Cap and Dailies overlap more than most recorders do. Cap is an open-source screen recorder: in its Studio Mode, screen, camera and microphone each get their own track, its editor outputs vertical 9:16 video, and its captions are burned in with the active word highlighted. What it leaves to you is the edit: you start the recording, then trim, split and arrange it by hand. Dailies is a Chrome extension that records the call you hold on Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Zoom and does that part itself: it picks up to eight passages, cuts their silences, filler words and false starts, reframes them on whoever speaks and captions them. Cap gives you the tools. Dailies gives you the shorts.
Checked against Cap’s own site on October 1, 2026.
Dailies
For people who want the shorts from their client calls picked, cut and captioned for them, with no editing session afterwards.
Cap
For people who want an open-source recorder for demos and walkthroughs, with local recording, an editor of their own and the option to self-host.
| Feature | Dailies | Cap |
|---|---|---|
| Records Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls itself | YesIn Chrome, on the call you were going to hold anyway | PartlyAs a screen recording with system audio, a use its docs name for video calls |
| Records without a bot joining the call | YesFrom your browser | YesA desktop app records on your computer |
| Records your webcam on a track of its own | YesYour camera and microphone, apart from the call’s picture | YesIn Studio Mode, screen, camera and microphone each get their own track |
| Picks the passages worth posting by itself | YesUp to eight per call | NoBy hand: its editor trims, splits and reorders |
| Makes vertical 9:16 shorts, reframed on whoever speaks | Yes | PartlyVertical 9:16 output, scenes set to camera only or split screen; no automatic reframing on a speaker found |
| Burns in animated captions | YesFifteen styles | YesStyled and burned in, the active word highlighted; a beta according to its docs |
| Cuts silences, filler words and false starts | Yes | NoIts features page lists an Auto-Edit that removes silences as coming soon |
| Blurs or replaces the room behind you | Yes | Not stated |
| Blurs your guests and disguises their voice | YesOne switch | PartlyA mask blurs or pixelates a face but does not follow a moving person; a voice change is not stated |
| Handles calls in French | YesFrench and English, mixed included | Not statedCaptions in 19 languages; we did not read the list |
| Writes meeting notes, summaries and action items | NoDailies makes shorts, not minutes | PartlyInstant Mode writes a title, a summary, chapters and a transcript |
| Works on any video file you upload | NoOnly the calls it records | PartlyIts docs mention MP4 import; it is built around its own recordings |
| Posts or schedules to social networks for you | NoYou download each short in Full HD and post it yourself | Not statedA share link, or an export to MP4 or GIF; social posting is not stated |
Cap is an open-source screen recorder, which can be self-hosted, with three modes: instant share links, a local Studio recording with a built-in editor, and screenshots. Its desktop app, for macOS and Windows with a Linux download listed, records a display, a window or an area, with camera, microphone and system audio; its docs give recording video calls, to capture both sides of the conversation, as a use of system audio. In Studio Mode, screen, camera and microphone each get their own track. The editor trims, splits and reorders, and outputs wide, vertical 9:16, square and other formats; scenes switch a stretch of the timeline to camera only, split screen or floating cards. Captions are transcribed on your machine in 19 languages, can be corrected and styled, and are burned in with the active word highlighted; its docs call this tool a beta. Cap also offers custom backgrounds, cursor effects, animated text, and masks that blur or pixelate an area. Instant Mode writes a title, a summary, chapters and a transcript. An automatic edit that removes silences is listed as coming soon.
With Cap, you do. You start the recording, then trim, split and reorder in its editor, and choose which stretches show the camera alone or a split screen. We found no automatic selection of passages on the pages we read, and its features page lists an Auto-Edit that removes silences as coming soon. Dailies edits by itself: it picks up to eight passages per call, removes silences, filler words and false starts, and gives each short a line that says which question it answers.
Cap’s docs name video calls as a use of system audio, to capture both sides of the conversation. The call is then part of a screen recording you started, and your guest is part of the screen’s picture. Cap’s automatic zoom follows recorded clicks; we found no automatic reframing on a speaker. Dailies records the tab of the Meet, Teams or Zoom call and crops your guest’s tile on their face, so a short shows whoever speaks, full screen. Both keep your camera on a track of its own, Cap in its Studio Mode, and neither sends a bot into the call.
Cap has masks: you drop one over a password, an email or a face and choose blur or pixelate. Its docs say a mask does not automatically follow a moving window, field or person, and we found no voice change on the pages we read. Dailies has one switch that blurs your guests and disguises their voice in every short.
Recording any display, window or area, instant share links with comments and reactions, screenshots, an editor of your own with scenes, cursor effects and custom backgrounds, exports to MP4 or GIF, open-source code and self-hosting. Dailies does none of that: it records only the calls you hold in Chrome and does not edit a video you upload. Its shorts are downloaded in Full HD.
Yes, as a screen recording. Its docs name recording video calls, to capture both sides of the conversation, as a use of system audio, alongside your camera and microphone. You start the recording yourself, and the call is the picture of your screen. Dailies records Meet, Teams and Zoom’s web client from Chrome and frames your guest from their tile.
Yes. Its editor outputs vertical 9:16 among other formats, and scenes can switch a stretch of the timeline to camera only or split screen. Its captions are transcribed on your machine in 19 languages, styled and burned in with the active word highlighted; its docs call the captions tool a beta. We did not read the list of languages, so French is not confirmed.
Not yet for silences, by its own account: its features page lists an Auto-Edit that removes silences and improves pacing as coming soon. We found no automatic selection of passages on the pages we read. Dailies does both on every call it records.
No. Dailies records no demo or walkthrough: it makes captioned vertical shorts from the calls you hold in Chrome on Meet, Teams or Zoom. For a screen recording you want to edit and share yourself, a recorder such as Cap is the right kind of tool.
Add Dailies to Chrome, record the call you were going to have anyway, and watch its shorts a few minutes after you hang up.
Add to ChromeWhat this page says of Cap comes from the pages below, published by its maker and read on October 1, 2026. Where its site says nothing, the table says “not stated” rather than “no”. Products change: write to hello@berenger.dev if something here is out of date. Cap is a trademark of its owner, which has no link with Dailies.