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Hi, I'm Hauke Jung, a Full Stack Developer with a passion for Rust.

Founder of Stepshots. Full-stack engineer writing Rust for the web.

I write about interactive product demos, developer experience, and the engineering behind Stepshots. The goal: help teams capture, polish, and ship product walkthroughs without rebuilding the same explanation every time.

Hauke Jung

Hauke Jung

Founder of Stepshots

Articles by Hauke

20 posts on product demos, Rust, and building Stepshots.

August 26, 2026

Storylane vs Navattic (2026): Pricing, Capture, and Which to Pick

Storylane vs Navattic compared head-to-head in 2026: pricing and seat math, HTML capture, free tiers, MCP servers — and a lighter flat-price third option.

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August 12, 2026

Supademo Alternatives for Interactive Demos (2026)

The best Supademo alternatives in 2026 compared: Stepshots, Storylane, Arcade, and Navattic — including an open-source, flat-priced option without per-creator billing.

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August 12, 2026

Stepshots Speaks MCP: Record and Manage Demos from Claude

Stepshots now ships MCP servers on both ends: an open-source local server that records, verifies, and uploads demos, and a hosted endpoint with OAuth for demos, analytics, and tours — free on every plan.

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August 12, 2026

Navattic Pricing in 2026: Plans, Real Costs, and Flat-Price Alternatives

What Navattic costs in 2026: free Starter, then annual seat-tier plans whose prices are no longer published — the last-known rates ran $125 to $1,000/mo. Plus flat-price alternatives from €19/mo.

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August 12, 2026

Storylane Pricing in 2026: Plans, Seat Math, and Flat-Price Alternatives

What Storylane costs in 2026: free tier, Starter from $40/month plus $40 per extra seat, HTML capture from $500/month — the real math, and flat-price alternatives from €19/mo.

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July 06, 2026

Arcade Alternatives for Interactive Demos (2026)

The best Arcade (arcade.software) alternatives in 2026 compared: Stepshots, Storylane, Navattic, and Supademo — including an open-source, flat-priced option.

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July 06, 2026

Navattic Alternatives for Interactive Demos (2026)

The best Navattic alternatives in 2026 compared: Stepshots, Storylane, Arcade, and Supademo — lighter, cheaper ways to put an interactive product demo on your site.

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July 06, 2026

Storylane Alternatives for Interactive Demos (2026)

The best Storylane alternatives in 2026 compared: Stepshots, Arcade, Navattic, Supademo, and Walnut — including an open-source option with a free tier and flat pricing.

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July 06, 2026

Free Interactive Demo Software: What Each Free Tier Actually Includes (2026)

Six interactive demo tools with real free tiers compared: demo limits, watermarks, and where they cap — plus one option whose recorder is fully open source.

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June 20, 2026

Best Interactive Demo Software (2026)

An honest roundup of the best interactive demo software in 2026: Arcade, Storylane, Supademo, Navattic, Walnut, Stepshots, plus adjacent video and guide tools.

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June 20, 2026

Guidde Alternative for Interactive Demos

A Guidde alternative for interactive, clickable product demos instead of AI-narrated video guides. Annotate, embed, and track engagement. Free tier.

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June 20, 2026

Vidyard Alternative for Interactive Demos

A Vidyard alternative for interactive product demos instead of sales videos: self-paced, embeddable, and measurable per step, with a free tier.

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June 19, 2026

Tango Alternative for Interactive Demos

A Tango alternative for shareable, embeddable product demos: interactive, self-paced, measurable, and recordable from a browser extension or open-source CLI.

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June 19, 2026

Demo Automation: Stop Re-Recording Demos

Demo automation keeps product demos current without manual re-recording. See how config-as-code and an open-source CLI let you regenerate demos in CI.

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June 19, 2026

Screen Studio Alternative for Product Demos

A Screen Studio alternative for interactive product demos instead of video: self-paced, embeddable, measurable, and not locked to macOS. Free tier included.

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June 19, 2026

Scribe Alternative for Interactive Demos

A Scribe alternative for teams who want clickable, self-paced demos instead of static step-by-step guides, with overlays, analytics, and an open-source CLI.

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June 19, 2026

Loom Alternative for Product Demos

Looking for a Loom alternative? See why interactive, self-paced demos beat video for product walkthroughs, with a free tier and an open-source CLI.

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June 19, 2026

Walnut Alternative for Interactive Demos

A lightweight Walnut alternative for interactive product demos: affordable, self-serve, and developer-friendly, with an open-source CLI and a free tier.

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March 25, 2026

Interactive Demos vs. Static Screenshots

Why clickable step-by-step demos convert better than static images or video walkthroughs.

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March 20, 2026

Introducing Stepshots

Create, share, and analyze interactive product demos in minutes. No video editing required.

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