Loom vs Descript

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

Compared on	Loom Free plan · from $15/user/mo Visit Remove	Descript Free plan · from $16/person/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Screen and camera recorder for sharing video messages; owned by Atlassian	Video and audio editor that works by editing a text transcript
Free plan	Up to 25 videos per person; 5-minute screen recordings; unlimited meeting recording length; up to 720p; up to 50 members	60 media minutes (1 hour) per month; 100 AI credits (one-time); 720p local export
Cheapest paid plan	$15/user/mo billed annually (Business)Loom pricing	$16/person/mo billed annually (Hobbyist)Descript pricing
What it covers	Annual price shown as $180 per year for 1 user; annual pricing is set by user tier (flat rate within each tier).	10 media hours and 400 AI credits per month; 1080p watermark-free export.
Free trial	14-day free trial of Business + AI	None stated
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension	macOS, Windows
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Recording a quick walkthrough instead of scheduling a meeting Showing a bug, process or design with a screen recording Recording meetings and getting automatic notes (Business + AI)	Editing podcasts and interviews by deleting words from the transcript Cleaning up audio and removing filler words Cutting short clips from a longer video
Watch out for	Starter plan: 25 videos per person, 5-minute screen recordings, up to 720p AI summaries, chapters and meeting notes need Business + AI Desktop app is Windows and macOS only (no Linux or ChromeOS app)	Free plan: 1 media hour per month, 100 one-time AI credits and 720p export Hobbyist exports up to 1080p; 4K export starts on Creator Desktop app requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or Windows 11 or newer
Made by	Loom (owned by Atlassian)	Descript

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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