Loom alternatives
Screen Recording · www.loom.com
Loom is a video messaging tool for recording screen and camera videos, screenshots, and meetings that can be shared with viewers and teams.
Switching to Tella saves $216 / year and covers 56% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Loom alternatives
We compared 8 products and found 7 cheaper options (2 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Loom Business at $18/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Loom’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Loom costs $18/mo on the Business plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 7 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 9 compared capabilities. Loom's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CleanShot X App + Cloud Basic plan · missing: Transcription & captions, Video editing & trimming, 4K export, Viewer analytics, Meeting recording, Mobile app, No recording length limit capture editor — adjacent | 22% | $2.42/mo how? ⓘ | $187 / year 87% cheaper | |
Cap Desktop License plan · missing: Transcription & captions, Video editing & trimming, Viewer analytics, Custom branding, Password-protected shares, Meeting recording, Mobile app, No recording length limit | 11% | $2.42/mo how? ⓘ | $187 / year 87% cheaper | |
Screen Charm Lifetime plan · missing: Video editing & trimming, Viewer analytics, Custom branding, Password-protected shares, Meeting recording, Mobile app, No recording length limit capture editor — adjacent | 22% | $6.58/mo how? ⓘ | $137 / year 63% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Zight Create plan · missing: Video editing & trimming, Viewer analytics, No recording length limit | 67% | $9.95/mo how? ⓘ | $96.60 / year 45% cheaper | |
Screenity Pro plan · missing: 4K export, Viewer analytics, Custom branding, Meeting recording, Mobile app, No recording length limit capture editor — adjacent | 33% | $10/mo how? ⓘ | $96 / year 44% cheaper | |
Tella Pro plan · missing: Meeting recording, Mobile app, No recording length limit | 67% | $13/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 28% cheaper |
Which Loom alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Tella — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 56%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Cap — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 11%
- Best paid drop-in
- Zight — $9.95/mo (Create plan) · covers 67%
- Need transcription & captions, video editing & trimming, viewer analytics, custom branding or password-protected shares?
- Tella — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need 4K export?
- Cap — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need meeting recording, mobile app or no recording length limit?
- Komodo — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Loom has that the top alternatives lack.
- Transcription & captions — Automatically transcribe recordings into captions or text.Missing from Komodo, Cap, Screenity.
- Video editing & trimming — Trim and edit a recording after capture.Missing from Cap, Screenity.
- 4K export — Export a recording at 4K resolution.Missing from Tella, Komodo, Screenity.
- Viewer analytics — See who watched a recording and how far they got.Missing from Komodo, Cap, Screenity.
- Custom branding — Apply your own branding to shared recordings.Missing from Komodo, Cap, Screenity.
- Password-protected shares — Restrict a shared recording behind a password.Missing from Komodo, Cap.
- Meeting recording — Record video calls and meetings.Missing from Tella, Cap, Screenity.
- Mobile app — Record and manage videos from a mobile app.Missing from Tella, Cap, Screenity.
- No recording length limit — Record without a maximum length limit.Missing from Tella, Cap, Screenity.
Feature comparison
Loom vs the top alternatives, on the 9 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Loom | Tella | Komodo | Cap | Screenity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcription & captions from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Video editing & trimming from Business | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4K export from Business | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Viewer analytics from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Custom branding from Business | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Password-protected shares from Business | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Meeting recording from Starter | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mobile app from Starter | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No recording length limit from Business | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $18/mo Business | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free Chrome extension |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Loom covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Transcription & captions — from Starter
- ✓ Video editing & trimming — from Business
- ✓ 4K export — from Business
- ✓ Viewer analytics — from Starter
- ✓ Custom branding — from Business
- ✓ Password-protected shares — from Business
- ✓ Meeting recording — from Starter
- ✓ Mobile app — from Starter
- ✓ No recording length limit — from Business
- ↑ AI summaries & chapters — only from Business + AI, not compared
- ↑ SSO (SAML/SCIM) — only from Enterprise, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.loom.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-29)
- https://www.loom.com/pricing#skip-to-content (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Loom cost?
Loom's Business plan costs $18/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Loom alternative?
Yes. Tella has a free plan that covers 56% of the 9 capabilities we compared against Loom.
What is the cheapest Loom alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Tella is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Loom alternative with Transcription & captions?
Tella covers Transcription & captions and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Loom have a free plan?
Yes. Loom's free plan is limited to 50 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.