| Price from | $8/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Screenshot Annotation Software | 8.5 (#12) | 8.1 (#31) |
| Spec score · Screen Capture Software | 8.3 (#12) | 7.7 (#34) |
| Annotation | Its editor supports arrows, shapes, text, numbered steps, highlighting, blur, pixelation, backgrounds and padding. | Annotation tools include arrows, pencil, marker, shapes, text, mosaic, step badges, and emoji stickers. |
| Capture | It captures a region, window, fullscreen display or scrolling page, with automatic header and footer detection for scrolling captures. | Region capture uses a precision crosshair and magnifier, and starts with F2. |
| Export formats | MP4 and GIF recording; image export formats not specified | PNG, MP4, GIF, WebP |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Product | PixelCopy is a Windows screen-capture studio for capturing, annotating, recording, extracting on-screen text and sharing captures. | SnapTray is a free screenshot and annotation tool that lives in the system tray. |
| Recording | It records a screen, window or region as MP4 or GIF, with microphone, system audio, webcam overlay and trimming. | On macOS and Windows, recordings can export as MP4 with optional audio or as silent GIF and WebP clips. |
| Support | Pro includes priority email support, and the maker says the product is supported by humans. | The privacy policy directs users with privacy questions to open an issue on the SnapTray GitHub repository. |