ClipClip vs ShareX
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ClipClip
Windows clipboard manager with editors and screen capture
Free plan · from $49 one-time
Where they differ
- ClipClip starts at $49 one-time payment per user (Commercial License). ShareX is free.
- ClipClip can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- ShareX is open source, according to its own site.
- ClipClip also covers clipboard manager.
- ShareX also covers file sharing.
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At a glance
| ClipClip | ShareX | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $49 one-time payment per user (Commercial License) | Free |
| Free plan | Personal License: free for personal productivity, schoolwork and hobby or side projects, with no registration or credit card. Commercial or income-generating use calls for the paid license. | The whole app is free and open source, with no advertisements and no account. The team says donations are its only source of income. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Vitzo LLC | ShareX Team |
| Price read from | clipclip.com | getsharex.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
ClipClip
- Windows users who want clipboard history with built-in editing
- Personal, school or hobby use at no cost
- People who also want screenshots and screen recordings in the same app
ShareX
- Windows users who capture, annotate and share screenshots many times a day
- People who upload captures to their own storage or a self-hosted service
- Recording short clips or GIFs for bug reports and documentation
Worth knowing
ClipClip
- Windows only: the help center describes ClipClip as a Windows desktop application and lists other platforms only as future plans.
- Free use covers personal, school and hobby work; commercial use calls for the $49 per-user license.
- Clipboard history holds up to 1,000 clips, and the site says reaching that depends on the device's memory.
- Syncing and backup across devices are described as working through a connected cloud drive such as Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox.
ShareX
- Windows only: the site describes it as a screenshot tool for Windows, with downloads on the website, GitHub, Microsoft Store and Steam.
- Files are uploaded to third-party services the user chooses and configures, so each destination's own terms and privacy policy apply.
- OCR can only use the recognizer languages installed in Windows.
- The docs say scrolling capture can fail or produce inaccurate results on pages with static, animated or hover-triggered elements.
Key features
ClipClip
- Clipboard history
- Automatically saves the latest 1,000 clips, covering plain text, rich text, HTML, CSV, images and files. The site notes that the limit depends on the device's memory.
- Paste Menu
- A hotkey, Ctrl + Alt + V by default, opens a menu to search, preview and paste latest and saved clips into the current app without opening the main window.
- Pinned clips and folders
- Frequently used clips can be pinned for quick pasting, and clips can be grouped into custom folders, including folders added from the local file system and password-protected ones.
- Clip editors
- Built-in editors handle plain text, rich text, HTML and images. The image editor can resize, draw, blur and annotate a clip without leaving the app.
- Converters and actions
- One-click tools change case, strip formatting, encode or decode Base64, URLs and HTML, create MD5 hashes, extract text from images and translate through Google Translate or DeepL.
- Screenshots and screen recording
- Captures the full screen, a window or a custom area, and records the screen with audio. Captures are saved to the clipboard and the clip manager for editing.
ShareX
- Capture methods
- Captures the full screen, the active window or monitor, a drawn region, the last or a custom region, or a scrolling page, and has an auto capture mode.
- Screen recording and GIFs
- Records the screen as video or as an animated GIF. Bundled tools include a video converter, a video trimmer and an animated GIF trimmer.
- Annotation and image editor
- Region capture and the built-in editor add arrows, text, step numbers, highlights and speech balloons, and hide details with blur, pixelate or a smart eraser.
- After-capture and after-upload tasks
- Each capture can run a set chain of tasks: copy to the clipboard, save to a file, open in the editor, run an action, upload, then shorten or copy the resulting URL.
- Uploads and custom uploaders
- Uploads images, text, files, folders and URLs to a chosen destination. Custom uploaders, shared as .sxcu files, send uploads to services that are not built in.
- OCR and other tools
- OCR uses the engine included with Windows and runs locally. Other tools include a color picker, ruler, QR code scanner, hash checker and pin to screen.
Plans
ClipClip
Personal License$0
For personal productivity, schoolwork and hobby or side projects. No purchase, registration or credit card is needed.
Commercial License$49
one-time payment per user
For client work, use inside a company or team, and any commercial or income-generating work. Lifetime access with no recurring fees.
ShareX
ShareX$0
The complete app as a setup or portable download, or from the Microsoft Store or Steam. Open source under the GPL-3.0 license.
Ways to pay less
ClipClip
- Lifetime license
One-time commercial license
The pricing page describes the $49 Commercial License as one payment per user with lifetime access and no recurring fees.
ShareX
No public discounts listed.
