Loom is the default for quick async video, and it records your screen exactly as it is. Recordio is for product walkthroughs that should look finished: it zooms and spotlights what you interact with, cuts the silence, and shares a link with view analytics from $12 per seat.
| Feature |  Recordio | Loom |
|---|---|---|
Auto zoom Frames the element you interact with; each zoom is an editable keyframe | DOM-aware, editable | Cursor-based, on the AI plan |
Auto spotlight 3D elevation of the element you click | ||
Smart AutoCut Removes silence, keeps typing and clicking pauses | All plans | Filler and silence removal on Business + AI |
Simplified toolbar Hides bookmarks, tabs and extensions | ||
Blur sensitive regions | ||
Webcam | Webcam bubble | Webcam bubble |
Device frames MacBook Pro and Air frames | ||
AI captions | Word-level, editable (Pro) | 50+ languages |
Export resolutions | 1080p free, up to 4K on Pro | Up to 4K on paid plans |
Cloud rendering | Pro (browser rendering on Free) | |
Share links with view analytics | Pro | All plans |
Team workspace and roles | Pro | Business and up |
Unlimited viewer seats | Pro | Viewing is free |
Screenshots Full page or region, with annotation | ||
Platforms | Chrome, Edge, Brave on Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS | Mac, Windows, Chrome, iOS, Android |
Free plan | 5 active projects, 1080p, no watermark | 25 videos, 5 minutes each |
Price | Free, or Pro $12 per seat per month billed annually | $15 to $20 per user per month billed annually |
Loom built the workflow everyone copies: a link that opens instantly, timestamped comments, emoji reactions, calls to action and viewer insights. For a manager sending a two-minute update to twelve people, that page is the product, and it is very good.
Loom has desktop apps for Mac and Windows, a Chrome extension and iOS and Android apps. You can record a native desktop tool, a phone screen or yourself on camera anywhere. Recordio records in the browser, which is the right scope for web app walkthroughs and the wrong one for everything else, so keep that in mind if half your videos are of native tools.
Since the Atlassian acquisition, Loom turns a bug report video into a Jira work item with device, browser and console details attached, and Loom AI writes titles, summaries and chapters. If your team lives in Jira and Confluence, that is real time saved.
What changes when a Loom recording becomes a Recordio recording.
A Loom recording is your full screen at full size, so a form field on a 27-inch monitor is a few pixels in the final video. Recordio reads the page DOM while you record and zooms into the input, card or menu you are using, without clipping it. Each zoom is a keyframe you can drag or delete, and the auto spotlight lifts the element you click so the viewer looks where you look.
Loom AI trims filler words on its AI plan. Recordio's AutoCut removes every silent gap on every plan while keeping the pauses where you are typing or scrolling, so the pacing still feels human. Pro adds captions with word-level timing; edit a word, or delete a caption line to cut that part of the video.
Recordio replaces your browser toolbar with a clean bar showing only the page title, so 40 open tabs and a bookmarks bar never appear. Add a background, a MacBook frame and a webcam bubble, and a walkthrough recorded in five minutes looks like something marketing made. Loom offers custom backgrounds; the rest is a screen recording. Blur a region if the page shows customer data, and pick a track from the music library for a demo that goes on a landing page.
Loom Business is $15 per user per month billed annually, or $20 with AI features. Recordio Pro is $12 per seat, includes captions and cloud rendering, and only the people who record need a seat. Viewers are free and unlimited. Every walkthrough lands in a team library with roles, so product, sales and support share one source of truth instead of scattered links. It runs in Chrome, Edge or Brave on Windows, Mac and Linux, so the whole team uses one account.
Recordio Pro against Loom, using the plan a small product team would actually pick.
| Cost |
Recordio Pro
| Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Per seat, billed annually | $12 per seat per month | $15 per user per month (Business), $20 with AI |
| Per seat, billed monthly | $15 per seat per month | $18 per user per month (Business), $24 with AI |
| Free plan | $0, no card. Up to 5 active projects, 1080p downloads, videos expire after 7 days. | Starter: 25 videos per person, 5 minutes each |
| Five people, one year | 5 seats x $12 = $60 per month, $720 per year on annual billing. Monthly billing is 5 x $15 = $75 per month. | 5 x $15 = $75 per month, $900 per year on Business. With AI: 5 x $20 = $100 per month, $1,200 per year. |
| People who only watch | Free and unlimited. Only people who record need a Pro seat. | Free. Loom charges per creator; watching a link costs nothing. |
Both tools charge for the people who record and let anyone watch for free. The gap is what a seat includes: Recordio Pro bundles captions, 4K, cloud rendering and the team library at $12, while Loom keeps AI editing and captions on the $20 tier. Loom's free plan caps each video at 5 minutes; Recordio's free plan caps active projects at 5 and expires videos after 7 days.
Loom prices checked on September 22, 2026 on Loom's own pricing page. Recordio prices are current.
Yes. Recordio's free plan has no card, no watermark and no 5-minute cap. It includes auto zoom, spotlight, AutoCut and 1080p downloads for up to 5 active projects, with videos expiring after 7 days. Pro is $12 per seat per month billed annually.
Yes, on Pro. Every recording gets a public watch page and a link with view counts and watch time. On the free plan you download the video and share the file.
Recordio is a Chrome extension with a web app, so it records what you do in the browser. That is where product walkthroughs of web apps happen, and where its DOM-aware zoom works. For native desktop apps or phone screens, Loom is the better fit.
Install the extension, create a workspace and invite the people who record; everyone else watches links for free. Recordio does not import your Loom library, so keep Loom on the free Starter plan for old videos while new walkthroughs go into the Recordio team library. Most teams run both for a month, then let the Loom seats lapse at renewal.
Yes. Recordio runs in Chrome, Edge or Brave on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS. There is nothing to install beyond the extension, and every recording lands in the same web app.
Written by John Mikhail, founder of Recordio. Updated .
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