Does Viewport host my videos like Loom does?

No. Viewport exports a video file to your Mac and stops there. There is no cloud, no share link and no viewer analytics - which is the trade that lets it have no account and no subscription.

Can Viewport record my camera and microphone?

Viewport is built around the screen recording itself rather than around a talking head. If a face bubble and narration are central to what you are making, Loom is the better fit for that job.

Is Viewport cheaper than Loom over time?

For a single person, substantially - Viewport is a one-time $9.99 with no renewal, against a recurring per-seat bill. For a team that needs hosting, comments and analytics, Loom is buying things Viewport does not offer at all, so the comparison stops being about price.

A Loom alternative for polished design recordings

Loom is for the message you send today. Viewport is for the video that stays on your portfolio.

Viewport is a one-time-purchase macOS alternative to Loom for recording websites. Loom is optimised for fast, disposable async messages hosted in its cloud and shared by link; Viewport is optimised for a finished video file you author on a timeline and publish yourself. Loom bills per seat every month, Viewport costs $9.99 once and needs no account.

Viewport vs Loom, side by side

Viewport compared with Loom, by pricing model, platform, authoring approach, output framing, account requirement and updates.
Comparison criterion	Viewport	Loom
Pricing model	$9.99 once, no subscription	Free tier, then per-seat subscription
Platform	macOS 13.1+	macOS, Windows, Chrome, iOS, Android
How a take is made	Authored on a timeline, replayed identically	Live performance, recorded as-is
Output framing	Exact dimensions or aspect ratio set before recording	Fixed to the captured screen or window
Account required	No	Yes
Updates	All future updates included	Included while subscribed

What Loom costs

Loom has a free Starter tier with per-video length and library caps, and paid team plans billed per seat per month. The seat model is the part that matters for a comparison: cost scales with headcount rather than with usage. Current plan names and figures are on their pricing page.

Source: loom.com/pricing. Checked 19 August 2026. Third-party pricing and limits change; confirm at the source before relying on them.

Which one you should actually use

Choose Loom if…

The recording is a message, not a deliverable - a bug repro, a standup update, a code review walkthrough.
You want hosting, a shareable link, viewer analytics, comments and transcription without setting any of it up.
Your team is on Windows or works in the browser. Viewport is macOS-only.
Speed matters more than finish. Loom's whole design is that the recording is done the moment you stop talking.

Choose Viewport if…

The video is going in front of a client, on a case study, or into a launch post, and it has to look composed rather than captured.
You want a file you own, not a link to somebody's cloud that expires with a plan.
You are the only person who needs it, and a per-seat subscription is the wrong shape for a one-person tool.
You need a specific aspect ratio - Loom frames to whatever you captured, Viewport frames before you shoot.

Loom and Viewport, answered

Try the Loom alternative that authors the take.

Viewport is a macOS screen recorder that builds the take on a timeline instead of asking you to perform it. $9.99 once - no subscription, no account.

Usual price ~~$19.99~~ founder discount · macOS 13.1 or later

Viewport vs Screen Studio

Viewport is a one-time-purchase alternative to Screen Studio for macOS. Both produce smooth, polished screen recordings, but they get there differently: Screen Studio records a live performance and applies automatic zoom and cursor smoothing afterwards, while Viewport has you place scrolls, clicks and hovers on a timeline and replays them identically every take.

Viewport vs CleanShot X

CleanShot X and Viewport are both one-time-purchase macOS tools, but they solve different halves of the problem. CleanShot X is a best-in-class screenshot and quick-capture utility that also records video. Viewport does not take screenshots at all - it loads a website, frames it to an exact size, and replays a scroll-and-click sequence you built on a timeline.

Viewport vs QuickTime Player

QuickTime Player is the free screen recorder built into macOS, and for capturing what happens on your screen it is entirely adequate. It has no editing timeline, no control over output dimensions beyond the region you drag, no cursor smoothing and no way to repeat a take exactly. Viewport exists for the recordings where those four things are the whole job.

Viewport vs OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a free, open-source broadcasting suite with scenes, sources, filters and streaming built in. Viewport is a small macOS app that does one thing: load a website, frame it exactly, and replay a scroll-and-click sequence you authored on a timeline. OBS can capture anything; it cannot author the motion of a page for you.