Screencastify vs ScreenPal

Screencastify

• Teachers recording lessons and collecting video assignments
• Schools that run on Chromebooks and Google Workspace
• Teams that want quick screen recordings without installing an app

ScreenPal

• Teachers recording lessons and adding quizzes for their LMS
• Individuals who want a recorder, editor and hosting on a small budget
• Trainers and support teams producing tutorial videos

Screencastify

• Recording works through the Chrome and Edge extensions; the site lists no desktop or mobile app.
• The Free plan covers a user's first 10 videos and limits each recording to 30 minutes.
• Captions, transcripts, translations and 4K recording need Pro; Starter records up to 60 minutes at 1080p.
• Free, Starter and Pro accounts hold up to 5 members; SSO, LMS integrations and admin controls need Enterprise & EDU.

ScreenPal

• The free plan limits each recording to 15 minutes and hosting to 10 videos.
• ScreenPal AI, including text-based editing and the AI video generator, needs Solo Max or a team plan.
• Listed prices are for annual payment; monthly subscriptions are offered at a higher rate.
• Team Business requires at least 3 creators, and SAML SSO and team management are limited to team plans.

Screencastify

Tab, screen and webcam recording

Record a browser tab, the full screen or the webcam with microphone narration, and draw on the screen or emphasize the mouse while recording.

Castify Edit

Trim and stitch videos and add text, boxes and blur from Starter. Pro adds editing by transcript and other AI editing tools.

Questions and polls

Add interactive questions and polls to a video to check what viewers understood. Available from Starter, with AI-generated questions on Pro.

Submit video requests

Ask students or colleagues for a video response and collect the recordings in one place. A Submit AI add-on drafts rubrics, suggested grades and feedback.

Captions and translation

Pro generates captions and transcripts and translates videos into more than 90 languages, with AI voiceovers.

Sharing and export

Share a watch page by link, upload to Google Drive or YouTube, or export as MP4, animated GIF or MP3. Analytics show who watched.

ScreenPal

Screen and webcam recorder

Record the full screen, a window or any area, with the webcam alone or as picture-in-picture. Draw and zoom while recording; no watermark is added on any plan.

Video editor

Cut, crop and combine clips, add text, shapes, animations, overlays, music and voiceover narration, and remove silences. The full editor starts with Solo Deluxe.

Screenshots and image editing

Capture screenshots, including scrolling and time-delayed ones, then annotate, blur or highlight them. The image editor with OCR text recognition is listed for Windows and Mac.

Hosting and channels

Host videos and images with folders, channels, password and privacy controls, scheduled publishing and custom thumbnails. Hosting is capped at 10 videos on the free plan.

Interactive video

Add quizzes, polls and ratings to a video and embed it in a learning management system or website. Free and Deluxe allow 5; Max and team plans are unlimited.

ScreenPal AI

Generates titles, summaries, captions, quiz questions and translated transcripts, and adds text-based editing, filler-word removal and an AI video generator. Included in Solo Max and Team Business.

Screencastify

• Free$0

  Up to 10 videos, 30 minutes per recording, uploads of your own videos, link sharing and privacy controls.

• Starter$7

  per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)

  Unlimited videos, recordings up to 60 minutes, basic editing, questions and polls, video requests and advanced collaboration.

• Pro$10

  per user / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  Recordings up to 180 minutes in up to 4K, AI editing, captions and transcripts, translations and voiceovers, and an AI teleprompter.

• Enterprise & EDUCustom

  Unlimited members, central admin controls, LMS integrations, Google and Microsoft SSO, dedicated training and a success manager.

ScreenPal

• Free$0

  Recordings up to 15 minutes, basic editing, screenshots, 10 hosted videos, 720p playback and 5 quizzes.

• Solo Deluxe$4

  per month, paid annually

  Unlimited recording time and hosting, the full video editor, storyboards, AI speech-to-text captions and standard stock media.

• Solo Max$10

  per month, paid annually

  Deluxe plus ScreenPal AI, auto-captions and transcriptions, AI text-to-speech, the AI video generator, premium stock media, 4K playback and unlimited quizzes.

• Team Business$8

  per user / month, paid annually (3 users minimum)

  Max features plus collaboration tools, team management, advanced integrations and SAML SSO. The plan card carries a 22% off label.

Screencastify

• Annual discount

  About 60% less with annual billing

  Starter is $7 per user a month billed annually against $19 billed monthly, and Pro is $10 against $25, a saving of roughly 60% on either plan.

ScreenPal

• Education

  Education plans from $3 a month

  ScreenPal's education plans page lists Deluxe Edu at $3 a month and Max Edu at $6 a month, paid annually, against $4 and $10 for the standard Solo plans.

• Annual discount

  Discounted annual subscriptions

  ScreenPal's plans FAQ says monthly subscriptions are available for the Solo plans and Team Business and describes the annual subscription pricing as discounted.