Unscreen vs Riverside

Unscreen removed video backgrounds automatically without a green screen, using technology from Kaleido AI (the team behind remove.bg). You uploaded a clip and the service isolated the subject frame by frame, which made it popular for social clips, tutorials, and product demos.

Canva acquired Kaleido AI in 2021 and ran Unscreen as a standalone site for several years. As of June 29, 2026, Unscreen.com officially closed. Visiting the domain now redirects to Canva's Video Background Remover, a Canva Pro feature inside the main editor.

Previously exported Unscreen videos remain licensed for continued use per Canva's shutdown notice. New background removal work happens inside Canva Pro rather than on the old Unscreen upload page.

Riverside is a video editing and recording platform built for remote podcasts, interviews, and webinars. It records up to 4K video and uncompressed audio locally on each participant's device, so spotty internet does not tank quality. After recording, you edit in a text-based timeline, generate Magic Clips, captions, and show notes, then publish to YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts from the same workflow.

Zoom and Google Meet optimize for live calls, not post-production. Riverside records separate tracks locally, then layers AI cleanup, filler-word removal, and clip generation on top. The trade-off is that it is built for creators who publish regularly, not for one-off internal meetings that never leave the call app.

Podcasters, marketers, and producers at companies like Spotify and The New York Times use Riverside for studio-style remote recordings. Founded in 2020 by brothers Gideon and Nadav, the product now lives at riverside.com while riverside.fm redirects to the same experience.