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Product Teaser Video Examples: 30 Pre-Launch Teasers

Introduction

A product teaser answers one question before launch

Most product teasers show a logo, a dark room and a date. Then the date passes, and nobody remembers what launched.

A teaser is a movie trailer for your software product. A trailer doesn’t explain the plot. It gives you one scene, and you buy the ticket.

Before launch day, your buyer has one question. Why now? What is it? What’s new? Does it work? The teaser that answers the right one gets the next click.

The short answer: the product teasers that work make one of four moves. World Shift opens on what changed in the buyer’s world. Shape Swap turns the product into one shape the buyer gets at a glance. Inner Parts opens the product up to show what’s new inside. Sneak Peek shows one real task, then stops. The 30 pre-launch teasers below are grouped by the move they make.

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30 examples

Product Teaser Video examples

Move 1 · World Shift

“Why now?” Open on what changed in your buyer’s world.

Nobody buys an umbrella on a dry day. They buy it when the sky turns grey. Your buyer’s budget works the same way: it moves when their world moves.

I call it the World Shift: one line or one scene showing what changed, or what stopped working, before the product appears. Eight examples.

Microsoft Project Perception teaser video

Microsoft Security introduces Project Perception, which it calls “the next evolution of agentic security.” The teaser opens on the threat, not the product: attackers now coordinate through agents.

What works here:

  • The shift lands in one line: “your agents are still working in silos.” Disconnected defense can’t keep up, so the viewer is already looking for the fix.
  • Each agent gets one color and one job. Red agents uncover attack paths, blue agents investigate, and green agents contain risk.
  • Control is stated plainly. Routine work runs on its own, and “when it matters, you make the decision.”

The move: Write the one line that says what changed for your buyer this year. If your teaser could have run 5 years ago, the shift isn’t on screen yet.

Comscore Proximic intro video

Comscore introduces Proximic Predictive Audiences for advertisers losing cookies. An animated timeline of privacy rules runs first, so the product arrives as the answer.

What works here:

  • The timeline does the arguing. Rule after rule stacks up until cookie deprecation lands, and signal loss becomes everyone’s problem.
  • One picture carries the fix. In an “Advertising Cafe,” grayed-out consumers become reachable again.
  • The promise is specific: ID-free targeting, built on Comscore’s data and an AI contextual engine.

The move: If a rule or deadline is coming for your buyer, put it on a timeline before your logo. If they can’t name the deadline after 15 seconds, show it bigger.

Check Point AI Network Firewall launch video

Check Point introduces its AI Network Firewall, now part of its AI Defense Plane. The first line names the shift: “AI is transforming the network.”

What works here:

  • The shift and the answer mirror each other. AI transforms the network, so Check Point transforms the firewall.
  • The job list is short: inspect prompts, protect AI apps, govern agents and enforce policy from on-prem to multi-cloud.
  • It removes the setup fear in 6 words: “No new infrastructure, no new console.”

The move: Pair your buyer’s change with your product’s change in one sentence. If the two halves don’t mirror, rewrite until they do.

AWS Lambda MicroVMs launch video

AWS introduces Lambda MicroVMs for teams running untrusted code at scale. In 30 seconds, it names a trade-off and removes it.

What works here:

  • It opens on a question the buyer already asks: “Running untrusted code at scale?”
  • Then the trade-off: “You shouldn’t have to choose between strong isolation and fast start-up speed.” The product is the end of that choice.
  • Proof comes as plain numbers: launch in as fast as a second, with state kept for up to 8 hours of active use.

The move: Name the trade-off your buyer has accepted for years, then show it’s gone. If your first line isn’t a question they already ask, start over.

Ask Oracle launch video

Oracle introduces Ask Oracle, one search box across its enterprise software. It opens on a question every user has felt: “Why is enterprise software so hard to search?”

What works here:

  • The pain is time. You spend it looking for what you need, instead of doing it.
  • The fix is one object: a single box, always in the same place, that combines searching, acting and prompting Oracle AI.
  • The tagline repeats the object: “One box, endless possibilities.”

The move: Open on the question your buyer mutters at their desk. If it needs your product’s vocabulary, it’s your question, not theirs.

Flowserve RedRaven launch video

Flowserve announces RedRaven for valves, an IoT monitoring system for industrial plants. It opens on what goes wrong today: aging equipment and data streams too complex to read.

What works here:

  • The setting is the problem. Plants run equipment under constant pressure, and the weak spots stay hidden.
  • RedRaven finds valve issues before they cause failures, across hundreds of valves, without costly new infrastructure.
  • It fits what plants already run. The data works with existing systems, backed by Flowserve support.

The move: Show where your buyer’s risk hides today, then show your product finding it. If the risk isn’t visible, the fix won’t feel urgent.

DAT iQ launch video

DAT introduces its new DAT iQ platform for freight brokers and shippers. It opens on the market itself: freight prices that swing without warning.

What works here:

  • The shift is the market’s mood. An unpredictable freight market turns every quote into a guess.
  • DAT iQ answers with instant intelligence drawn from DAT’s freight industry database.
  • Each buyer gets a separate payoff. Brokers get quick, accurate quotes and stronger margins. Shippers get lower costs and a more resilient supply chain.

The move: If you sell to two buyers, give each one their own line of payoff. If both lines say the same thing, one buyer is missing.

Bridge LCS Product launch teaser

Bridge LCS presents a complete ERP for logistics companies. It starts with the old way: patchwork software and a tangle of disconnected tools.

What works here:

  • The mess comes first. Logistics staff juggle separate tools and workflows for every part of the job.
  • Then one command center. Client contact, operations and finance sit in a single system.
  • The scope is named on screen: warehousing, tracking, document management and financial reporting, together.

The move: List the tools your buyer switches between today, then show them collapse into one. If you can’t count them, your buyer can’t either.

Move 2 · Shape Swap

“What is it?” Turn the product into one shape they get at a glance.

Once they know why now, the next doubt is simpler. What is this thing?

A road sign doesn’t explain traffic law. One shape tells a driver what to do. Your new product needs that shape, because your buyer has no picture for it yet. I call it the Shape Swap: one image that stands in for what the product does. Four examples.

Nextworld nextbot teaser video

Nextworld’s teaser sells nextbot, a no-code platform for extending its ERP. Modular blocks assemble into a frame and fit it exactly.

What works here:

  • The blocks are the pitch. Business processes are odd shapes, and nextbot builds the piece that fits.
  • Speed is shown as motion: code generates itself, and apps deploy in one click, with no coding.
  • The risk question gets its own scene: workflow engine, security model, auditability and a “single source of truth.”

The move: Find one physical shape that does what your product does. If you need a sentence to explain the shape, pick a simpler one.

SIG PAC.ENGAGE product video

SIG’s PAC.ENGAGE turns a package into a link between a brand and its shoppers. The pack itself becomes the symbol of the product.

What works here:

  • The swap is clear. The package isn’t only a container anymore. It’s a gateway on the shopper’s smartphone.
  • Games and rewards give shoppers a reason to scan.
  • Every scan pays the brand back with insight into needs and preferences, plus personalization and loyalty programs.

The move: Take an object your buyer already owns and give it a new job on screen. If they still see the old job, the swap hasn’t landed.

Maersk Flex Hub teaser video

Maersk introduces Flex Hub, a service for supply chains that can’t live with fixed schedules. Simple line art turns container hubs into points where cargo is held and redirected.

What works here:

  • The shape is a hub on a map. Cargo pauses there, and the plan changes without breaking.
  • The benefits arrive one at a time: shorter lead times to key markets and lower storage costs.
  • Control gets its own screen. Full online visibility through dashboards closes the loop for logistics managers.

The move: If your product is a service or an idea, draw it as one shape on a map. If the viewer can’t point to it, it’s still abstract.

Recruitee collaborative hiring teaser

Recruitee’s 16-second teaser sells collaborative hiring with geometric shapes. Single shapes struggle to balance, then find balance together.

What works here:

  • The struggle is one shape alone. That’s a recruiter screening a stack of applicants solo.
  • The fix is the shapes building a steadier structure together: hiring as a team.
  • The close stacks its promises: stronger, faster, smarter, better together.

The move: In a teaser under 20 seconds, let one shape carry the whole idea. If you need a voiceover to explain it, the shape is wrong.

Move 3 · Inner Parts

“What’s new?” Open the product up and show the part that changed.

They get what it is. Next they ask what’s different from what they already run.

A watchmaker sells the movement through a clear case back. You see the part that’s new. Your next release works the same way: the buyer wants to see what changed inside. I call it Inner Parts: the product opened up on screen, with the new part as the hero. Six examples.

Unico EV battery testing video

Unico sells test systems for electric vehicle batteries. The video takes a chassis and its battery packs apart in 3D before it names a single product.

What works here:

  • The exploded view does the explaining. Modular packs and power electronics sit visible inside the chassis.
  • The stakes are capacity and estimated range. Testing is where both get proven.
  • The objection gets a direct answer: one size doesn’t fit all, so the test systems are customized and modular.

The move: Show the inside of the problem before the inside of your product. If a buyer can’t see why it’s hard, they won’t pay for the fix.

Epson timing devices video

Epson’s video is about parts nobody sees: the timing devices inside smart home products. Smart speakers and security cameras depend on them.

What works here:

  • The reveal goes inside the device. The component is the hero, not the finished product.
  • Three traits carry the case: small size, low power and stability.
  • The frame is reliability. Precise timing is what keeps smart home features from glitching.

The move: If your product sits inside someone else’s, show it working there. If the viewer can’t find your part on screen, zoom in.

Expro MegaFlow teaser video

Expro’s 31-second video goes inside the MegaFlow separator. It shows liquids separating from gas at ultra-high flow rates.

What works here:

  • The camera goes where nobody can stand. The flow inside the machine is the proof.
  • Capacity and efficiency come first, then the practical points: a modular build and a compact footprint.
  • It ends on the jobs it does: production appraisal and flow line cleanup.

The move: Show the one process inside your product a buyer could never watch in person. If it looks like any other machine, cut closer.

Pelco camera teaser video

Pelco’s 33-second teaser mixes engineering schematics with clean product renders. The YouTube title states the promise: “More Powerful. More Pelco.”

What works here:

  • The schematics show the thinking behind the cameras, not only the casing.
  • Line drawings and renders cut together, so design and engineering read as one idea.
  • It stays short: one claim about Pelco’s security cameras, made in 33 seconds.

The move: In a hardware teaser, show the blueprint once. If the viewer sees only the shell, they’ll judge you on looks.

Omnicharge Omni Off-Grid launch video

Omnicharge introduces the Omni Off-Grid, a portable power station. The YouTube title calls it “The Next Generation Power Solution.”

What works here:

  • The build is the story: compact size, a range of ports and modular expansion.
  • Then a feature beyond power. Omni Connect keeps people in touch and trackable in remote areas.
  • The pitch widens from one device to a system: powered, connected and trackable, off the grid.

The move: If your new release adds a module, show it joining the old one. If the upgrade isn’t visible, buyers assume there isn’t one.

Alfa Laval PureSOx Express teaser video

Alfa Laval’s PureSOx Express is a modular exhaust gas cleaning system for smaller ships. The teaser opens the scrubber up to show how it works.

What works here:

  • The buyer is named: Handymax bulkers and product tankers, where scrubbers used to cost too much.
  • The install is a number: under 2 weeks, which keeps dry-dock time short.
  • Transparent 3D views and flow diagrams show the open-loop system, plus its hybrid-ready features.

The move: Turn your setup time into a number and show it next to the product. If buyers have to ask how long it takes, the teaser left a gap.

Move 4 · Sneak Peek

“Does it work?” Show one real task, then stop.

The last doubt is the one buyers bring to every launch. Does it actually work?

A bakery hands you one bite, not the whole cake. Your product teaser should do the same: one task, done on screen, then the cut. I call it the Sneak Peek. Some of these 12 are pure teasers. Others are launch-day videos, and the peek inside each one is the part to borrow.

monday.com WorkCanvas launch video

monday.com introduces WorkCanvas, an AI-powered collaborative whiteboard. After one line of setup, the voiceover says “Let’s see it in action,” and the product takes over.

What works here:

  • One prompt builds a template. Describe what you need, and an AI agent makes a custom canvas you can edit.
  • The task finishes outside the whiteboard. Any canvas turns into a monday board, and the two stay in sync.
  • The ask is a first step, not a sale: “Open your first canvas today.”

The move: Get to the product within 10 seconds, and end on the smallest first step. If your ask is “book a demo,” try the first click instead.

Adobe Acrobat Studio launch video

Adobe introduces Acrobat Studio in 30 seconds. The voiceover moves at the speed of the work: drag in research, drop in thoughts, watch AI pull insights.

What works here:

  • Each line is one action. Recap the data, generate a graph, share it with the team.
  • The rhythm is the product claim. Short beats make the task feel fast.
  • The close repeats one phrase until it sticks: “Now you can do that.”

The move: Write your teaser as a list of verbs your buyer does in the product. If a line has no verb, cut it.

AssemblyAI Multilingual Universal-Streaming launch video

AssemblyAI introduces its multilingual Universal-Streaming model. It lists the languages, then drops into a live call.

What works here:

  • The language list is the feature: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese and French, detected and switched automatically.
  • One line of a support call, “Thank you for calling. How can I help you today?”, shows where the model will work.
  • Three claims close it: high accuracy, low latency, unlimited concurrency.

The move: Show your feature at the moment your buyer’s customer meets it. If the scene could belong to any product, use a real line from the job.

Cvent Badge Designer teaser video

Cvent’s teaser shows its new Badge Designer making event badges. The interface does the talking.

What works here:

  • Drag and drop carries the demo. Names, companies, titles and profile photos land on the badge in real time.
  • The time saver is specific: QR codes, barcodes and printing conditions, set in a few clicks.
  • Branding finishes it. Logos and graphics keep every badge on-brand across the event.

The move: Pick one task your new feature makes faster and show it start to finish. If the viewer can’t name the task afterward, the peek was too wide.

Anchor podcast analytics teaser video

Anchor introduces advanced analytics for podcasters, past simple download counts. Demographics and episode charts show who listens and for how long.

What works here:

  • The peek is one chart: how far listeners get into an episode, and where they drop off.
  • That one signal changes what a creator makes next.
  • Listener demographics add a second layer: who is actually tuning in.

The move: Find the one screen in your product that changes a user’s next decision. If your teaser shows five screens, cut to that one.

ZeroLight SpotLight Suite showcase video

ZeroLight’s showcase sells SpotLight Suite, a platform for making car marketing content from 3D data. Every change shows up on screen in real time.

What works here:

  • Configuration changes update the car instantly. Speed is watched, not claimed.
  • One model feeds every channel, from online configurators to social feeds.
  • Lighting and camera control show the creative range inside the platform.

The move: If your claim is speed, let the viewer see the change happen live. If you still need the word “fast,” the shot isn’t working.

Zoho Creator 6 sneak peek video

Zoho introduces Creator 6, a platform for building custom business apps. The peek shows how easily someone without deep technical skills builds one.

What works here:

  • Drag and drop backs up the claim that anyone can build an app.
  • Blueprints automate the complex workflows.
  • Fit is a number: integrations with over 500 popular apps.

The move: Show a non-expert finishing the task. If only an engineer could follow the screen, the teaser says “hard,” whatever the voiceover says.

Rippling Spend launch video

Rippling introduces Spend: expenses, corporate cards, travel, procurement and bill payments in one place. The video follows spend from request to ledger.

What works here:

  • Controls act before the money moves. Rules and policies approve expenses and stop out-of-policy spend.
  • Employees scan receipts and book travel within policy. Vendor requests become purchase orders.
  • It plugs in: native integrations with over 600 accounting and banking tools, feeding the general ledger.

The move: Follow one dollar through your product from start to finish. If it leaves the screen halfway, your teaser has a gap.

Trimble Performance Portal video

Trimble’s Performance Portal turns fleet data into clear KPIs on driving habits and vehicles. The goal is lower costs and lower emissions.

What works here:

  • Dashboards make the numbers readable at a glance.
  • Gamification and in-truck scorecards turn the data into friendly competition between drivers.
  • Coaching needs become logged sessions, so improvement shows up as a number.

The move: Show what a user does after reading your dashboard, not just the dashboard. If nothing changes after the chart, the peek stops too early.

LINX TT500 printer video

The LINX TT500 is a thermal transfer overprinter for flexible packaging. The video cuts between its interface and a live packing line.

What works here:

  • The interface shows live throughput, batch counts and ribbon status.
  • Then proof on the line. The printer marks moving pouches with MRP, lot number, manufacturing date and use-by date.
  • It runs inside a working form-fill-seal machine, so reliability is seen in place.

The move: End your peek on the output your buyer ships. If it ends on a menu, it ends on the wrong screen.

Amelia any-channel teaser video

Amelia’s 41-second video shows its AI assistant on web chat, mobile, voice, Teams and Slack. The YouTube title sums it up: available anytime, on any channel.

What works here:

  • The channel list is the feature. Users meet the assistant wherever they already are.
  • The real hook is memory. Amelia remembers past conversations across devices and channels.
  • The payoff is human: support that doesn’t make people repeat themselves.

The move: If your feature is continuity, show one conversation moving from one screen to the next. If the viewer sees only one channel, they’ll miss it.

TeamViewer frontline AR video

TeamViewer’s video shows how far it has moved past remote access. The peek lands on frontline work with augmented reality.

What works here:

  • The scope widens on screen, from corporate functions like design and sales to frontline operations.
  • Augmented reality carries the demo: warehouse picking, guided assembly and remote technical help.
  • The link is physical. AR connects the worker’s hands to the digital process.

The move: If buyers know you for one product, show the new job in a real workplace. If the setting is still an office, they’ll file you under the old one.

Pick your move

Which move does your product teaser need?

The short answer: ask one question. What does your buyer not know yet: why now, what it is, what’s new or whether it works? The answer picks the move. One move per teaser. If two questions are loud, cut two short teasers instead of one long one.

If your buyer asksUseDo thisExample to copy
“Why now?”World ShiftOne line on what changed, before the productMicrosoft
“What is it?”Shape SwapOne shape that stands in for the productNextworld
“What’s new?”Inner PartsThe product opened up, new part firstUnico
“Does it work?”Sneak PeekOne real task, then the cutmonday.com

Now go back to the logo, the dark room and the date. That teaser answers none of the four questions. It hopes the buyer remembers the date anyway.

The move: before you script your teaser, ask 5 target buyers what they’d want to know about your product first. Pick the move that answers the most common question.

A date tells buyers when. One answer tells them why they should show up.

FAQ

Product Teaser Video Examples FAQ

What is a product teaser video?
A product teaser video is a short video released before or at launch that answers one question about a new product and leaves the rest for later. It might show why now, what the product is, what’s new inside, or one task it does. The goal is the next click: a sign-up, a waitlist spot or a demo request.
How long should a product teaser video be?
Shorter than the launch video. 9 of the 30 examples on this page run under a minute. The shortest is Recruitee at 0:16, and AWS and Adobe each make their case in 0:30. The longer ones, like Rippling Spend at 2:34, are full launch videos. For a pure pre-launch teaser, aim for one idea and cut the rest.
When should you release a product teaser?
Before launch, early enough to collect sign-ups you can follow up on launch day. Release it where your buyers already are, and point it at one place to register interest. A teaser is one piece of pre-launch marketing, so plan it with the emails and posts that follow it.
What’s the difference between a product teaser and a launch video?
A teaser answers one question and holds the rest back. A launch video, or product announcement video, explains what the product does, who it’s for and how to get it. The teaser earns attention before launch. The launch video converts it on the day.
Should a product teaser show the product?
Usually, yes, at least one part of it. A teaser that shows only a logo and a date gives the buyer nothing to remember. Even Pelco’s 33-second teaser shows the cameras through schematics and renders. Show the one part that answers your buyer’s question, and hold the rest for launch.
What call to action should a product teaser use?
Ask for the smallest next step. Before launch, that’s a waitlist spot or a reminder. At launch, monday.com asks you to “Open your first canvas today,” and AssemblyAI says “Start building today.” Use one call to action, phrased as an action.
Should a product teaser use a voiceover?
Both work. Microsoft, Adobe and monday.com use a voiceover to carry the claims, and the visuals follow it. A shape-led teaser can run on visuals and on-screen text alone. Pick by the move: a World Shift often needs a spoken line, while a Shape Swap can work silently. Add captions either way.
How do you tease a product with no interface?
Show what happens inside it or what it does in the world. Expro goes inside the MegaFlow separator to show liquids separating from gas. Epson shows timing devices inside smart home products. Maersk draws its Flex Hub as one shape on a map. Each one gives the buyer something to see where a screen would be.
How do you tease an AI feature?
Show what it does and where the human stays in charge. Microsoft’s Project Perception teaser says “when it matters, you make the decision.” Check Point lists the jobs its AI firewall does, then promises no new console. monday.com shows an AI agent building a template you can still edit.
How do you measure whether a product teaser worked?
Pick the goal before you release it: waitlist sign-ups, demo requests or launch-day traffic. Track clicks on the call to action against that goal. Then check watch time and where viewers drop off. A drop before the product appears means the opening question didn’t land.
Should a product teaser reveal the launch date or price?
A date, yes, if there’s an event or a waitlist behind it. Give the buyer a reason to put it in their calendar. Leave price for the launch video or the sales call. A teaser that leads with price turns a question about value into a question about cost.
Can one product teaser work on every platform?
Make one main cut, then short versions per platform. Keep the opening question in the first seconds of every cut. For feeds, use big product shots and short lines that read on a phone. These social media teasers show how short cuts hold one idea.

Patterns from the analysis

Product Teaser Video Best Practices

Seven of the teasers above were broken down from their full transcripts: Microsoft Project Perception, Check Point, AWS Lambda MicroVMs, Ask Oracle, monday.com WorkCanvas, Adobe Acrobat Studio and AssemblyAI. Four patterns showed up. Seven is a small sample, so read each count as what these seven did, not as market data.

Buyer First

Should a product teaser open on the buyer’s world or the product?

Observation
Microsoft opens on attackers coordinating through agents. Check Point opens on AI transforming the network. AWS asks “Running untrusted code at scale?” Oracle asks why enterprise software is so hard to search. monday.com, Adobe and AssemblyAI open on the product name.
Data
4 of 7 opened on the buyer’s world. 3 of 7 opened on the product.
The move
If your buyer doesn’t know the problem yet, open on it. If they already feel it, name the product in the first line and get to the screen.
Nothing to Add

Should a product teaser say what the buyer won’t have to change?

Observation
Check Point promises “No new infrastructure, no new console.” AWS promises “no infrastructure to manage.” monday.com turns any canvas into a monday board that stays in sync. Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe and AssemblyAI don’t mention setup.
Data
3 of 7 said what the buyer won’t have to add or rebuild.
The move
Name the one thing your buyer won’t have to buy, learn or migrate. A teaser that removes a setup fear gets forwarded to the person who approves it.
Smallest Ask

How should a product teaser end?

Observation
monday.com ends on “Open your first canvas today.” AWS ends on “Get started today.” AssemblyAI ends on “Start building today.” Microsoft, Check Point, Oracle and Adobe end on a line about the product or the brand instead.
Data
3 of 7 ended on a direct action. 4 of 7 ended on a brand line.
The move
End on one small action your buyer can take today. Before launch, that’s a waitlist spot. A brand line is easier to write and harder to act on.
Checkable Number

Should a product teaser include a number?

Observation
AWS gives two: launch in as fast as a second, and state kept for up to 8 hours of active use. Microsoft says “What used to take days happens in just minutes,” without a figure. The other five give no number.
Data
1 of 7 gave a specific number.
The move
Use one number your buyer can check. “Minutes” is a feeling. “Up to 8 hours” is a spec.

How to plan

Where to use your product teaser video

Put the teaser where your buyer will meet the launch first. Then point every copy at the same sign-up.

  • Waitlist or launch page. The teaser above the sign-up form, answering the one question that earns the sign-up.
  • Launch emails. One teaser per email in the run-up, the way most product launch emails build toward the day.
  • Social feeds. Short cuts that open on the question in the first seconds.
  • Sales outreach. A teaser sent to open deals, so buyers hear about the release before it ships.

After launch, the teaser hands over to a full product tour video that answers the questions it held back.

How do you make a product teaser video?

Eight decisions, in order. Each one narrows the next.

  • Goal. Waitlist sign-ups, demo requests or launch-day traffic. Pick one.
  • Buyer. Who will watch decides which question the teaser answers.
  • Question. Why now, what is it, what’s new or does it work. One per teaser.
  • Move. World Shift, Shape Swap, Inner Parts or Sneak Peek, matched to the question.
  • Script. Write the last line first. Then the first line. Then the middle.
  • Hold-back. Decide what the teaser won’t show, so the software product launch video has something left to reveal.
  • Style. Real screens for software, 3D for hardware, one shape for ideas. These tips on how to make a teaser video cover the craft side.
  • Ask. One call to action, decided before you record.

Teasers for hardware and software products

Hardware and software teasers answer the same four questions. They just show the answer differently.

Hardware buyers want to see inside. Unico, Expro and Alfa Laval open their products up in 3D, the same move most hardware demo videos make at full length. The new part is the hero.

Software buyers want to see one task. monday.com, Adobe and Cvent show a real job on screen, then cut. Most SaaS product teasers that work keep the peek to one screen.

  • Hardware: open it up, name the new part, give one spec.
  • Software: show one task, start to finish, then stop.
  • Both: end on one small action the buyer can take today.

About the author

About Jai Ghosh

Jai Ghosh
Video Producer at Advids · LinkedIn

Jai Ghosh is a Video Producer at Advids, where he has planned and produced videos for B2B software and technology companies for 7 years. He works on product demos, explainer videos and brand videos, from the first script to the final cut, for clients from startups to enterprises.

Before Advids, Jai spent over 11 years in freelance media consulting, after starting out in digital journalism. He writes the Advids blog's breakdowns of product and demo videos, sorting real examples by the question each one answers for a buyer.

  • Focus: SaaS product demos, explainer videos and brand videos
  • Experience: 7 years at Advids, over 11 years in media consulting
  • Background: digital journalism

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