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Loom's free 5-minute cap forces you to either compress what you have to say or pay $15/seat. El Ojo records as long as you need on the free extension. Add cursor spotlight and annotations to call out the diff lines that matter.
Loom is a great recorder until you hit the 5-minute free cap or the "Upgrade to remove watermark" wall. El Ojo's extension stays free forever with unlimited recording time and saves to your own Google Drive. Studio adds AI captions in 99 languages and smart cursor zoom — features Loom puts behind Business ($15/user/mo) or doesn't offer at all.
Numbers taken from each product's public pricing page; check theirs for the latest.
| Feature | El Ojo (Free) | Loom Starter (Free) | Loom Business ($15/mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recording time per video | Unlimited | 5 minutes | Unlimited |
| Total recordings stored | Unlimited (your storage) | 25 | Unlimited |
| Resolution | Up to 4K, adaptive bitrate | 720p | 4K |
| Watermark on output | Never | No (but Loom branding in URL) | No |
| Where recordings live | Your machine + your Google Drive | Loom's servers | Loom's servers |
| Cursor spotlight tool | Built in, free | – | – |
| Camera bubble with selfie segmentation | Free, with blur + touch-up | Yes (basic) | Yes |
| Layout switch during recording | Screen / Camera / Portrait / Bubble live | – | – |
| Auto-captions | Studio: 99 languages (AI) | – | English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese |
| RTL languages (Urdu, Arabic, Hebrew) | Yes — correct direction + font | – | – |
| Roman / Hinglish transliteration | Yes | – | – |
| Smart auto-zoom on cursor | Studio: auto + manual fallback | – | – |
| Text-based editing (delete word = cut) | Studio: yes | – | Yes (AI Editing add-on) |
| Audio cleanup | AI cleanup (Studio) | – | Yes |
| Embed in Notion / Slack / Wordpress | Studio | Yes | Yes |
| Password-protected videos | Studio | – | Yes |
| Account required to record | No — install and record | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Extension source on GitHub | No | No |
| Price for full feature set | $0 extension + Studio from $9.99/mo | $0 (limited) | $15/user/month |
If you record long sessions (over 5 minutes), care about your data living in your own Drive, or need captions in non-Western languages — El Ojo is the cleaner choice. The extension is free forever; you only pay if you need Studio's editor.
Loom's free 5-minute cap forces you to either compress what you have to say or pay $15/seat. El Ojo records as long as you need on the free extension. Add cursor spotlight and annotations to call out the diff lines that matter.
Loom Business adds captions in 5 languages. El Ojo Studio captions in 99 languages via advanced AI speech recognition — including Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, and Hebrew with correct RTL direction. Roman/Hinglish output for global audiences.
Studio replays your cursor trail as a smooth pan-and-zoom in the rendered video — viewers see exactly what you clicked without you having to manually annotate. Loom doesn't offer auto-zoom at any tier.
Loom recordings live on Loom's servers. El Ojo's extension saves to your Drive or local disk. Studio is opt-in — you choose what to upload. Open-source extension means you can audit exactly what the recorder does.
Honest answer: Loom has built a deep ecosystem over years that El Ojo hasn't reached yet. If you need any of the following, stay with Loom or evaluate carefully:
For everything else — recording, captioning, sharing, embedding, simple analytics — El Ojo costs less and offers language coverage Loom doesn't.
Install the El Ojo Chrome extension and record your first video — free forever. If you like it, Studio adds the editor and hosted sharing, free for 7 days then from $9.99/month.