Bandicam Alternatives

Bandicam is described as 'Lightweight screen recorder for Windows that can capture anything on your PC screen. Also, it makes it possible to record a certain area on a PC screen, or capture a game' and is a very popular Screen Recorder in the video & movies category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Bandicam for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Android apps. The best Bandicam alternative is OBS Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bandicam are SimpleScreenRecorder, OpenScreen, GPU Screen Recorder and Camtasia.

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  1. Peek makes it easy to create short screencasts of a screen area. It was built for the specific use case of recording screen areas, e.g. for easily showing UI features of your own apps or for showing a bug in bug reports.

    42 Peek GIF Screen Recorder alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Ubuntu
    • Flatpak
     
  2. recordMyDesktop icon
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    recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at it's primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Free version Records up to 15 minutes, premium is $20/year or $48/year depending on features (as of January 2020).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  4. Kazam icon
     63 likes

    Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video file that can be played by any video player that supports VP8/WebM video format.

    113 Kazam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Record Go icon
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    Record Go: Screen Recorder is a user-friendly and practical application for screen capture. No matter whether it is to record tutorials, courses, demonstrations, meetings, games, film/TV series, or videos, Record Go: Screen Recorder could always save your time and offer great...

    72 Record Go alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. PlayClaw icon
     21 likes

    PlayClaw is game video recording and streaming tool with various overlays.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Wink icon
     58 likes

    Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial...

    103 Wink alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Wink vs Bandicam Comments
    Blaster84x
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    Bandicam is for general recording and basic video editing, not just for creating tutorials. Wink is also obsolete and discontinued.

    • Wink is Free and ProprietaryBandicam is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Screenbits icon
     11 likes

    Ultimate screen recorder software for game recording, video tutorials, product demos, YouTube videos and more. Screenbits allows you to capture screen content, system sound, microphone and camera into HD/4K quality video files.

    124 Screenbits alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  9. Capture full and partial screenshots, record screen or webcam videos with extensive editing tools, including annotations, video conversion to gif/mp4, and sharing options. Create step-by-step guides enhanced by AI, save in multiple formats, and utilize cloud storage integration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  10. PolyCapture icon
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    PolyCapture allows you to record cameras, microphones, screens, and apps — individually or multiple at once.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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