Droplr vs Ksnip

Droplr captures screenshots and screen recordings, stores them in the cloud, and creates links for sharing. Users can capture part or all of a screen or an entire webpage, then mark screenshots with text, highlights, lines, circles, arrows, or boxes. Recordings can include an optional webcam and be saved as GIFs or HD video; the listed GIF recording duration is unlimited. Droplr also accepts drag-and-drop file uploads up to 10GB and includes a URL shortener with click analytics. Listed integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Docs, Gmail, Atlassian Jira, Intercom, Photoshop, and Sketch. The Slack integration supports browser-based screenshot annotation and sharing files as short links with rich document previews. Droplr is available on macOS, Windows, and the web, along with Chrome and Edge extensions; PNG, WebM, and MPEG-4 are listed export formats. Droplr says data moving to or from its service is encrypted in transit using 256-bit encryption and that its services and data are hosted in AWS facilities in the us-west-2 region. Pricing starts at $6/mo (annual), with a 3-day trial and no free plan.

Ksnip is a free GPL-3.0 screenshot tool for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It captures selected rectangles, the last selected rectangle, screens, all screens, or supported focused and cursor-under windows. Annotation tools include pen, marker, shapes, text, stickers, cropping, blur, pixelation, image effects, and watermarks. Screenshots can be uploaded to Imgur, FTP, or custom scripts, and exported as BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PNG, PDF, or PS. Command-line capture can save to a chosen default location, filename, and format. OCR text extraction uses a separately installed Tesseract plugin on Windows and Linux/Unix. Downloads include packages such as RPM, DEB, APT, Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage, alongside Windows and macOS packages. Global hotkeys are documented only for Windows and X11, not Wayland. The project notes other macOS and Wayland limitations and says development capacity is limited.