Gyazo vs ShareX (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ShareX grades higher than Gyazo: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Gyazo grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. ShareX grades higher on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Gyazo
Screenshot and screen-recording tool that uploads and shares by link
Which one is for you
Pick Gyazo if
- Fits if you send screenshots as links all day and can live with 10 visible images
- Works for short clips and GIFs under 7 seconds
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want to see more than your 10 latest captures without paying
- Pricey if you pay monthly: Pro is $6.99 a month
- Watch out: the pricing page showed no amounts when we read it, so $6.99 comes from the iOS App Store
- Watch out: the site carries a notice about a data breach caused by unauthorized access
- Not for you if you want to record longer videos for free, as free video stops at 7 seconds
Pick ShareX if
- Fits if you capture, mark up and share screenshots many times a day on Windows
- Works for bug reports and how-to docs that need a short clip or a GIF
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're on a Mac or Linux, as it's Windows only
- Not for you if you want sharing to work with no setup, since you choose and configure each upload destination
- Tight if you need OCR in many languages, because it only reads the ones installed in Windows
- Watch out: scrolling capture can fail or come out wrong on pages with animated or hover-triggered parts
- Watch out: uploads go to third-party services you pick, so each one's own terms and privacy policy apply
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAGyazoFair | 2.6GPAShareXGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DGyazo Pro is $6.99 a month as listed on the iOS App Store, roughly twice this category's typical monthly price, and the useful limits are lifted only there. | AIt costs nothing and anyone can download and run it. Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence, with no advertisements, and the team says donations are its only source of income. |
| Free plan and trial | CUnlimited capturing and uploading are free, but only the 10 latest images are reachable and video stops at 7 seconds. | AThe complete app is free and needs no account, as a setup or portable download, or from the Microsoft Store or Steam. There's no paid edition to grow into and no cap. |
| Features | BCapture, share by link, collections, tags, OCR search and editing on Pro. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job, though several parts need Pro. | CScreen capture is its job: region, window, monitor and scrolling captures, video and GIF recording, an editor with arrows and blur, task chains ending in an upload, plus OCR and a ruler. Its docs admit scrolling capture can fail on animated pages. |
| Ease of use | BPress a hotkey and get a link, with nothing to set up. No store rating is on record. | CNo store rating on record, and much of it is what you set up: the after-capture chain and custom uploaders, shared as .sxcu files, are yours to configure. A plain screenshot is a hotkey away, but the rest takes configuring. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWindows, Mac, iPhone, Android and browser extensions, with a small integrations list (Obsidian and n8n). | DWindows only. It uploads to Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2 and YouTube, and custom uploaders reach services that aren't built in. Nothing for Mac or Linux. |
| Best for | capturing and sharing a screenshot by link | free screenshots on Windows that file and share themselves |
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: Gyazo and ShareX. How we grade
Price against what you get
Gyazo starts at $6.99 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ShareX has no paid plan and scores 1.7.
Gyazo scores higher, and starts $6.99 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other desktop utilities on the chart, none scores higher than Gyazo for less, and none scores higher than ShareX for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- ShareX is open source, according to its own site.
- Gyazo also covers web clipper.
At a glance
| Gyazo | ShareX | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $6.99 per month (Gyazo Pro, as listed in the iOS App Store) | Free |
| Free plan | Unlimited screenshot capture and upload, access to the 10 latest images, and video recordings up to 7 seconds. | 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 |
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Helpfeel Inc. | ShareX Team |
| Price read from | apps.apple.com | getsharex.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Gyazo
- The free plan shows only your 10 latest images and limits video to 7 seconds.
- The pricing page did not display amounts when we read it; the $6.99 is from the iOS App Store listing.
- Gyazo Teams has a 5-user minimum, monthly billing only and a 30-day free trial.
- The site carries a notice about a data breach caused by unauthorized access to Gyazo.
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
Gyazo
- Capture and share by link
- Captures upload as they are taken and a link is copied, with previews that expand when pasted into chat.
- Screenshot, video and replay
- Capture an area, record video or GIFs, or use Replay for full-screen clips; Replay is Windows only.
- Collections and tags
- Group captures by theme into collections that each have a shareable URL, and tag them to find them later.
- Search with OCR
- Pro recognizes text inside captures and searches by app name, page, date and file name.
- Editing tools
- Annotate images with arrows and text and trim videos; background removal is capped at 10 images a month.
- Apps and extensions
- Free apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
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
Gyazo
Gyazo$0
Unlimited uploads, access to the 10 latest images, collections, 7-second videos and replay clips.
Gyazo Pro$6.99
per month (App Store price; web price not shown)
Unlimited image access, 10-minute videos, text search in images (OCR), editing, passwords and no ads.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Gyazo or ShareX?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ShareX is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $6.99 a month for Gyazo. Gyazo starts at $6.99 per month (Gyazo Pro, as listed in the iOS App Store), and ShareX is free.
Which has a free plan, Gyazo or ShareX?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Gyazo and ShareX have a free plan.
Which platforms do Gyazo and ShareX run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Gyazo lists macOS, iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. Both list a Windows app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
More comparisons
How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.