Loom vs Whereby
Pricing
Loom: Free tier, paid from $18/user/mo
Whereby: Free tier, paid from $6.99/mo
Description
Loom: Quick video messages instead of meetings
Whereby: Video meetings in your browser, no downloads
Pros
- Record screen + face video and share a link in under 60 seconds
- Free tier gives you 25 videos up to 5 minutes each
- Replaces meetings that should have been an email (or a video)
- No app install: share a link, people click, they are in the call
- Custom room URLs like whereby.com/yourname look professional
- Works in any browser without downloads or account creation for guests
Cons
- Owned by Atlassian since 2023. Some features are being gated to paid plans
- Videos longer than 5 minutes or more than 25 videos require Business ($18/user/month)
- Fewer features than Zoom: no breakout rooms, limited recording
- Free tier limited to 1 meeting room and 45-minute group calls
Details
Loom lets you record quick screen + face videos instead of scheduling meetings. Insanely useful for async teams. Started bootstrapped on maxed credit cards, grew to 10M+ users, sold to Atlassian for $975M in 2023. The free tier is still generous enough for most solo use. Business costs $18 per user per month and removes the video and length limits, and Business + AI costs $24 with AI editing; paying annually saves up to 17%.
Whereby is video calls without the download dance. Just share a link, people click, they’re in. Founded by Ingrid Ødegaard, grew organically to customers in 175 countries. Great for quick calls where you don’t want to make people install yet another app.
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