Is Loops or Vowel better?

Neither clearly leads. Loops starts at On request and Vowel at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Loops or Vowel?

Vowel has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Loops and Free for Vowel.

Does Loops or Vowel run on more platforms?

Loops runs on Web. Vowel runs on Web, Macos, Windows.

Can I use Vowel for free?

Yes. Vowel has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Loops starts at On request.

What can Loops do that Vowel cannot?

Vowel covers Video conferencing, Auto transcription, AI meeting summaries, Action item detection.

Email Marketing · head to head

Loops vs Vowel

Loops

Email Marketing

Email platform for modern startups

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Vowel

Communication & Collaboration

AI-powered meetings that make everyone more productive

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Vowel has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Loops pricing is metered at $0.10 per 1,000 emails on top of the contact-based plan tier, adding a variable cost beyond the base subscription; Vowel the Internet Archive's capture of Vowel's homepage on 4 January 2021 showed the video conferencing/transcript tool was in a 'Request access' waitlist phase with no pricing figure published.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Loops and Vowel actually diverge.

Attributes where Loops and Vowel differ
Attribute	Loops	Vowel
Starting price	On request	Free
Pricing model	usage-based	subscription
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web	Web, Macos, Windows
Category	Email Marketing	Communication & Collaboration
Founded	Unknown	2020

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Loops

Nothing recorded that Vowel does not also cover.

Only in Vowel

Video conferencing
Auto transcription
AI meeting summaries
Action item detection
Searchable recordings
Slack
Notion
Asana

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Loops

No use cases recorded yet. See the Loops review.

Vowel

Team meetingsnot Loops
All-handsnot Loops
Client callsnot Loops
Onboardingnot Loops

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Loops

Pricing is metered at $0.10 per 1,000 emails on top of the contact-based plan tier, adding a variable cost beyond the base subscription

Vowel

The Internet Archive's capture of Vowel's homepage on 4 January 2021 showed the video conferencing/transcript tool was in a 'Request access' waitlist phase with no pricing figure published.

Pricing, plan by plan

Loops

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Loops review.

Vowel

Free

FreeFree
- Unlimited meetings
- Auto transcription
- 40-min group meetings
Business$16.49/month
- Unlimited AI features
- Unlimited recording storage
- Custom vocabulary
EnterpriseFree
- SSO/SAML
- Dedicated support
- Custom integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Loops if

Nothing in the data separates Loops from Vowel on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Loops review

Choose Vowel if

You need video conferencing.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Macos, Windows.
You also want auto transcription.

Vowel review

Questions people ask

Is Loops or Vowel better?: Neither clearly leads. Loops starts at On request and Vowel at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Loops or Vowel?: Vowel has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Loops and Free for Vowel.
Does Loops or Vowel run on more platforms?: Loops runs on Web. Vowel runs on Web, Macos, Windows.
Can I use Vowel for free?: Yes. Vowel has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Loops starts at On request.
What can Loops do that Vowel cannot?: Vowel covers Video conferencing, Auto transcription, AI meeting summaries, Action item detection.

Loops vs Vowel

Loops

Vowel

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Loops

Only in Vowel

What people use each for

Loops

Vowel

Where each one falls short

Loops

Vowel

Pricing, plan by plan

Loops

Vowel

Which should you pick?

Choose Loops if

Choose Vowel if

Questions people ask

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