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.

Loom's screen recorder offers three modes:

• Screen and Webcam: Simultaneously captures your computer screen and camera bubble​​.
• Record Entire Screen Only: Records only your screen video content (screencasting tool).
• Webcam Recording: Only records your camera, so you can present directly. 
• Custom-Size Recording: Record specific computer screen areas with the Loom desktop app, only available on Business, Education, or Enterprise plans. 

Note: You can record a Loom video using their desktop app, Google Chrome extension, iOS app (iPhone and iPad), and Android app.

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​​.

Loom has the following video messaging and sharing options:

• Share a link via your communication tool (e.g., Slack)
• Restrict link access to specific people or only the creator
• Password-protect videos for added security (Business plan only)
• Share videos to social media

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

Loom only supports recording audio clips on the mobile app, and it doesn’t allow audio annotations as comments.

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.

When you respond to a Loom with a text comment, emoji reactions, or a response Loom, your response will have a time stamp attached that skips to the relevant point when clicked. This helps users provide specific contextual feedback.

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.

Loom automatically creates a time-stamped transcript for any recorded or uploaded video. You can toggle the feature on and off in the video settings.

Note: Turning off automatic transcriptions will also disable the closed captions.

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.

Loom automatically creates and displays closed captions on videos. On Business and Enterprise plans, you can also download the captions as an SRT file.

Loom has no native feature for assigning videos or response times to team members. However, you and your team can "@" mention workspace members to alert them of a mentioned comment.

Loom has no native feature for assigning videos or response times to team members. However, you and your team can "@" mention workspace members to alert them of a mentioned comment.

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.

This recording software doesn't offer automated reminders to prompt collaborators to respond to Looms.

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.

You can create a team for your employees if you’re on the Loom enterprise or business plan. Within these teams, you can quickly tag associates in comments using the "@" symbol and create team folders for storing specific types of videos.

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

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

With Loom, you can upload up to 4GB of footage (or up to 12 hours worth of footage, whichever is less). You can also upload up to 10 videos simultaneously. Video uploads are capped at 4K resolution.

BombBomb lets you download videos directly to your computer.

You can only download a recorded video on the Loom Enterprise or Business plan. It’s not available on the free version.

BombBomb doesn’t offer a designated screenshots feature.

You can take a screenshot with Loom’s desktop app.

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.

Loom offers its own Chrome screen recorder extension, allowing for quick video recordings on the go.

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

In early September of 2023, Loom released its AI Suite — a set of new AI-powered features, including:

• Auto Titles: Loom uses its AI system to create a unique title for your Loom video based on the content gathered in the transcript.

• Auto Summaries: AI concisely summarizes the Loom in the video description. This summary can be easily copied and pasted into emails or instant messages.

• Auto Chapters: AI automatically identifies the key topics discussed in your Loom video and assigns appropriate names and time-stamps to create chapters.

• Auto Tasks: The AI detects action items and tasks discussed in your Loom, offering suggestions for viewers to respond to after watching.

• Filler Word and Silence Removal: The AI enhances Loom's ability to detect and eliminate filler words (such as um, uh, ah) and trims extended pauses, resulting in a more concise and polished viewing experience.

‍Note: Loom's AI suite is only available on Business and Enterprise plans — not starter plans.

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.

Within your Loom workspace, users are divided into five different roles:

• Viewer: Free roles limited to reacting and commenting on videos shared with them.
  

• Creator Lite: Free roles in the starter and business plans - limited to recording and video editing with the restrictions of the starter plan (25 video limit, 5 min recording limit).
  

• Creator: Paid roles within the business plan can record, shore, organize, upload, and use the video editing feature. 

• Members: Paid roles that are essentially "Creators" of the enterprise plan. They have the same permissions as Creators.
  

Admin: Manages member roles and workspace settings. Additionally, they can record, share, organize, upload, and use the video editing feature.

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.

Loom follows a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, where security is a shared responsibility among Amazon Web Services (AWS), Loom, and its users. Loom uses AWS as its cloud infrastructure provider to ensure its service is always available, scalable, and secure.

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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Loom offers three pricing tiers:

• Starter: Free
  • Record up to 25 videos/person
  ‍• Limited to 5 mins/video
  ‍• Limited features and access

• Business: $15,00/user/month (billed monthly) or $12.50/user/month (billed annually)
  • Record unlimited videos
  ‍• Unlimited recording length
  ‍• General features and access

• Enterprise: Contact sales for pricing.
  ‍• Business plan features
  ‍• Loom AI add-on
  ‍• SSO (SAML) and SCIM support
  ‍• Enhanced content privacy measures
  ‍• Tailored data retention policies
  • Integration with Salesforce

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.

The Loom extension makes recording and sharing videos on the fly easy. Additionally, it provides a knowledge base to help users become a Loom pro!

Complementing this, Loom's keyboard shortcuts lets you start, stop, pause, resume, take screenshots, as well as draw and add confetti effects. 

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.

The Loom free trial grants you access to all the features available on the business plan for 14 days. The free trial doesn't require any credit card details.