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Greenshot vs HyperSnap

Greenshot

getgreenshot.org

HyperSnap

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FigureGreenshotHyperSnap
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
Plans published34
Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software9.0 (#1)7.6 (#58)
Spec score · Screen Capture Software8.7 (#7)8.0 (#22)
Free planYesNo
OCR text extractionYesHyperSnap recognizes editable text from selected screen regions, screenshots, and image files, and OCR remains functional in the unlicensed download with no usage limit.

Plans

Greenshot

  • FreeFree
  • Greenshot for WindowsFree
  • Cost contribution$1.99, paid once

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HyperSnap

  • HyperSnapPrice not published
  • HyperSnapPriced on request
  • Upgrade for licensed users$24.95, paid once
  • New license$49.95, paid once

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In their own words

Greenshot

Greenshot is free, open-source screenshot software for Windows PCs. It can capture a selected region, a window, or the full screen, and can capture scrolling web pages from Internet Explorer. Users can annotate and highlight screenshots, obscure selected portions, and extract text with OCR. Images can be saved, printed, copied, emailed, sent to Office, or uploaded to photo sites such as Flickr or Picasa. Listed export formats are PNG and JPEG. Greenshot is intended for people who create screenshots, including project managers, developers, technical writers, and testers. The Windows plan is listed at free, and an optional cost contribution is $1.99 as a one-time purchase. The latest stable Windows release listed is version 1.3.315, dated 20 Mar 2026. Source code is available in Git repositories. Windows 8 users may be prompted to install.NET 3.5, though they can skip that installation.

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HyperSnap

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