Screen recording
Loom vs Screencastify compared on 14 fields
- Loom score
- 63/100 (6 of 6 criteria)
- Screencastify score
- 61/100 (6 of 6 criteria)
- Fields won by Loom
- 2 of 11
- Fields won by Screencastify
- 0 of 11
Loom
Screencastify
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Loom and Screencastify are both screen recording tools. We compared them on 14 fields read from each vendor's own pages.
On the screen recording tools scorecard Loom scores 63/100 (6 of 6 criteria) and Screencastify 61/100 (6 of 6 criteria) (ranks 16 and 17 in the category).
Of the 11 fields with a clear rule (lower price, higher count, yes over no), Loom wins 2, Screencastify wins 0 and 9 are ties.
Side by side
| Field | Loom | Screencastify | Winner and basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan (billed monthly) | ✓ $18/month | $19/month | Loom |
| Same plan, per month billed annually | – | $7/month | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Free trial | No | No | Tie |
| Platforms supported | – | 1 | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Data export | Videos can be uploaded and downloaded (Business plan) | Videos as MP4, audio as MP3, GIFs, and documents to Google Drive, .docx or .pdf | No winner: no rule for this field |
| Analytics | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Team access | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| AI assistant | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Camera overlay | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Automatic captions | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Instant share links | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Built-in editing | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Desktop app | ✓ Yes | No | Loom |
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Sources: Loom pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026; Screencastify pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026. Each feature value links its own source on the tool's page.
Scorecard, criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | Loom | Screencastify |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | 38$18/month per seat billed monthly on Business (scored on the monthly price) | 34$19/month per seat billed monthly on Starter; $7/month billed annually on Starter (scored on the monthly price) |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | 100Free plan (Starter) | 100Free plan (Free) |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 803 of 4 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") | 803 of 4 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") |
| Verified features | 15% | 1008 of 9 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant, camera overlay, automatic captions, instant share links, built-in editing, desktop app | 1007 of 9 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant, camera overlay, automatic captions, instant share links, built-in editing |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | 100documented data export | 100documented data export |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 25% | 23$18 per user per month on Business (team of 3, billed monthly) | 19$19 per user per month on Starter (team of 3, billed monthly) |
| Total score | 100% | 63/100 (6 of 6 criteria) | 61/100 (6 of 6 criteria) |
Loom plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | Free | per user |
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| Business | $18 | Not stated | per user |
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| Business + AI | $24 | Not stated | per user |
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| Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales | Not stated | None stated |
Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
Screencastify plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | per user |
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| Starter | $19 | $7 | per user |
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| Pro | $25 | $10 | per user |
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| Enterprise & EDU | Contact sales | Contact sales | Not stated |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
How we picked
Every one of these screen recording tools is scored by the same 6 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to screen recording tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other screen recording tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $7.61/month or less = 100, $30.44 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $3.60/month or less = 100, $14.40 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 9 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (analytics, team access, templates, ai assistant, camera overlay, automatic captions, instant share links, built-in editing, desktop app). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 5 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 25% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $6.16 per user or less = 100, $24.66 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Is Loom cheaper than Screencastify?
Loom starts lower: $18 per user per month billed monthly on the Business plan, against $19 per user per month billed monthly ($7 billed yearly) on the Starter plan for Screencastify. Check the unit: per-user and per-account prices scale differently.
Do Loom and Screencastify have free plans?
Both have a free plan.
Which is better, Loom or Screencastify?
On our scorecard Loom scores higher (63/100 (6 of 6 criteria) vs 61/100 (6 of 6 criteria)). The score weighs every criterion the same way for every tool; check the rows above for the ones that matter to you.