ShareX vs Camtasia Snagit

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

Camtasia Snagit

• Technical writers and support teams documenting software
• Turning a clicked-through process into a step-by-step guide
• Quick annotated screenshots and short screen recordings

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.

Camtasia Snagit

• There is no free plan: after the 15-day trial it needs a yearly subscription, and TechSmith does not offer monthly billing.
• Individual subscriptions cannot be transferred; teams that need reassignable seats buy the Business license, priced per user per year.
• Available for Windows and macOS, and some features are tied to one of them, such as time-lapse and printer capture on Windows.
• Video tools stop at trimming and combining clips; TechSmith points people who need fuller editing to Camtasia Editor.

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.

Camtasia Snagit

Screenshots and scrolling capture

Captures a region, window or full screen, and grabs long web pages, documents and spreadsheets in a single scrolling capture.

Step Capture

Records each click as you walk through a process and turns the screenshots into a numbered guide that can be shared.

Annotation and themes

Adds arrows, callouts, shapes, step markers and stamps, and applies a team's colors, fonts and styles through Themes.

Smart Redact

Finds emails, phone numbers and card details in a capture and blurs or blocks them. The analysis runs locally on the device.

Screen recording

Records the screen, webcam, microphone and system audio, then trims or combines clips, removes background noise or exports a GIF.

Library and sharing

A searchable library keeps captures organized, and they can be shared by Screencast link or sent to apps such as Slack and Google Drive.

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.

Camtasia Snagit

• Snagit Individual$39

  per user / year, billed yearly

  For one named person: unlocked by signing in, not transferable, and kept up to date for the length of the subscription.

• Camtasia Starter$39

  per year, billed yearly

  The entry Camtasia plan, which bundles Snagit with a watermarked Camtasia Editor. Every higher Camtasia plan includes Snagit too.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Site license with a flat annual fee that covers every user, pricing locked for three years and a dedicated success manager.

ShareX

No public discounts listed.

Camtasia Snagit

• Education

  Student offer: Snagit for $20 a year

  Verified students in the US, Canada and the UK can get Snagit for $20 a year, billed yearly, through Student Beans.

• Education

  Education discount for educators

  Accredited institutions can buy a discounted, transferable educator license, priced per user per year, on the Education tab of the store.

• Other savings

  Volume discount from 10 Business licenses

  The Business license, sold per user per year for teams of up to 99, is discounted when you buy 10 or more seats.