Snagit
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Advanced screen capture and recording tool enabling image or video captures directly from your screen. Includes editing features like callouts, transparency, and effects to enhance visuals. Organize and easily share creations through documents, presentations, or favorite applications.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Features
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Recent News
- Fla published news article about Snagit
New AI-powered upgrades for Snagit and Camtasia 2025TechSmith has announced the 2025 editions of Snagit and Camtasia, introducing several AI-driven fea...
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Snagit information
Developed by
TechSmith Licensing
Proprietary and Commercial product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $43 and $55 per month.Rating
Average rating of 3.9Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
as Title suggests
It is the best in its category to similar apps like
to which I've all tested
Tried all of those including PickPick. Snagit has them all beat, in all areas, most importantly in terms of convenience & flexibility.
I have been using snag it for over 5 years now. So far it was always my favorite tool to take screenshots and edit/comment them.
Since the last update, snag it got really bad. The performance is very slow and the editor it self crashed very often. Also using snag it with 4k screens got nearly impossible.
Requires you to input a URL into a field to scrolldown to grab a website, so if the site is password protected, it will not work
Snagit killer feature for me is cut out one. I find it useful for me. Did not find an alternative with the same tool.
Snagit is my best screen capture and image/video editing tool for many years on Mac and Windows. So easy and usefriendly !
2 only negative points : Unfortunately, doesn't full support HEIF and HEVC files. OCR is not their strong point (DeepL free does it very faster).
I've been using Snagit for well over 20 years, at home and at work. When it works, it's quite good at what it does. It has a solid feature set, and the image editor is pretty good, and it has some features you don't find often, such as the incredibly handy "cut" function.
But video editing is practically nonexistent, and Snagit is infuriatingly buggy and finicky. I've reported bugs to TechSmith that they claimed they couldn't reproduce -- and yet I'd easily reproduced it on no fewer than 3 entirely separate systems.
The Snagit Editor is slow to launch (and no, I don't want it running all the time to prevent this). The hotkey configuration is a joke.
The other thing that enrages me about Snagit is the licensing / activation scheme and abysmal privacy. It's constantly making connections to various hosts (including analytics-related hosts and third-party hosts like nalperion.com), and you can't block these connections, or it will stop working.
And sometimes, Snagit decides to deactivate itself. I've had this happen after using System Restore. I'll run Snagit, and it forces me to activate it again. Beyond annoying.
And E-V-E-R-Y year when I update to the new version, it lets me install and use it without issue. Then, a month later, it tells me my trial period is over. They force you to use a new license, but they don't prompt you for the damned thing up front.
It's all so aggravating. I'm not sure I can deal with Snagit anymore, TBH.
Edit: I decided to remove Snagit today, and thanks to Total Uninstall, found that as a final insult, Snagit leaves a ton of garbage on the system -- program files, settings, logs, random mystery directories and files, the shell extension, registry entries, it's uploader service -- you name it. It doesn't really "uninstall" at all. The Snagit uninstaller actually ADDED a Snagit registry value on its way out. WTH?
Snagit is trash with a slick UI and a sizable price tag.
USE IT ALL THE TIME!