TakelightTakelight and Loom side by side as of September 2026
The Loom figures are for its Starter plan. Atlassian has moved Loom onto its own pricing, so check what your account shows before you decide.
| Topic | Takelight | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Length of one recording | No limit on Pro. | 5 minutes per video on Starter. |
| Number of recordings | No limit on Pro. | Up to 25 videos per person on Starter. |
| Picture quality | Full quality, and no watermark. | 720p on Starter. |
| Paid plan | Pro is €39 for 6 months, €69 for a year or €139 for Pro forever. | Business is $18 per user per month. |
Sources for Loom: loom.com/pricing and Atlassian's page on Loom pricing, billing and role changes (3 November 2025), read on 30 September 2026. Source for Takelight: the pricing table.
What you keep with Takelight
- A real MP4 with H.264 video and AAC audio, saved on your computer. It plays in a browser, on a phone and in an editor, and nothing is uploaded.
- Recordings written to disk as you go. If Edge crashes, the next recorder page offers Recover last recording and rebuilds the file. The last few seconds may be missing.
- A cut editor for the same file: trim the ends and make up to 3 cuts in the middle, with silences shown on the timeline. Captions are made on your computer and the transcript, .srt and .vtt files are free. Pro adds one-click silence removal and captions burned into the video.
- Screen, window or tab, tab audio and your microphone, a 3 second countdown, and pause and resume.
What you give up
Takelight does not host your videos. There is no cloud share link, no page a viewer opens, no comments and no view counts. You send the file yourself by email, chat or a shared drive, or upload it to YouTube. If you send videos as links and want to know who watched them, a hosted recorder is built for that job and Takelight is not a replacement.
It also runs only in Edge 116 or newer, and the camera bubble is free. The MP4 needs H.264 encoding on your computer. If it is missing, Takelight saves WebM and says so before you start.
Free and Pro
Video recording is part of Pro, with no length cap, and Pro adds auto-zoom, the cursor spotlight, burned-in captions and unlimited step guides. The free plan makes step guides from your clicks and keeps ten. Pro is €39 for 6 months, €69 for a year or €139 for Pro forever. You get 7 days of Pro, free. The pricing table lists every difference.
Record a first video
- Install Takelight from Edge Add-ons, click its icon, then choose Record.
- Press Start recording. Edge asks whether to share your screen, one window or one tab. Tick Share audio if you want the sound.
- Press Stop and save. The video appears on the Recordings page, where you can play, edit, rename and download it.
Clicking through a task in a browser tab also gives you a written step guide for free. See how to create an SOP by clicking through the task. To compare a different tool, read the Screencastify alternative page.
Record without an account
Install is free. Nothing needs a sign-up, and the file stays on your computer.
Takelight is an independent product and is not affiliated with Loom or Atlassian.