Capture vs Loom.
Looking for a Loom alternative? Nobody on your team watches the 7-minute screen recording anyway. Capture turns the same recording into a step-by-step written guide. Skim in 90 seconds. Search inside it. Translate it. Paste it into ChatGPT. Update one step without re-recording the whole thing.
What each one is.
Loom outputs a video. Your team will Slack you for the answer before they press play. Capture outputs a guide a reader skims in 90 seconds, searches with Cmd+F, and pastes into an AI assistant when they want a one-line summary.
For workflow docs, the format gap matters more than the price gap. A guide stays useful for two years. A video starts rotting the day the UI changes.
At each tier.
Prices in USD, billed monthly. Loom prices read from its public pricing page.
- 3 guides
- Voice narration
- Multi-language
- Chrome extension
- Unlimited guides
- AI step rewriting
- Voice + multi-language
- PDF share
- Everything in Pro
- Team folders
- Branded guides
- 3-seat minimum
- Everything in Team
- Volume pricing
- Priority support
- Custom contract
- 5-minute recording cap
- 25 videos per person
- 50-member workspace cap
- Unlimited length
- No AI features
- Custom branding
- AI summaries + chapters
- Filler word removal
- No multi-language guide output
- SSO / SCIM
- Salesforce integration
- 3 guides
- Voice narration
- Multi-language
- Chrome extension
- 5-minute recording cap
- 25 videos per person
- 50-member workspace cap
- Unlimited guides
- AI step rewriting
- Voice + multi-language
- PDF share
- Unlimited length
- No AI features
- Custom branding
- Everything in Pro
- Team folders
- Branded guides
- 3-seat minimum
- AI summaries + chapters
- Filler word removal
- No multi-language guide output
- Everything in Team
- Volume pricing
- Priority support
- Custom contract
- SSO / SCIM
- Salesforce integration
Side by side.
Where each tool sits today. n/a means not applicable.
Output for documentation
| Feature | Capture | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | Step-by-step guide | Screen-recorded video |
| Skim in 90 seconds | Yes | No |
| Searchable inside the page (Cmd+F) | Yes | Transcript search only |
| Pasteable into ChatGPT / Claude | Full guide | Transcript only |
| Update one step without re-recording | Yes | No, re-record everything |
| PDF export | All plans | n/a |
AI features
| Feature | Capture | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| AI step rewriting | All plans | n/a |
| Voice narration | All plans | n/a |
| Multi-language guide output | All plans | Transcripts only |
| AI on paid Team plan | $12/seat | $24/seat (Business + AI) |
Free tier & price
| Feature | Capture | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Recording length on Free | No cap | 5-minute cap |
| Multi-language on Free | Yes | Transcripts only |
| Team plan price | $12/seat | $18/seat (Business) |
| AI included on Team plan | Yes | No, costs extra |
Pick the one that fits.
No tool wins on every axis. Here is where each one is the better default.
- 01Your team scrolls and skims. They open a guide, find the step they need in five seconds, and ship. They do not have 7 minutes for a video.
- 02You want the doc to feed your AI workflow. A text guide pastes into ChatGPT, Claude, or your internal RAG. A Loom video does not.
- 03You document repeatable workflows: onboarding, SOPs, IT helpdesk, agency handover, customer success playbook. Process changes monthly and you update one step at a time.
- 04You ship in two or three languages without paying for an Enterprise contract.
- 01You are recording an async meeting or a pitch where the recipient will watch once and tone of voice carries the message.
- 02You want to ship a one-time announcement video where face-cam and screen demo do the work.
· Loom Free is capped at 5 minutes per recording, which makes it impractical for most SOP-style content.
· Loom transcripts cover audio in 50+ languages but do not generate a translated guide page; the visual content stays in the source language.
Pricing and feature data verified May 2026. Plans may change since.
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