Greenshot vs Monosnap
We give Greenshot a 3.4 GPA and Monosnap a 3.2, out of 4.0. Greenshot grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Greenshot
Free, open-source screenshot tool for Windows with an editor
Monosnap
Screenshot and screen recording tool with its own cloud storage
How we grade them
| 3.4GPAGreenshotVery good | 3.2GPAMonosnapVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree on Windows under the GNU GPL, for private and commercial use. The Mac app is $1.99 once on the Mac App Store, priced to cover the team's costs. Hard to argue with either number. | ANon-Commercial is $2.5 a month billed yearly, or $3 monthly, with unlimited video recording and 10 GB or more of storage. Commercial, the one you need at work, is $5 per user billed yearly ($10 monthly). Both sit well under what tools here usually charge. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe full Windows app costs nothing, at home or at work, and there's no trial clock. Only the Mac version is paid. | BUnlimited screenshots on the Free plan, which is generous. But video stops at 5 minutes, storage is 2 GB, each upload is capped at 100 MB, and the cloud integrations go after 30 days. It's for personal and family use only, too. |
| Features | BRegion, window and full-screen capture, an editor with arrows, text, highlighting and blur, and export to a file, the clipboard, a printer, email, Office or Jira. Solid. But scrolling capture is only documented for Internet Explorer, and the OCR plug-in leans on a part of Office 2003 and 2007. | BFull-screen, area or window captures with an 8x magnifier, delayed shots and custom hotkeys, then a pen, text, arrows, shapes and blur. It records screencasts and GIFs as well. Solid basics. The listing shows no video editor, and team accounts and private links wait until Commercial. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record, so a B is as high as we go. Press the Print key, drag, and the capture opens in the editor. Sending shots to Jira takes some configuring first. | BNo rating is on record to go by, so a B. Capture, mark it up, get a short link: there isn't much to learn. Pointing it at your own Dropbox, S3 or FTP storage is there if you want it, and optional. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWindows and Mac, with ties to Jira, Microsoft Office and Flickr. But the Mac app is a separate one with fewer features that was last updated in June 2020, and the FAQ says no Linux version is planned. | BMac, Windows and a Chrome extension, and paid plans send captures to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, Amazon S3, FTP and more. No Linux or mobile app is listed. |
| Best for | free Windows screenshots with a built-in editor | cheap annotated screenshots with a share link |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Greenshot and Monosnap. How we grade
Where they differ
- Greenshot starts at $1.99 one-time for the Mac version (US Mac App Store). Monosnap starts at $2.5 per month, billed yearly; $3 billed monthly.
- Only Monosnap lists a browser extension.
- Greenshot is open source, according to its own site.
- Monosnap also covers screen recording and file sharing.
At a glance
| Greenshot | Monosnap | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $1.99 one-time for the Mac version (US Mac App Store) | $2.5 per month, billed yearly; $3 billed monthly |
| Free plan | Greenshot for Windows is free and open source under the GNU GPL, at no charge for private or commercial use. Only the Mac version is paid. | Free plan, for personal and family use only: unlimited screenshots, 5 minutes of video recording, 2 GB of Monosnap storage, 100 MB per upload, and 30 days of access to the cloud integrations. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Thomas Braun, Jens Klingen and Robin Krom | Monosnap Inc. |
| Price read from | getgreenshot.org | monosnap.ai |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Greenshot
- Windows users who want a free screenshot tool with a built-in editor
- Technical writers, testers and developers documenting software
- Teams that attach screenshots to Jira tickets
Monosnap
- Annotated screenshots with arrows, text and blur on Mac or Windows
- People who keep captures in their own Dropbox, S3 or FTP storage
- Home users who need screenshots and short clips at no cost
Worth knowing
Greenshot
- The full version is for Windows. The Mac app costs $1.99, was last updated in June 2020 and has fewer features, per its App Store listing.
- There is no Linux version, and the FAQ says none is planned.
- Capturing a complete scrolling web page is documented only for Internet Explorer.
- The OCR plug-in depends on Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI), an optional component of Office 2003 and 2007.
Monosnap
- The Free and Non-Commercial plans are for personal use only; any commercial use needs the Commercial plan.
- Free accounts are limited to 5 minutes of video recording, 2 GB of storage and 100 MB per upload, and lose the cloud integrations after 30 days.
- Mac App Store purchases are priced separately, at $4.49 a month or $44.99 a year for the non-commercial version.
- Apps are offered for Mac, Windows and Chrome only; no Linux or mobile app is listed.
Key features
Greenshot
- Region, window and fullscreen capture
- Captures a selected region, the active window or the whole screen with the Print key and its modifiers, and can capture the last region again.
- Image editor
- Opens each capture in an editor for drawing rectangles, ellipses, lines, arrows and freehand lines, adding text, cropping and enlarging the image.
- Highlight and obfuscate
- Highlights text or an area, turns the surroundings to grayscale or magnifies a selection, and hides sensitive details by pixelizing or blurring them.
- Export destinations
- Saves to a file, copies to the clipboard, prints, attaches the image to an email, sends it to Office programs or uploads it to photo sites.
- Jira upload
- Can be configured to upload screenshots to a Jira Server or Jira Cloud instance, and lists recently viewed tickets in the destination picker.
- Mac version
- A separate Mac app captures a region, window or the full screen, annotates and obscures parts of the image, and exports to a file, the clipboard or email.
Monosnap
- Screenshot capture
- Captures the full screen, part of it or a selected window, with an 8x magnifier for exact crop edges, customizable hotkeys and delayed screenshots.
- Annotation editor
- Highlights details with a pen, text, arrows and shapes and blurs private information. A capture can also be opened in an external editor.
- Video and GIF recording
- Records screencasts and GIFs and can highlight details while recording. The Free plan allows 5 minutes of video; paid plans are unlimited.
- Monosnap storage and short links
- Uploads a capture or any dropped file to Monosnap's cloud and returns a short link. Storage is 2 GB on Free and starts at 10 GB on paid plans.
- External storage integrations
- Paid plans can send captures to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, Yandex.Disk, Amazon S3, FTP, sFTP or WebDAV. Free accounts get this for 30 days.
- Team accounts and private links
- The Commercial plan adds a team account and private links. Enterprise adds single sign-on, advanced access control and central settings control.
Plans
Greenshot
Greenshot for Windows$0
The full Windows app, free and open source under the GNU GPL for private and commercial use.
Greenshot for Mac$1.99
one-time purchase (US Mac App Store)
A separate macOS app, priced to cover the team's costs. Its listing warns that it has fewer features than the Windows version.
Monosnap
Free$0
Personal and family use only: unlimited screenshots, 5 minutes of video recording, 2 GB of storage and a 100 MB limit per uploaded file.
Non-Commercial$2.5
per month, billed yearly; $3 billed monthly
Still personal use only: unlimited video recording, 10 GB or more of storage, a 2 GB upload limit and integrations with external cloud services.
Commercial$5
per user / month, billed yearly; $10 billed monthly
Licensed for commercial use, with a team account, private links, 10 GB or more of storage per member and the cloud integrations.
EnterpriseCustom
Single sign-on, advanced access control, settings control, a tailored SLA and custom contracts and invoicing, arranged through sales.
Ways to pay less
Greenshot
No public discounts listed.
Monosnap
- Annual discount
Save up to 50% with yearly billing
The pricing page lists Non-Commercial at $2.5 a month billed yearly against $3 monthly (16% off), and Commercial at $5 against $10 (50% off).
- Lifetime license
Lifetime non-commercial license for $99.99
The Mac App Store listing offers the paid non-commercial version as a lifetime purchase for $99.99, alongside monthly and yearly subscriptions.
