The best alternative to Scribe
When documentation isn’t enough, teams choose Tango for in-app guidance and automation to hit their enablement goals.
See why sophisticated teams go with Tango.
Tango and Scribe strengths
Consider which advantages matter most.
Tango strengths
Scribe strengths
Award-winning product for ease-of use and design
Precise instructional boxes in screenshots and walkthroughs to guide users to correct actions
Ability to pin guides in-app (Pins) and leave tips, links, and comments across any web-based app for users to see (Nuggets)
Guided in-app walkthroughs for training and re-training right there where people work
Turn any process into real-time automations when ready
Pinpoint process usage and improvement opportunities with granular, step-level analytics that track step completion even without manual signals from users
Auto-generate detailed descriptions with the desktop app
Convert screenshots to GIFs
Create and manage multi-nested folders and templates
Organize multiple guides for the same tool, project, or procedure in one document
Leverage crowd-sourced workflows for popular apps from the Scribe community
Review and sign off on standard operating procedures (approvals)
Why Choose Tango?
You care about people using documentation as much as creating it.
Tango Guide Me
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Tango Pins & Nuggets
Pin guides inside your work apps right where employees will need them
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Easily leave tooltips inside your apps for tips, watchouts, and links to additional resources
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Tango Agents
Bring processes to life as guided in-app walkthroughs
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No one wants to spend 15 minutes reading about a process when they could use that time to actually do the process.
See for yourself
Tango vs. Scribe: Which is best for you
Learn why teams choose Tango over Scribe
Why Choose Scribe?
You need to create documentation and have a new place to store it.
You’re a small team that just needs quick how-to screenshots
You don't need in-application guidance or automation.
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You’re okay with traditional doc and link enablement
Save time writing up text-based explanations. Add context to complex processes.
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Key Differences
Both tools will help you create step-by-step guides quickly and easily.
What makes them different?
What makes them different?
Unique features
Once you’ve created your guides, what can you do with ease?
Scribe
Organize and look for guides within Scribe. Scribe becomes your knowledge base.
Tango
Pin guides and tips directly in the software where people work.
End user experience
How will each tool help your end users get unstuck?
Scribe
Knowledge pages. Side-by-side instructions.
Tango
In-app guided walkthroughs, tips, and process automation assistance.
Product roadmap
Where are engineering dollars going?
Scribe
Knowledge Base (capable of replacing Confluence, SharePoint, Notion, etc.) and always-on process discovery (Scribe Optimize).
Tango
In-app Enablement + automation to help people do their best work.
What’s in it for you
What kind of business impact will you be able to drive?
Scribe
Document processes faster and centralize text-based reference material.
Tango
Document processes faster and improve process adoption/software ROI and productivity.
In six months with Tango, we improved access
to knowledge by 20% and employee satisfaction by 25%.
to knowledge by 20% and employee satisfaction by 25%.
What do Tango and Scribe have in common?
Capturing Documentation
Auto-generate step-by-step software how-to guides with screenshots
Create cross-app workflows for business processes involving multiple tools on both web and desktop
Watch AI title your guide and add simple instructions for each step
Get help via in-app support, help center, and email (with a dedicated success manager for Enterprise plans)
Editing Tools
Advanced editing—update steps, annotate screenshots, and add tips and alerts
Automatically blur sensitive information (in one or many screenshots at a time)
Customize documentation to follow your brand guidelines
Sharing
Set file and folder permissions
Invite others to edit and collaborate easily in a shared workspace
Share knowledge via link, embed code, HTML, Markdown, or PDF
Integrate your guides with 100s of tools (Confluence, Notion, SharePoint, etc.)
Instantaneously surface other potentially relevant guides for a given website or tool
Access analytics to see who has viewed and completed your processes
Streamline your end user experience with single sign-on (SSO)
Trust your data privacy and security is taken seriously with SOC 2 Type II compliance
Our newest sales reps are correctly adopting our HubSpot
processes on their first day with Tango—much faster than previous
cohorts without it.
processes on their first day with Tango—much faster than previous
cohorts without it.
The GPS for processes
Top performing companies use Tango to accelerate knowledge sharing, process adoption, and software ROI.
With Tango, I get to make learning software feel like the Cadillac experience.
Chad, Customer Success Leader
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Software Knowledge Layer in action
