Shottr vs Camtasia Snagit

Shottr

• Designers and front-end developers who measure pixels and colors on screen
• Capturing long pages or chats as one scrolling screenshot
• Buyers who prefer a one-time license to a subscription

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

Shottr

• Mac only, and the vendor calls a Windows or Linux version unlikely. Its pages disagree on the minimum macOS: 10.15 on the homepage, 12 in the knowledge base.
• The free version asks you to consider buying after 30 days, and commercial use requires a paid license.
• Shottr Cloud uploads are public to anyone with the URL and carry no storage guarantee. Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud and FTP are not supported.
• The interface is not localized; the vendor says it is intentionally avoiding other languages for now.

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.

Shottr

Scrolling screenshots

Captures a long web page or chat conversation as one image, in any app or window. A manual scrolling mode covers systems where automatic capture does not work.

Annotations and backdrops

Adds text, arrows, freehand drawings, highlights, spotlights and a magnifier callout, and the Backdrop tool sets a screenshot on a gradient with shadows and rounded corners.

Text recognition and QR codes

A hotkey lets you select an area of the screen; Shottr recognizes the text in it and copies it to the clipboard. The same feature reads QR codes.

Screen ruler and color picker

Arrow keys measure horizontal and vertical distances on a screenshot, and the Tab key copies the color under the cursor. A contrast checker supports WCAG 2.0 and APCA.

Pixelate, erase and pin

Hides parts of an image behind pixelation or removes them, and pins screenshots as floating, always-on-top borderless windows for reference.

Upload and link sharing

Uploads a screenshot to Shottr Cloud or any S3-compatible storage and copies its public URL. Shottr Cloud needs a free access token tied to your email.

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.

Shottr

• Free$0

  Most features with no time limit. After 30 days the app starts asking you to consider upgrading.

• Basic Tier$12

  one-time purchase

  A license for one user on up to five computers. Required for commercial use; the vendor says the activated version gives a better overall experience.

• Friends Club$30

  one-time purchase

  Adds access to experimental features and better support. A Basic license cannot be upgraded to this tier.

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.

Shottr

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.