Buy once instead of Loom
- Loom Business costs
- $216a year. $18 per user/month at the monthly rate; annual billing is up to 17% less. Their pricing
- Ways out
- 7apps that do the same jobs
- Cheapest to buy
- $14.99Gifox 2, which pays back in under a month
- Cost nothing
- 1freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 OBS StudioFree screen recording and live streaming with no limits or watermark | FreeOpen source | No editor and no official support — scenes and macOS audio routing are yours to set up |
 Gifox 2GIF recorder with a one-time $14.99 Pro unlock | $14.99This version | The $14.99 unlock buys Gifox 2; a paid Gifox 3 is already named on the developer's site |
 PresentifyDraw on your live screen and highlight the cursor for $14.99 once | $14.99This version | Updates cover the current major version; the app is already at 8, so a paid 9 is possible |
 CaptoScreen capture, recording and light video editing for one payment | $29.99Perpetual | The $29.99 tier is the discounted pack; the two full unlocks are $49.99 |
 ScreenSnap ProScreenshots and screen recording with backgrounds, annotation and hosted links | $39Perpetual | No free trial — you pay first and rely on the 30-day refund if it turns out not to be for you |
 iShowU Studio 2Record and edit in one app, on a genuine perpetual licence | $79Perpetual | $79 covers Studio 2 only — the quicker iShowU V6 recorder is a separate $89 app |
 ScreenFlowScreen recorder with a real multi-track editor attached, bought outright | $199Paid upgrades | Major versions are paid upgrades, and Telestream does not publish the upgrade price |