A quick screen recording can answer a Slack thread in two minutes. A product tutorial, sales walkthrough, or customer education video has a higher bar. That is the split behind most Loom vs ScreenPal searches in 2026: Loom is built for fast async video messages, while ScreenPal is built for screen capture, editing, hosting, quizzes, and lower-cost training workflows.
ScreenPal is the product formerly known as Screencast-O-Matic. The rebrand is live, and the platform now positions itself as screen recording, editing, hosting, interactive video, AI captions, translation, and developer recording tools under the ScreenPal name.
Choose around the work you repeat. Loom connects recorded messages to team discussion and Atlassian work. ScreenPal combines capture, editing, hosting and learning interactions. Both have AI features. ngram adds a plan-led way to create a new video from the recording and supporting material.
Loom vs ScreenPal at a glance
Compare the starting workflow and the features included in the plan you would buy.
| Tool | Choose it for | Billing reference |
|---|---|---|
| Loom | Recorded team messages, comments and Atlassian work | Business $18/user/month monthly or $15 annual equivalent |
| ScreenPal | Capture, editing, hosted lessons and quizzes | Deluxe $4/month equivalent annually; Max $10 |
| ngram | A new video planned from existing material | Basic $29/month on monthly billing; generation credits |
Core job: async message or complete recording suite
Loom is best understood as async video messaging. The public Atlassian Loom page frames Loom around recording screen and camera updates, sharing them with a link, adding transcripts, and pushing work into Atlassian workflows. Loom's AI support pages describe AI titles, summaries, action items, docs, text messages, and Jira issue creation from recordings. That makes Loom strong when a recorded message replaces a meeting, a bug report, or a long thread.
ScreenPal starts from the same screen and webcam capture job, then stretches further into editing and hosting. Its screen recorder page highlights screen, webcam, audio, drawing, and annotation during capture. Its broader product pages add editing, channels, sharing, quizzes, polls, captions, translation, text-to-speech voiceover, and video hosting. ScreenPal feels less like a message app and more like a full screen video workstation for educators and training teams.
Winner: Loom for quick async messages. ScreenPal for a broader screen recording, editing, and hosting toolkit.
In ngram, provide the source and audience, then approve the plan containing the script. Select a configured Brand Kit in the composer and enable captions when wanted. Refine the result through chat or the editor. Free supports public sharing and embeds; paid plans support downloads.
Workflow: share now or polish before publishing
Loom's workflow is intentionally short. Record a screen and camera message, let Loom create a transcript and AI summary, then share the link. For engineering teams, Loom's AI bug-reporting flow can turn a recording into a populated Jira work item. For distributed teams already living in Atlassian tools, that is a real advantage.
ScreenPal asks for more choices after capture. You can trim, crop, blur, overlay text, add captions, create channels, host the video, and add interaction with quizzes or polls. That matters when the audience is a class, a training cohort, or customers who need a reusable walkthrough rather than a one-off message.
Use ngram for a product demo, training clip or customer follow-up built from existing material. Export an authorized recording from the original app and upload the file; add the context the new audience needs. Review the plan before generating, then make further edits in chat or the editor.
Winner: Loom for the shortest path from record to link. ScreenPal for a richer post-recording workflow. ngram for turning the same source material into a finished business video.
AI features: meeting replacement versus production help
Loom's AI is aimed at making recorded messages easier to consume and reuse. Atlassian's Loom AI documentation lists generated titles, summaries, chapters, tasks, follow-up text, docs from recordings, and Jira issue creation. The AI layer supports async communication more than cinematic editing.
ScreenPal offers prompt-to-video generation, text-based editing, filler-word removal, narration and AI-generated quiz questions. Its AI overview describes these workflows, while the plan comparison separates Deluxe from Max and Team Business. Deluxe includes speech-to-text captions; the broader ScreenPal AI suite is in Max and Team Business.
For a planned explanation from mixed sources, use ngram. The example below combines a public Supabase demo with documentation to create a focused follow-up. It shows the actual input and result, and gives you a brief to adapt.
Choose Loom for recording-to-work communication, ScreenPal for capture plus AI editing and learning interactions, or ngram for a video built around a plan you approve.
Education, hosting, and developer use cases
This is where ScreenPal pulls away from Loom for some buyers. ScreenPal's product line includes hosted channels, video assignments, interactive quizzes and polls, and an API or SDK for adding screen recording to another product. The ScreenPal SDK page is especially important for developers who want embedded recording rather than a standalone recording app.
Loom has its own enterprise and integration strengths, but the default job is still asynchronous communication. It fits sales follow-ups, product updates, async standups, design reviews, and bug reports. It is less specialized for classroom activities, interactive videos, and embedded recording inside another app.
Use ngram to turn a recording into a finished video, then add clickable buttons, quizzes, or polls on Ultimate and Enterprise. ngram also offers API keys, webhooks, MCP, public sharing, website embeds, and Zapier. ScreenPal combines classroom workflows with a developer screen-recording SDK.
Winner: ScreenPal for education, interaction, hosting, and embedded recording. Loom for async team communication. ngram for business videos that need polished output from source material.
Pricing and value
Loom's public pricing page lists a free Starter plan, Business at $18 per user per month billed monthly (about $15 per user per month billed annually), and Business + AI at $24 per user per month ($20 annually). Enterprise pricing is custom. That makes Loom affordable for teams that primarily need async messages, but the per-user pricing climbs when everyone needs paid seats and AI features.
ScreenPal plans lists Deluxe at $4/month equivalent with annual billing, Max at $10 and Team Business at $8 per user with a three-user minimum. Monthly subscriptions are also offered; follow the selected plan to see the current amount in your region. Compare Max or Team Business if the broader AI suite is part of your requirement.
ngram pricing includes 1,000 credits per month on Free. Basic is $29/month with 3,000 credits on monthly billing. The base rate for premium AI video generation is 10 credits per second; a cheaper model costs 3. Downloads on paid plans do not consume credits. Compare generation allowances with recorder subscriptions according to the work you actually need.
| Plan | Annual equivalent (USD/month) | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Loom Business | $15 | Per user |
| ScreenPal Deluxe | $4 | Solo subscription |
| ScreenPal Max | $10 | Solo subscription with broader AI suite |
| ngram Basic | $23.20 | Generation-credit plan |
On annual billing, ScreenPal Deluxe has a lower listed entry than Loom Business. That does not make their included AI or sharing features identical. Match the plan to the recording, learning and review workflow you need.
Which tool should you choose?
Pick Loom if your team needs quick async updates, design reviews, engineering handoffs, bug reports, or short sales notes. The point of Loom is to reduce meeting and writing overhead, not to replace a full production workflow.
Pick ScreenPal if you need an affordable recorder with more editing, hosting, education, and interaction depth. ScreenPal is especially sensible for teachers, trainers, support teams, and teams that want quizzes, polls, channels, mobile apps, and developer screen recording.
Use ngram when a training video or customer follow-up needs a new explanation from the source material. Request the narration, callouts and emphasis you want, select your Brand Kit and enable captions as needed. For another channel, request another version and select its duration or aspect ratio.
For a deeper ngram-first comparison, read ngram vs Loom and ngram vs ScreenPal. If you already have footage, the ngram video editor page explains the editing surface after the agent creates the draft.
Methodology
Reviewed October 17, 2026 against official Loom pricing, Loom AI, ScreenPal plans, ScreenPal AI and ScreenPal SDK. We compare capture, editing, sharing, learning workflows and billing. Competitor descriptions are documentation-based; the ngram video is a real generated example, not a controlled cross-tool quality test.
FAQ
Is Loom better than ScreenPal?
Loom is better for quick async video messages, especially in Atlassian-heavy teams. ScreenPal is better when the same screen recording needs more editing, hosting, quizzes, polls, or classroom-style workflows.
Is ScreenPal still Screencast-O-Matic?
ScreenPal is the current brand for the product formerly known as Screencast-O-Matic. The old name still appears in some searches and reviews, but the live product and pricing now use ScreenPal.
Which is cheaper, Loom or ScreenPal?
On annual billing, ScreenPal Deluxe is listed at $4/month equivalent and Loom Business at $15 per user. ScreenPal Max is $10/month equivalent annually for its broader AI suite. Compare the selected plan, billing period and creator count; the lowest subscription does not include every feature.
When should I use ngram instead of Loom or ScreenPal?
In ngram, provide the source and audience, then approve the plan containing the script. Select a configured Brand Kit in the composer and enable captions when wanted. Refine the result through chat or the editor. Free supports public sharing and embeds; paid plans support downloads.
From this input to this video
A recap of Supabase’s public demo: create a branch, change the schema, review and merge. The closing action is a suggested next step.
Prompt
Create a 45-second follow-up video after a demo of Supabase Branching for developers who watched Supabase’s public branching demo. Use these approved demo materials, meeting notes or public product sources: the official demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQqhHxz5UI and current documentation https://supabase.com/docs/guides/deployment/branching. Recap the audience goal: test database schema changes separately before merging them into production. Show the workflow discussed: in Jon Meyers’s demo, create an add-comments branch, add a comments column to the posts table, review the changes and merge the branch; recap the real demonstrated workflow rather than implying a private customer meeting. Use this verified supporting detail: the demo shows the comments column in the main branch only after the merge completes. Address this open question using only the supplied answer: Does a branch copy production data? No: the demo and documentation describe an isolated branch with the schema but without production data. Keep commercial terms exactly as stated in the source. End with this next step: as a suggested next step, read the current branching guide and evaluate the workflow in a test project; no buyer commitment is recorded. Describe it as agreed only when the source records that agreement; otherwise present it as a suggestion. Use actual product screenshots or recordings from the supplied sources for UI demonstrations. Tone: helpful and practical. Voiceover language: English.
Selected style
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Read the video transcript
Here's a quick recap of Jon Meyers's Supabase Branching demo. The goal: test database schema changes separately, before they touch production. First, he created a branch called add-comments. On that branch, he added a comments column, type text, to the posts table. Then he reviewed the changes: a diff showing exactly what would run against main. And he merged the branch. The comments column appeared in main only after the merge completed. One open question: does a branch copy production data? No. The demo and the docs describe an isolated branch with the schema, but without production data. A suggested next step: read the current branching guide, and evaluate the workflow in a test project.
Turn a demo into a useful follow-up
The example uses Supabase’s public recording and docs. For your own demo, bring an exported video file or suitable public source and explain what the viewer needs next.
Bring the source
Download an authorized recording from its original tool, then upload that file in ngram. You can also supply a public demo source and supporting documents.
Adapt the brief
Fill in your product, audience, verified details and next step below. In ngram, attach your files and select the Brand Kit you want to use.
Approve and create
Review the proposed plan containing the script. Approve it to generate the video, then request any revisions before sharing or downloading.
Make it yours
Fill in your details here, or continue and finish your brief in ngram.
Video generation uses credits. Review your estimate in ngram. MP4 downloads require Basic or higher.
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