LiveDocument is Loom* (but for PDFs).
Both put your face on a video. The difference is where the video lives. Loom sits in its own tab next to your PDF. LiveDocument puts the walkthrough on the document, synced to the page they're reading, with analytics on both.
Loom
- Pick Loom if the video is the deliverable.
- Pick LiveDocument if the document is the deliverable and the video guides it.
The honest comparison
| Feature | LiveDocument | Loom |
|---|---|---|
| Video walkthrough with your face | ||
| Video synced to the document page | ||
| Clickable highlights that jump the video to a section | ||
| PDF and video in one link, no downloadsLoom sends a video link; the document travels separately. | ||
| Page-level analytics on the documentLoom tracks video views only. | ||
| See what they read, not just that they watched | ||
| Quick internal async videoLoom is the stronger, faster tool here. | ||
| Screen recording of software / your desktopLoom wins — this isn't what LiveDocument does. | ||
| Huge existing user base and integrationsLoom wins. Slack, Salesforce, Zoom and more. | ||
| Free tier to start |
Comparison based on the public features of both products. See how video walkthroughs work, LiveDocument pricing, or how LiveDocument compares to DocSend and PandaDoc.
A watched video isn't a read document.
Here's the thing we learned sending decks all day: people watch the video and ignore the doc. Or they read the doc and never open the video. Two tabs means two chances to lose them. LiveDocument puts the walkthrough on the page, so when you say 'look at the pricing on page four', they're already looking at page four. And you can see they got there.
Your talk and their page move together
Click a point in your talk, the reader jumps to that section of the document. The walkthrough never drifts away from the page it's about.
The PDF and the walkthrough travel together.
One link carries both. Nothing to download, nothing to attach, no second tab to lose them in.
Not just 'they watched', but what they read.
See which pages they lingered on and came back to, not just that the video played.
- Screen recording and software walkthroughs. Loom's core strength, and not what we do.
- Quick internal async video. Faster for a throwaway update than setting up a document.
- Ecosystem and integrations. We're still building out our integration ecosystem, meanwhile Loom integrates with Slack, Salesforce, Zoom and more.
Pick the tool that fits what you send
Pick LiveDocument if
- You send documents that decide deals: proposals, decks, contracts.
- You need to know it was understood, not just opened.
- You want the walkthrough and the document in one tracked link.
- You care which pages they actually read.
Pick Loom if
- The video itself is what you're sending.
- You're recording your screen or a software workflow.
- It's a quick internal async update.
- There's no document underneath that needs tracking.
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Frequently asked questions
Loom records a video, usually of your screen or face, that you send as its own link. LiveDocument attaches a video walkthrough to a PDF and shares both as one link, with the video synced to the document and analytics on the pages the reader viewed.
You can record yourself talking over a PDF in Loom, but the video and the document stay separate. The reader watches in one tab and reads in another, and you only see who watched the video, not which pages of the document they actually read.
For sending documents, yes. If your goal is to share a proposal, deck or contract with a walkthrough and know it was understood, LiveDocument fits better. For screen recordings and quick internal video, Loom is still the stronger tool.
No, and that's deliberate. LiveDocument is built around documents you send, not screen capture. If you need to record your desktop or a software workflow, use Loom.
LiveDocument has a free tier to get started, and Pro is a flat $20 a month. Both let you put a video walkthrough on a PDF and share it as one tracked link.