Descript vs. Loom

Loom records your screen. Descript gives you a full AI video editor — text-based editing, automatic transcription, clips, captions, and one-click publishing.

These companies use Descript. Not bad!

  • Amazon
  • Canva
  • Salesforce
  • Figma
  • Apple
  • Okta
  • Spotify
  • Vox
  • Reuters
  • CBS
  • Microsoft
  • New York Times
  • GitHub
  • KPMG
  • Coke
  • Amazon
  • Canva
  • Salesforce
  • Figma
  • Apple
  • Okta
  • Spotify
  • Vox
  • Reuters
  • CBS
  • Microsoft
  • New York Times
  • GitHub
  • KPMG
  • Coke

FEATURE COMPARISON

Quick comparison guide

Loom is a solid screen recorder. But Descript is a full-stack video editor with AI that does the work for you — from recording to publishing. Here's how they compare.

CapabilityDescriptLoom
Features
Text-based editing
Included
Limited
Screen recording
Included
Included
Smart zooms on screen recordings
Included
Not included
AI video editor (Underlord)
Included
Not included
AI voice cloning (Overdub)
Included
Not included
AI avatars
Included
Not included
Generate video from text
Included
Not included
Studio Sound audio enhancement
Included
Not included
Filler word removal
Included
Included
Eye contact correction
Included
Not included
Translation & dubbing
Included
Not included
AI Clips for repurposing
Included
Not included
Stock media library
Included
Not included
Templates & layouts
Included
Not included
Remote recording (Rooms)
Included
Not included
Automatic transcriptions
Included
Included
Video sharing links
Included
Included
Comments & reactions
Included
Included
Security & compliance
SOC 2 Type II
Included
Included
GDPR compliant
Included
Included
SSO/SAML
Included
Included
Data encryption
256-bit AES
256-bit AES
Enterprise features
User provisioning (SCIM)
Included
Included
Integrations
Included
Included
Scalability
User limits
Unlimited
Unlimited
Storage
Unlimited
Unlimited
Total monthly cost (Creator)
$24 per user / month
$20 per user / month

Recording is just the beginning

The feature list tells you what each tool can do. These sections show you what that actually means for your workflow.

More than a screen recorder

Loom records your screen. Descript records, transcribes, edits, polishes, and publishes — all in one app. Edit video by editing text: cut a sentence, cut the video. Remove filler words in one click. Fix rough audio automatically. Add captions, create clips, then share or export anywhere. It's what screen recording should have been all along.
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More than a screen recorder

Meet your AI co-editor, Underlord

Loom's AI writes titles and summaries. Nice. Descript's Underlord is an agentic AI editor that restructures your video, creates highlight clips, fixes your audio, and removes retakes — it does your editing for you. Tell it what you want in plain English. It handles the rest.
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Meet your AI co-editor, Underlord

AI's latest and greatest

Generative video. AI avatars. Voice cloning. Translation and dubbing in dozens of languages. Descript gives you the latest AI models for all of it — and ships new capabilities constantly. Loom offers none of this. You're already creating things that weren't possible six months ago.
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AI's latest and greatest

More video, more engagement—faster growth

Descript is the all-in-one video creation platform that enables your whole team to produce high-quality videos, fast, at scale. And they already know how to use it.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Descript a good alternative to Loom?

  • How much does Descript cost compared to Loom?

  • Can Descript replace Loom for screen recording?

  • Is Descript better than Loom?