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The private Tango alternative for Windows offices
Sopycat makes the same step-by-step guides as Tango, from any Windows program, but keeps every screenshot on your PC: no account, no cloud workspace and no AI writing your manuals. Follow along and a PDF editor are on every plan.
Sopycat and Tango in short
- Both turn a task you do once into numbered steps with a picture of every click.
- Sopycat keeps everything on your PC or your office's own drive. Tango keeps it in its cloud on AWS.
- Desktop programs, follow-along and the blurring of private details are on every Sopycat plan. At Tango they start at Pro, and Guide Me and automatic redaction need Enterprise.
- One person pays $15 a month for Sopycat, billed yearly, against $22 for Tango Pro. For teams of three or more, Tango Pro is $15 a seat.
- A PDF editor is included, and the Office plan adds reading confirmations and training records.
Sopycat vs Tango, side by side
What each one does, from each vendor's own pages, checked on October 19, 2026.
| Question | Sopycat | Plan | Tango | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing uploaded | Yes: On your PC, or your office's own folder. | Every plan | No: In Tango's cloud, on Amazon Web Services. | Every plan |
| Records desktop programs | Yes: Any Windows program, and websites in any browser. | Every plan and the trial | Partly: On Pro. The free plan is browser only. | Pro and Enterprise |
| No AI reads your work | Yes: No AI writes your manuals; nothing is sent to an AI service. | Every plan | No: Model providers such as Microsoft, OpenAI and Google; Tango says they may not keep or train on your data. | Every plan |
| Health information | Partly: No certification and no BAA, but the screenshots never leave your PC or your office's drive. | Every plan | No: Tango says it does not currently maintain formal HIPAA compliance. | Every plan |
| One person | $15 a month billed yearly ($180); $19 month to month. | Individual | $22 a month billed yearly ($264); $30 month to month. | Pro, 1 or 2 users |
| A team | $18.75 a person a month billed yearly, with reading confirmations and training records. | Office | $15 a user a month billed yearly; $20 month to month. | Pro, 3 or more users |
| Free plan | No: A 14-day trial with every recording, editing and PDF feature, no card. No free plan. | Trial | Yes: 5 shared workflows, browser capture only. | Free |
| Hides private details | Yes: Blur by hand; a Settings switch blurs emails and phone, card and social-security numbers in new recordings, on your PC. | Every plan | Partly: By hand on Pro. Automatic on Enterprise. | Pro and Enterprise |
| Shows the steps in the program | Yes: Follow along, in any program. | Every plan | Partly: Guide Me and Pins. | Enterprise |
| Saves copies | Yes: PDF, Word, web page, text and a tutorial video. | Every plan | Partly: PDF, Markdown and HTML. | Pro and Enterprise |
| PDF editor | Yes: Edit the words, sign, fill in, redact, merge, OCR. | Every plan | No: Not part of Tango. | None |
| No account needed | Yes: Download it and start. | Every plan | No: An account and a workspace; every Pro user needs a paid seat. | Every plan |
Why offices choose Sopycat over Tango
Nothing to trust a vendor with
Guides show whatever was on the screen: client names, account numbers, patient records. With Sopycat those pictures stay on your computer, so there is no cloud copy to review, secure or delete.
Follow along without Enterprise
Someone new opens the manual and a small window walks them through the real program, one step at a time. In Sopycat that is on every plan, for desktop programs too.
One app instead of three
The guide maker, the PDF editor and the training spreadsheet are one Windows app with one price per person, and your files stay ordinary files in a folder you choose.
When Tango is the better fit
- Your team works on Macs or in the browser all day, and a cloud workspace suits you.
- You have three or more people and the lowest price per seat matters most.
- You want guidance pinned inside web apps or browser automation (Tango Enterprise).
- A free plan with five shared guides is enough for now.
Moving from Tango
Keep your Tango workflows where they are and record new ones in Sopycat as tasks come up; most offices redo their ten most-used procedures in an afternoon, because recording takes as long as doing the task. Workflows you save from Tango as PDFs can live beside your manuals in Sopycat's Documents.
Questions about switching from Tango
- Is Sopycat a good Tango alternative?
- For a Windows office that wants its guides kept private, yes. Sopycat makes the same step-by-step guides with a picture of every click, from any Windows program, but keeps everything on your PC with no account and no upload. One person pays $15 a month, billed yearly, against Tango Pro's $22 for one or two users.
- Does Sopycat keep my guides in the cloud like Tango?
- No. Sopycat records, writes and keeps every manual on your computer, or in a shared folder your office chooses, such as OneDrive or a network drive. The company that makes Sopycat never receives your recordings, pictures or manuals.
- Does Sopycat send my guides to an AI service?
- No. No AI writes your manuals and nothing is sent to an AI service. Each step is named from what Windows reports about the button or field you clicked and what you typed.
- Is there a free plan like Tango's?
- No. Sopycat has a 14-day trial with every recording, editing and PDF feature, no account and no card, and then it is paid. Tango's free plan holds 5 shared workflows captured in the browser.
- Does Sopycat have something like Tango's Guide Me?
- Yes, on every plan: Follow along shows each step in a small window over the real program, one step at a time, in any Windows program. Tango's Guide Me is on its Enterprise plan.
- Can Sopycat record desktop programs?
- Yes, on every plan and in the trial: desktop software and websites in any browser. Tango's free plan captures in the browser only; desktop capture is on Pro.
- Is Tango cheaper for a team?
- Per seat, yes: Tango Pro is $15 a user a month for three or more users, billed yearly, against $18.75 for Sopycat's Office plan. Office also includes a PDF editor, reading confirmations and training records, and nothing is uploaded. Sopycat's Individual plan is $15 a person.
- Is Sopycat HIPAA compliant?
- Sopycat has no HIPAA certification and signs no business associate agreement. What it changes is where the screenshots are: they stay on your computer or your office's own shared folder, so no software vendor holds a copy. How those files are protected is part of your own HIPAA program.
Checked on October 19, 2026 against Tango's pricing, security and terms of service. Plans and terms change, so check them before you decide. Tango is a trademark of its owner; Sopycat is not affiliated with it.
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