Best Screen Recording · head-to-head
Camtasia vs Loom
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for screen recording. Loom has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Loom has the lower entry price — Camtasia starts at $14.99/mo, Loom at $0/mo. Free tier: Camtasia No, Loom Yes. HIPAA: Camtasia —, Loom —.
As of 2026-09-05 · figures link to their source below STALE
Side by side
Camtasia
$14.99/mo entryLoom
$0/mo entrySources — Camtasia: techsmith.com (verified 2026-09-05) STALE · 2026-06-14 · Loom: loom.com (verified 2026-09-03) STALE · 2026-06-14
Key features
Camtasia: Multitrack timeline editor with screen, camera, and audio on separate tracks; AI avatar generation and AI-translated captions in 7 languages (Pro); Text-based video editing via Audiate integration; 200+ AI voiceovers and background noise removal (Create/Pro); 100M+ premium royalty-free assets library (Pro)
Loom: Async video messaging with in-video comments and emoji reactions; AI auto-summaries, meeting recaps, and video-to-text automation (Business + AI); 4K recording with background removal and virtual backgrounds; Password-protected and privacy-controlled video sharing