What are the best indie alternatives to Loom?

5 curated indie and bootstrapped alternatives to Loom: Tella, Screen Studio, Bubbles, Berrycast, CleanShot X. All are smaller, founder-led tools that compete with Loom on price, openness or developer experience.

How much does Loom cost?

Loom has a freemium pricing model starting at $15/seat/mo.

Loom was founded by Joe Thomas, Shahed Khan, Vinay Hiremath in 2015.

What category does Loom fall under?

Loom is listed in Video & Calls. See all video & calls tools in our directory.

Video & Calls5 alternativesFreemium · $15/seat/mo

Alternatives to Loom

Loom popularised quick screen-record sharing. Indie tools focus on macOS quality and edit-friendly recordings.

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Pricing

$15/seat/mo

Freemium

About

Founded 2015

Acquired by Atlassian in 2023 for $975M.

Founders

Joe ThomasCo-founder & CEO
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Shahed KhanCo-founder
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Vinay HiremathCo-founder
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Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Loom.

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Tella

Beautiful async videos.

Indie tool focused on stylish branded async videos.

$15/mo

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Screen Studio

macOS screen recorder.

Bootstrapped by a solo founder, gorgeous outputs.

$89 one-time (lifetime)Bootstrapped

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Bubbles

Async video for teams.

Small team building richer async collaboration.

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Berrycast

Native macOS screen recorder.

Indie macOS tool with one-click sharing.

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CleanShot X

Screen capture for macOS.

Indie macOS tool from MacPaw with video too.

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