Alternatives

Loom alternatives for how-to videos

Loom is an async video messaging tool, and it is very good at the thing it was built for: press record, talk, send the link. People start looking for a Loom alternative when the recording has to outlive the message — when it becomes the onboarding video, the help-centre clip, the thing a customer watches in month six. Then the raw take needs zooms, cuts and narration, and Loom hands you the take.

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Prefer the row-by-row version? stepvideo vs Loom.

Before the list

First: should you actually leave Loom?

Loom is an async video messaging tool. There are jobs it does better than anything below, and if you recognise yourself on the left, the cheapest alternative is the one you already have.

Stay with Loom if…

You're sending a quick message to one colleague and the raw take is the point — that's Loom's whole design, and it's faster at it.
You want your own face and voice on camera. stepvideo generates the narration; Loom records you.
Your team already lives in Loom's library, comments and viewer analytics.
You need to record software outside the browser today. Loom has a desktop app; stepvideo is Chrome-only.

Look for an alternative if…

You want the finished tutorial, not the raw take — zooms placed on the controls you clicked, dead time compressed, mistakes cut.
You need a written guide out of the same recording, not a separate doc written afterwards.
You'd rather fix a step's wording than scrub a timeline.

The list

8 Loom alternatives for how-to videos

Coming from Loom, the row to read first on every card below is 'How you capture' — you're used to one click and a link, and anything that needs an install or an upload step will feel like a regression. The second is the line 'listed here, not on Loom's page': a written guide from the recording is where several of these tools go past Loom, and it's a new deliverable, not a like-for-like swap.

Ours first — it's our site — then the rest, closest to Loom first. Every other card quotes that company's own pricing or product page as of 15 August 2026, and links to the row-by-row comparison it was written from.

01 · this site

stepvideo

stepvideo is an auto-editing how-to video tool for browser workflows.

Entry price: Yes. Creator $29/mo — 25 AI video minutes, no watermark, 3 seats
Free tier: Yes. Yes — a 10-day free trial with 5 AI minutes, no card, watermarked exports
How you capture: Yes. Chrome extension — records the tab you pick
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Yes. Yes — the hotkey removes the last 8s (beta)
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Yes — numbered steps, each with its own screenshot from the recording

Plans and pricing stepvideo site

Scribe

Scribe is a step-by-step documentation tool.

Entry price: Yes. Pro Team $17 a seat monthly ($13 yearly), five-seat minimum; Pro Personal $35 monthly ($25 yearly)
Free tier: Yes. Yes — Basic, free
How you capture: Yes. Chrome extension, plus a desktop app on paid plans
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Yes. Delete a step mid-capture from their extension sidebar, at every tier; no undo
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Yes — this is Scribe's core output, on all tiers including free

Listed here, not on Loom's page: automatic zoom on the control you clicked · interactive click-through demos

stepvideo vs Scribe Scribe site

Guidde

Guidde is an AI how-to video and documentation platform.

Entry price: Yes. Pro $19 a creator a month billed annually, matching Creator's figure when billed monthly; Business $39 annually or $59 monthly
Free tier: Yes. Yes — up to 25 how-to videos
How you capture: Yes. Chrome extension, plus a desktop app on Business
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Not listed. Not listed on Guidde's pricing page
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Yes — step documentation alongside the video

Listed here, not on Loom's page: automatic zoom on the control you clicked · AI avatars / talking heads · interactive click-through demos · the editing rules published in public

stepvideo vs Guidde Guidde site

Camtasia

Camtasia is a desktop screen recorder and video editor.

Entry price: Yes. Billed yearly: Starter $39, Essentials $179.88, Create $249, Pro $599 a year
Free tier: Yes. The full editor downloads free; exports carry a watermark until you buy a plan
How you capture: Yes. Desktop application; a separate free "Camtasia Online" recorder
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Not listed. Nothing listed mid-recording; afterwards their page says to cut a mistake you delete a word
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Snagit Step Capture turns clicks into guides and SOPs on every plan, and Step Capture to Video reuses the steps

Listed here, not on Loom's page: automatic zoom on the control you clicked · AI avatars / talking heads

stepvideo vs Camtasia Camtasia site

Supademo

Supademo is an interactive product demo tool.

Entry price: Yes. Scale $50/creator/mo ($38 annual) · Growth $450/mo ($350 annual)
Free tier: Yes. Yes — 5 demos, 1 creator
How you capture: Yes. Chrome extension across all plans, plus Mac and Windows desktop apps on paid tiers
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Not listed. Not listed on Supademo's pricing page
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Numbered steps with screenshots, exported as PDF or PNG at every tier

Listed here, not on Loom's page: automatic zoom on the control you clicked · interactive click-through demos

stepvideo vs Supademo Supademo site

Navattic

Navattic is an interactive product demo platform.

Entry price: Yes. Base $500/mo and Growth $1,000/mo billed annually ($600 / $1,200 billed monthly), read 2 October 2026; Starter free, Startup and Enterprise on request
Free tier: Yes. Yes — Starter is free for everyone: 1 seat, 1 demo
How you capture: Yes. Chrome extension capturing HTML, screenshots or video, plus Mac and Windows apps
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Not listed. Not listed on Navattic's pricing page
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Exports a PDF with a screenshot and narration per step, or a numbered text list

Listed here, not on Loom's page: automatic zoom on the control you clicked · AI avatars / talking heads · interactive click-through demos

stepvideo vs Navattic Navattic site

Arcade

Arcade is a demo tool now leading with AI-generated product videos.

Entry price: Yes. Growth $50 per seat a month, or $42.50 per seat billed yearly, up to 10 seats
Free tier: Yes. Yes — 1 published demo, 1 published video, 200 AI credits/mo, watermarked
How you capture: Yes. Chrome extension and desktop app, listed on every tier
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Not listed. Not listed on Arcade's pricing page
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Step-by-step guides on Growth or higher, one image per step; their docs say video steps are not supported

Listed here, not on Loom's page: automatic zoom on the control you clicked · interactive click-through demos

stepvideo vs Arcade Arcade site

Tango

Tango is a step-by-step guide and in-app guidance tool.

Entry price: Yes. Pro for 3+ users $20 a user monthly ($15 annual); 1–2 users $26 monthly ($22 annual)
Free tier: Yes. Yes
How you capture: Yes. Chrome extension, plus a desktop app on paid plans
Cut a mistake while you're still recording: Not listed. Not listed on Tango's pricing page
A written guide from the same take: Yes. Yes — Tango's core output, with screenshots, across all plans

Listed here, not on Loom's page: interactive click-through demos

stepvideo vs Tango Tango site

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If you switch to stepvideo

Leaving Loom: what you keep, what you gain, what you give up

The comparison table's rows, regrouped. Each group is read from Loom's own pages on 15 August 2026 and from what stepvideo ships — and “doesn't list” means exactly that, not “can't”: the rows Loom's page actually rules out get their own group.

Both Loom and stepvideo list it

10 rows

Dead time removed without editing
Cut a mistake while you're still recording
AI voiceover written per step
Word-by-word captions burned into the MP4
A written guide from the same take
Edit steps, not a timeline
A share page per render
Languages
Brand kit and branded share pages
Free tier

stepvideo has it; Loom's page doesn't list it

2 rows

Automatic zoom on the control you clicked
The editing rules published in public

Loom lists it; stepvideo doesn't have it

1 row

Desktop app for non-browser software

Every row with what each page actually said

Questions

Leaving Loom, answered plainly

Can I bring my existing Loom recordings into stepvideo?

You can upload an existing MP4 and stepvideo will zoom it, but the cuts, the step boundaries and the written guide come from the click events the Chrome extension records — an upload has none, so exported footage doesn't get the full edit. The videos worth moving are the ones you'd re-record anyway: a few minutes in the tab, and the tutorial, the guide and the share page come out of the same take. What Loom lets you export is on Loom's pages, not ours.

How does the price maths work for a team leaving Loom?

Loom charges per user — $18 per user per month on Business, $24 with AI, on the pricing page we checked on 15 August 2026. stepvideo charges per workspace: Creator is $29 a month for 3 seats and 25 rendered AI video minutes; Studio is $99 a month for a team workspace and 100 minutes. If ten people each send raw recordings, Loom is cheaper. If two people make the tutorials everyone else watches, the workspace price is.

What do I actually give up by leaving Loom?

Your face and voice on camera — stepvideo generates the narration and never records you. A desktop app for software outside the browser. And Loom's library, comments and viewer analytics, which stepvideo doesn't have. If the raw take with you in the corner is the point of the video, that is a reason to stay, and this page says so before it says anything else.

Questions about Loom itself — what its page lists, what it costs, where it wins — are answered on the row-by-row comparison. stepvideo vs Loom: FAQ

Leaving something else?

Alternatives to the rest of the shortlist

Scribe alternativesScribe is a step-by-step documentation tool.

Tango alternativesTango is a step-by-step guide and in-app guidance tool.

Guidde alternativesGuidde is an AI how-to video and documentation platform.

Trupeer alternativesTrupeer is an AI demo video and documentation platform.

Camtasia alternativesCamtasia is a desktop screen recorder and video editor.

Supademo alternativesSupademo is an interactive product demo tool.

Descript alternativesDescript is an all-purpose AI video and podcast editor.

Screen Studio alternativesScreen Studio is a macOS screen recorder with automatic zoom.

Storylane alternativesStorylane is an interactive product demo platform for sales teams.

Navattic alternativesNavattic is an interactive product demo platform.

Arcade alternativesArcade is a demo tool now leading with AI-generated product videos.