3 Loom alternatives worth a look in 2026

Loom is an async screen and camera recorder that shares recordings as links.

Updated 2026/09/10

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3 tools, hand-picked

People want recordings that look polished without editing, or a recorder that AI agents can read, or one that ships bug reports straight to their tracker.

The 3 tools below are live listings on Toolfio, chosen by hand because each one covers a specific part of what Loom does — not because they share a category tag. Every pick comes with the reason it made the list, a screenshot, and what its own listing says about it. One of them has a free tier.

Which Loom alternatives are worth trying?

Tool	Replaces Loom for	Pricing
1. ScreenBuddy	Auto zoom follows your cursor, with spotlight and lightbox effects for professional-looking recordings.	Paid
2. Clipy	AI-agent-native screen recorder: free, no watermark, one share link that humans watch and AI reads.	Free
3. Glitches	Annotated screenshots and screen-plus-mic recordings shipped as visual bug reports to GitHub, Jira or Productive.	Paid

1. ScreenBuddy

Loom alternative for: Auto zoom follows your cursor, with spotlight and lightbox effects for professional-looking recordings

Why it is on this list: Auto zoom follows your cursor, with spotlight and lightbox effects for professional-looking recordings.

This is not just another screen recording, other than add auto zoom to your cursor, also add spotlight and lightbox to highlight the screen recording contents and bring the "wow" effect to your videos! auto-zoom: the screen recording monitor your cursor location and click events and then automatically add zoom events to hightlight where you clicked. it also add a customizable cursor to highlight where your cursor is. spotlight: this effect highlight a circular area around the cursor and darken the background to let veiwer focus on your curosr interactions lightbox: this effect create a pop-up card of components in the screen recording video editing: it also contains other regular editing features, such as trim, add padding, change background, insert annotations, etc

Full ScreenBuddy review Visit screenbuddy.xyzVideo · Content Creation

2. Clipy

Loom alternative for: AI-agent-native screen recorder: free, no watermark, one share link that humans watch and AI reads

Why it is on this list: AI-agent-native screen recorder: free, no watermark, one share link that humans watch and AI reads.

Clipy is a free, no-watermark screen recorder for Mac, Chrome, and the web. It was built by Codersera as the recorder its team wished existed: hit record, stop, paste a share link. No watermark, no five-minute cap, no signup wall for the person watching. The recording flow is free in the same way a tape measure is free: it's a tool, not a tier. Clipy ships in three places, each tuned to where its users already work. The native Apple Silicon menu-bar app for macOS records to a hotkey and streams the upload as it captures, so the share link is ready the moment Stop is pressed. The Chrome extension records screen, tab, window, or webcam from inside the browser most users already have open, and it works on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, and macOS. And the browser-based recorder at clipy.online runs without an install, useful when neither the Mac app nor an extension is appropriate. Every recording produces an instantly shareable link. Viewers open the link in any browser, on any device, without creating an account or downloading software. Clipy's product position is that the recording itself should never be the friction. The friction is the watermark in the corner, the five-minute timer, the "sign up to watch" page in front of the video. Clipy is built by Shubh and the team at Codersera. The project is small on purpose: no fundraising, no growth team, no roadmap pressure to gate the core. That choice keeps the surface area small and the product honest. The free-ness extends to the share experience. Viewers don't get an upsell, an interstitial, or a "sign up to watch the next clip" wall. The link opens, the video plays, the page is the player. Slack and other tools unfurl the link as a card; the recording itself stays on Clipy's CDN. Built with Next.js on the web and Tauri (Rust) on macOS, Clipy uses Backblaze B2 for video storage and serves recordings through a global CDN. Find Clipy at https://clipy.online. Press inquiries: [email protected].

Full Clipy review Visit clipy.onlineDeveloper Tools · AI Agents · Productivity

3. Glitches

Loom alternative for: Annotated screenshots and screen-plus-mic recordings shipped as visual bug reports to GitHub, Jira or Productive

Why it is on this list: Annotated screenshots and screen-plus-mic recordings shipped as visual bug reports to GitHub, Jira or Productive.

Send visual bug reports straight to GitHub, Jira, or Productive, with annotated screenshots, screen + mic recordings, DOM snapshots, console errors, and full browser context auto-attached. AI auto-fix opens a PR via Claude Code. Workspaces share credentials across teams. White-label themes for agencies. Tokens stay on your device; captures go only to your own workspace. Built for devs, designers, QA, Project Managers, and the clients they work with. Free to start, just connect a token and go use the tool!

Full Glitches review Visit glitches.studionope.nlDeveloper Tools

How do you choose a Loom alternative?

Start from the job you actually hire Loom for. If it is auto zoom follows your cursor, with spotlight and lightbox effects for professional-looking recordings, ScreenBuddy is the closest fit. If it is aI-agent-native screen recorder: free, no watermark, one share link that humans watch and AI reads, Clipy is the closest fit. If it is annotated screenshots and screen-plus-mic recordings shipped as visual bug reports to GitHub, Jira or Productive, Glitches is the closest fit. If budget is the reason you are leaving, try Clipy first — it has a free tier. Every listing above links to a full review with pricing and pros and cons.