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Anonymous Trial

screenci record needs no account or SCREENCI_SECRET to try. Without one, a recording uploads under a local, anonymous trial session: the CLI prints a link to view the result, and you sign up afterward to keep it. Recording an anonymous trial agrees to the Terms, which record prints before it starts.

What the trial includes

An anonymous trial gets a full preview of ScreenCI, including two Business-tier narration features, so you can judge the best of what a paid plan unlocks before creating an account:

  • Expressive narration (style prompts and tone control) is allowed outright.
  • Multiple narration languages: up to 3 languages at once, well above the single-language limit that Free and Starter carry after signup (see One language per plan), but short of Business’s unlimited languages.

Every trial render carries a ScreenCI watermark, the same as any render on an account without an active paid plan.

Trial limits

An anonymous trial gives up to three screenci record calls, each capped further within that call:

  • Three recording calls. You can run screenci record up to three times on the trial. After each successful call the CLI prints how many recordings are left. Once all three are used (or the trial session expires), a further screenci record stops before it starts and prints a sign-up link instead of recording again.
  • Up to 3 videos and screenshots in each call.
  • Up to 3 narration languages at once, combined across everything in a call.
  • 1080p maximum resolution. 4K output requires signing up for the Business tier.

Each of these prints a specific reason when it is hit (which limit, and what to do next), rather than a generic rejection.

After you sign up

Signing in claims the trial into your account: its projects, videos, and versions become part of your organization. New accounts start on the Free plan automatically, with the same one-language limit as Starter.

Renders you make on a paid plan after signing up are watermark free. Renders that were made during the trial keep their watermark: upgrading does not automatically re-render existing trial videos. Re-record (or re-render) a video on your paid plan whenever you want a watermark-free version of it.

What’s next

  • Languages to learn how multi-language rendering works once you are signed up.
  • Narration for expressive voices, style prompts, and tone control.
  • CLI for the full record command reference.