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SceneRecap vs Loom

Loom is excellent at what it set out to do: fast async video with a great viewer. SceneRecap starts from a different question — what actually happened in this recording? — and is built for the recordings where nobody talks: bugs, workflows, debugging sessions.

Understands

Loom
Your transcript
SceneRecap
The screen: pixels, clicks, navigations, console

Silent recordings

Loom
Get a title and a transcript-less summary
SceneRecap
First-class — full explanation without narration

Bug reports

Loom
You write them
SceneRecap
Repro steps, evidence, first bad moment, issue body — generated

Step-by-step guides

Loom
Manual
SceneRecap
Tutorial mode: steps + screenshots + PDF/DOCX/Notion

Privacy at capture

Loom
—
SceneRecap
Keystrokes never logged, sensitive fields recorded as a flag not a value, URLs path-only; review before upload

Search

Loom
Titles/transcripts
SceneRecap
Hybrid semantic + full-text across summaries and timeline, deep-links to the second

Issue trackers

Loom
Links
SceneRecap
One-click create in GitHub, Linear, Jira with AI body

Sharing

Loom
Public/private links, comments
SceneRecap
Public / unlisted / password / workspace / emails, comments at timestamps

Free plan

Loom
25 videos, 5 min
SceneRecap
One free recording (1 min) with Bug Report mode included; unlimited on Pro

Proves it still happens

Loom
A viewer watches the video and judges
SceneRecap
The Repro Agent re-drives a bug report's recorded flow headlessly against an origin you control and reports whether it actually reproduces — grounded in a real network or console signal. Pro and above, opt-in, metered.

Retakes

Loom
You re-record until the demo is clean
SceneRecap
A Take re-performs your recording's flow against a site you control and records the clean version — a draft until you approve it, permanently badged as performed by the agent. Pro and above.

Loom details from public docs, August 2026; corrections welcome at contact@scenerecap.com.

When Loom is the better pick

Camera-forward async updates, a big existing library, and Atlassian-native workflows. If your recordings are mostly you talking to a colleague, Loom's viewer and reactions are hard to beat.

When SceneRecap is

Anything where the point is the content on screen: reproducing a bug, documenting a process, understanding a session after the fact. You'll spend the minute you saved on narration reading a page that already explains itself.

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Frequently asked

Can SceneRecap replace Loom?

Only if what you record is a screen rather than a face. Loom is built for async video with a person talking; SceneRecap is built for recordings where nobody talks and the point is what happened on screen. Teams commonly keep both — Loom for updates, SceneRecap for bugs, workflows and debugging sessions.

Does SceneRecap need me to narrate?

No, and that is the difference. The AI reads the frames and the interaction log — clicks, navigations, console errors, failed requests — so a completely silent recording still produces a written explanation. If you do speak, the transcript becomes extra context.

What do I get that a Loom link does not give me?

A written artefact instead of a video to watch: repro steps, expected versus actual, the first bad moment, and console and network evidence, each linked to its second in the recording. You can file it to GitHub, Linear or Jira in one click, or export it as PDF, DOCX or Markdown.

Can I import my existing Loom recordings?

You can export a Loom video and upload it — it runs through the same pipeline. The AI then works from the pixels alone, because an exported file carries no interaction log, so evidence is visual only.

Is it hosted in the EU?

Yes. Compute runs in Google Cloud europe-west1 (Belgium) and media is stored in europe-west3 (Frankfurt), with a DPA available.