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Loom Freemium
Async screen and camera recording with instant share links and AI transcripts
Loom is a screen recorder made by Loom, Inc. (an Atlassian company) that saves each recording as a link instead of a file. The free plan allows 25 videos per person, capped at 5 minutes each and 720p quality.
What is Loom?
It is a browser, desktop and mobile recorder for people who would rather send a 3-minute video than type a 300-word message. Press record, talk through your screen, and Loom uploads the clip and copies a URL to your clipboard the second you hit stop.
The desktop app runs on macOS and Windows. There’s a Chrome extension too, which is how most people record a single tab without installing anything.
Loom product features
- Camera bubble and screen in one take. You pick full screen, a window, a tab, or camera only. The bubble can be resized and moved mid-recording.
- Automatic transcript and AI summary. Loom transcribes speech after upload and generates a chaptered summary plus a searchable transcript. English works best; accuracy drops on heavy accents and in noisy rooms.
- Viewer analytics. You see who watched, how far they got, and which parts were rewatched. On Business plans, emoji reactions and comments are timestamped.
- Trim and stitches. Basic trimming is built in. You can cut the first three seconds of fumbling and delete a tangent without re-recording.
- Password and expiry controls. Links can be locked behind a password, set to expire, or restricted to your workspace domain.
Product highlights
- Recording stops wasting time on rendering: the link is live before you finish typing your message.
- Transcripts are searchable by keyword, so a 40-video library stays usable months later.
- Viewer drop-off data tells you exactly where people stopped watching, which is rare in free tools.
- Works inside Gmail, Slack and Notion via embeds that play without leaving the page.
What is Loom used for?
- Bug reports: record the exact click path and paste the link into Jira or Linear.
- Client walkthroughs where a call isn’t worth scheduling.
- Onboarding videos for new hires who join in different time zones.
- Async design feedback with a camera bubble so tone isn’t lost in text.
- Product demos for sales follow-ups, with view tracking to see if the buyer actually watched.
Is Loom free, and how much does it cost?
Free gives 25 videos at 5 minutes and 720p. Business runs about $15 per user per month billed yearly and lifts the limits to unlimited video length at 1080p, with password protection and CRM-friendly analytics. Enterprise pricing is quote-only, and the AI summaries are metered on lower tiers.
Who should skip it: teams already standardizing on Microsoft Stream or Google Vids get similar recording plus org-wide hosting for no extra line item. And anyone recording longer than 5 minutes regularly will hit the free ceiling in a week.
Quick Summary
- Loom is a screen and camera recorder that outputs share links, owned by Atlassian.
- The free tier caps you at 25 videos of 5 minutes at 720p; Business is roughly $15 per user monthly.
- AI transcripts and summaries arrive automatically after upload and are searchable.
- Best for async updates, bug reports and client demos; weak fit if you already pay for Google Vids or Microsoft Stream.
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