How do you make SaaS onboarding videos?

Kirocast makes SaaS onboarding videos users actually finish: it records your Mac screen, automatically zooms into each step, and annotates the clicks that matter. Re-recording a flow costs minutes rather than an afternoon, which is what keeps a walkthrough true to a product that ships weekly. Personal is a one-time $39 launch purchase, normally $49. Kirocast runs on macOS 15 or later.

Why onboarding videos stop getting watched

  • Onboarding videos get watched in a small embed or a help-center player. A full-screen capture of a dense UI is unreadable there.
  • Users abandon a walkthrough that makes them hunt for the button being described.
  • Your product ships weekly. Hand-edited walkthroughs go stale, and re-editing them is expensive enough that nobody does it.

How Kirocast keeps them working

Legible at embed size

Automatic zoom keeps the active control large in the frame, so the video stays readable inside a help-center player or an in-app modal.

Step-by-step emphasis

Smart annotations mark each click and input as it happens. Users follow the sequence instead of scrubbing back to find what you pressed.

Cheap to keep current

When the UI changes, re-record the flow and let the polish reapply itself. A refresh costs minutes, so your onboarding stays true to the product.

Safe to record against real data

Draw a privacy mask over a customer name, an API key or a billing row and it is composited on-device before the file is written. Record the walkthrough in your real app rather than staging a fake account for it.

Common questions

How many onboarding videos does a SaaS product need?
Start with three: a 60-second first-run tour, a video for the activation moment where users typically stall, and one per major workflow. Short and specific beats one long grand tour.
Where do the recordings live?
On your Mac, as standard video files you own. Recording, editing, transcription and export all run locally, so a walkthrough of your admin panel is a file on your disk rather than an upload to someone else’s cloud. Publish it wherever your help center lives.
How is Kirocast licensed?
Kirocast Personal is a one-time $39 launch purchase, normally $49. You get the Kirocast license, including all updates.