Loom alternative — post-Atlassian, 2026

Atlassian killed Creator Lite. Clipy stays free.

Loom retired the Creator Lite tier in February 2026 and auto-converted viewer seats to paid. Public Trustpilot score: 1.4 / 5. Clipy is the free Loom alternative — no signup wall, no watermark, no surprise billing.

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In February 2026 Atlassian retired Loom's Creator Lite tier. Viewer seats were auto-migrated to paid plans, free recording dropped to a 5-minute cap with a 25-video lifetime ceiling, and Loom's Trustpilot rating fell to 1.4 / 5. Clipy is the free Loom alternative for Mac, Chrome, and the web — record with one click or a hotkey, get a shareable link the moment you stop, and let viewers watch without an account. Free forever, no signup wall, no surprise billing.

  • Free forever
  • No signup wall
  • No watermark
  • Unlimited length
  • AI Q&A included
  • HIPAA-ready

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THE 2026 LOOM TAX

What changed at Loom in 2026?

Four numbers, all public. Creator Lite is gone. Viewer seats now bill. The free tier shrank to a 5-minute cap and a 25-video lifetime ceiling. Customer sentiment on Trustpilot is sitting at 1.4 / 5.

10×
bill increase

Creator Lite retired Feb 2026. Viewer seats auto-converted to paid Creator seats at $20/mo.

$24,000
for a 50-person team

Most of whom only watch videos. The viewer-pays-too model is the headline change.

5 min
recording cap on free

Anything longer? Pay up. Or hit the new 25-video lifetime ceiling on the free plan.

1.4 / 5
Trustpilot score

Public customer rating after the migration. Most recent reviews cite surprise charges and lost access.

Clipy is what Loom used to be — free, generous, and not optimized to extract a quarterly bonus. No signup wall, no watermark, no surprise billing.

Clipy vs Loom

Same flow. Different bill.

Apples-to-apples comparison of what you actually pay for, and what you don't.

Feature
clipy
Loom
Price for a 5-person team
$0
$1,200 / year
Recording length on free
Unlimited
5 min cap
Number of recordings on free
Unlimited
25 lifetime
Watermark on free plan
Never
Signup required to watch
Public link, just play
Increasing login walls in 2026
AI Q&A on recordings
Free, every plan
$20 / seat / month
Auto-charging viewer seats
Viewers never pay
Migrated viewers → paid in 2026
Mac native + Chrome extension shipping today
Both live
Slack link unfurl
Plays on mobile (no app install)
Setup time
~30 seconds
Email verify + signup
HIPAA-ready storage
All plans
Enterprise tier only
End-to-end encryption at rest
Self-hosted blog & docs
Own SEO surface
Medium / vendor blog
Public Trustpilot score
Not yet rated
1.4 / 5

Comparison reflects Loom's 2026 pricing after the Atlassian migration. Sources: loom.com/pricing and public G2 / Reddit reports.

Everything Loom does. None of the toll booths.

What does Clipy do that Loom does — without the bill?

One-click record

Chrome popup or ⌥⌘R on Mac. Tab, window, or full screen. Mic and webcam optional, always toggleable mid-recording.

Polished playback

Chapters, reactions, comments, transcript. Your viewers get a player that respects them — no ads, no upsells, no login wall.

AI Q&A on every recording

Ask "what did we decide about pricing?" — get an answer with clickable timestamps that jump the player to the exact moment.

Slack-native unfurl

Paste a Clipy link in Slack. Playable card. Thumbnail. Duration. No paid integration tier required.

Plays on every device

Phone, tablet, laptop, kiosk. No app install for viewers. No login. Just the play button.

Setup in 30 seconds

Install. Click record. Get a link. No IT ticket, no SSO setup, no email-verify dance to start sending clips.

Switch in an afternoon

Coming from Loom?

We built Clipy for the muscle memory you already have. Same flow. No retraining.

01

Install Clipy

Chrome extension or Mac app. 30 seconds. No credit card.

02

Record like normal

Same hotkey muscle memory. Same share-link flow. No new habits to learn.

03

Cancel Loom

Save what you were paying. Send the savings to your team — or to yourself.

Questions, answered

The short answers.

Actually free. Unlimited recordings, unlimited recording length, unlimited viewers, no watermark, no credit card. We make money from the optional team workspace add-ons, not from the free tier.

Still reading? Hit record.

The fastest way to explain something is to show it. Clipy has been ready this whole time.

Start recordingNo sign-up to watch · Free forever