Loom Review (2026): Is It Still Worth It for Course Creators?
Loom is the fastest way to get a screen recording turned into a shareable link. Whether that's enough for a full course depends entirely on how you plan to use it.
What Loom does well
Loom's whole design is built around removing friction between "I recorded something" and "someone else is watching it." Hit record, stop, and Loom uploads the video and hands you a shareable link automatically — no export step, no manual upload to a host. For quick async updates, walkthroughs, or short explainer clips, nothing else in this category matches that speed. Viewer-side features are also strong: automatic transcripts, viewer emoji reactions, and click-through analytics showing how much of the video each viewer actually watched.
Where it falls short for full courses
The free plan caps individual recordings at 5 minutes, which is workable for a single tutorial clip but forces you to chop up any real lesson into multiple recordings — awkward if you want one continuous walkthrough of a workflow. Editing tools are intentionally minimal: trimming, simple text/callout overlays, and basic filler-word removal, but no multi-track timeline, no B-roll layering, and no chaptering. If your course needs polished, edited lessons rather than raw screen-and-talk clips, you'll outgrow Loom's editor quickly.
Pricing
The free "Starter" tier gives you 25 videos with the 5-minute cap. The paid "Business" tier runs $18/user/month billed annually and removes the length cap, adds custom branding, and unlocks AI-generated summaries. There's no one-time-purchase option — Loom is subscription-only, which matters if you're recording a course once and don't want an ongoing bill afterward.
Verdict
Loom is the right call if speed and shareability matter more than editing depth — office hours recaps, quick student Q&A responses, or short supplementary clips alongside a course built in another tool. For the actual core lessons of a paid course, most creators end up pairing Loom with (or switching to) something with a real editor once they hit the 5-minute wall repeatedly.