Monosnap vs ScreenAI

Monosnap captures, edits, uploads, and shares screenshots and videos. Users can capture the full screen, a selected area, or a window, and use hotkeys for capture. The editor supports highlighting, blurring sensitive information, drag-and-drop editing, and export to an external editor. Monosnap records video and GIFs, while the Chrome extension can capture desktop, window, or browser content in WebM and GIF and add audio to videos. OCR text extraction, scrolling capture, annotation tools, and shareable links are listed. Supported formats include PNG, JPG, MP4, GIF, WEBM, WEBP, SVG, and MOV. It is available on the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, and as a Chrome extension. The Free plan is free and includes 2 GB storage, a 100 MB single-file upload limit, five-minute video recordings, and 1,000 monthly uploads. Non-Commercial, Commercial, and Enterprise plans are listed without prices. Commercial offers team accounts, unlimited apps, and private links; Enterprise includes single sign-on, advanced access controls, tailored support, and security options. Commercial or public use is paid and may require an additional agreement.

ScreenAI brings screen capture, annotation, and AI questions about captured content into one desktop workflow. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and can capture regions, full screens, windows, freeform selections, or scrolling content. Timed delay and a precision magnifier are available during capture. Annotation tools include drawing, arrows, shapes, text, step numbering, highlighting, blur, crop, and eraser. ScreenAI extracts text from captures and can mask emails, numbers, and IP addresses. AI options include Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, Mistral, Grok, and Ollama, with model switching, Best Answer mode, web search, and persistent memory. Captures are saved and OCR-indexed automatically; users can chain, batch process, pin, or send them to AI together. Exports include PNG, JPEG, PDF, and animated GIF. The site describes the app as open source under AGPL and says data stays between the user and their AI, without a middleman server or telemetry. The free plan allows 10 AI requests per day; Premium costs $7 a month and includes unlimited requests.