Overall Winner

Bandicam

beats Loom by 41 points

Loom 27/100

Bandicam 🏆 68/100

Bandicam wins over Loom for screenshot recording. Easy Windows recording with a yearly license. Cloud async video with cancel and record-fail comments. Choose Bandicam for local Windows files, Loom for short work clips if sharing already works.

Score breakdown

Dimension

Loom

Bandicam

Price & Value

★★☆☆☆

★★★☆☆ wins

Features

★★★☆☆

★★★★☆ wins

Ease of Use

★★☆☆☆

★★★★☆ wins

Reviews

★☆☆☆☆

★★★★★ wins

Each dimension rated 1–5. Higher is better across all four.

What users say

Loom

"Cloud async video with a 1.3 average; cancel and record-fail comments dominate."

Pros

The desktop app makes it easy to capture videos to send to colleagues. Videos are easy to share

Bandicam

"Windows recorder with the highest score here; audio dropouts keep it from a clean sweep."

Pros

Amazing. Best screen recorder on PC This software is really easy and intuitive to use. You can get high quality AVI video Especially love that you can use it for free within limits

When to Choose Each

Choose Bandicam if you want a local Windows recording file rather than a cloud share link. User reviews call recording easy and intuitive, with high-quality AVI output, and several customers treat it as a long-term Windows asset. The catalog lists a watermarked free tier and a paid yearly license starting at $33.26. Test audio: comments mention garbled program audio, no in-app microphone, and a recording that stopped at eight minutes. Bandicam is Windows-only.

Choose Loom if the job is a short async work video and sharing already works for your team. A minority of customer feedback says the desktop app makes capture and share easy. Most comments in this batch are failed recordings, laptop freezes, expense, and cancel trouble after the Atlassian move — including reports that it does not record properly and that canceling a paid seat is impossible. Loom has a free Starter tier; paid seats start at $18 per user per month. Platforms listed: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Chrome.

Key Differences

Pricing: Bandicam is $33.26 per year after a watermarked free tier. Loom paid seats start at $18 per user per month with a free Starter tier.
Output: Bandicam writes a local Windows file. Loom is cloud screen-and-camera for work.
Reliability comments: Bandicam complaints are audio and an eight-minute stop. Loom comments cluster on record-fail, freezes, and cancel dead-ends.
Platform: Bandicam is Windows-only. Loom covers Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Chrome.
Cancel path: Loom comments say manage-plan cancel fails after the Atlassian move. Bandicam is a local yearly license, not a cloud seat.

Pricing & value

Metric	Loom	Bandicam	Winner
Free tier	Yes	Yes	Tie
Starting price	From $18/mo	$33.26/yr	Loom

Is Bandicam better than Loom?

Yes for a local Windows recorder — customer feedback calls Bandicam easy to use, while Loom comments in this batch cluster on failed recordings, laptop freezes, expense, and cancel trouble.

Which is cheaper?

Bandicam has a watermarked free tier and a paid Windows license at $33.26/year. Loom has a free Starter tier; paid seats start at $18/user/month.

Which is better for sharing a work clip?

Loom is the cloud async-video product — a minority like easy capture and share. Recording reliability and cancel after the Atlassian move are the risks. Bandicam writes a local Windows file and does not replace a share-link workflow.

Our pick

🏆 Bandicam

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