Used For

• +**Explaining bugs with 20 screenshots and confusing descriptions** → Record your screen, show the exact clicks, talk through what's broken
• +**Weekly status meetings where everyone zones out** → Send 3-minute video updates, team watches when convenient
• +**Client feedback that gets lost in email chains** → Record yourself walking through their website, they see exactly what you mean
• +AI auto-generates titles and chapters - no manual editing to make videos actually useful
• +One-click Chrome extension - record and share in under 30 seconds

Best For

• >Your team schedules meetings to explain things that could be a quick video
• >You're tired of typing paragraphs when showing someone something would be faster
• >Remote team drowning in Zoom fatigue and needs async alternatives

Not For

• -Teams wanting unlimited free storage — you'll hit the 25-video limit in your first month of real use
• -Companies requiring self-hosted solutions — everything lives in Loom's cloud, no exceptions
• -Anyone making videos longer than 5 minutes regularly — free tier forces you to delete old content or upgrade

Pairs With

• *Slack (where Loom videos auto-embed and your team actually watches them instead of reading walls of text)
• *Gmail (for client communications when you need to show instead of tell)
• *Salesforce (sales reps record product demos instead of scheduling calls with every prospect)
• *Notion (to embed training videos in your company wiki)
• *Zoom (you upload recorded meetings to Loom for easy sharing and better search)
• *Chrome (the extension lives in your browser toolbar for one-click recording)

The Catch

• !The free 25-video limit hits faster than expected — that's only 125 minutes total, so weekly users upgrade within a month
• !Videos are capped at 720p on free tier, which looks rough compared to what people expect in 2024
• !You'll spend time downloading videos locally to avoid hitting storage limits, which defeats the "instant sharing" purpose

Bottom Line

Turns 30-minute meetings into 5-minute videos, but the free version caps you at 25 videos before demanding payment.