Greenshot vs Pixtel
Greenshot
getgreenshot.org
Pixtel
pixtel.usSide by side
| Figure | Greenshot | Pixtel |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $2.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software | 9.0 (#1) | 7.9 (#38) |
| Spec score · Screen Capture Software | 8.7 (#7) | 7.9 (#24) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Pixtel
- FreeFree
- Personal/Non-profit$25 a year
- Business$50 a year
- FreePrice not published
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.