Pick Screenix for Chrome if
- You record product demos, tutorials or walkthroughs that should look finished
- You want to keep the MP4 and post it anywhere
- You'd rather not count videos or minutes
- You want to pay once instead of per seat every month
The Loom alternative for demos that look edited.
Loom is built for quick async messages hosted in its cloud. Screenix for Chrome is built for polished tab recordings: auto zoom, a smooth cursor, your webcam, and an MP4 on your own computer, with no video cap and no subscription.
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The short answer
Choose Screenix when the video itself has to look good.
Updated October 2026
- Loom's free Starter plan allows 25 videos per person, 5 minutes each, up to 720p, and free users can't download their videos.
- Screenix has no video count or length limit and exports MP4 or WebM up to 4K for free, with a small watermark.
- Screenix adds auto zoom on clicks and a redrawn smooth cursor. Loom has neither.
- Loom Business is $18 per user per month. Screenix is $19 once per browser. Loom records your full screen; Screenix records Chrome tabs only.
Side by side
Screenix for Chrome vs Loom
| Feature | Screenix for Chrome | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| What it records | Chrome tabs, following tab switches | Full screen, window, tab or camera |
| Free video limit | None | 25 videos per person |
| Free recording length | No limit | 5 minutes |
| Free quality | Up to 4K, 120 fps | Up to 720p |
| Download your video for free | ||
| Auto zoom on clicks | ||
| Smooth redrawn cursor | ||
| Webcam bubble | Movable after recording | |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Where videos live | On your computer | Loom's cloud |
| Share links and comments | Yearly or team plan | All plans |
| AI summaries and transcripts | Business + AI | |
| Paid price | $19 once | $18/user/month (Business) |
Loom details from loom.com/pricing and Atlassian support, checked October 2026.
Which one fits
When each one makes sense
Pick Loom if
- Your team sends quick async updates and lives in Loom's library
- You need viewer analytics, AI summaries and Atlassian integrations
- You record desktop apps or your whole screen
Why people switch
Limits that show up after the habit forms
Loom's free plan is generous for a few quick messages, but the caps are firm: 25 videos per person, 5-minute screen recordings, 720p, and no downloads. Since Loom joined Atlassian's pricing, existing customers have also seen price increases and seat changes.
Screenix takes the opposite approach. Your recordings are files in your browser, not rows in a vendor's database. Record as much as you like, export the MP4, and decide later whether to share a hosted link.
Different jobs
Async messages vs demos people rewatch
A Loom is a conversation: record, send, move on. A product demo, a launch video or a help-center tutorial is watched many times, so polish pays off. Auto zoom on every click, a smooth cursor that viewers can follow, and a clean background make the difference between a recording and a video.
With Screenix's Instant mode, that polish costs no extra time: the video is rendered while you record and ready when you press stop.
Sharing
Links when you need them, files when you don't
With a Screenix yearly or team plan, you can upload from the editor and copy a link. Viewers watch in any browser and leave timestamped comments, and you can edit the title or delete the link later. Without a plan, export the MP4 and share it wherever you like.
What you get
Every detail of a good demo,
handled for you.
Auto zoom
Zooms that follow your clicks
Screenix zooms in on every click and pans with the cursor, so viewers see what you did without squinting. Keep the automatic zooms or move, resize and add your own on the timeline.
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The cursor, rebuilt
A cursor that looks animated by hand
Screenix records the page without your system cursor, then draws a crisp macOS-style one in its place, with spring smoothing, click bumps, motion blur and a soft fade when you stop moving. Seven cursor themes, all adjustable.
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Your camera, exactly where it belongs
Add your webcam as a bubble you can drag anywhere, round or square, with your microphone and the sound of the tab you started on.
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Send a link instead of a file
With a Screenix yearly or team plan, upload from the editor and copy the link. Viewers watch in any browser and can leave timestamped comments. Without one, export MP4 or WebM up to 4K, free.
Add to ChromeKnow before you install
Tabs only,
and it follows you between them.
Screenix for Chrome records the tab in front of you, so it can draw a perfect cursor over pure page pixels.
Records browser tabs
Screenix captures the page in the tab you're on, at full quality, without your system cursor.
Follows you between tabs
Switch tabs, open links or reload in the same window and the recording keeps going in one take.
Tab audio from the first tab
Your mic and camera record throughout. Page sound comes from the tab you started on.
Not your whole screen
It doesn't capture your desktop, other apps or other windows. On Linux, the Screenix desktop app does.
FAQ
You have questions.
We have answers.
Yes. Screenix for Chrome has no video count or length limit and exports up to 4K for free. Free exports include a small watermark.
Yes, always. Recordings are stored on your computer and exported as MP4 or WebM. Loom's free plan doesn't allow downloads.
No. Screenix for Chrome records browser tabs and follows you when you switch tabs in the same window. Loom can record the full screen and other apps.
Yes, with a Screenix yearly or team plan. Viewers watch in the browser and can leave timestamped comments.
No. You can record, edit and export without an account. A license key removes the watermark.
Loom Business is $18 per user per month, or $24 with AI. Screenix's Chrome license is $19 once per browser. Share links come with Screenix yearly at $39 a year, which also includes the Linux desktop app.
Keep your videos. Lose the limits.
Record polished tab videos with auto zoom, no caps and no account, and keep every MP4.
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