# Interactive product demos: three kinds, and how to choose.

> An interactive product demo lets a buyer explore your software instead of watching one fixed video. It comes in three kinds: a click-through of captured screens, a recording with some interaction, and a live demo of the real product. DemoPage is the third kind: it runs your product in a secure browser and answers from pages you approve.

Page: https://demopage.io/interactive-demo · Last reviewed 2026-10-26

## The three kinds

|  | Captured click-through | Recorded video | Live demo of the real product |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| What the buyer sees | Copies of your screens | One recording | Your running product |
| Who sets the path | Your team, in advance | Your team, in advance | The buyer's question, within pages you approved |
| When the product changes | Recapture the screens | Record it again | The next demo shows the current product |
| Time to the first screen | Instant | Instant | Seconds, once a demo browser is free |
| Questions | Text you wrote into the tour | Wait for an email or a call | Answered from your approved pages; the rest go to your team |
| Best when | One short tour on a landing page | A story, a launch, or social | Buyers ask different things, or the product changes often |

DemoPage is the third kind. It doesn't replace the first two: a captured tour or a video can sit on a landing page, and DemoPage can sit behind the demo button for the buyer who wants their own questions answered.

## How to choose

Answer these five questions about your own situation before you compare any vendor, ours included.

- How often do your screens change? Weekly changes make captured copies stale quickly.
- Do buyers ask for different things? One fixed path serves one kind of buyer.
- Does your product run in a web browser? A live demo of the real product needs that.
- Who answers a buyer's question at 11 p.m.? Decide what an unanswered question should do.
- What must a demo never do? Payments, sign-ups, and CRM changes should be blocked by design, not by good intentions.

For a line-by-line comparison with click-through tools, videos, and chatbots, read the comparison pages.

## What happens in a DemoPage demo

- The visitor gives a work email. Inside the room they can say or type what they want to see first, and the tool they use.
- DemoPage opens your real product in a secure browser it runs, on pages you approved, and walks the screens that fit.
- The visitor asks questions, points at the screen, or clicks around. Payments, sign-ups, and CRM changes stay blocked.
- Your team gets the lead and what they saw and asked; Growth adds lead notes and a recap link.

You can try it on DemoPage itself: https://app.demopage.io/d/demopage. It asks for a work email, then plays a recording or joins a live demo.

## Languages

Live demos run in 17 languages with a native voice for each. Eight have their own page here, with the exact labels the product shows. Spoken questions work in English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, nl; other languages take typed questions.

| Language | Native name | Spoken questions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spanish (/interactive-demo/spanish) | Español | Yes |
| French (/interactive-demo/french) | Français | Yes |
| German (/interactive-demo/german) | Deutsch | Yes |
| Portuguese (/interactive-demo/portuguese) | Português | Yes |
| Italian (/interactive-demo/italian) | Italiano | Yes |
| Japanese (/interactive-demo/japanese) | 日本語 | Typed only |
| Korean (/interactive-demo/korean) | 한국어 | Typed only |
| Hindi (/interactive-demo/hindi) | हिन्दी | Yes |

The product also runs in Russian, Chinese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Telugu, Urdu. These don't have a page yet; a page is added when real use in that language justifies one.

## When not to use DemoPage for this

- A product that doesn't run in a web browser, such as a desktop-only app or a game.
- A single short tour that must load instantly on a landing page. A captured click-through is the better fit there.
- A story told the same way to every viewer, such as a launch video.

## Questions

**What is an interactive product demo?**
A demo the buyer can steer: they click, ask, or choose, instead of watching one fixed recording. It can be captured screens, a recording with hotspots, or the real running product.

**Is DemoPage a click-through demo tool?**
No. It doesn't replay captured screens. It runs your real product in a secure browser and follows what each visitor asks for.

**Does a live demo change my data?**
No. Payments, sign-ups, invites, API keys, and account changes are refused in every mode. The guardrails page lists what is blocked and how.

**Which languages can a live demo use?**
17 languages, each with a native voice. Spoken questions work in English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, nl; the rest take typed questions.

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