Loom
Docsie
Loom is quick for recording your screen and camera and sharing the video by link. Teams usually look elsewhere when the free plan's 5-minute cap bites, when the Atlassian move raises their bill, or when they need the videos turned into written guides, published to a knowledge base and translated. Here is what Loom costs today, where it stops, and which alternative fits. If you switch to Docsie, we move your existing Loom content over for you.
The best Loom alternative depends on what you need the video for. To turn recordings into written guides in a translated knowledge base, pick Docsie. For narrated how-to videos with AI voiceover, pick Guidde. For polished demo videos on a Mac, pick Screen Studio.
Pricing
Loom and Guidde charge per user or per creator. Docsie plans include a set number of seats plus monthly AI credits for turning video into docs. Prices checked 2026-11-15 on each vendor's own pricing page (Loom: www.loom.com/pricing; Guidde: www.guidde.com/pricing) and docsie.io/pricing.
What a 15-person team pays
Loom Business + AI for 15 people is $360 a month billed monthly (15 × $24), or about $300 billed yearly using the third-party figure of about $20, and its AI documents are English only and go to Confluence. Docsie Premium is $170 a month billed yearly for 15 seats and includes about 17 hours of video a month, unlimited portals on your own domains, version control and 100+ languages.
Recommendation: If your team mostly sends quick video messages and walkthroughs to each other, Loom Business is the simpler buy. If the videos have to become written guides that customers or new hires can search, translated and kept current, compare against Docsie Premium.
Where Loom Stops
The recurring reasons from Loom's own plan limits, Atlassian's billing notices and 2026 reviews, and how Docsie handles them.
Try It on Your Own Video
Upload a screen recording or a video of a real task. Docsie writes the steps, pulls the screenshots out of the video, and gives you a guide you can edit, translate and export to Word or PDF.
Drag & drop your video here
MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI — up to 500 MB
Your video opened in a new tab. Finish there. Tab didn't open? Continue here
Your data is never used to train AI models. SOC 2 compliant.
Best Loom Alternatives
Three alternatives, each better than Loom at something different. Pick by the job you need done.
Any video turned into a written guide, published to a knowledge base and translated.
Narrated how-to videos with AI voiceover, plus a step document.
A Mac recorder that adds zooms and smooth cursor movement for you.
Loom Questions
Q: How much does Loom cost?
A: As of November 2026, Loom Starter is free. Business is $18 a user a month and Business + AI is $24 a user a month billed monthly. Loom says yearly billing saves up to 17%; third-party write-ups put the yearly prices at about $15 and about $20. Enterprise is a custom quote. Since the Atlassian integration, existing customers are being moved to current list prices, so check loom.com/pricing before you renew.
Q: Is Loom free?
A: Loom Starter is free for up to 50 members, with 25 videos per person, a 5-minute cap on screen recordings and 720p. It includes transcripts, comments and viewer insights. Unlimited video length, uploads and 4K start on Business; AI summaries and video-to-doc start on Business + AI.
Q: Can Loom turn a video into a document or SOP?
A: Yes, on Business + AI or Enterprise. Loom AI workflows turn a video into a doc, SOP or step-by-step guide, and the Confluence-page version is in beta. The documents are generated in English only. Docsie turns screen recordings and videos of real-world tasks into step-by-step guides with screenshots, publishes them to a knowledge base on your own domain, with 100+ languages on every plan (DeepL translation on Business).
Q: What is the best Loom alternative?
A: It depends on why you are leaving. Docsie fits teams whose recordings need to become written guides in a translated knowledge base. Guidde fits teams that want narrated how-to videos with AI voiceover. Screen Studio fits solo Mac users making polished demo videos. If you want click-by-click capture instead of video, Tango is the usual pick.
Q: Is there a free Loom alternative for screen recording?
A: Docsie's free screen recorder runs on Mac, Windows and Linux and its core is open source (MIT). Record a walkthrough, then upload it to Docsie to get a written guide with screenshots. See /tools/free-screen-recorder/.
Q: Can I move my Loom videos to Docsie?
A: Yes. If you switch, we migrate your existing Loom content into Docsie for you, so your recordings arrive as editable, versioned guides in your knowledge base. Book a demo and bring a few Loom videos; we will show them in Docsie on the call.
Book a demo, bring a few of your Loom videos, and we'll show them as written guides in Docsie on the call. If you switch, our team migrates your existing Loom content so nothing has to be re-recorded.
Free plan includes 5 video uploads and a knowledge base on your own domain. No credit card.