Here’s what you can record with BombBomb’s webcam and screen recording feature:

• Screen and Webcam: Record both your screen and webcam simultaneously.
• Screen Recording Only: Option to record only your screen or a specific window.
• Webcam Recording Only: Feature to record only via your webcam, focusing on the speaker.

‍Note: BombBomb allows users to record videos directly from their inbox, mobile, or web. It offers unlimited video length and storage, with no need for downloads or attachments, as videos play directly.

Claap allows you to record videos in the following ways:

• Record your screen, camera, or both
• Capture the whole screen, a specific window, or a browser tab
• Create recordings via the desktop app or Chrome extension

BombBomb offers several video sharing options:

• Sharing Options: Share videos via direct links that can be pasted into social media platforms, text messages, or emails.
• ‍Password Protection: Offers password protection for individual videos, enhancing privacy for sensitive content.
• ‍Admin-Controlled Features: Team account admins can control access to features like mobile app usage and screen recording for policy compliance​​.

Claap has the following options for sharing videos with others:

• Share individual Claap videos by adding email addresses or copying a public link
• Create public or private channels to share videos with your whole organization or specific audiences
• Copy a link to embed a Claap video on a webpage, in an email, or on other platforms (E.g., Slack, Asana, ClickUp).

BombBomb doesn’t offer voice annotation tools. But you can respond to videos with a video on all plans.

Claap doesn’t offer a native feature for annotating videos with voice recordings.

BombBomb lets users react to videos via comments and likes. You can opt to turn this feature off. 

Users are notified of these interactions via email, and they have the option to manage these notifications in their account settings.

Claap includes a linked timestamp at the position where collaborators leave comments in the video.

BombBomb automatically generates video transcripts for every video you create — the process may take up to 15 minutes. This feature covers over 100 languages, ensuring accessibility for a diverse audience.

Claap automatically creates time-stamped transcripts for videos. They can include speaker labels, and the transcript syncs and displays with the transcript. Multiple languages are also available.

BombBomb also automatically generates closed captions for your videos. You can also rest assured that your video messages are ADA-compliant. 

‍Note: Transcripts and closed captions are only available on the BombBomb Plus, Individual Plus, and Team plan.

Claap displays the transcript during playback.

Claap doesn’t allow assigning videos to recipients to encourage timely replies.

Claap doesn’t allow assigning videos to recipients to encourage timely replies.

BombBomb doesn’t offer reminders or deadlines. But you can integrate the tool with Keep-in-Touch Systems (KiTS) to get daily emails that remind you who to call and when.

There’s no native feature on Claap for setting response deadlines and sending automated reminders.

If you’re using BombBomb’s Teams plan, you can:

• Share content within a team: Share and reuse videos, emails, and templates within a team.
• Create subteams: Organize team members into focused subteams.‍
• Customize your team’s workspace: Set specific permissions for team admins and create custom fields for your team.

On Claap, you can create public and private channels. The former are visible to all workspace members and external guests, while the latter are only visible to invited channel members.

You can also use channels to create teams for different departments with subtopics to compile relevant videos and conversations.

You can upload the following file types on to BombBomb (2 GB max):

• MP4
• MPG
• MOV
• AVI
• FLV
• MPEG
• WMV
• M4V

You can upload videos to Claap with a maximum file size of 1GB and in these formats:

• MOV
• MP4
• AVI
• WMV
• WebM

Additionally, you can upload images and files in comments responding to videos. The maximum file size is also 1GB.

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BombBomb lets you download videos directly to your computer.

On Team and Enterprise plans, you can download Claap videos as mp4 files.

BombBomb doesn’t offer a designated screenshots feature.

Claap doesn’t offer a native feature for capturing static screenshots.

Using BombBomb’s Chrome extension, users can record and send videos directly from the Chrome browser.

You can also monitor who has viewed your messages using the extension, and record and send videos from within Gmail.

Claap offers a Chrome browser extension for starting recordings and viewing notifications.

BombBomb doesn’t offer AI-generated summaries or actions items. But the tool does automatically generate transcripts.

Claap’s AI functionality includes:

• Video transcripts
• Editable video summaries, including suggested action items and decisions
• Meeting summary templates to structure AI summaries
• Automatic video titles and descriptions
• Automatic minutes with timestamps

BombBomb offers various levels of administrative permissions within team settings:

• Content Administrator: Can share emails, videos, forms, and campaigns within designated teams and also share snippets via the Chrome extension.
• QA Administrator: Allowed to log into accounts within their teams to review content, but can’t manage or share content or adjust team seats.
• Team Administrator: Can manage and share content, as well as handle team seats, but can’t log into owner's or other team administrators' accounts.‍
• Owner: Has access to all accounts within their teams, including subteam administrators, and can manage content and team seats. Owners can’t access other owners' accounts or subteam administrator accounts outside their designated teams.

Users in your Claap organization can have the following roles:

• Owner: Have full access and control over the workspace, its users, and its settings
• Admin: Can manage members and settings as much as allowed by the owners
• Member: Can create, share, view, and comment on videos
• Guest: External users who can view and comment on public videos and channels but not create their own‍
• Visitor: External users who can view public videos and channels but not create or comment on them

All BombBomb plans include essential security features like password protection and end-to-end encryption, ensuring data privacy.

Users can also set video expiration dates and access custom transcription services, offering better control over data retention and content management.

Claap uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) for cloud hosting and security, though Claap also has its own data encryption practices.

BombBomb offers three plans:

• Essentials $39/user/month or $33/user/month billed annually for unlimited videos, recording time, and storage.
• Plus: $69/user/month or $49/user/month billed annually for video analytics, mass emailing, and advanced video editing.‍
• Teams: Contact support for pricing; includes advanced security and compliance, SSO, custom onboarding, and priority support.

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Claap’s pricing is structured as follows:

• Basic: Free for 10 videos per user, one team channel, and a 10-minute recording limit.
• Starter: $10/user/month or $8/user/month billed annually for unlimited videos and a 30-minute recording limit.
• Pro: $30/user/month or $24/user/month billed annually for unlimited recording and video conferencing integrations.‍
• Enterprise: Contact sales for pricing, billed annually; includes advanced integrations, API, and privacy settings.

BombBomb’s Google Chrome extension makes it easy to record videos immediately. They also provide a wealth of resources to support their users including blog posts, a training center, a YouTube channel, and an extensive knowledge base. 

Additionally, BombBomb also allows users to create and share videos on-the-go using their iOS and Android devices. This way, you can video message anytime, anywhere.

Claap is an intuitive platform for recording, sharing, and discussing videos. The channels and topics features create an organized space.

Additionally, the AI features can save you time and ensure no details get lost in the collaboration process, as can the automated meeting recording feature.

However, the lower pricing plans have a short recording limit (so you can’t manually screen record longer meetings) and don’t include meeting recording integrations. This makes Claap more suitable for short videos and less for use as a meeting note-taker.

You can take BombBomb for a test drive by opting for their 14-day free trials, available on the Essentials and Plus plans. And don’t worry, no credit card details are required.

Or you can schedule a demo via their website.

Claap offers a free plan as well as a 14-day free trial of the Starter and Pro plans. You can also complete a form to contact the sales team for a tailored demo.