ScreenJournal vs Veriato

Updated on 14 September 2026

Veriato and ScreenJournal answer different questions. Veriato is an insider risk platform that typically captures screenshots and keystrokes and uses AI to score how risky each person's behaviour looks. ScreenJournal is an AI work visibility tool: it reads on-screen work, writes a timeline of what was done, then deletes the raw screen data by default.

What is Veriato?

Veriato is an insider risk management and employee monitoring platform aimed at security teams. Per configuration it captures screenshots continuously or on keyword and activity triggers, at intervals as short as a few seconds, and it logs keystrokes, including hidden key combinations. It also monitors email, messaging, file movement and printing, and its AI combines those behavioural signals, including tone and sentiment, into a risk score for each user, with alerts on unusual activity. It is investigation infrastructure: its job is to help a security team spot and evidence insider threats.

What is ScreenJournal?

ScreenJournal is an AI work visibility tool that reads on-screen work as it happens, turns it into a detailed timeline of what each person actually did, and then, by default, deletes the raw screen data. Timelines accumulate into a searchable chronicle of everyone's work history, and from them ScreenJournal generates timesheets and reports automatically and drafts standup summaries on request, answering questions about any of it in plain English.

It keeps no keystroke log in any mode and, by default, no footage; each person's day becomes a work timeline of what was actually done. The one exception is Evidence Mode, the Record + Save capture mode a company can enable in its desktop policy for the whole organisation or for particular teams, keeping those teams' recordings for up to 3 months.

How is ScreenJournal different from Veriato?

The table below compares what each tool captures, what it keeps, and what you get back.

	Veriato	ScreenJournal
What it captures	Screenshots on continuous, keyword or activity triggers, keystrokes, email, messaging, file and print activity, per configuration	On-screen work activity, read by AI as it happens
What it stores	An archive of captures and logs for investigation	Derived timelines by default; raw screen data is deleted during processing unless Evidence Mode keeps it, for up to 3 months
How you get answers	Risk scores, alerts and archives your security team reviews	Plain-English answers from the AI chat or MCP
Employee privacy	Being recorded is the design; coverage is typically broad	Personal activity skipped, PII removed, employee redaction that erases the entry entirely, no stored footage by default
Searchable history	Searchable logs of captured activity	A chronicle of the work itself, searchable by meaning
Best for	Security teams running insider-threat investigations	Managers and teams who need everyday operational truth

The structural difference is what survives. Veriato's value sits in its archive, which someone must review, secure and explain. ScreenJournal's value sits in the derived record: the timeline, the timesheets and reports generated from it, and the work chronicle that keeps past work searchable by meaning, permission-scoped by role. A redacted entry is erased entirely and never appears in anyone's search; who may redact is a permission the organisation's administrators grant, and nobody has it until they do.

When should you choose Veriato?

Choose Veriato when insider-threat investigation is the primary job. If you have a dedicated security function that needs continuous captures, keystroke evidence and behavioural risk scoring across sensitive departments, and you accept the obligations that come with holding that archive, a purpose-built insider risk platform fits. ScreenJournal's optional Evidence Mode (Record + Save) capture mode keeps replayable recordings for the teams you choose, not a company-wide forensic programme.

When should you choose ScreenJournal?

Choose ScreenJournal when the everyday questions matter more than the exceptional ones: what did the team actually do, where did the hours go, who needs help, and what should the client be billed. It answers those from the work itself, in plain English, with no keystroke log and, by default, no footage. Employees see the same view managers do and can redact segments when the organisation allows it, which makes it deployable in teams where a surveillance suite would corrode trust. And when a team genuinely needs replayable recordings, the Evidence Mode (Record + Save) capture mode adds them without changing the default for everyone else. For the category-level picture, see ScreenJournal vs surveillance suites.

Frequently asked questions

Does ScreenJournal have insider-threat detection like Veriato?

Yes, through Evidence Mode, the Record + Save capture mode a company can enable in its desktop policy for the organisation or for particular teams. When it is on, the desktop app tells members at sign-in that their screen may be recorded, recordings are kept in ScreenJournal's cloud for up to 3 months, and the clip behind a timeline segment or an alert can be replayed. When it is off, which is the default, raw screen data is deleted immediately during processing.

Does ScreenJournal log keystrokes?

No. It reads work output, not keystrokes, in any mode.

Can my manager watch my screen in ScreenJournal?

Not as footage for most roles. By default ScreenJournal keeps no screenshots or video, so there is nothing to play back. Managers see the derived timeline, and employees see the same view of their own data and can redact segments when the organisation allows it. The exception is Evidence Mode, the Record + Save capture mode a company can enable in its desktop policy, which keeps recordings so a segment can be replayed.

Whichever camp a tool is in, ask one question: when you need an answer about work, does the tool give you the answer, or give you footage to interpret? Veriato hands a security team evidence to interpret, which is its job. ScreenJournal hands a manager the answer, and keeps replayable recordings as a narrow, disclosed exception rather than the company default.