Last updated: 2026-01-10

For most people in the U.S. who want clear, presenter-led screen recordings they can quickly trim, split, and reuse, starting in StreamYard’s browser studio is the most straightforward path. If you need ultra-technical capture or deep offline editing, pairing OBS with a dedicated editor or using Loom for lightweight async updates can make sense.

Summary

• StreamYard gives you browser-based recording plus built-in trimming and splitting on every plan, with no desktop installs. (StreamYard Help Center)
• StreamYard supports local multi-track recordings, branded layouts, and both landscape and portrait outputs from the same session, making your edits more flexible later.
• Loom and OBS are strong alternatives for specific cases: Loom for quick async clips (with plan-based limits) and OBS for high-control local capture that you edit elsewhere. (loom.com, OBS Project)
• For most teams, StreamYard’s per-workspace pricing and easy sharing/export flow are more affordable and practical than per-seat tools.

What should you look for in screen recording software for trimming?

When you search for “screen recording software for editing and trimming videos,” you’re usually looking for four things:

• A clean way to capture your screen plus your face and voice.
• Simple tools to trim the beginning and end, cut mistakes, and maybe split a long recording into multiple clips.
• Reliable performance on a typical laptop without dialing in codecs and bitrates.
• Fast ways to reuse that content—whether that’s social clips, course lessons, or support videos.

StreamYard was built around that kind of workflow: a browser-based studio where you can share your screen, control layouts, and apply branding live, then trim and split those recordings afterward in the same place. (StreamYard Help Center)

How does StreamYard handle recording, trimming, and splitting?

In StreamYard, your editing workflow starts the moment you end a recording.

You can:

• Record your screen and camera together in the browser, with layouts you control while presenting.
• Capture separate local tracks for each participant, so you have clean audio and video to finesse in post if you want. (StreamYard Support)
• Open that recording in our built-in editor and trim or split it into segments directly in your browser. (StreamYard Help Center)

The trim-and-split editor is available on all plans, so you don’t have to install separate software just to cut the awkward first 30 seconds or remove a mistake. (StreamYard Help Center) You can save your edits as new clips, and for shorter edits (20 minutes or less), you can publish directly from StreamYard to connected social platforms instead of downloading and re-uploading. (StreamYard Help Center)

For many creators, that’s enough: hit record, present your screen with a clean layout, then hop into the browser editor to trim, split, and export.

What makes StreamYard efficient for presenter-led screen recordings?

The search term here isn’t just “screen capture”—it’s about editing and trimming videos that feature you walking someone through something. That’s where StreamYard’s studio-style approach helps.

With StreamYard you can:

• Share your screen while seeing exactly what your viewers will see, using layouts that prioritize your face, your slides, or both.
• Control screen audio and microphone audio independently, which is helpful when you’re demoing software while narrating over system sounds.
• Use local multi-track recordings so you—or an editor—can cleanly adjust each speaker in post without fighting a single mixed track. (StreamYard Support)
• Capture both landscape and portrait outputs from the same session, so you can cut wide YouTube tutorials and vertical social shorts without re-recording.
• Add logos, overlays, and lower-thirds live, reducing how much branding work you need to do later in an editor.
• Keep presenter notes visible only to the host, making it easier to stay on script without cluttering the recording.
• Run multi-participant screen shares for collaborative demos and roundtables.

Because you’re making many of the “editing” decisions live—framing, layouts, branding—your trimming step later tends to be lighter and faster.

How does StreamYard compare to Loom for trimming and sharing?

Loom is a popular alternative for quick async videos. It focuses on short screen-and-webcam recordings that you share via link, especially inside tools like Slack and Jira.

On Loom’s free Starter plan, you can record up to 25 videos per person and each standard screen recording is capped at 5 minutes. (Loom Pricing) Paid plans lift those caps and add “unlimited recording time & storage” for regular screen recordings, along with more advanced editing features like “Trim & stitch.” (Loom Help Center)

For trimming, Loom’s editor lets you cut sections and even split mid-video, but there are limits: you can only make up to 300 trims per clip and you can only trim videos that are 5 hours or less. (Loom Support)

Where StreamYard tends to be a better default:

• You want a studio environment with multi-participant layouts, branded overlays, and both local and cloud recording.
• You plan to repurpose recordings for different channels, and you want built-in trimming/splitting plus AI-generated short clips on supported plans. (StreamYard Support)
• You’re a team and prefer per-workspace pricing instead of paying per user, which is how Loom structures its paid plans. (Loom Pricing)

Loom can still be useful as a lightweight add-on for quick feedback videos, but many teams find that doing the main capture and trimming in StreamYard keeps their workflow simpler and more scalable.

Does OBS include built-in editing and trimming?

OBS Studio is a different kind of tool: free, open-source software for video recording and live streaming that you install on your computer. (OBS Project) You get a lot of control—multiple scenes, source mixing, encoder settings—but you also take on more setup and hardware tuning.

For this specific search intent, one detail matters a lot: OBS does not include a post-production editor. It records and streams, but you trim and edit those files somewhere else. As one OBS forum answer puts it, “OBS does not include any video editor, it just does recording (or streaming).” (OBS Forum)

That can be powerful if you already use a non-linear editor like DaVinci Resolve or Premiere and you want maximum control over codecs and formats. But it’s a very different experience from opening a browser, recording, and trimming in one place.

If your priority is fast, presenter-friendly screen recordings you can trim and ship quickly, StreamYard will usually feel more approachable than an OBS-plus-editor stack.

How do pricing and limits compare for typical U.S. teams?

Pricing only matters in context, so let’s keep it practical.

• Loom’s Business plan starts around $15 per user per month billed annually in USD, and you pay per seat. (Loom Pricing)
• OBS is free to download and use, but you bear the cost of hardware, storage, and separate editing tools. (OBS Project)
• At StreamYard, we price plans per workspace, not per user, so a single subscription can cover your whole team, which often ends up cheaper than per-seat tools when you have multiple creators.

For new users in the U.S., our Core plan is $20/month billed annually for the first year, and our Advanced plan is $39/month billed annually for the first year, with a 7-day free trial and frequent special offers. Because you can record, trim, split, and export inside the same browser-based workspace, many teams find that they don’t need additional editing licenses just to clean up recordings.

When might Loom or OBS be the better path?

There are a few clear edge cases where starting somewhere else can make sense:

• Heavy async collaboration only: If your entire workflow is short, link-first updates (“here’s a 2-minute walkthrough”), Loom’s viewer and workspace model can be convenient—just keep the free plan’s 5-minute and 25-video limits in mind. (Loom Help Center)
• Hardware-tuned local capture: If you want to tweak encoding, record gameplay, or push your GPU for ultra-specific settings, OBS plus a dedicated editor is powerful—as long as you’re comfortable with the complexity. (OBS Project)

For most creators, coaches, educators, and teams, those are exceptions rather than the rule. The usual need is clear, reliable screen recordings that look professional and are easy to trim and reuse. That’s the gap StreamYard is designed to fill.

What we recommend

• Start with StreamYard for presenter-led screen recordings you can trim, split, and repurpose directly in your browser.
• Use Loom selectively for short async explainers when a link-based viewer is the primary goal.
• Bring in OBS only if you specifically need detailed encoder control and already plan to edit in a separate application.
• For most U.S. teams, stick to a StreamYard workspace as your main recording and trimming hub, then layer on other tools only when a very specific use case demands it.