Loom alternatives, honestly compared, with prices

How we picked

• Prices come from each vendor's official pricing page, in US dollars, never converted. Every price shows the date we checked it and links to its source. Each price must match a stored copy (snapshot) of the vendor's page, or it isn't published. We re-check twice a week (Mon and Thu); prices older than 14 days show as not yet verified, and those tools aren't ranked or badged until they're re-checked.
• Order: "Our pick order" is our hand-curated list of the closest alternatives. It isn't a numbered ranking. "Lowest starting price" sorts by the cheapest paid plan we list; some starting prices are billed annually and are labelled that way.
• "Best for" badges follow fixed rules: Best free is our top pick with a $0 plan; Best budget is the lowest verified paid price that is cheaper than the tool you're replacing on the same billing basis; Best open source needs an OSI-approved licence. An editor can choose a different tool only with a written reason, and only if it passes the same test. If no tool passes, the badge isn't shown.
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