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Loom vs Tella

Loom and Tella are both video & screen recording tools. Loom is aimed at small businesses and freelancers, while Tella is aimed at creators and freelancers. Tella costs less, from $13/mo versus $18/mo for Loom. Only Loom has a free plan.

Loom

Async video messages for work

Tella

Polished screen recordings and demos

PricingFreemium · $18Paid · $13
Starting price$18/mo$13/mo
Free planYesNo
Free trial14 days7 days
Built forSmall businesses, FreelancersCreators, Freelancers
Platformsweb, macos, windows, ios, androidweb, macos
CountryUS · 2015NL · 2020
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Choose Loom if

Remote and hybrid teams communicating asynchronously across product, support and sales.

  • Fastest record-to-share workflow
  • Ubiquitous; recipients need no account
  • Good AI summaries and transcripts

Look elsewhere if: Marketing demo videos that need polish (Tella, Screen Studio) or full editing (Descript).

Choose Tella if

Founders, product marketers and educators making polished screen videos.

  • Polished results with no editing skills
  • Clip-based recording reduces retakes
  • Beautiful defaults

Look elsewhere if: Quick internal updates (Loom).

Loom vs Tella pricing

Loom

  • Starter$025 recordings, 5-minute limit
  • Business$18/user/mo$15/mo billed annually; unlimited videos, no branding
  • Business + AI$24/user/mo$20/mo billed annually; Loom AI editing
  • EnterpriseCustomSSO, SCIM, advanced security

Tella

  • Pro$13/user/moBilled annually; unlimited videos, 4K export
  • Premium$19/user/moBilled annually; custom domain, no branding
  • EnterpriseCustomSSO & SCIM, volume discounts

Loom · Key features

  • Instant screen and camera recording with shareable links
  • Viewer reactions, comments and engagement insights
  • AI titles, summaries, chapters and transcripts
  • Trim, stitch and filler-word removal
  • Workspace library, folders and custom domains
  • Integrations with Slack, Jira, Confluence, Gmail and Notion

Cons

  • Free plan's 5-minute cap is restrictive
  • Editing is basic compared with Descript
  • Per-creator pricing for large teams

Tella · Key features

  • Screen and camera recording in clips
  • Layouts, backgrounds and automatic zooms
  • Trim and retake individual clips
  • Captions and transcripts
  • Share links, embeds and 4K export
  • Brand presets

Cons

  • No free plan
  • Less suited to quick async messages
  • Limited advanced editing

Loom vs Tella: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Loom or Tella?

Tella starts at $13/mo and Loom at $18/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Loom and Tella have a free plan?

Loom has a free plan. Tella has no free plan, a 7-day free trial.

Which is better for small businesses, Loom or Tella?

Loom lists small businesses as a core audience, while Tella is aimed more at creators and freelancers.

Not sure yet?