Head to head

Scribe vs Loom

Scribe turns your clicks into written step-by-step guides. Loom records async video. They solve different problems — here's how to choose, and a third option worth knowing.

The short version

These tools produce fundamentally different formats, so the choice comes down to how people will consume the result. Scribe watches your clicks and auto-generates a written guide — a screenshot per step with an editable caption — which is easy to skim, search, and paste into a wiki. Loom records your screen (and optional webcam) into a video you share with a link; it's faster to produce and better at tone, context, and anything hard to put in words. Pick Scribe when you need a reference document people scan to find one step. Pick Loom when the message is the point — a quick walkthrough, feedback, or an explanation you'd otherwise give on a call. If you want structured SOPs rather than either a screenshot list or a video — and the option to generate them from your existing Loom recordings — Glyde is worth a look.

Side by side

Scribe vs Loom, feature by feature

How the two stack up — and where Glyde fits as a third option.

Feature	Scribe	Loom	Glyde
Primary output	Written step-by-step guide	Screen-recorded video	Structured SOP (purpose, scope, steps)
Auto-generated from your actions
Scannable / skimmable		Watch to find a step
Full-text searchable content		Transcript search
AI-written step context (what & why)	Auto-labeled captions		What, why, and where it fits
Face-cam / talking-head recording
Import / build from existing video		Native library	Loom + file upload (up to 500)
Interactive in-browser walkthroughs			Guide Me, all plans
PII redaction / auto-blur	Paid plans	Paid plans	On-device, all plans
PDF export	Paid plans		Free plan
Copy / paste steps into a wiki
Free plan	Unlimited guides	Video limits per plan	Up to 25 published SOPs

When Scribe is the better pick

You need a written reference people can skim and search, not watch end to end.
The guide will live in a wiki or knowledge base and needs to be copy-pasteable.
You want the fastest way to turn a task you just did into a shareable how-to.
Screenshots-per-step communicate the process better than a talking-head video.

When Loom is the better pick

The message benefits from your voice and tone — feedback, a walkthrough, an explanation.
You'd otherwise hop on a call; an async video is faster and clearer than typing it out.
Your audience would rather watch a short clip than read a document.
Face-cam and screen together add context that text and screenshots can't capture.

A third option

Why teams also look at Glyde

Structured SOPs, not just a click log or a video

Glyde's multimodal AI reads DOM state, structured step data, screenshots, and optional voice narration to write documentation with purpose, scope, prerequisites, and annotated steps — a guide a new hire can follow, not a captioned screenshot dump or a video someone has to watch end to end.

Turn existing recordings into SOPs

Paste a Loom link, upload video files, or batch-import up to 500 recordings — Glyde generates a structured SOP from each. You don't have to re-perform a process live just to document it.

Guide Me turns any SOP into a live walkthrough

Glyde overlays step-by-step guidance in the browser — highlighting where to click and what to enter — so documentation becomes an interactive co-pilot, not a static page in another tab.

PII redaction on the free plan

SmartBlur auto-detects and masks passwords, emails, phone numbers, and credit cards on-device before anything leaves your browser — included free, not gated behind an Enterprise tier.

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FAQ

Scribe vs Loom, answered

Should I use Scribe or Loom for documentation?

It depends on the format your audience needs. Scribe produces a written, searchable step-by-step guide — good for reference documentation people skim to find one step. Loom produces a video — good when tone, context, or a live explanation matter more than skimmability. For step-by-step reference docs, Scribe usually wins; for quick async explanations, Loom does.

What's the main difference between Scribe and Loom?

Scribe auto-captures your clicks into a written guide with a screenshot per step. Loom records your screen and optional webcam into a video you share as a link. One is a document you read and search; the other is a video you watch. That format difference is the whole decision.

Can Loom videos be turned into written guides?

Not natively — Loom is a video tool. If turning recordings into written documentation is the goal, Glyde can do it: paste a Loom link, upload video files, or batch-import up to 500 recordings, and it generates a structured SOP from each. That's a way to keep Loom for quick capture while still ending up with searchable docs.

Which is better for training a team?

For a repeatable reference a new hire follows on day one, a written guide is easier to search and update, so Scribe fits better than a library of videos. For onboarding context and tone, a short Loom can complement it. If you want the structure of a written SOP plus an interactive in-browser walkthrough, Glyde combines both.

Is there a free option?

Both have free tiers: Scribe offers unlimited basic guides, and Loom includes video with per-plan limits. Glyde's free plan includes unlimited recordings, up to 25 published SOPs, PDF export, Loom import, SmartBlur PII redaction, and Guide Me for up to 5 guides — no credit card required.

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