Loom AI
Replace live meetings with quick recorded video walkthroughs, complete with automatic transcripts and AI-generated summaries. Now part of Atlassian.
The verdict on Loom AI: Teams replacing status meetings and long email threads with quick recorded walkthroughs Loom is an internal communication tool, not a public-facing video platform, and using it as the latter is the most common mismatch. Pricing: Free (25 videos) / $12.50-18/user/mo Business. Last reviewed: August 2026.
Best For
Teams replacing status meetings and long email threads with quick recorded walkthroughs
Standout Feature
AI Summaries turn a recording into searchable text within seconds of finishing
TL;DR
The best async communication tool for internal use, not built for public-facing video.
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Overview
Loom is an async video messaging platform that adds a screen and camera recording layer to business communication, used for walkthroughs, feedback, project updates, and explanations where video conveys context that text can't. Its AI features transform the recording into structured, searchable content: AI Summaries generate a text overview of the recording within seconds of it completing, enabling viewers to skim the key points before deciding to watch. Auto Chapters divide longer recordings into labeled sections viewers can jump to directly, eliminating the need to scrub through unstructured video. The Transcript is generated automatically for every recording and is fully searchable across your Loom library, enabling retrieval of specific recordings by what was said rather than what they were titled.
Filler word reduction silently removes verbal hesitations from recordings without re-editing. Engagement data tracks view count, viewer completion rate, and where viewers dropped off, providing feedback on which content holds attention. The free tier allows up to 25 videos with a 5-minute limit per recording. Business plans start at $12.50/month per user for unlimited recordings, extended duration, and advanced analytics.
Loom is widely used in engineering, product, customer success, and sales teams where the combination of visual demonstration and async delivery makes it faster than writing and more scalable than scheduling live calls.
Our Take
Treat the free plan's video-count limit as the real constraint, most teams that adopt it for actual daily async use hit that ceiling and move to paid within the first month, which is worth budgeting for upfront rather than being surprised by later.
Trust & Data
Verified 2026-08
- Training on your data
- Opt-out availableAs an Atlassian product, Loom falls under Atlassian's AI Trust policy: third-party model providers operate under zero-data-retention agreements and don't train on inputs or outputs, but Atlassian may use de-identified, aggregated metadata to fine-tune its own in-house models. Enterprise customers can opt out of metadata contribution; Free, Standard, and Premium tiers cannot.
- Compliance
- SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, HIPAA, GDPR
- Retention
- Atlassian's Data Processing Addendum requires deletion of customer personal data after contract termination, except where retention is required by law or standard backup policy; an individual Loom video is permanently and irreversibly deleted once a user deletes it.
- Export
- Partial export
Sources: atlassian.com/ai, atlassian.com/privacy policy, atlassian.com/data processing addendum, support.atlassian.com
As published by the vendor. Verify independently before purchase decisions.
Fit Score
How this is scoredLoom AI scored 1 to 5 on five dimensions for specific use cases, not a single overall rating. Part of a narrow pilot, not full-catalog coverage.
Teams replacing status meetings and long email threads with quick recorded walkthroughs
4.2/5- Capability
- 5/5
- Reliability
- 4/5
- Value
- 3/5
- Ease
- 5/5
- Compatibility
- 4/5
Directly the tool's own bestFor and standout feature. Value is held down by a named con our own take says most teams hit within their first month of real daily use, worth budgeting for upfront.
Producing public-facing video content for an external audience
2.8/5- Capability
- 2/5
- Reliability
- 3/5
- Value
- 3/5
- Ease
- 3/5
- Compatibility
- 3/5
Our own take calls this exact use case the most common mismatch made with the product, directly matching a named con. A deliberately low score since this job sits squarely outside what the tool is built or positioned for.
Editorial judgment grounded in this tool's own published pricing, features, and our existing pros and cons, not a certification or a measured benchmark.
Key Features
- Screen + cam recording
- AI titles and summaries
- AI action items
- Auto chapters
- Viewer engagement analytics
- • Best async communication tool
- • AI summaries save huge amounts of time
- • Chapters are auto-generated
- • Viewer analytics show who actually watched
- • Free plan video limit
- • Not for public-facing video content
- • Storage can fill up quickly
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