Loom
loom.com
Record your screen, share a link
from $18/moFree plan
Riverside
Studio-quality remote recording
Free plan availableVideo & AudioSince 2019
from $29/moVisit riverside.fm
What Riverside is
Records each participant locally at full resolution then uploads, so remote interviews avoid call-quality artefacts. Includes editing and clip generation.
What Riverside has cost
We have read this pricing page 6 times since Jul 2025, including archived copies of it. Each figure below was pulled from the page itself, not from a summary of it.
- $19/moJul 2025 · Standard · 1 reading · archived page
The entry plan changed name here, from Standard to Pro. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$29/moJan 2026 – Sept 2026 · Pro · 5 readings · archived page
Gaps are ours, not the vendor's: where a capture was unreadable, or the price could not be tied to a plan at all, no reading was recorded rather than a guess. See every price change we can stand behind.
People use it to
Current offers
Free plan
Free plan, no card required
Ongoing free tier published by the vendor. Limits vary by plan.
Discount
17% off — $24/mo instead of $29/mo
Both prices read from riverside.com on 2026-09-21. Pro plan. Billed for 12 months up front.
Riverside alternatives
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Where Riverside sits on price
Entry prices across Video & Audio, cheapest first.
- ElevenLabs$6
- CapCut$7.99*
- VEED$10
- Vimeo$12
- Loom$18
- Descript$24
- Storymode$24
- Riverside$29
- Clipin$29
- Ricebowl AI$29.90
10 of these 11 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 9 verified prices in Video & Audio. 1 more tool in this category does not publish an entry price and is not plotted. Showing the 10 cheapest.
Riverside pricing questions
- How much does Riverside cost?
- Riverside starts at $29 a month on its Pro plan, billed monthly. That figure was read from riverside.com's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
- Does Riverside have a free plan?
- Yes. Riverside publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
- Is Riverside cheaper if you pay annually?
- Yes — 17% cheaper. Paying for twelve months up front takes the entry plan from $29 a month to $24 a month. Both figures were read from the same pricing page in one visit, so the saving is arithmetic rather than a claim.
- What is Riverside used for?
- Records each participant locally at full resolution then uploads, so remote interviews avoid call-quality artefacts. Includes editing and clip generation. People mainly use it to record a podcast, record an interview, create short clips.
- What are the best alternatives to Riverside?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are Loom, ElevenLabs, Descript, CapCut. Loom starts lower at $18 a month; ElevenLabs starts lower at $6 a month; Descript starts lower at $24 a month; CapCut starts lower at $7.99 a month. Loom, ElevenLabs, Descript and CapCut publish a free plan.