LoopRoom vs Loom
Both record your screen and share it with a link. LoopRoom includes the AI on every clip, keeps your recording safe when the connection drops, and puts each clip on the work it explains. Here is the whole comparison, including where Loom is the better choice.
LoopRoom
$29.99 a person a month, or $24.99 billed yearly
Everything below included, plus calls, chat, dictation, booking, tickets, support and error reports.
Loom
$18 Business, or $24 with AI ($15 and $20 yearly)
A free Starter plan: 25 videos per person, up to 5 minutes, 720p.
Feature by feature
| Feature | LoopRoom | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Record | ||
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ |
| iPhone | Testing | ✓ |
| Windows | Testing | ✓ |
| Android | Soon | ✓ |
| Browser | Soon | ✓Chrome extension |
| Recording kept safe if the connection drops | ✓Saved on your device first | ✓Desktop app only. Not Chrome or phones |
| AI, on every clip | ||
| Transcript and captions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Title written for you | ✓ | ✓ |
| Summary and chapters | ✓ | ✓Business + AI |
| Tagged to your projects | ✓ | — |
| Share | ||
| Viewers need no account | ✓ | ✓ |
| Several named links per clip | ✓ | —One link |
| Ask viewers for their name and email | ✓ | ✓Email only, Business |
| Password | ✓ | ✓Business |
| Link that expires | ✓ | ✓Business + AI |
| Moving share preview | ✓Full colour, the clip's own shape | ✓GIF |
| Choose the frame people see | ✓ | —Upload an image, Business |
| Call to action, at a time and place you choose | ✓ | —Whole video or end, Business |
| Know who watched | ||
| Who watched | ✓ | ✓Signed-in viewers by name |
| How far each person got | ✓ | ✓Business |
| Which link they came from | ✓ | — |
| Comments and reactions on the timeline | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit | ||
| Trim and cut | ✓ | ✓Business |
| Cut by selecting words in the transcript | ✓ | ✓Business + AI |
| Remove long pauses in one click | ✓ | ✓Business + AI |
| Blur part of the screen, after recording | ✓ | —Only while recording, in Chrome |
| Insert another clip in the middle | ✓ | — |
| Rotate | ✓ | — |
| Earlier versions kept | ✓ | — |
| The rest | ||
| Clip lives on its ticket, project or meeting | ✓ | —Folders |
| Free plan | — | ✓25 videos, 5 minutes |
| SOC 2 | — | ✓ |
| Single sign-on | — | ✓Enterprise |
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The big differences
Your recording survives the connection
LoopRoom saves every recording on your device first and uploads it in pieces whenever it can, so a tunnel, a hotel wifi or a mountain trail cannot lose it. Loom uploads while you record; its own help pages say a dropped connection can fail a recording, and that videos recorded in the Chrome extension or the phone apps cannot be recovered.
"I would try to send Looms on my hikes all the time, and they would fail on me, and I would just lose them. On the same hike, LoopRoom was no problem."Mitch Lusas, co-founder, recording on iPhone
The AI is included, not an upgrade
Every LoopRoom clip gets its transcript, title, description, chapters and project tags, and every owner can cut by transcript and remove long pauses. On Loom, summaries, chapters, editing by transcript and removing silences need Business + AI, at $24 a person.
You know exactly who watched
Make a separate named link for each audience, ask viewers for their name and email, and see how far each person got and which link they came from. "Sent to the client" and "sent to the team" never blur together. Loom has one link per video, asks for email only, and names only viewers who are signed in.
An editor that does more
Insert another clip in the middle, blur something you only noticed afterwards, rotate a phone recording, choose the frame people see when you share, and go back to an earlier version. Loom's editor has years of polish, but none of those.
A clip that knows what it is about
Loom's library is folders, because Loom only knows your videos. A LoopRoom clip sits on the ticket, project or meeting it explains, searchable alongside everything else, so nobody has to find it. Record a walkthrough of a customer's bug and it lands on the ticket, where an AI coding agent can work from it.
One of eight
The same price covers your team's room and calls, chat, dictation, booking, tickets, customer support and error reports. For clips alone Loom costs less; with any one of those, LoopRoom does.
Where Loom is better
It records everywhere today. Chrome, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. LoopRoom records on a Mac now, with iPhone and Windows in testing and the browser and Android coming.
It has a free plan, and it costs less if clips are all you need.
Security paperwork. Loom has SOC 2, and single sign-on on Enterprise, through Atlassian. We do not have either yet. If your company needs them, Loom is the safer choice this year.
Questions
Is LoopRoom cheaper than Loom?
For clips alone, no: Loom Business is $18 a person a month ($15 billed yearly) and LoopRoom is $29.99 ($24.99 billed yearly). But Loom's AI features need Business + AI at $24 ($20 yearly), and LoopRoom's price also covers calls, chat, dictation, booking, tickets, customer support and error reports. If you pay for Loom and one of those, LoopRoom costs less.
Do viewers need a LoopRoom account to watch a clip?
No. Anyone with the link can watch, unless you limit a clip to approved people, add a password, or ask viewers for their name and email first.
Where can I record LoopRoom clips?
On a Mac today. iPhone and Windows recording are in testing, and recording in the browser and on Android is coming. Clips play anywhere, in any browser.
Is there a free plan?
No. LoopRoom is one paid plan with everything included. Loom has a free Starter plan: 25 videos per person, up to 5 minutes each, at 720p.