A comparison of the features of five popular screencasting tools. Tools featured: Screencastify Loom Flipgrid Shorts Screencast-o-matic Vimeo Record

1. Five Screencasting Tools Compared - Fall 2020
Richard Byrne - PracticalEdTech.com
Recording
Length Limit
Drawing Tools Editing Tools Sharing Options Storage
Limits
Screencastify
screecastify.com
5 minutes Draw on screen while recording.
Cursor highlighted.
Trim ends of recording.
Splice clips.
Overlay text.
Google Classroom.
EdPuzzle.
Wakelet.
Remind.
Embed code.
QR code.
Direct link.
YouTube.
None.
Save
everything in
Google Drive
and or
download
videos.
Loom
Loom.com
45 minutes None while recording. Trim ends of recording.
Overlay text.
Direct link.
Password-protected.
Embed.
Twitter.
Facebook.
Gmail.
Loom Team.
None.
Flipgrid Shorts
Flipgrid.com
10 minutes Draw on screen while recording. Trim ends of recording.
Combine clips.
Overlay text and stickers.
Direct link.
Wakelet.
Microsoft Teams.
Google Classroom.
QR Code.
Remind.
None.
Screencast-o-matic
screencast-o-matic.com
15 minutes None while recording.
Cursor highlighted.
Trim ends of recordings.
Splice clips.
Direct link.
YouTube.
25GB/ month
Vimeo Record
bitly.com/31W1CSm
5 minutes None. None. Vimeo link (private or
public).
500MB/Wee
k
5GB total