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EchoRecorder vs Loom

An honest comparison for teams who've looked at the Loom bill and thought "there has to be a better way."

Last updated: March 2026

The cost difference is not subtle

Loom Business costs $15 per user per month, billed annually. That's the plan most teams actually need — it removes recording limits and adds analytics. At 25 people, that's $375/month or $4,500/year. EchoRecorder Team is $29/month flat. The entire team. No per-seat math.

Team size
Loom Business
EchoRecorder Team
You save
5 users
$75/mo
$29/mo
$552/yr
10 users
$150/mo
$29/mo
$1,452/yr
25 users
$375/mo
$29/mo
$4,152/yr
50 users
$750/mo
$29/mo
$8,652/yr

Loom also removed Creator Lite free seats in 2026. Users who previously had 10 paid seats + dozens of free viewers now pay per head for everyone. Teams that thought they were paying $240/year discovered they owed $1,500+.

Loom pricing per loom.com, March 2026. EchoRecorder pricing per getechorecorder.com.

Feature by feature

We've tried to be accurate and fair here, including rows where Loom wins or ties. If anything is wrong, email us and we'll fix it.

Feature
EchoRecorder
Loom
Pricing
Free plan
Forever free
25 videos, 5 min limit
Paid team plan
$29/mo flat
~ $15/user/mo
AI features in base plan
Transcription on all plans
~ Business+AI tier ($20/user)
10-day free trial
~ 14-day (Business+AI only)
Recording
Screen + webcam + mic
System audio
Chrome extension
Desktop app (Win + Mac)
Mobile app
iOS + Android
Noise suppression
Virtual backgrounds
AI Features
Auto transcription (50+ langs)
All plans
All plans
Auto title generation
Business+AI
Filler word removal
Business+AI
AI docs (step-by-step guides)
GPT-4o Vision + frames
AI docs use screen frames
Unique feature
Doc templates (SOP, bug, training)
5 templates
Export docs (.md / .docx)
Editing
Trim / cut
Business
Crop
Speed zones (2×/4×/8×)
Blur / redact regions
Business
Annotations (burn-in)
Transcript-based editing
Business+AI
Video download
Personal+
Business
Branding
Remove vendor branding
All paid plans
Business
Custom logo on viewer
All plans incl. Free
Business
Custom colors (6 fields)
~ Player color only
Branding on dashboard too
Full white-label (resellable)
Analytics
Per-recording view stats
Engagement drop-off heatmap
Sharing & Access
Password-protected links
Business
Link expiry dates
Click event capture + frames
Unique
Integrations
Slack
Business
Jira / Confluence
Business
Native (Atlassian)
Gmail
Google Auth / SSO login
Enterprise / Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2
SSO / SAML
Enterprise
Bring Your Own S3
Business
Bring Your Own OpenAI key
Business

When Loom is the better choice

  • Your team lives inside the Atlassian ecosystem (Jira, Confluence) and the native integration matters more than price.
  • You need mobile recording apps — iOS and Android.
  • Background noise suppression and virtual backgrounds are table-stakes for your team.
  • You need SOC 2 compliance or SCIM provisioning today — we don't have these yet.
  • You need transcript-based editing (cut by editing text) — Loom has this, we don't.

When EchoRecorder is the better choice

  • Your team has more than 10 people and you don't want to do per-seat math.
  • You need recordings to live under your brand, not Loom's — especially for customer-facing content.
  • You want AI documentation that generates step-by-step guides from what's actually on screen — not just a text summary.
  • Your QA or CS team needs click event capture with DOM context — no other tool does this.
  • You want to bring your own S3 bucket and OpenAI key (Business plan) — data stays on your infrastructure.
  • You're evaluating after Atlassian's 2026 pricing changes removed Creator Lite free seats and your bill tripled.

Try EchoRecorder free for 10 days

Every new account gets a 10-day trial with all AI features fully unlocked. No credit card. If it's not for you, the Free plan continues indefinitely with 3 AI doc generations per month.

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