Is Embrance a replacement for Tukios?

Not for everything. If a funeral home depends on Tukios for its website, online obituaries and DVD products, Embrance does not replace those. It replaces the part where someone chases a family for photos and builds a tribute video under deadline, and it lets the family do the arranging themselves if they want to.

Can a funeral home use Embrance alongside Tukios?

Yes. Nothing has to be ripped out. Embrance produces a standard MP4 that plays on the same screens and can be uploaded to the same obituary page.

How does Embrance collect photos from families?

The funeral director sends one link by text or shares it at the arrangement meeting. Relatives open it on their phones and add photos straight from the camera roll. There is no app to install and no account to create, and the photos land in the slideshow as they arrive.

Does the family see the slideshow before it is finished?

Yes. The slideshow assembles in the browser as photos are added, so the family and the director watch the actual film take shape rather than waiting on a render to review it.

What does Embrance cost a funeral home?

The team is working with a small number of funeral homes directly and does not publish a price for them yet. A director can try it on a real case first, with no contract and no bundle. The consumer product families buy directly is priced on the home page.

Which is better for a large funeral home group?

Tukios is used by more than ten thousand funeral homes and integrates with websites and physical products at that scale. A large group that needs all of that should assume Tukios is the safer default. Embrance suits a home that wants families more involved and the photo chase gone.

Comparison

Embrance vs Tukios

Tukios is the tribute video software most funeral homes already use, and for several things it is the better tool. This is the honest version of where the two differ, so a director can decide in five minutes whether Embrance is worth trying on one case.

The short version

Tukios is a platform: tribute videos, plus websites, online obituaries, TV delivery, DVDs and photo books, used by more than ten thousand funeral homes. Embrance is one thing: the tribute video, built so the family can be as involved as they want to be, from sending a few photos to arranging the whole film themselves while watching it assemble live.

If a funeral home leans on the rest of the Tukios platform, Embrance does not replace it. If the pain is the photo chase and the build under deadline, that is exactly what Embrance was made for, and the two run side by side without conflict.

Side by side

Area	Tukios	Embrance	Edge
Who builds the video	Staff, in about five minutes per video by Tukios' own figure, using its editor and theme creator.	Either. Staff can build it, or hand the family one link and let them arrange, crop and choose the opening photo themselves while watching it assemble live.	Embrance
Collecting photos from the family	A shareable link families use to upload photos and videos, described as being as easy as posting to social media.	A link that opens the phone's camera roll directly. No app, no account, and every branch of the family can add to the same slideshow.	Even
Seeing the result	Build, then review the finished video.	The slideshow assembles in the browser as photos land, so staff and family see the actual film before anyone presses render.	Embrance
Music	An extensive licensed library plus an AI generator with twelve or more arrangement styles that syncs tempo to video length.	A smaller licensed library. Every track is cleared for the finished video to be shared online without being muted.	Tukios
Themes and effects	Numerous themes across nature, lifestyle, sports, military, religious and patriotic, with a custom theme creator.	Ten themes, each a full film treatment rather than a template, with automatic captions and photo framing.	Tukios
Delivery	One-click publish to a website, a TV display and file formats, plus DVD, memory drive, video book and photo book products.	A standard MP4 that plays on any screen, a hosted tribute page with a QR code, and USB or DVD on request.	Tukios
Branding	A brandable outro with the funeral home's logo.	The film closes on “Provided by” the funeral home with its logo, in the preview the family watches and in the MP4.	Even
Website and obituary integration	Publishes to the online obituary and website as part of its platform.	No website platform. The tribute page is a standalone link.	Tukios
How it is sold	Contact the vendor for pricing. Capterra lists no free trial and no free version.	Try it on a real case first. No contract and no bundle with anything else.	Embrance

Tukios details are from tukios.com and its Capterra listing as of August 2026. Tukios does not publish pricing, so none is quoted.

Where Tukios is the right call

The home runs on it. Website, obituaries, RSVP and the tribute video in one login is worth a lot to a busy office. Embrance has no website product and never will.
Physical products matter. DVD, memory drive, video book and photo book, ordered from the same place. Embrance offers USB or DVD on request and nothing beyond that.
Music breadth. An extensive library plus an AI generator that matches tempo to length. Ours is smaller and fully cleared for sharing; it is not larger.

Where Embrance is different

The family can do the work, or not. One link lets relatives add photos from their own phones, and the same link lets them arrange the order, crop a photo and choose the opening image, watching the actual film assemble as they go. The director can do all of that instead, or none of it.
Nobody waits for a render to see it. The slideshow builds in the browser as photos land. Review happens on the real thing, not a proof.
Nothing to rip out. The output is a standard MP4 that plays on the chapel screen and uploads to whatever obituary page the home already uses, plus a hosted tribute page with a QR code for the program.
Try it on a case, not a contract. Here is how the director side works.

Common questions

Frequently asked

Is Embrance a replacement for Tukios?: Not for everything. If a funeral home depends on Tukios for its website, online obituaries and DVD products, Embrance does not replace those. It replaces the part where someone chases a family for photos and builds a tribute video under deadline, and it lets the family do the arranging themselves if they want to.
Can a funeral home use Embrance alongside Tukios?: Yes. Nothing has to be ripped out. Embrance produces a standard MP4 that plays on the same screens and can be uploaded to the same obituary page.
How does Embrance collect photos from families?: The funeral director sends one link by text or shares it at the arrangement meeting. Relatives open it on their phones and add photos straight from the camera roll. There is no app to install and no account to create, and the photos land in the slideshow as they arrive.
Does the family see the slideshow before it is finished?: Yes. The slideshow assembles in the browser as photos are added, so the family and the director watch the actual film take shape rather than waiting on a render to review it.
What does Embrance cost a funeral home?: The team is working with a small number of funeral homes directly and does not publish a price for them yet. A director can try it on a real case first, with no contract and no bundle. The consumer product families buy directly is priced on the home page.
Which is better for a large funeral home group?: Tukios is used by more than ten thousand funeral homes and integrates with websites and physical products at that scale. A large group that needs all of that should assume Tukios is the safer default. Embrance suits a home that wants families more involved and the photo chase gone.

See it on a real case

Hand one family the link and watch their photos arrive. No contract, and nothing to install.

How it works for funeral homes Talk to us

Also for funeral homes: Choosing slideshow software · What tribute videos cost you now