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Compare Loom Software and Synthesia 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 1 User Per Month
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Loom
Star Rating
(2,319)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 1 User Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,475)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Loom excels in user satisfaction, boasting a higher overall score compared to Synthesia. Users appreciate its instant sharing feature, which allows them to quickly share screen recordings without waiting for uploads, making it a favorite for those needing fast communication.
- According to verified reviews, both products have similar star ratings, but Loom's larger number of reviews indicates a more established user base. This suggests that Loom's features, such as its AI-generated titles and ease of use, resonate well with a broader audience.
- Users say that Loom's implementation process is notably smooth, with many highlighting the intuitive onboarding experience. In contrast, some Synthesia users have mentioned challenges in customizing their video content, despite appreciating the custom avatars it offers.
- Reviewers mention that while Synthesia is praised for its speed and accessibility in video creation, particularly for educational purposes, Loom's capabilities in screen recording and video capture are seen as superior, making it a go-to for technical demonstrations and tutorials.
- Users highlight that Loom provides a more comprehensive set of features for video management, such as unlimited video storage and advanced analytics, which are crucial for businesses looking to track engagement and performance. Synthesia, while effective, lacks some of these robust management tools.
- According to recent feedback, both platforms have their strengths, but Loom's focus on ease of use and quick sharing capabilities makes it particularly appealing for small businesses. In contrast, Synthesia's unique approach to video creation is favored by users in educational settings, who value its inclusive design for diverse learning needs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Loom
Starter
$0.00
1 User Per Month
Get started with video communication. On our Starter plan, you can invite up to 10 users. Each user can enjoy 25 Loom videos (5 minutes per video), unlimited screenshots, unlimited meeting recording length, transcriptions in 50+ languages, video comments, and emoji reactions.
- Screen & cam bubble recording
- Meeting recordings
- Screenshots
Synthesia
Free
Free
3 Video Minutes Per Month
Explore our video communications platform for free
- 1 editor
- 9 AI avatars
- 140+ languages and voices
Free Trial
Loom
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
1,280
8.7
2,127
Ease of Use
9.3
1,486
9.1
2,171
Ease of Setup
9.4
669
9.2
1,535
Ease of Admin
9.2
304
9.1
799
Quality of Support
9.0
837
8.9
1,753
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
285
9.0
749
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
1,222
9.6
2,117
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.3
914
Not enough data
9.5
1000
Not enough data
7.7
540
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.7
747
Not enough data
8.0
664
Not enough data
9.5
988
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.8
788
Not enough data
8.3
708
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
7.5
101
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.4
923
Not enough data
8.5
896
Not enough data
9.1
935
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.5
743
Not enough data
8.2
906
Not enough data
8.3
865
Not enough data
8.3
786
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
718
Not enough data
7.3
728
Not enough data
8.4
769
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
7.4
32
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.8
25
Hosting
9.4
135
Not enough data
8.6
115
Not enough data
7.6
91
Not enough data
Management
9.1
136
Not enough data
9.2
127
Not enough data
9.0
124
Not enough data
9.2
120
Not enough data
Marketing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
Insights
8.7
111
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
64
Not enough data
7.8
63
Not enough data
7.3
62
Not enough data
Platform
8.9
38
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
8.8
39
Not enough data
8.5
37
Not enough data
8.8
38
Not enough data
8.3
37
Not enough data
Security
8.7
39
Not enough data
9.0
39
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Hosting
8.7
32
Not enough data
8.8
32
Not enough data
8.8
32
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
8.6
32
Not enough data
Customization
8.4
98
8.9
96
8.3
100
7.9
84
Feature Not Available
7.5
72
8.1
68
8.0
84
Organization
8.0
70
7.8
83
8.0
68
8.1
82
8.2
87
7.6
79
8.0
66
7.5
73
8.2
95
7.2
75
8.5
93
7.8
74
Agentic AI - Video CMS
7.9
30
Not enough data
8.0
29
Not enough data
8.2
30
Not enough data
7.8
30
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
545
Not enough data
7.5
547
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
8.4
666
Not enough data
8.0
653
Not enough data
7.9
666
Not enough data
7.8
684
Not enough data
8.0
679
Not enough data
7.2
680
Not enough data
7.9
686
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio Format
Not enough data
8.1
694
Not enough data
7.7
616
Not enough data
7.7
596
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
9.6
297
8.0
66
9.1
197
8.0
68
9.2
268
7.8
65
Feature Not Available
6.7
62
Feature Not Available
6.9
64
Software Delivery
8.3
217
6.1
62
8.9
277
7.0
61
8.2
197
6.8
59
Analytics
8.8
274
6.6
61
Feature Not Available
6.4
58
Feature Not Available
6.6
58
Generative AI
7.4
128
Feature Not Available
7.0
126
Feature Not Available
8.1
133
Feature Not Available
6.9
126
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Email
7.9
45
6.9
6
Platform Features
9.4
565
7.8
302
7.7
383
7.3
297
9.1
509
7.6
291
8.5
389
7.3
285
9.5
557
7.6
290
8.1
368
7.1
275
Organization
8.5
450
7.6
281
8.4
449
7.7
280
8.7
489
8.1
276
Customization
8.3
427
7.3
279
8.4
410
7.1
279
8.1
411
7.8
280
Analytics
8.9
493
7.0
272
8.9
472
7.1
260
8.8
478
7.1
266
Editing
Not enough data
7.6
386
Not enough data
8.3
427
Not enough data
8.0
433
Not enough data
7.5
402
Not enough data
7.9
371
Not enough data
7.8
411
Not enough data
8.6
442
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
410
Not enough data
8.4
428
Not enough data
8.0
361
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
7.1
97
Not enough data
6.9
97
Not enough data
6.9
98
Not enough data
6.8
98
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
6.6
694
Publishing
Not enough data
7.8
706
Social Media
Not enough data
7.3
689
Planning
Not enough data
6.4
731
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
719
Not enough data
7.8
702
Not enough data
7.4
697
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
702
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
6.7
65
Not enough data
6.4
66
Not enough data
6.1
68
Not enough data
6.5
70
Not enough data
6.6
70
Not enough data
6.4
69
Not enough data
6.7
68
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
784
Not enough data
8.4
765
Not enough data
7.6
747
Not enough data
8.4
755
Not enough data
7.8
735
Not enough data
8.3
793
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
772
Not enough data
8.5
773
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
757
Not enough data
8.0
738
Not enough data
7.3
712
Not enough data
7.9
720
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
403
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
8.0
421
Not enough data
8.3
425
Not enough data
8.3
423
Not enough data
8.1
405
Not enough data
8.4
408
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
380
Not enough data
7.7
385
Not enough data
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
381
Not enough data
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
395
Not enough data
8.1
403
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.9
387
Not enough data
7.6
383
Not enough data
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.5
384
Not enough data
7.4
383
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.8
88
Not enough data
6.3
88
Meeting Prep - AI Meeting Assistants
8.2
19
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.4
19
Not enough data
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
7.0
18
Not enough data
7.5
18
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
7.9
18
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
7.5
17
Not enough data
7.5
18
Not enough data
6.9
18
Not enough data
7.5
18
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Not enough data
7.7
20
Not enough data
7.4
20
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
7.4
21
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
8.0
20
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
98
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
7.4
98
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.0
96
Live streaming
Not enough data
6.7
93
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.1
96
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
8.0
99
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.1
93
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
8.4
93
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
93
Editing
Not enough data
8.0
94
Not enough data
8.2
94
Storage & Management
Not enough data
7.4
88
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
7.8
89
Not enough data
8.2
86
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Loom and Synthesia are categorized as Video Email, Video Communications, and Video CMS
Unique Categories
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video Editing, Presentation, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Loom
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Synthesia
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
21.2%
Marketing and Advertising
13.2%
Information Technology and Services
11.8%
Accounting
3.1%
Consulting
2.9%
Other
47.7%
Computer Software
8.8%
E-Learning
7.3%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.2%
Consulting
5.6%
Other
65.4%
Discussions
What is Loom software used for?
4 Comments
RR
Great platform for recording our video i personally like itRead more
Loom Alternatives
4 Comments
BS
I'm curious to know if you are talking purely about the the recording capability or the whole platform? I feel like the overall Loom service is better than...Read more
Is there any option to avoid the appearance of profile icon?
2 Comments
BS
Yes. In the desktop app. you can hover at the bottom of the circle and click the X. This isn't a just profile icon though, it's also the camera view. You...Read more
Is there a way to see the result of the video before generating it?
3 Comments
SV
Not for now.Read more
Is there a way to have the avatars laugh?
2 Comments
DC
Hey Dwight!
This sounds like a really interesting use case, and I can definitely understand the need for a way to bring more emotion into the...Read more
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