Is hi.video a Loom alternative?

Yes, if your task is a short personal introduction. Try the same message in each tool and check the recipient experience. Keep your existing tool if it already meets your needs; a new subscription is not a requirement for a better introduction.

Can I use a screen recording tool for a cold introduction?

Yes. Check the complete experience: your written context, the video page and its access settings. Open the link signed out on a phone before sending it. A person who has never met you should understand why you are reaching out, whichever recorder you use.

Do I need screen sharing for a personal introduction?

Usually not. For a first hi, your face and one specific sentence do the work. Screen plus camera earns its place when you want to point at something concrete, like the recipient's own website or a page of a proposal, and hi.video supports that mode. Keep the screen part short either way.

Does the recipient need an account to watch a hi?

No. The link opens on any phone or laptop, with the recipient's name and your note alongside the video and a reply or booking button under it. There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for, which matters when the viewer is a stranger who was already looking for a reason to close the tab.

Loom alternative for a personal video introduction to one person

Choosing a recorder starts with the message you need to send. Who will watch it, what do they already know about you, and what would you like them to do next? A short introduction to a potential collaborator can need a different workflow from a recorded update for your team.

A stranger needs context in the message and on the video page. That does not establish that one recorder is better than another. For current plans, workflow steps and a matched monthly cost example, read the sourced hi.video vs Loom comparison.

Who the viewer is changes what the page has to do

Picture a coworker opening your Tuesday update. They know your name and the project, and they know why a video arrived. The page can be little more than a player, because everything else is already in their head.

Now picture a hiring manager opening a link from someone they have never heard of. They do not know your name or why this exists, and they are deciding quickly whether to keep watching. The page has to carry the context the coworker already had.

Those are different jobs, and a tool built for one is not automatically right for the other.

What team screen recording tools do well

These tools suit messages like walking a developer through a bug, or replacing a meeting with a nine minute explanation nobody has to attend live. Those are often better as video than as text, when the extra detail helps the recipient do their work.

If you need long recordings or a shared place to discuss them, use a team tool and do not let anyone talk you into a workaround.

hi.video is not built for that, on purpose. It records one short video for one named person.

What a first hi to one person needs instead

The page needs to greet the person by name, because seeing their own name tells a stranger the message is meant for them. It needs a note from you in text, so someone who cannot press play at that moment still knows what this is.

It needs the video, short enough to finish on a phone in an elevator. And it needs exactly one button, going to your email or your calendar, so the next step is obvious.

It also has to be easy to open. The viewer should not need an account or an app, or hit a sign in wall before the first frame. They did not ask for this video and are unlikely to jump through hoops to see it.

I feel strongest about one more thing: a hi should be an actual recording, not a generated video.

Every hi is made in the hi.video recorder, which has no uploads and no AI avatars, and each recipient page carries a "Recorded in hi.video" label. The label says how the video was made, not who made it, and the trust page explains what it does and does not cover.

The two kinds of message, side by side

Situation	Team screen recording tool	A personal hi
Weekly update to your team	Fits	Wrong shape
Bug report with your screen	Fits	Wrong shape
First message to a prospect	Can work	Built for it
Follow up after an interview	Can work	Built for it
Walking a prospect through their own site	Fits	Fits, with screen plus camera

The middle rows are the ones that call for a choice. Make the recording in the tool you already use, then inspect it as a first-time viewer. Check whether the message and page explain who you are and why you chose this person. If they do, switching may add little value.

A short checklist for choosing

Run the message you are about to send through this list. If most answers point to Left, use a team tool. If most point to Right, record a hi.

Does the viewer already know your name? Left. Have they never heard of you? Right.

Is this going to a group, or to one person? Group left, one person right.

Will it run over three minutes? Left. Under one minute? Right.

Should the video live in a shared team library? Left. Do you want to be told when it was viewed, then move on? Right.

Is your screen the point, or is your face the point? Screen left, face right. If both, hi.video records screen plus camera.

Pick the tool after you know which message you are sending.

What a hi costs

The free plan on hi.video gives you five published videos a month, each up to a minute, with five stored at a time and no credit card. That is enough for a month of considered outreach, and a one minute limit keeps a first message short.

Pro is $14.99 USD a month. Videos can run to ten minutes, you get 100 published minutes a month and 500 stored minutes, and you can put a custom username in the link. Details are on the pricing page.

Where to start

If you want to try a video introduction, record your first hi and include a short written explanation with the link. A plain message may be enough for a simple question. Keep your existing recorder for any workflow it already handles well.

For what to say in the video, start with what a personal video introduction is. If you want to show a prospect something on your screen while keeping your face in the corner, walk a prospect through an idea with screen and camera covers that. The setup itself is in record a video introduction in your browser.