mockvid
Loom and a portfolio piece solve different problems
Loom exists to remove friction from explaining something to one other person, fast: a cursor moving around your own screen, your voice narrating, sent as a link two minutes later. That's exactly right for a client update or a bug report. It is not what makes a visitor stop on your portfolio, because a raw screen recording carries your cursor, your browser chrome, your tab bar and whatever notification pops up mid-recording. None of that belongs on a page meant to sell your work.
Side by side
| Loom | Mockvid | |
|---|---|---|
| What it captures | Your live screen, cursor and all | The site itself, in a real browser, staged in a 3D scene |
| Best for | Quick async explanations to one person | A portfolio piece meant to be seen by many |
| Browser chrome / cursor visible | Yes, unless edited out | Never — the site is staged in a device, not screen-recorded |
| Desktop + mobile in one shot | Two separate recordings | One capture, both devices |
| Presentation | Flat screen recording | Lit, animated 3D device with camera motion |
| Output | Shareable link, MP4 | MP4, WebM, GIF, WebP, transparent, PNG, live 3D embed |
| Recording effort | You drive the walkthrough live | Paste a URL, nothing to drive |
Keep Loom for…
- Walking a client or teammate through a change, async, in your own words.
- Bug reports and QA notes where showing the exact click path matters more than polish.
- Internal handoffs where speed beats production value.
Switch to Mockvid for…
- The portfolio piece itself: the page a stranger lands on to judge your work in five seconds.
- Client proposals and case studies, where a lit 3D device reads as more finished than a browser tab.
- Anything you'll post more than once, since it's rendered clean the first time rather than needing an edit pass to cut cursor movements and dead air.
Skip the recording entirely.Paste the URL, get the finished shot.
Try it free →A common workflow: both, in sequence
Plenty of designers use both without thinking of it as a choice: a Loom to walk a client through a decision during the project, and a Mockvid capture once the site ships, for the portfolio and the case study. They're not competing for the same slot, they cover the before and the after.
Frequently asked
Can I turn an existing Loom recording into a 3D mockup?
Not directly. Mockvid captures the live site itself rather than editing existing footage, which is what keeps the output clean. If the site isn't public yet, a Figma file works the same way a URL does.
Does Mockvid support narration like Loom does?
You can add a soundtrack and animated title/description overlays, but Mockvid isn't built for spoken narration over a live cursor. If you need that specific format, that's exactly the case where Loom is the right tool.
I freelance and use Loom for client updates. Does this replace that?
No, and it isn't meant to. See for web designers for how the finished-site capture fits into a project that still uses Loom for the in-progress updates.