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FastStone Capture vs Snipping Tool

FastStone Capture

faststone.org

Snipping Tool

microsoft.com

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FigureFastStone CaptureSnipping Tool
Price from$29.95/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
Plans published41
Spec score · Screen Capture Software8.2 (#15)7.5 (#41)
Spec score · Screenshot tools8.2 (#11)8.1 (#14)
Spec score · Screenshot Software8.2 (#11)7.5 (#30)
Free planNoYes
OCR text extractionYesYes
PurposeFastStone Capture captures and annotates screen content, including windows, menus, regions, full screens, and scrolling web pages.Snipping Tool captures words or images from all or part of a PC screen for editing, saving, and sharing.
Scrolling captureYesNo

Plans

FastStone Capture

  • Single-user lifetime license$29.95 a month
  • Family lifetime license$69.95 a month
  • FastStone Capture$29.95, paid once
  • FastStone Capture Family plan$69.95, paid once

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Snipping Tool

  • Snipping ToolFree

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FastStone Capture

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Snipping Tool

Snipping Tool is a free Windows utility for capturing screen images and video, then editing, saving, and sharing them. Image captures can use freeform, rectangular, window, or full-screen modes; video snips use a separate overlay. Windows+Shift+S opens image capture, while Windows+Shift+R opens video capture. A delay control provides a one-to-five-second countdown. Image snips support pen, highlighter, shapes, emojis, erasing, and cropping. Text actions use OCR to extract selected or all text and can redact email addresses or phone numbers. Microsoft says recognition runs locally on the device. Captures save automatically to the Screenshots folder, with settings to change saving behavior or the default folder. Recorded video can open in Clipchamp for editing, including captions or audio. The app ships with Windows 10 and Windows 11 and can be obtained from the Microsoft Store if missing. Scrolling capture is not supported.

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