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5 Alternatives to Loom in 2026
People look for Loom alternatives when the free Starter plan's 25-video and 5 minute limits get in the way, when the AI features turn out to cost a second paid step, or when they cannot find Loom's own data terms. They usually land on Tella, Claap or Cap, depending on whether polish, sales workflows or ownership matters most.
Why people look for an alternative to Loom
Starter runs out quickly
Loom's free Starter plan allows 25 videos, 5 minute screen recordings and 720p quality. Unlimited recording time and 4K start with Business at $18 per user per month, so a team that records daily hits a paywall within weeks.
AI sits one tier above Business
Summaries, chapters, auto titles, tasks and meeting notes are listed under Business + AI at $24 per user per month, $6 above Business. A team that wanted transcripts plus summaries pays for both steps.
Data terms are hard to pin down
Loom's privacy and security URLs redirect to Atlassian legal pages that were truncated when we read them, and the trust page returned a 404. Training use, retention and hosting region could not be confirmed from Loom's own published terms.
The best Loom alternatives
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Tella
Tella is a recorder aimed at polished walkthroughs and course clips. Its Pro tier at $13 per user per month, billed annually, lists unlimited videos, 4K export and transcription in 106 languages, and silence and filler removal come with it. There is no free plan.
Switch if you outgrew Starter's video cap and want a cleaner finished video for customers rather than a quick team update.
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Claap
Claap is made by a French company, now part of lemlist, and pitches itself at sales and customer teams that record calls. The free Basic license holds 10 videos and 300 minutes per user, Pro is EUR 24 per license on annual billing, and Business adds CRM auto-complete.
Switch if you Switch if your recordings are mostly customer calls and you want summaries pushed into a CRM, with a European vendor.
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Cap
Cap is an open source recorder that can be self-hosted or kept to local-only recording. Cap Pro costs $12 per user per month, and commercial use needs either that or a $29 yearly desktop license. The free tier is personal use only.
Switch if you want to hold the recordings on your own storage and can accept a younger product with a thinner review workflow.
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Screen Studio
Screen Studio is a macOS-only app that adds automatic zooms and framing after capture. One plan includes 4K at 60 fps, shareable links and cloud transcripts, at $9 per month billed annually or $29 monthly. It has no AI summaries or step guides.
Switch if you record on a Mac and care more about how a demo looks than about team spaces and comments.
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Screencastify
Screencastify is a Chrome-based recorder with classroom tooling, including LMS grade sync and student restrictions. Starter is $7 per user per month annually, AI features need Pro at $10 annually, and free recordings carry a watermark and stop at 30 minutes.
Switch if you teach or run a school team and want assignment and grading tools around the recording itself.
Before you switch away from Loom
Start by downloading your Starter or Business library, since upload and download of videos is a listed Business feature and you want the originals before any plan change. Note which videos are shared by link in docs, Jira tickets and Slack threads, because those links will break when you delete the account. Check whether your team uses Loom's integrations with Google Workspace, Slack, Salesforce, Figma or Jira, and confirm the new tool covers the two that matter. Record one real five-minute walkthrough in the candidate and compare transcript quality and export resolution against your Loom copy.
The full ranking of this category is in Best AI Screen Recording Software in 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Does Loom train AI models on my recordings?
We could not confirm this. Loom's privacy and security pages redirect to Atlassian legal pages that were cut off when we fetched them, so training use, retention and region were not readable, and loom.com/trust returned a 404. Ask Atlassian for the current policy in writing if recordings contain customer data.
Is there a free Loom alternative without a 5 minute cap?
Cap offers a free tier, but it is personal use only, so work use needs Cap Pro or the $29 desktop license. Claap's free Basic license allows 10 videos and 300 minutes per user. Screencastify's free recordings stop at 30 minutes and carry a watermark. Check each page for current limits.
What does Loom's AI plan add over Business?
Business at $18 per user per month gives unlimited videos and recording time, up to 4K and basic editing. Business + AI at $24 adds auto titles, summaries, chapters, tasks, filler word and silence removal, meeting notes and Record for agents. Loom's FAQ lists a 14-day trial for the AI plan.
Which Loom alternative is based in Europe?
Claap is the one in this group with a French base, and lemlist is its parent company. Tella, Cap, Screen Studio and Screencastify list United States or unstated headquarters in our research. A European address does not by itself answer where recordings are stored, so ask each vendor about hosting.