At a glance
Is Arclet a good HowdyGo alternative?
Yes, if one or two people build your demos. Arclet costs $25 a month billed annually for one creator and stays free while you start. Pick HowdyGo if a whole team needs to build HTML demos and you’d rather pay one price for unlimited users.
| Tool | Price, as of September 2026 | How you start | Who can build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arclet | Free, then Starter at $25/month billed annually ($29 monthly). One creator, unlimited published demos. | Free plan with five published demos, no end date. | One creator on Free and Starter; two included on Team. |
| HowdyGo | Starter at $159/month billed annually ($199 monthly); Pro at $399/month billed annually. | A first 14-day trial. | Unlimited users on every plan. |
Research and trust
HowdyGo’s math depends on headcount. Count everyone who will build or edit demos in the next year. If it’s one or two people, compare per-creator prices; if it’s a department, compare flat prices.
Why pick Arclet over HowdyGo
Arclet lets one person ship demos without a trial clock. Free is one creator and five published demos with unlimited views, for as long as you need. Record with the Chrome extension, edit steps and tooltips, and share a public link.
Starter is $29 a month, or $25 billed annually, for unlimited published demos, blur and zoom, step-level analytics, and branding removal. Every plan includes demo analytics, including Free.
Start for freeOpen and edit a published demo on the free plan.
Click through opening a demo from the library and stepping through it, as your viewers would. These frames show editing an already-recorded demo. They don’t show HowdyGo’s editor, which we didn’t test hands-on.
When HowdyGo is the better pick
HowdyGo is the better pick when many people build HTML demos. Every HowdyGo plan includes unlimited users. Starter adds HTML demos, AI, editing, links and embeds, GIF and video export, lead capture, and one collection. You can reorder, insert, blur, and redact steps, and edit captured HTML text and images.
Native demo analytics start on Pro, $399 a month billed annually ($499 monthly), with unlimited collections, CRM integrations, and custom domains. Sandboxes are an add-on.
Choose by the job to be done
The choice comes down to how many builders you have and how long you need to evaluate.
A solo marketer building the first demos
One person, a few demos, a launch next month. Arclet’s free plan covers five, and Starter is $25 a month billed annually when you need more. HowdyGo’s unlimited users would go unused.
A support team where everyone edits demos
When ten people update walkthroughs as the product changes, per-creator pricing adds up. HowdyGo Starter covers unlimited users for $159 a month billed annually.
Proving demos work before you buy
A 14-day trial is short if your demo has to go live, collect views, and show results. Arclet’s free plan has no end date, so your first demos can run long enough to prove themselves.