Prices checked 12 November 2026. The best Loom alternative depends on what's in your recordings. If they show customer data, code or internal tools, Hippius Drive is the only hosted option here that encrypts them on your device, so Hippius can't watch them, and at $4 a month it has the lowest monthly-billing price in this comparison. For AI titles, summaries and transcripts, Cap Pro costs $12 per user a month or $8.16 billed yearly, against $24 for Loom Business + AI. ScreenPal's free plan allows the longest recordings, at 15 minutes each, and OBS Studio is free if you only need a file. Hippius has no AI features or video editing yet.
| Tool | Free plan | Cheapest paid | Max length | Viewers need an account | Analytics and comments | AI | Provider can watch recordings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hippius Drive | 25 videos in total, 5 min each, 10 GB | $4 a month (Starter, 500 GB) | 5 min free, no limit paid | No | Paid plans | None | No |
| ScreenPal | 15 min each, 10 hosted videos | $4 a month billed yearly (Deluxe) | 15 min free | No, on public links | Comments on all plans; analytics from Max | Captions from Deluxe; summaries on Max | Yes |
| Cap | 25 share links a month, 5 min each, personal use | $12 a month, or $8.16 billed yearly (Pro) | 5 min on free links | No | Comments; analytics on Pro | Titles, summaries, chapters on Pro | Yes on Cap's cloud; no if self-hosted |
| Zight | 5 min, 1 GB, 720p | $9.95 a month billed yearly (Create) | 5 min free | No | Comments on all plans; views from Create | Transcripts and titles from Create | Yes |
| Tella | 7-day trial only | $13 a month billed yearly (Pro) | 6 hours per clip | No | Yes | Titles, chapters, transcripts, AI editing | Yes |
| Descript | 1 hour of media a month, 720p | $24 a month, or $16 billed yearly (Hobbyist) | 1 hour on free web links | No to watch; yes to comment | Comments on share pages | Full AI editor | Yes |
| Loom | 25 videos, 5 min each, 720p | $18 a month (Business) | 5 min free, unlimited paid | No, on public links | Yes | Transcripts on all plans; summaries on $24 plan | Yes |
| Vidyard | 5 recordings a month, 30 min each | $89 a month, or $59 billed yearly (Starter) | 30 min free, unlimited paid | No, on public links | Analytics from Starter; replies | AI avatars and scripts | Yes |
| OBS Studio | Free, no limits | Free | No limit | No hosting | None | None | No, files stay on your computer |
Published list prices per user from each tool's own pricing page on 12 November 2026, before tax; Hippius prices are per account. "Provider can watch recordings" means the service stores recordings in a form its servers can read, which is what lets it make transcripts and previews; none of these services says recordings are encrypted end to end, except Hippius.
Table of Contents
- Why people switch from Loom
- Loom pricing in 2026
- The best Loom alternatives
- Free Loom alternatives
- Which Loom alternative fits you?
- Common questions about Loom alternatives
- TL;DR
- About Hippius
Why people switch from Loom
Loom made async video normal, and it's still a strong product. People look elsewhere for four reasons:
- Price per seat. Business costs $18 per user a month, so a team of 10 pays $180 a month before any AI features.
- Free-plan limits. The free Starter plan stops at 25 videos per person, 5 minutes each, at 720p.
- AI on a higher tier. Transcripts are on every plan, but summaries, auto titles, chapters and filler-word removal need Business + AI at $24 per user a month.
- Private information in recordings. Screen recordings often show customer data, internal dashboards or code. Loom stores videos on its own servers in a form it can process, which is how it makes transcripts and summaries.
Loom pricing in 2026
Loom, which Atlassian bought in 2023, has four plans on its pricing page as of 12 November 2026:
| Plan | Price per user | What you get | Team of five |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | 25 videos per person, 5 min each, up to 720p, up to 50 members | Free |
| Business | $18 a month | Unlimited videos and recording time, up to 4K, basic editing | $90 a month |
| Business + AI | $24 a month | Business plus AI titles, summaries, chapters, tasks and filler-word removal | $120 a month |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | SSO and SCIM, a 99.95% uptime SLA, custom data retention | Quote |
Loom costs $18 per user a month on Business and $24 on Business + AI as of 12 November 2026, with up to 17% off for paying yearly. Loom doesn't show the yearly per-user price on its page, and Business + AI has a 14-day free trial.
The best Loom alternatives
Hippius Drive
Screen recording is built into Hippius Drive, our encrypted cloud storage. Each recording is encrypted on your device before it uploads, the share link is copied to your clipboard when you stop, and viewers watch in a browser without an account. Because the key travels after the # in the link, it never reaches a server, so Hippius stores your recordings but can't watch them. What Hippius can see is the file name, type and size, an optional preview image for chat apps, and view counts when you turn them on. Our guide to zero-knowledge encryption explains how that works.
It records the full screen, a window or an area in up to 4K, with microphone, system audio, a camera bubble or camera only, and you can pause, restart or discard a take. You record from the desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux, the web console in Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, or a Chrome and Edge extension. Phones can't record, but recordings open on any device. Links don't expire unless you switch them off, and you can add a password. Screenshots come with an editor for arrows, text, numbered steps, blur and pixelation.
Pricing: the free plan includes unlimited screenshots and share links, 25 recordings in total of up to 5 minutes each, and 10 GB of storage. Paid plans remove the recording limits and add view analytics and timestamped comments and reactions, with comments encrypted: Starter is $4 a month for 500 GB, Plus $7 for 2 TB, Max $22 for 10 TB and Scale $50 for 25 TB, billed monthly. See Hippius Drive pricing for the full plans.
What's missing: no AI transcripts, captions, summaries or auto titles, no video trimming or editing, no calls to action in videos, no Slack, Jira or Notion embeds, no team workspaces or admin, and no mobile recorder.
Best for: anyone recording screens that show customer data, code or internal tools, who wants an encrypted screen recorder at a lower price than Loom. Our launch post on the Hippius screen recorder walks through it.
ScreenPal
ScreenPal, formerly Screencast-O-Matic, pairs a screen recorder with a video editor and free hosting, plus video quizzes that suit teaching and training.
Pricing: Deluxe is $4 a month and Max is $10 a month, both billed yearly; Team Business is $8 per creator a month billed yearly, for at least three creators. Its page doesn't list monthly-billing prices.
Free plan: 15 minutes per recording, unlimited recordings, 10 hosted videos, 5 quizzes and no watermark.
What's missing: no analytics below Max, and AI summaries and titles only on Max.
Best for: teachers and trainers who want longer free recordings and quizzes.
Cap
Cap is an open-source Loom alternative for Mac and Windows, with a browser recorder too. Press stop and the link is on your clipboard, and viewers watch in the browser without an account, with comments, reactions, a transcript and chapters on the share page.
Pricing: Pro costs $12 per user a month, or $8.16 billed yearly, and adds unlimited share links and cloud storage, AI titles, summaries, chapters and transcripts, viewer analytics, password-protected links and a custom domain. A Desktop License costs $29 a year, or $58 once, for commercial use and unlimited local recording.
Free plan: unlimited local recording, plus 25 share links a month of up to 5 minutes each. It's for personal use only.
What's missing: recordings on Cap's own cloud aren't encrypted end to end, though you can self-host Cap or connect your own S3 bucket or Google Drive to keep files on storage you control.
Best for: teams who want AI summaries, open source or self-hosting. It also imports Loom videos.
Zight
Zight, formerly CloudApp, combines screen recording, screenshots and GIFs, with apps for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android and a Chrome extension.
Pricing: Create is $9.95 per user a month and Collaborate $12, both billed yearly; yearly billing saves 20% on the monthly price.
Free plan: 5-minute recordings, 1 GB of storage, 720p and the last 50 captures.
What's missing: analytics start on Create, and unlimited AI summaries and chapters need Collaborate.
Best for: support and product teams who share a mix of screenshots, GIFs and short videos.
Tella
Tella is built for polished recordings such as demos, tutorials and course videos, with recording up to 4K and up to 6 hours per clip, and an AI editor that works from chat.
Pricing: Pro is $13 per user a month and Premium $19, both billed yearly. There's a 7-day free trial and no free plan.
What's missing: no free plan, and its AI features run on monthly credits.
Best for: creators on Mac or Windows who want their videos to look finished without a separate editor.
Descript
Descript is a video and podcast editor that lets you edit by editing the transcript, with screen recording included on every plan.
Pricing: Hobbyist is $24 a month or $16 billed yearly, Creator $35 or $24, and Business $65 or $50, per person.
Free plan: 1 hour of media a month, 720p exports with a watermark, and 100 one-time AI credits.
What's missing: it's heavier than a quick async recorder, and viewers need a Descript account to comment on share pages.
Best for: people who edit their recordings properly before sharing them.
Vidyard
Vidyard is video for sales teams, with a Chrome extension, viewer tracking, CRM integrations and AI avatars.
Pricing: Starter is $89 a month, or $59 billed yearly; Teams and Enterprise are custom.
Free plan: 5 recordings a month of up to 30 minutes, with no analytics.
What's missing: it's the most expensive tool here, and most of its value is in sales features.
Best for: sales teams who need to know which prospects watched.
OBS Studio
OBS Studio is free, open-source software for recording and live streaming on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Pricing: free.
What's missing: there's no hosting or share link, so you upload and share each file yourself, and it takes more setup than the other tools here.
Best for: long or high-quality recordings that stay on your own computer.
Free Loom alternatives
For personal use, Cap's free plan gives unlimited local recording and 25 share links a month of up to 5 minutes each. For work, ScreenPal allows 15 minutes per recording, and Hippius gives 25 encrypted recordings of up to 5 minutes, as of 12 November 2026.
| Tool | Free plan limits | Commercial use |
|---|---|---|
| Cap | Unlimited local recording; 25 share links a month, 5 min each | No |
| ScreenPal | 15 min per recording; 10 hosted videos | Yes |
| Hippius Drive | 25 videos in total, 5 min each; unlimited screenshots; 10 GB | Yes |
| Zight | 5 min recordings; 1 GB; 720p | Yes |
| Vidyard | 5 recordings a month, 30 min each; no analytics | Yes |
| Descript | 1 hour of media a month; 720p with a watermark | Yes |
| OBS Studio | No limits; no hosting or share links | Yes |
Which Loom alternative fits you?
- Private recordings: Hippius Drive, the only hosted option here that encrypts recordings on your device.
- Cheapest for a team: ScreenPal Team Business, at $8 per creator a month billed yearly for three or more, or Cap Pro at $8.16 with AI summaries included.
- Free plan: Cap for personal use; ScreenPal or Hippius for work.
- Open source: Cap, or OBS Studio if you only need a file.
- AI summaries: Cap Pro, or Loom Business + AI if your team already uses Jira and Confluence.
- Sales video with analytics: Vidyard.
- Polished demos on Mac or Windows: Tella.
Common questions about Loom alternatives
What is the best Loom alternative?
It depends on what you need, as of 12 November 2026. For private recordings, Hippius Drive encrypts them on your device, from $4 a month. For AI summaries, Cap Pro costs $12 per user a month. For long free recordings, ScreenPal allows 15 minutes each. For sales analytics, Vidyard tracks who watched.
What is the best free Loom alternative?
Cap's free plan includes unlimited local recording and 25 share links a month of up to 5 minutes each, but it's for personal use only. For work, ScreenPal's free plan allows 15 minutes per recording, and Hippius's free plan gives 25 encrypted recordings of up to 5 minutes.
How much does Loom cost per user?
Loom costs $18 per user a month on Business and $24 on Business + AI, as of 12 November 2026, with up to 17% off for paying yearly. The Starter plan is free.
Does Loom's free plan have a time limit?
Yes. Loom's free Starter plan limits screen recordings to 5 minutes each and 25 videos per person, as of 12 November 2026.
Is there an open-source alternative to Loom?
Yes. Cap is an open-source Loom alternative you can use on its cloud or host yourself, and OBS Studio is free, open-source recording software without hosting or share links.
Can Loom see my recordings?
Loom stores your videos on its servers in a form it can process, which is how it makes transcripts, captions and AI summaries. Who else can watch depends on each video's privacy setting.
Which screen recorders encrypt recordings end to end?
Of the tools compared here on 12 November 2026, Hippius Drive is the only one that encrypts recordings on your device before upload, so Hippius can't watch them. A self-hosted Cap server or OBS Studio keeps recordings on hardware you control instead.
Notes on the figures. Prices and limits are published list prices checked on 12 November 2026, before tax. Hippius: pricing, Drive, and the Drive docs on captures and billing. Loom: pricing and privacy settings. ScreenPal: plans. Cap: pricing, docs and sharing. Zight: pricing. Tella: pricing and sharing help. Descript: pricing and share pages. Vidyard: pricing and access settings. OBS Studio: obsproject.com.
TL;DR
For recordings that show private information, Hippius Drive is the only hosted option here that encrypts them on your device, from $4 a month, though it has no AI features or editing yet. For AI summaries, use Cap Pro at $12 per user a month or $8.16 billed yearly. For long free recordings, use ScreenPal, at 15 minutes each. Loom itself costs $18 per user a month, or $24 with AI.
About Hippius
Hippius is a distributed cloud platform built to give users a verifiable alternative to providers like AWS and Google Cloud. Files are encrypted and distributed across an independent network rather than held in a single provider's data center. Every storage claim, payment, and miner action is recorded on Hippius's own blockchain, so instead of asking users to trust the platform, Hippius lets them check it for themselves. On top of that foundation sits a full product suite: personal cloud storage, S3-compatible object storage with no egress fees, a CDN that serves stored files from the edge, confidential computing on secure hardware, and a container and model registry for AI.
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