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Tchaku vs Loom — which fits your room?
Loom (part of Atlassian) is async video messaging: record any screen, get an instant link. Tchaku overlaps on one loop — record yourself presenting, share a link, see who watched — but comes at it from the other side: the deck isn't dead pixels under a recording, it's a living, animated artifact you can also share on its own, and the same file presents live to a room.
| Loom | Tchaku | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Async video messaging — record screen and camera, share instantly | Presentation studio that records the talk itself — deck, animations, and camera bubble |
| What gets recorded | Any window or screen, over slides made in another tool | Your presented deck with its animations and your camera bubble (recording on macOS and Windows) |
| The deck afterwards | Pixels inside a video | Still alive — share the deck itself as an animated web link, or export it |
| Live presenting | None — Loom positions itself as a replacement for live presentations | Full present mode plus 7 live audience widgets (polls, quizzes, word clouds…) |
| Viewer analytics | Views and engagement on its plans | Opens, unique viewers, completion, and a per-slide reach funnel (Pro) |
| Post-recording editing | Strong — transcript-based editing, trims, captions, AI summaries | Light — re-record the take, or share the always-editable deck instead |
| Free tier | Caps how many videos you keep and how long each can run | Uncapped decks and live widgets; recordings share as links |
| Pricing | Per-creator subscription tiers | Free with 30 AI credits/mo; Pro $12/mo billed yearly; Studio $29/mo billed yearly; $25 one-time Event Pass (7 days of Studio) |
Comparison reflects public information as of August 2026 — check Loom's site for their current plans.
Choose Loom if…
- You record quick walkthroughs of anything — bug reports, code reviews, app demos — not just presentations
- You want transcription, AI summaries, and edit-by-transcript on every video
- Your team lives in the Atlassian stack and treats videos as searchable knowledge
Choose Tchaku if…
- The thing you're recording is a presentation — the deck deserves to stay animated and editable, not flattened into pixels
- You also present live: one file covers the room today and the link tomorrow
- You want the audience in the deck — polls and quizzes have no Loom equivalent
Questions
- Can Tchaku record my whole screen like Loom?
- No — Tchaku records your presented deck with your camera bubble, natively on macOS and Windows. It's presentation recording, not general screen capture; for recording other apps, Loom-style tools are the right pick.
- Do viewers need an account to watch?
- No. A recording shares as a watch link that plays in any browser — and a deck link plays the deck itself, animations included.
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Free includes the full editor, all motion, and every live audience type.