| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software | 7.9 (#40) | 8.6 (#6) |
| Annotations | The editor includes arrows, text, shapes, blur and pixelation, highlights, borders, drop shadows, crop, and numbered step callouts. | Annotation tools include pen, marker, shapes, text, stickers, blur, pixelation, effects, and watermarks. |
| Capture | Global hotkeys capture a selected screen region, with a quick-capture shortcut that sends it directly to the clipboard. | It can capture custom or previously selected areas, screens, and windows, with configurable delay. |
| Distribution | Grabbit is distributed as a pre-built binary ZIP and is not notarized or available through the Mac App Store. | The README lists Linux packages including RPM, DEB, APT, Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage, plus Windows and macOS downloads. |
| Export formats | PNG, JPEG, TIFF | PDF, PS |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| OCR | Grabbit extracts selectable text from a screenshot region using macOS Vision on-device, without cloud processing. | OCR is available through a separately installed plugin using Tesseract on Windows and Linux/Unix. |
| Purpose | Grabbit is an open-source macOS screenshot capture and annotation tool. | Ksnip is a Qt-based cross-platform screenshot tool with annotation features. |
| Redaction tools | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The maker directs users to open a GitHub issue to suggest features and offers an optional Buy Me a Coffee link. | The project directs users to GitHub issues for bugs and feature requests and offers Discord and IRC for community discussion. |