SolPrompter vs CuePrompter

CuePrompter is a free browser teleprompter that does one job well: paste a script, set a speed, and scroll the text. SolPrompter is built for a different job — recording a talking-head take alone, in one browser tab, with the script following your voice and sitting near the camera. If you only need a scrolling window on a second display, CuePrompter is simpler. If you record yourself, SolPrompter is the better default.

This page compares SolPrompter with the classic CuePrompter at cueprompter.com, the paste-and-scroll tool most “free online teleprompter” roundups still mean. Teleprompter.com now publishes that site and sells a separate product with VoiceGlide and in-app recording. A different site, cueprompter.io, is not the tool reviewed here.

SolPrompter vs CuePrompter at a glance

The table is a decision guide, not a ranking. CuePrompter is the smaller tool. SolPrompter is the fuller take workflow.

What “free online teleprompter” roundups still judge

Most roundups still score browser teleprompters on paste, font size, scroll speed, mirror, and fullscreen. That is the late-1990s autocue job: put words on a second screen so a presenter can read while looking through glass, or while an operator runs the box. CuePrompter is excellent at that job. It loads on a borrowed laptop, it does not ask you to become a recording studio, and it stays out of the way.

The 2026 talking-head take is a different job. The camera is often the laptop webcam. There is no operator. The script has to live in the same tab as the recording. A fixed words-per-minute slider will not match a whole take if you pause, cough, or add a sentence. Eyes that drop to a full-screen paragraph look like reading on YouTube. CuePrompter is not trying to solve that. SolPrompter is. For the YouTube-specific setup, see teleprompter for YouTube talking-head videos.

Scrolling: CuePrompter’s speed slider vs voice follow

CuePrompter’s own feature list is short on purpose: no signup, adjustable scroll speed, mirror mode for beam-splitter glass, a few color themes, and a claim of free commercial use with no watermarks and no limits. That is the whole product. You match the crawl to your pace before you start, then you keep up.

A speed slider is the right control when the delivery is rehearsed, the room is noisy, or someone else can tap stop. It is the wrong control when you are alone and your pace will change. SolPrompter keeps that fixed-speed Auto Scroll, and adds voice follow: the browser’s speech recognition API hears words, SolPrompter matches them to the script, and the reading line is designed to wait on silence and try to resync when you return to the text. It is not a promise of perfect alignment. Coughs, noise, unsupported browsers, and long improvisation still break voice scroll. Keep manual keys or a QR remote as the fallback. The longer mode comparison is in voice scroll vs fixed-speed teleprompter.

CuePrompter does not include voice-activated scrolling. The CuePrompter homepage sends that job to Teleprompter.com’s VoiceGlide, a separate product. Do not treat VoiceGlide as a CuePrompter feature, and do not treat SolPrompter’s browser matcher as a reliability claim against VoiceGlide or Speakflow. They are different engines on different jobs.

Recording and watermarks

CuePrompter does not record video. Its “no watermarks” line is about the prompting page itself. If you film CuePrompter, you are using a second app or a camera pointed at you while the script runs on another screen. That split is exactly why CuePrompter still works in a studio with glass. It is also why a solo creator ends up alt-tabbing.

SolPrompter records in the same browser tab, up to Full HD and 4K on supported devices. Scripts and recordings stay on your device. Exported video does not get a SolPrompter watermark, and local export is not a paid unlock. You can start a take without creating an account. On Free, 4K recording is limited to five takes per week; Pro and Max make 4K unlimited. That cap is a recording quota, not a watermark on the files you already have.

If you follow CuePrompter’s “Ready for More?” link into Teleprompter.com, you are no longer using CuePrompter. Teleprompter.com’s about page states that the free Starter plan includes recording and that “the only limit is a watermark on exports.” That watermark belongs to Teleprompter.com, not to CuePrompter. SolPrompter’s answer to the same take is local, unbranded export from the browser.

Eye line: a second screen vs Notch Mode

CuePrompter assumes you will place the reading window where the job needs it — under a lens, beside a podium, or in a mirrored glass rig. Mirror mode exists for that last case. The tool does not try to shrink the reading column onto a laptop webcam.

SolPrompter’s Notch Mode is a geometric workaround for the webcam-on-the-bezel problem. It collapses the script into a compact window you drag next to the camera so the saccade from word to lens stays small. That matters on a talking-head video, where the viewer is watching a face, not a set. Hardware-free placement is covered in teleprompter setup without hardware. Voice follow in the browser is covered on voice-activated teleprompter.

Pricing: CuePrompter free vs SolPrompter Free, Pro, and Max

CuePrompter’s published offer is free prompting for commercial and non-commercial use, with no account and no CuePrompter subscription. The paid path it advertises is Teleprompter.com, not a CuePrompter Pro tier.

SolPrompter is free to open, paste a script, and start a take. Free Auto Scroll is limited. Voice follow, manual scroll, Notch Mode, QR remote, and watermark-free local export are part of the browser workflow; they are not framed as a recording paywall. Pro and Max unlock unlimited Auto Scroll. Checkout runs through Polar as merchant of record. A native mobile app and the Max editor are coming soon; they are not a reason to pick SolPrompter today if you need a shipping mobile app.

Full current terms live on SolPrompter pricing. Do not treat “free online teleprompter” as a claim that Pro and Max do not exist.

Who should choose CuePrompter

Choose CuePrompter when the job is still “scroll text on a screen,” not “finish a take.”

• You already have a camera, and CuePrompter will sit on a second display, tablet, or glass rig.
• Someone else can operate play and speed, or you are comfortable matching a fixed crawl.
• You need mirror mode for a beam-splitter and nothing else.
• You are on a conference-room PC or a borrowed laptop and want the smallest possible UI.
• You do not want a recorder, a microphone permission, or a second device pairing in the same tab.

CuePrompter is the better default for that operator-and-second-screen world. Pretending otherwise would be a bad comparison.

Who should choose SolPrompter

Choose SolPrompter when you are the camera operator, the talent, and the editor of a talking-head take.

• You record YouTube, course, or explainer videos alone on a laptop or phone.
• You want the script to wait when you pause, then try to catch up when you return to the line.
• You need the reading column next to the webcam, not on a second monitor across the desk.
• You want to record Full HD or 4K in the same tab and download a file with no SolPrompter watermark.
• You want a phone as a QR remote so you do not touch the recording device mid-take.

SolPrompter is a worse CuePrompter if all you needed was a scrolling window. It is a better default for a solo talking-head session. Open it on the SolPrompter home page.

Switching from CuePrompter

There is no CuePrompter account to migrate. Copy the script, paste it into SolPrompter, and start a take. Re-set font size, speed, and mirror if you use glass. If you relied on an operator, map play, pause, and jumps to the keyboard or pair a second device as a remote. The product walkthrough is the SolPrompter teleprompter guide.

Is SolPrompter a CuePrompter alternative?

Yes, if you searched for a CuePrompter alternative because the scrolling window is not the whole take. SolPrompter replaces CuePrompter for solo recording: voice follow, Notch Mode, QR remote, and local video in one browser tab. It is a poor alternative if you wanted CuePrompter’s small, speed-only window and nothing else. In that case stay on CuePrompter.

Does CuePrompter have voice scrolling?

No. CuePrompter’s published feature set is fixed-speed scrolling, mirror, and themes. Voice-activated scrolling is the upsell to Teleprompter.com’s VoiceGlide, which is a different product. SolPrompter’s voice scroll runs in the browser against the script you pasted; it is designed to wait on silence and try to resync, and it still needs a manual or remote fallback. Details are on the voice-activated teleprompter page.

Does CuePrompter add a watermark?

CuePrompter says it has no watermarks. That statement is about the free prompting page. CuePrompter does not export a video file, so there is nothing for CuePrompter to watermark. Teleprompter.com, the product CuePrompter points to for recording, states that its free Starter exports include a watermark. SolPrompter does not put a watermark on exported video. Local export is not a paid gate.

Open SolPrompter and paste the script you already use in CuePrompter. If you need unlimited Auto Scroll, see pricing. Recording stays on your device either way.