FireShot vs Ksnip
FireShot
getfireshot.comKsnip
github.comSide by side
| Figure | FireShot | Ksnip |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Screen Capture Software | 8.3 (#10) | 7.9 (#23) |
| Spec score · Screenshot Software | 8.3 (#10) | 7.8 (#23) |
| Spec score · Screenshot tools | 8.0 (#20) | 7.4 (#34) |
| OCR text extraction | Yes | OCR is available through a separately installed plugin that uses Tesseract, for Windows and Linux/Unix. |
| Purpose | FireShot captures full web pages, visible areas, or selected page regions and supports screenshot annotations. | Ksnip is a Qt-based cross-platform screenshot tool with annotation features. |
Plans
FireShot
- Pro Yearly$39.95 a year
- Pro Lifetime License$99.95 a month
- FireShot Pro – Yearly$39.95 a year
- FireShot Pro – Lifetime License$99.95, paid once
In their own words
Ksnip
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.