Monosnap vs ScreenRec

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

ScreenRec

• Teams that need the same recorder on Windows, Mac and Linux
• Personal use on a free plan with no watermark or length limit
• Support and development teams sending quick private video links

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.

ScreenRec

• The Free Forever plan is for personal use only; business, client or other professional use needs a paid plan.
• Free accounts are capped at 720p, 50 recordings, 100 screenshots and 10 instant share links a month.
• Pro covers a single user; shared seats start with Premium, which includes 5.
• Only Windows, Mac and Linux desktop apps are offered, and recording without an account stops at 5 minutes.

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.

ScreenRec

Screen, webcam and audio recording

Records the whole screen or a selected area together with the microphone, computer audio and a webcam overlay. Signed-in users have no length limit and no watermark.

Annotated screenshots

Captures a region of the screen and adds shapes, arrows and comments, then copies the image to the clipboard or saves it to the cloud account.

Instant share links

Recordings upload while they are being made, so a private link is ready when recording stops. Automatic uploads are capped at 10 a month on Free and 50 on Pro.

Offline recording and MP4 export

Without a connection a capture is saved as a local file and uploaded once the computer is back online. Recordings can also be exported as MP4.

Access control and viewer analytics

A viewer can be asked for a password or access can be limited to named users, and analytics show who watched a video and for how long.

Voice dictation and AI credits

Dictation turns speech into text, with 5, 180 or 1,200 minutes a month by plan. Monthly AI credits pay for transcripts, captions and generated titles and summaries.

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.

ScreenRec

• Free Forever$0

  Personal use only: 1 user on 1 computer, 2 GB of cloud storage, up to 720p, 50 recordings and 100 screenshots a month, and 5 dictation minutes.

• Pro$4.99

  per month, billed annually ($59.90); $8.32 billed monthly

  Business use for 1 user on 3 computers: 50 GB of storage, 1080p at 60 FPS, unlimited recordings and screenshots, pause and resume, and 180 dictation minutes.

• Premium$49

  per month, billed annually ($587.95); $81.66 billed monthly

  5 user seats with centralized billing, 200 GB of storage, 4K recording, unlimited instant share links, 1,200 dictation minutes and priority support.

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.

ScreenRec

• Annual discount

  Save 40% with annual billing

  The pricing page shows a 40% saving when paying annually: Pro is $59.90 a year against $8.32 a month, and Premium $587.95 a year against $81.66 a month.

• Education

  Free Pro plan for education

  The pricing page invites educators to apply for the Pro plan free of charge, or for 50% off a team plan, through an application form.