CleanShot X vs Jumpshare

CleanShot X

• Mac users who take and annotate many screenshots
• Buyers who prefer a one-time license to a subscription
• Support and product teams sharing quick captures by link

Jumpshare

• Sales and support teams sending short recorded explanations as links
• People who want recordings, screenshots and GIFs in one desktop app
• Sharing large files alongside videos, with previews in the browser

CleanShot X

• macOS only, requiring macOS 13.0 or newer. The vendor says there are no plans for a Windows version.
• There is no free trial; purchases are covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
• The $35 Basic license includes one year of updates; later updates need an optional $19 per year renewal.
• Unlimited cloud storage, custom domains, team features, SSO and SCIM need the Pro subscription.

Jumpshare

• The free Basic plan stops at 25 uploads, 5-minute recordings at 1080p and 250 MB per upload.
• Captions, transcriptions, trimming, redaction and saving locally need Plus; AI titles, summaries and chapters and Zapier need Business.
• SAML SSO is limited to Enterprise, and SCIM is listed as coming soon.
• The mobile app covers iPhone and iPad only; the apps page lists Android as coming soon.

CleanShot X

Screenshots and scrolling capture

Capture an area, a window, the full screen or scrolling content in either direction, with a self-timer, crosshair and magnifier.

Screen recording

Record to MP4 or GIF with microphone and computer audio, a camera overlay, and keystrokes and clicks shown on screen.

Built-in video editor

Add zooms, refine cursor movement and adjust backgrounds on a screen recording without leaving the app.

Annotation and backgrounds

Highlight or hide parts of a screenshot, add annotations, and place captures on styled backgrounds from 20 presets.

Text recognition

Copy text out of any image and read QR codes, with on-device recognition in more than 30 languages.

CleanShot Cloud

Upload a capture to get a share link with password protection, self-destruct timers and video transcription. Basic has 1 GB; Pro is unlimited.

Jumpshare

Screen and webcam recording

Records the full screen, an area or a window with system audio, microphone and webcam, plus a teleprompter and on-screen drawing. Free accounts get 5 minutes at 1080p; paid plans are unlimited at up to 4K.

Screenshots and GIFs

Captures PNG or JPG screenshots, including scrolling pages, with arrows, text, blur and other annotations. GIFs run to 15 seconds on the free plan and 60 seconds on paid plans.

Instant links and web player

A share link is ready when recording stops, and recipients watch in the browser without an account. Paid plans add passwords, expiring links, scheduled sharing and a custom domain.

Jumpshare AI

On Business and Enterprise, each recording gets an automatic title, summary and chapters, and can be turned into SOP documents and tasks. Captions and transcriptions cover 50+ languages.

CTAs, lead capture and analytics

Plus adds clickable call-to-action buttons and viewing analytics. Business adds lead capture from videos, advanced analytics and custom-branded emails.

File sharing

Uploads and shares files of other kinds too, with online previews for 200 formats. The per-upload limit is 250 MB on Basic, 10 GB on Plus and 20 GB on Business.

CleanShot X

• CleanShot Basic$35

  one-time payment; optional update renewal at $19 per year

  The Mac app to keep, with one year of updates and 1 GB of CleanShot Cloud storage. A license is active on one Mac at a time.

• CleanShot Pro$10

  per user / month, billed annually

  Always up to date, with unlimited cloud storage, custom domain and branding, team features, SSO and SCIM.

Jumpshare

• Basic$0

  25 uploads, 5-minute recordings at 1080p, 15-second GIFs, screenshot capture with annotation, video markups and a 250 MB upload limit.

• Plus$12

  per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  Unlimited uploads and recording time at up to 4K, captions and transcriptions, trimming, CTA buttons, password protection, analytics, and custom domain and branding.

• Business$16

  per user / month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)

  Adds Jumpshare AI titles, summaries and chapters, tasks and documents from videos, lead capture, custom-branded emails, universal content privacy and Zapier.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Organization-wide policies, SAML SSO, a custom contract, consolidated billing, a dedicated account manager and a 99.99% uptime SLA.

CleanShot X

• Lifetime license

  One-time license for $35

  CleanShot Basic is a pay-once license that keeps working indefinitely. It includes one year of updates, and renewing updates afterwards is optional at $19 per year.

• Annual discount

  17% off Pro with yearly billing

  The pricing page marks yearly billing for CleanShot Pro as 17% cheaper than monthly, at $10 per user per month billed annually.

• Education

  30% educational discount

  Entering a university-issued email address gives 30% off. For Cloud Pro or update renewals, CleanShot asks students to email from their university address.

• Other savings

  20% off for PixelSnap customers

  Existing PixelSnap 2 customers get 20% off CleanShot, according to the pricing page.

• Other savings

  Included with Setapp

  CleanShot is also available through a Setapp subscription, which bundles it with more than 200 other apps.

Jumpshare

• Annual discount

  20% off with annual billing

  Billed annually, Plus is $12 per user a month ($144 a year) against $15 monthly, and Business is $16 per user a month ($192 a year) against $20 monthly.