Does Loom or Microsoft Teams have a free plan?

Both do. Loom and Microsoft Teams each offer a free tier, so you can try either without paying.

How long is the Loom and Microsoft Teams free trial?

Loom offers a 14-day free trial. Microsoft Teams does not offer one.

Which is easier to use, Loom or Microsoft Teams?

In VERILO's editorial assessment Loom is the easier of the two, scoring 5 out of 5 against 3 for Microsoft Teams. That is a judgement about how quickly a new team gets productive, not a measured benchmark.

Loom vs Microsoft Teams

A side-by-side look at Loom and Microsoft Teams: what each costs to start, whether there is a free plan, how easy they are to pick up, and which features and integrations they cover.

Which should you choose?

Choose Loom if

Product and engineering teams replacing status meetings with async updates
Support and sales teams sending personalized walkthroughs
Teams already on Atlassian tools like Jira and Confluence

Visit Loom

Choose Microsoft Teams if

Organisations already paying for Microsoft 365
Teams that want chat, meetings and files under one licence and one administrator
Companies that need guest and external-user collaboration inside the same tool

Visit Microsoft Teams

Cheapest to start

Not confirmed

Free plan

Loom, Microsoft Teams

Highest editor rating

Loom · 4.5

Comparison of Loom and Microsoft Teams
Compare	Loom Visit site	Microsoft Teams Visit site
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	Yes	No
Starting price	From $15/mo	From $4/mo
Editor rating	4.5	4.1
Ease of use	Very easy (5/5)	Moderate (3/5)
Category	Video	Communication
Pricing model	Free Starter plan with 25 videos per person and a 5-minute cap; Business is about $15 per creator monthly ($12.50 billed annually), Business + AI approximately $20 per creator monthly, and Enterprise is custom.	Microsoft Teams Free is available at no cost. Teams Essentials, the standalone small-business plan, is listed at $4.00 per user per month paid yearly, and Microsoft 365 plans that include Teams start around $7.00 per user per month paid yearly for Business Basic. Microsoft sells its Business and Enterprise suites in separate versions with and without Teams. List prices for annual billing; they vary by region and billing term.
Plans	Starter — Free Business — $15/user/mo Business + AI — $20/user/mo Enterprise — Custom	Microsoft Teams Free — Free Microsoft Teams Essentials — $4/user/mo Microsoft 365 Business Basic (with Teams) — $7/user/mo Microsoft Teams Enterprise (standalone) — Custom
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API
Integrations	GitHub, Gmail, Google Workspace, Jira, Notion, Slack, Zapier	Microsoft 365, Outlook
Best for	Product and engineering teams replacing status meetings with async updates Support and sales teams sending personalized walkthroughs Teams already on Atlassian tools like Jira and Confluence	Organisations already paying for Microsoft 365 Teams that want chat, meetings and files under one licence and one administrator Companies that need guest and external-user collaboration inside the same tool
Pros	Recording starts from the browser extension or desktop app in one click and the share link is ready as soon as you stop Transcript-based trimming, filler-word removal and automatic captions make quick cleanup easy Loom AI generates titles, summaries, chapters and tasks from a recording Viewer insights show who watched and where they dropped off Deep Atlassian integration with Jira and Confluence plus Slack, Gmail, Notion and GitHub embeds	Deeply integrated with Microsoft 365: a new team also creates a SharePoint site, an Exchange mailbox and a OneNote notebook Chat, meetings, webinars, town halls and VoIP calling in one product Standard, private and shared channels, so external collaboration does not need a separate tool Guests and external users can join meetings without their own licence Third-party app platform and a documented development platform
Cons	Free plan caps each person at 25 videos of five minutes or less Per-creator pricing adds up for teams where many people record AI features are excluded from the base Business plan Editing is basic; not a substitute for a real video editor	Most of its value depends on already paying for Microsoft 365 Since April 2024 Microsoft sells suites with and without Teams, so the plan you expect may not include it Telephony requires a separate Teams Phone add-on and a PSTN connection Heavier and slower to learn than a chat-only tool
AI assistant	Yes	No
API access	No	Yes
Auto subtitles & captions	Yes	No
Browser extension	Yes	No
Channels & threads	No	Yes
Comments & mentions	Yes	No
Desktop app	Yes	Yes
Guest & client access	No	Yes
Meeting recording & transcripts	No	Yes
Mobile app	Yes	Yes
Real-time collaboration	No	Yes
Reporting & dashboards	Yes	No
Roles & permissions	Yes	Yes
Screen recording	Yes	No
Screen sharing	No	Yes
SSO / SAML	Yes	Yes
Transcript-based editing	Yes	No
Video calls	No	Yes
Webinars	No	Yes

Common questions

Does Loom or Microsoft Teams have a free plan?: Both do. Loom and Microsoft Teams each offer a free tier, so you can try either without paying.
How long is the Loom and Microsoft Teams free trial?: Loom offers a 14-day free trial. Microsoft Teams does not offer one.
Which is easier to use, Loom or Microsoft Teams?: In VERILO's editorial assessment Loom is the easier of the two, scoring 5 out of 5 against 3 for Microsoft Teams. That is a judgement about how quickly a new team gets productive, not a measured benchmark.

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