Loom vs Descript vs Fathom

Compared on	Loom Free plan · from $15/user/mo VisitRemove	Descript Free plan · from $16/person/mo VisitRemove	Fathom Free plan · from $16/user/mo VisitRemove
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	AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes video calls
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	Free forever: unlimited recordings, transcription in 38 languages, storage, downloads and clips; instant AI summaries, with advanced summaries for the first 5 calls a month; Ask Fathom limited; no AI action items or AI follow-up emails
Cheapest paid plan	$15/user/mo billed annually (Business)Loom pricing	$16/person/mo billed annually (Hobbyist)Descript pricing	$16/user/mo billed annually (Premium)Fathom 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.	Team plan is $19/user/month billed monthly or $15 billed annually, for 2+ users.
Free trial	14-day free trial of Business + AI	None stated	30-day free preview of Premium features after sign-up (60 days through a referral)
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension	macOS, Windows	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	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	Recording client or sales calls without taking manual notes Sending call summaries and action items to a CRM such as HubSpot or Salesforce Building playlists of call highlights for team training
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	Free plan does not include advanced summaries, AI action items or AI follow-up emails Ask Fathom is marked 'limited use' on the free plan Team plan requires at least 2 users
Made by	Loom (owned by Atlassian)	Descript	Fathom (part of Superhuman)

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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