Loom vs Slack
No clear leader: Slack (81.5) and Loom (77.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for collaboration software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Loom
Loom is a screen and camera recording platform that lets users capture, edit, and share video messages with teams and customers. It provides AI-powered transcription, summaries, and video enhancement features to facilitate asynchronous collaboration across distributed organizations.
Slack
A workspace tool that consolidates team messaging, third-party software integrations, and automated workflows to help distributed teams coordinate work and manage customer interactions more effectively.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Loom
Free tier. Paid plans from $18/user/month (Business) to $24/user/month (Business + AI). Annual billing saves up to 17%. Enterprise plan requires contact.
- StarterFree
- 25 videos per person
- 5 minute screen recordings
- Unlimited meeting length
- Transcriptions in 50+ languages
- Comments and emoji reactions
- +8 more
- Business$18/user/month. Unlimited videos, 4K recording, basic editing
- Unlimited videos and recording time
- Remove Loom branding
- Upload and download videos
- High-def up to 4K video
- Basic waveform editing
- +9 more
- Business + AI$24/user/month. Includes AI enhancement and automation features
- Everything in Business, plus:
- Auto-video enhancement
- Advanced editing
- Video-to-text automation
- Auto-meeting recap emails
- +7 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Business + AI, plus:
- Advanced security (SSO, SCIM)
- Salesforce integration
- 99.95% uptime SLA
- EBA Compliance
- +2 more
Slack
From £0 (free tier) to £7/user/month (Pro). Free tier available.
- FreeFree
- 90 days of message history
- Up to 10 apps from Slack App Directory
- 1:1 audio and video meetings with screen sharing
- 1:1 external messages via Slack Connect
- SAML-based single sign-on
- +9 more
- Pro£7/user/month (£5.75/user/month billed annually)
- Unlimited message history
- Unlimited app integrations
- 2,600+ apps in Slack App Directory
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Salesforce
Loom
- Slack
- Jira
- Jira Service Desk
- Confluence
- GitHub
- Gmail
- Upwork
- FigJam
- Notion
- Intercom
- Zendesk
- Dropbox
- GitLab
- WordPress
- Google Workspace
Slack
- Atlassian
- Lucid
- Loom
- Miro
- Smartsheet
- Mural
- Zapier
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.