Loom Alternatives: 9 Screen Recording and Video Messaging Tools Compared, With Prices (October 2026)
The best Loom alternative depends on what you use Loom for. Tella is the closest like-for-like replacement, Vidyard suits sales video, Screen Studio suits polished Mac demos, Descript suits editing, OBS Studio is free, and Scribe, Guidde, Supademo and Arcade replace Loom when the job is a how-to guide or a clickable demo. Prices checked on each vendor's page on 3 October 2026.
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The best Loom alternative depends on the job you hired Loom for. If you record quick async videos and share a link, Tella is the closest replacement. If you send video to prospects, Vidyard is built for sales. For a polished product demo on a Mac, Screen Studio; for editing a recording like a document, Descript; for free, OBS Studio. If what you actually needed was a how-to guide or a clickable demo, a step recorder or an interactive demo tool replaces Loom better than another recorder.
Every price below was read off the vendor's own pricing page on 3 October 2026, per user or seat per month in US dollars as displayed, with annual and monthly billing shown separately. Only Vidyard and Scribe label the currency USD; the others show a dollar sign. Prices change, so treat the table as a dated snapshot and follow the links before you buy.
Loom alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Free plan | Entry plan, billed annually | Billed monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loom (for reference) | Quick async video messages | Starter: 25 videos, 5 min each, 720p | Business: $180/year for one user | $18 |
| Tella | The same job with more editing and analytics | None listed | Pro: $13 | $26 |
| Vidyard | Video messages to prospects | 5 videos a month, up to 30 min, no analytics | Starter: $59 per seat | $89 |
| Screen Studio | Polished Mac demos with auto zoom | None shown | $9 a month, billed yearly | $29 |
| Descript | Editing a recording by its transcript | 60 media minutes a month, 720p, watermark | Hobbyist: $16 | $24 |
| OBS Studio | Free, local recording on any OS | Free and open source | No paid plan | No paid plan |
| Scribe | Written step-by-step guides | Basic: browser extension, web apps only | Pro Personal: $25 per seat | $35 |
| Guidde | Narrated how-to videos plus a doc | 25 how-to videos, web only, watermark | Pro: $19 per creator | $29 |
| Supademo | Interactive demos and guides | 1 creator, 5 demos | Scale: $38 per creator | $50 |
| Arcade | Interactive demos and product videos | 1 published demo and 1 video | Growth: $42.50 per seat | $50 |
Is Loom free?
Yes, on the Starter plan, with limits. According to Loom's pricing page on 3 October 2026, Starter allows up to 25 videos per person, screen recordings of up to 5 minutes, video quality up to 720p and up to 50 members, with unlimited meeting recording length and transcription in 50+ languages. Removing Loom branding, longer recordings and 4K need the paid Business plan.
How much does Loom cost?
Loom Business costs $18 per user per month billed monthly, or $180 a year for one user billed annually, and Business + AI costs $24 per user per month, or $240 a year for one user, according to Loom's pricing page on 3 October 2026. Enterprise is priced on request. Business + AI adds editing by transcript, filler-word removal, auto chapters and summaries.
What is the best Loom alternative?
For the same job, async screen and camera video shared as a link, Tella is the closest: it records on Mac, Windows and in the browser, edits by timeline or transcript, shares hosted pages with view analytics, and lists a Loom migration tool. For sales outreach, Vidyard. For a product demo, Screen Studio on a Mac or Descript for editing. For free, OBS Studio.
The nine alternatives, one by one
Tella: the closest replacement
Native recorders for macOS and Windows plus a Chrome extension, capturing screen, webcam, microphone and system audio at up to 4K. It edits by timeline or transcript, removes silences and filler words, adds auto zoom and layouts, and transcribes in 106 languages. Shared pages carry comments, reactions, call-to-action buttons and view analytics. No free plan is listed; Pro is $13 billed annually or $26 monthly.
Vidyard: video for sales teams
Built around video messages to prospects. The free plan allows 5 videos a month of up to 30 minutes, without hosting or analytics. Starter, at $59 per seat billed annually or $89 monthly, adds unlimited recordings, hosting, automated captions, calls to action and an insights dashboard, plus AI script and avatar features. CRM integrations start on the Teams plan, which is priced on request.
Screen Studio: polished demos on a Mac
A macOS recorder that zooms in on clicks automatically and records the cursor as data, so its size and smoothing can be changed after recording. Exports go up to 4K at 60 fps, and recording and transcription happen on the Mac. There is no Windows version. It costs $9 a month billed yearly or $29 monthly. Our screen recorder comparison covers it in more detail.
Descript: edit the recording like a document
Records screen, webcam and system audio into a text-based editor, where deleting words from the transcript deletes them from the video, and adds AI voice, translation and dubbing. The free plan gives 60 media minutes a month with 720p exports and a watermark. Hobbyist is $16 per person billed annually or $24 monthly; Creator is $24 or $35.
OBS Studio: free and local
Free, open-source recording and streaming software for Windows, macOS and Linux. It has no editor, no sharing links and no analytics, so it replaces Loom's recorder, not Loom's workflow. Use it when the recording must stay on your machine or the budget is zero.
Scribe and Guidde: when the job is a how-to guide
If people use your Looms to show colleagues how to do something, a step recorder is often the better tool. Scribe turns clicks into a written guide with screenshots; Pro Personal is $25 per seat billed annually or $35 monthly. Guidde produces a narrated how-to video and a written document from one capture; Pro is $19 per creator annually or $29 monthly, and AI voices start on Business. Our Scribe vs Tango vs Guidde comparison goes further.
Supademo and Arcade: when the job is a demo for buyers
If your Looms are product demos for prospects, an interactive demo lets the buyer click through instead of watching. Supademo's free plan allows 5 demos and Scale is $38 per creator annually or $50 monthly. Arcade's free plan publishes one demo and one video, and Growth is $42.50 per seat annually or $50 monthly. See interactive demo software compared.
What is a free Loom alternative?
OBS Studio is the only fully free option here, with no limits and no paid tier, but it has no editing or sharing. Among tools with a free plan, Vidyard allows 5 videos a month of up to 30 minutes, Descript 60 media minutes a month at 720p with a watermark, and Guidde 25 how-to videos with a watermark. Tella and Screen Studio list no free plan.
Loom vs Scribe: what is the difference?
Loom records a video of your screen and face; Scribe records your clicks and turns them into a written step-by-step guide with screenshots. Loom suits explanations where tone and context matter. Scribe suits procedures someone will follow later, step by step, and search. Many teams use both: a Loom to explain why, a Scribe guide for how.
Where any2.video fits
We are not a Loom replacement. Loom and the tools above record what you do. We run a task on the real product, check the result against evidence the product produced, keep the failed attempts in, and tag the video with the version it ran on, which is a different job: the video a buyer evaluates you from, not the one you send a colleague. Loom for marketing versus a verified walkthrough explains the line, and the Proxmox VE 9.2 install shows the result.
Sources, all fetched 3 October 2026: Loom, Tella, Vidyard, Screen Studio, Descript, OBS Studio, Scribe, Guidde, Supademo and Arcade.
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