ToolboxPick Loom if
If you want AI summaries and chapters, or to stitch clips together, Loom does more as a recorder. It also has desktop and phone apps.
Toolbox vs LoomPaying for Loom and more?
Paying for Loom and more?
One subscription covers the stack.
Record a tab, a window or your whole screen with your camera and mic, right from Chrome, and share a link that's ready the moment you stop. The same subscription also covers the PDF editor, screenshots, short links and text templates you'd otherwise pay for one by one.
Free plan, every toolPremium: $16.67/month, billed yearlyOr $20/month, cancel anytime
The math
What does your stack cost?
On its own, Loom may well cost less than Toolbox. Toolbox pays off when it replaces several apps. Tick the ones you pay for and put in what you pay.
You pay now$0a month
Toolbox Pro, every tool$25a month, billed $300/year$30/monthbilled monthly
Filled in with each app's published US price for one person, billed monthly where it's offered, as of October 2026. Change any amount to what you actually pay.
Feature by feature
Toolbox vs Loom as a screen recorder
Where Loom does more, the table says so.
| Feature | Toolbox | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Record a tab, a window or the whole screen | Yes | Yes |
| Camera bubble over the recording | Yes | Yes |
| Microphone and tab audio | Yes | Yes |
| Pause, resume and a countdown | Yes | Yes |
| Recording length | No cap | 5 min free, no cap on Business |
| Video quality | Up to the source resolution | 720p free, up to 4K on Business |
| Where recordings go | A share link, your computer as MP4 or WebM, or both | Loom's cloud, with a download |
| Instant share link | Yes | Yes |
| Upload videos you already have | Yes | Yes |
| View counts | Yes | Yes |
| Who watched and how far | Yes | Yes |
| Timestamped comments and emoji reactions | Yes | Yes |
| Grab a frame into a screenshot editor | Yes | No |
| Transcripts and captions | Yes | Yes |
| AI titles, summaries and chapters | No | Business + AI plan |
| Trim and cut on a waveform, with undo | Yes | Business plan |
| Stitch clips together | No | Business plan |
| Desktop and mobile apps | Chrome only | Mac, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Screenshots, PDF editor, short links, text templates, bookmarks, notes and more | Yes | No |
Pick Toolbox if
If you want a link that's ready when you stop, Toolbox uploads while you record, lets viewers comment and react right on the timeline, shows you who watched and how far, lets you lock links with a password or an expiry date, keeps a copy on your computer if you like, and you don't pay for the recorder on its own.
Checked against Loom's own pages in October 2026. Plans and features change: check there before you decide.
Switching from Loom?
Bring what you have
Your existing videos, shared the same way: a link with comments, reactions, captions and a transcript.
- In Loom, open each video and download it (the ⋯ menu → Download) to save the MP4.
- In Toolbox, open Recordings on the web and press Upload video, or drop the files on the page. Several upload at once.
- Each one gets a share link, a poster and a transcript, and shows up in your library with the ones you record.
Upload your videos You'll see what comes over before anything is added.
Also in the box
The rest of your stack, covered
Every tool is unlocked with one plan, in one side panel, with one sign-in.
Questions
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Is Toolbox cheaper than Loom?
On its own, it's close. Loom Business billed monthly costs a little more than Toolbox Premium's yearly plan works out to, and a little less than Premium billed monthly, and Loom has a free plan for light use. Toolbox clearly pays off when you also pay for a PDF editor, a screenshot tool, a link shortener or a text expander: one subscription covers all of them. Use the calculator above with what you actually pay.
Can I share a recording with a link, like in Loom?
Yes, with Toolbox Premium or Pro. Choose Share link in the recorder: it uploads while you record, and when you stop, the link is already on your clipboard. Viewers watch in their browser with speed control and full screen, and you can add a password or an expiry date or turn downloads off. Saved one to your computer instead? Share it afterwards from the recorder or the side panel, or drop any MP4, MOV or WebM into your Toolbox library for a link. On the free plan, recordings are saved to your computer as MP4 or WebM.
Can viewers comment on my recordings?
Yes. Viewers leave comments at a moment of the video and react with emoji, and both show up as markers on the timeline; anyone can jump to a comment from there. Commenters sign in, or you can let guests comment under a name. You can reply, delete any comment, or turn comments off for a link, and your Toolbox library shows what's new, who watched and how much of it they saw.
Does Toolbox transcribe my recordings?
Yes. Every recording you share gets a transcript a minute or so after you stop, in the language you spoke. Viewers can turn on captions, read and search the transcript and click a line to jump there, and download it as .vtt, .srt or .txt. You can fix a word the transcript got wrong, and search your library by what was said.
Do my recordings get uploaded anywhere?
Only the ones you share. With Share link, the recording is uploaded to your Toolbox cloud so its link works, and so is a video you upload to your library; with Save to computer, it's made in your browser and saved straight to your Downloads folder, and never goes to our servers unless you share it later.
Can I record my camera and microphone?
Yes. Show your camera as a bubble in a corner, pick its size and shape, or record the camera on its own. Pick your microphone, watch its level and mute it at any time.
Is Toolbox free?
Yes. Every tool works on the free plan, with a few limits. Premium removes the limits and adds features like full-page captures and cloud storage, for every tool at once. Pro adds signatures, Office conversions and bookmark cleanups on top. You only add a card if you decide to upgrade.
Try it before you cancel anything.
Every tool works on the free plan, so run it next to what you have now, then keep the subscriptions you still need.
Add to Chrome, freeLoom is a trademark of its owner, who isn't affiliated with or endorsing Toolbox. We name it only to compare the two.