment, has been a huge time and cost saver.”
Carmine ValenteVP of Information Security
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Hospitality
80%
reduction in video production costs
“…translation capabilities have revolutionized our training processes…”
Kristin BroadheadDirector of Learning & Development
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Financial services
70%
reduction in video production costs
“…creating a short video took around 4 hours. Now, it’s only an hour…”
Steffen HartungTrainer & Business Coach
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Insurance
2–3x
faster communication than email
“For me, Colossyan makes communication 2, or even 3 times faster.”
Rick SerranoHead of Strategy & People Transformation
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Logistics
50%
more efficient onboarding
“…significantly improved our new hire training program productivity.”
Franklina TawiahHR Project Manager
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Healthcare
80–90%
time and cost savings on video production
“…we can now deliver neuroscientific training 80–90% quicker…”
Torsten SeelbachFounder
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Financial services
50%
time saved on video content creation
“…training material that never goes obsolete.”
Magesh SarmaChief Information Officer
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The platform
Everything your training needs,
Everything your training needs,
in one place.
AgentAI speed, human-quality control
VideoUnbeatable engagement
CoursesComplete training programs
AI video translator
Instantly translate videos into 120+ languages
Adapt your training videos into different languages, so every team gets the same content in the language they work in. Same presenter, same timing, new voice and lip sync.
Moving over
Switching from Camtasia
What comes with you
- Scripts, slide decks and SOPs: Cora drafts video from them
- Caption exports (.txt) as ready-made scripts
- MP4 recordings as Cora sources (it uses the audio transcript)
What we do
- We rebuild one of your videos with you in the demo
- Enterprise: a dedicated customer success manager
Plans and pricing
Plans that scale with your team
Start free, upgrade when you need more minutes and seats.
Starter
For individual content creators
Free$27/mo
No credit card required
- All Colossyan AI avatars
- 20 video minutes/mo with NEO
- 15 custom avatars + 3 voices
- Brand kits
- 10 interactive videos/mo
- 15 auto-translations/mo
- Unlimited viewers
- Unlimited course creation
Professional
For professionals or small teams
$59/mo
+$30/mo per additional member
Editors
- Everything in Starter, plus
- 30 min/mo with NEO + 10 min/mo with NEO2
- AI image generation
- Watermark removal
- Unlimited MP4 downloads
- 5 SCORM exports/mo
- Up to 3 members + workspaces
Enterprise
Companies scaling training and enablement
Let's talk
Custom pricing for your org
- Unlimited video minutes, all models
- Unlimited custom avatars + voices
- Unlimited SCORM export, streaming + self-contained
- Unlimited auto-translations
- Custom studio avatars + branded avatars
- Analytics
- SSO/SAML, EU or US data residency
- Priority support 24/7 + dedicated CSM
| Capability | Starter | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Preparation | |||
| AI video and course creator | |||
| Course outline editor | |||
| PPT, PDF import | |||
| 2. Creation | |||
| Stock avatars | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ |
| Stock voices | 700+ | 700+ | 700+ |
| Video minutes with NEO | 20/mo | 30/mo | Unlimited |
| Video minutes with NEO2 | 0.5/mo | 10/mo | Unlimited |
| Custom avatars | 15 | 20 | Unlimited |
| Cloned voices | 3 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Interactive videos | 10/mo | 15/mo | Unlimited |
| Course creation | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Templates | |||
| Custom templates | |||
| Brand kits | |||
| Pronunciation library | |||
| Stock media assets | |||
| AI image generation | |||
| Screen recorder | |||
| Subtitles | |||
| Branded avatars | |||
| Conversational avatars | 1,000 min | ||
| Custom studio avatars | 1 included | ||
| API access | 360 min/yr | Custom | |
| 3. Review and Collaboration | |||
| Unlimited viewers | |||
| Maximum editor seats | 1 | 3 | Custom |
| Shared workspaces | |||
| Commenting | |||
| Draft and video sharing | |||
| Team permissions | |||
| 4. Localisation | |||
| Auto-translations | 15/mo | 20/mo | Unlimited |
| Language variants | |||
| 120+ supported languages | |||
| 5. Publish | |||
| Course SCORM export | 0 | 5/mo | Unlimited |
| Video SCORM export | 0 | 5/mo | Unlimited |
| Video resolution | Up to 1080p | Up to 1080p | Up to 4k |
| Watermark removal | |||
| Custom branded share page | |||
| HTML embedding | |||
| Multilingual videos | |||
| Video analytics | |||
| 6. Support and Security | |||
| Knowledgebase | |||
| Priority support 24/7 | |||
| Dedicated CSM | |||
| Custom SSO/SAML | |||
| EU or US Data residency | |||
Prices in USD.
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
Enterprise-grade by default.
4.6 on G2 from 500+ reviewsRed Dot Design Award winner 2025
SOC 2 Type II
Independently audited controls for security, availability and confidentiality.
GDPR compliant
Your data is processed and stored in line with EU data-protection standards.
Data privacy first
Your content is never used to train our models. You stay in control.
Enterprise SSO
SAML single sign-on and role-based access for your whole organization.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Yes. Colossyan Starter is free with no credit card. It includes the in-app screen recorder, the Screen Capture extension for Chrome and Edge, AI avatars, interactive quizzes and auto-translation. MP4 download and SCORM export start on Professional. Camtasia also offers a free editor download, with paid plans from $39 a year.
In Camtasia you swap in a fresh Snagit screenshot or regenerate a narration line in Audiate, then drop it back into the Editor timeline. In Colossyan the narration is the script: edit the line, replace the screenshot in the same editor and regenerate. Translated versions re-sync from the main video.
No, neither is an LMS. Camtasia exports SCORM into your existing LMS from its Essentials plan. Colossyan does the same from Professional: videos export as SCORM 1.2 or 2004 and courses as SCORM 1.2, reporting completion, pass or fail and score. Colossyan also builds the course itself, which Camtasia does not.
Yes. Colossyan Starter is free with no credit card. It includes 20 minutes of video a month, AI avatars, quizzes and branching in up to 10 interactive videos a month, auto-translation and unlimited course creation. MP4 download and SCORM export start on Professional, at $59 a month billed yearly.
Colossyan holds a SOC 2 Type II report, shared under NDA, and is GDPR compliant. Data is encrypted with TLS 1.3 in transit and AES-256 at rest, and customer content is not used to train AI models. Enterprise adds SAML or OIDC single sign-on and a dedicated customer success manager.
It is a 30-minute call with our team. Bring a real document, deck or SOP and we build a first draft of a training video from it while you watch. Then we cover quizzes, translation, LMS export and your security questions, and you leave with a scoped plan for your team.
See it on your own content
Bring a document, deck or SOP. Watch it become a training video. Leave with a scoped plan.
