Does Loom or Pictory have a free plan?

Loom has a free plan. Pictory does not, though it offers a free trial.

How long is the Loom and Pictory free trial?

Loom offers a 14-day free trial.

Loom vs Pictory

A side-by-side look at Loom and Pictory: 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 Pictory if

Content marketers repurposing blog posts into social video
Course creators and coaches cutting webinars into short clips
Agencies producing volume explainer content with minimal editing

Visit Pictory

Cheapest to start

Not confirmed

Free plan

Loom

Highest editor rating

Loom · 4.5

Comparison of Loom and Pictory
Compare	Loom Visit site	Pictory Visit site
Free plan	Yes	No
Free trial	Yes	Yes
Starting price	From $15/mo	From $25/mo
Editor rating	4.5	3.8
Ease of use	Very easy (5/5)	Very easy (5/5)
Category	Video	Video
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.	Free trial with a few watermarked projects, then Starter at approximately $25 monthly ($19 billed annually), Professional approximately $49 monthly ($39 annually) and Teams approximately $119 monthly ($99 annually); plans are metered by video minutes.
Plans	Starter — Free Business — $15/user/mo Business + AI — $20/user/mo Enterprise — Custom	Starter — $25/mo Professional — $49/mo Teams — $119/mo
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension	Web, API
Integrations	GitHub, Gmail, Google Workspace, Jira, Notion, Slack, Zapier	—
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	Content marketers repurposing blog posts into social video Course creators and coaches cutting webinars into short clips Agencies producing volume explainer content with minimal editing
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	Turns a script or article into a finished captioned video with almost no manual work Extracts highlight clips from long webinars and recordings automatically Transcript-based editing removes sections by deleting text Large stock footage and music library included API available for automated, bulk video creation
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	Stock-footage output looks generic and clips repeat across projects No permanent free plan; trial projects are watermarked Video-minute allowances make heavy use expensive Limited fine-grained editing control compared with a timeline editor
AI assistant	Yes	No
AI content generation	No	Yes
AI voiceover	No	Yes
API access	No	Yes
Auto subtitles & captions	Yes	Yes
Brand kit	No	Yes
Browser extension	Yes	No
Comments & mentions	Yes	No
Desktop app	Yes	No
Mobile app	Yes	No
Reporting & dashboards	Yes	No
Roles & permissions	Yes	No
Screen recording	Yes	No
SSO / SAML	Yes	No
Stock media library	No	Yes
Templates	No	Yes
Text to video	No	Yes
Transcript-based editing	Yes	Yes

Common questions

Does Loom or Pictory have a free plan?: Loom has a free plan. Pictory does not, though it offers a free trial.
How long is the Loom and Pictory free trial?: Loom offers a 14-day free trial.

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