Loom vs Trupeer (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Loom: it is second in our ranking of screen recording and video tools, and it grades higher too, 2.8 against 1.8.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Loom grades higher on value for money, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Loom
Screen and camera recorder for shareable video messages
Trupeer
AI tool that turns screen recordings into training videos and docs
Which one is for you
Pick Loom if
- Fits if your team would rather watch a two-minute walkthrough than sit in a call
- Works for teams in Jira and Confluence that want video tied into them
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free and explain things at length, as screen recordings stop at 5 minutes and 720p
- Not for you if you want a real timeline, because editing here is trimming and stitching
- Pricey if you want the summaries and chapters, since those need Business + AI at $24 per user a month
- Watch out: after the 14-day trial the workspace drops to Starter, which caps at 25 videos per person
- Skip it if you're on Linux, or need SSO without an annual Enterprise contract
Pick Trupeer if
- Fits if you turn how-to screen recordings into training material
- Works for support teams making product guides
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan that lasts, as Free runs for 10 days
- Pricey if you are one person, as Pro is $40 a month billed yearly, $49 monthly
- Watch out: recordings are capped at 5, 10 and 15 minutes on the first three plans
- Watch out: translation, custom voices and SSO need Scale or Enterprise
- Watch out: knowledge base add-ons cost $120 a month, or $180 with AI Search
How we grade them
| 2.8GPALoomGood | 1.8GPATrupeerWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBusiness is $18 per user a month billed monthly, which is the top of the normal band for video tools here against a middle of $10. Annual billing saves up to 17%. The AI summaries sit a tier higher again at $24. | DPro is $40 a month billed yearly ($49 monthly), where the category's dearest tenth starts at $40. |
| Free plan and trial | CStarter is free and includes transcriptions in 50+ languages, but it stops at 25 videos per person, 5-minute screen recordings and 720p. Those are caps you reach, not caps you forget about. | CA free plan for 10 days with 1,000 AI credits and 5-minute recordings, then nothing free. |
| Features | CIt does the record-and-send job fully: capture, transcripts, captions, comments, reactions, viewer insights. But that's a smaller job than an editor's, and Loom's own listing calls its editing basic, trimming and stitching with a few overlays. | CRecording, AI voice and docs, but recordings are capped at 5, 10 and 15 minutes and translation sits on Scale. |
| Ease of use | A4.81 from 19,101 App Store ratings. Record from the desktop app, the Chrome extension or your phone and what comes out is a link, with nothing for the viewer to install. | CNo store rating on record, and you record and edit steps before it works. |
| Platforms and integrations | AMac, Windows, iPhone, Android and a Chrome extension, with ties to Jira, Confluence, Slack, Google Workspace, Salesforce and Figma. Only the lack of a Linux app spoils it. | CWeb and a browser extension only; no desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | quick screen recordings you share as a link | turning screen recordings into training videos |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Loom and Trupeer. How we grade
Price against what you get
Loom starts at $18 a month for each person and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Trupeer starts at $40 a month and scores 2.0.
Loom scores higher and starts $22 a month lower. Of the other screen recording and video tools on the chart, none scores higher than Loom for less, and 64 score higher than Trupeer for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Loom also covers screen recording and screenshots.
- Trupeer also covers documents.
At a glance
| Loom | Trupeer | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $18 per user / month, billed monthly | $40 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Starter plan: up to 25 videos per person, 5-minute screen recordings, 720p quality, unlimited meeting length, transcriptions in 50+ languages and up to 50 members. | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Business + AI; the workspace drops to the free Starter plan afterwards | Free plan for 10 days with 1,000 AI credits a month and 5-minute recordings |
| Web | ||
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Atlassian | Trupeer Inc. |
| Price read from | loom.com | trupeer.ai |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Loom
- The free Starter plan is capped at 25 videos per person, 5-minute screen recordings and 720p quality.
- Auto-summaries, auto-chapters and filler-word removal need Business + AI or Enterprise.
- Business plans are billed per Creator, and Enterprise is sold on annual subscriptions only.
- No Linux app is listed; recording is offered on Mac, Windows, Chrome, iOS and Android.
Trupeer
- The Free plan runs for 10 days, so there is no ongoing free tier.
- Recording length is capped at 5, 10 and 15 minutes on the first three plans.
- Knowledge base add-ons cost extra: $120 a month, or $180 with AI Search, on the yearly toggle.
- Translation, custom voices and SSO are held back for Scale or Enterprise.
Key features
Loom
- Screen and camera recording
- Record the screen, the camera or both from the desktop app, the Chrome extension or the mobile apps, then share the video as a link.
- Basic editing
- Trim recordings, stitch clips together and add backgrounds, text, arrows and box overlays.
- Transcripts and captions
- Transcriptions and closed captions in more than 50 languages, included on the free Starter plan.
- Comments and viewer insights
- Viewers can respond with comments, emoji reactions and tasks, and creators can see who watched. Engagement insights and calls-to-action are paid features.
- Loom AI
- Business + AI and Enterprise add auto-summaries, auto-chapters and filler-word removal. An AI bug report feature fills in Jira work items from a recording.
- Meeting recordings
- Meetings can be recorded without a length limit, including on the Starter plan.
Trupeer
- AI video and document generation
- Turns a recording into a narrated video and a written guide, with automated transcription and script polishing.
- Video editing
- Trim, split, skip, sync and crop video on Pro and above, with AI rewrite and automatic annotations.
- Document export
- Pro and above export guides as DOC, PDF or Markdown, and video as MP4 with captions.
- Translation and voices
- Scale adds AI translation of videos and docs, multi-language share pages and premium AI voices.
- Brand kit
- Scale adds logos, backgrounds and music; Enterprise adds a full kit with glossary and pronunciations.
- Knowledge base add-ons
- Paid add-ons publish a branded knowledge base, with an AI-search version that counts searches.
Plans
Loom
Starter$0
Up to 25 videos per person, 5-minute screen recordings, 720p quality and up to 50 members.
Business$18
per user / month, billed monthly
Unlimited storage, recordings up to 6 hours, HD recording, custom branding, engagement insights and calls-to-action.
Business + AI$24
per user / month, billed monthly
Everything in Business plus Loom's AI features, including auto-summaries, auto-chapters and filler-word removal.
EnterpriseCustom
Annual contracts through sales with SSO, SCIM, custom data retention and advanced security controls.
Trupeer
Free$0
for 10 days
1,000 AI credits per month, recordings up to 5 minutes, standard AI voices, public share links.
Pro$40
per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)
2,000 credits, recordings up to 10 minutes, 1 creator seat, no watermark, video editing, document export.
Scale$199
per month, billed yearly ($249 billed monthly)
10,000 credits, 15-minute recordings, 3 creator seats, translation, premium voices, brand kit.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credits and seats, recordings up to 3 hours, SSO, analytics and admin tools. Annual contract.
Ways to pay less
Loom
- Annual discount
Save up to 17% with annual billing
Loom's pricing page says you can be billed monthly but save 17% if you pay annually.
- Education
Up to 75% off for education
Verified teachers, professors and students at accredited institutions can get up to 50% off premium plans for general academic use, or 75% off for classroom use.
Trupeer
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page's Yearly toggle is labeled as a 20% saving on Pro and Scale.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Loom or Trupeer?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Loom starts at $18 per user / month, billed monthly, and Trupeer starts at $40 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Loom or Trupeer?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Loom has a free plan. Trupeer does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Loom and Trupeer run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Loom lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps and only Trupeer lists a web app. Both list a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.