Markup Hero vs. Zight

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Markup Hero
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Screenshot, Annotate & Share Markup Hero is an annotation and screenshot tool designed to allow users to capture ideas, communicate clearly, and save time. Features Include: Screenshots Desktop app for Mac, Windows & Linux Works on any device including mobile Chrome extension Annotate screenshots, PDF's, images and URL's Always editable - annotations do not flatten permanently Arrow, text, rectangle, oval,…
$5
all features, unlimited markups, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth
Zight
Score 8.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Zight (formerly CloudApp) is a solution with a community of over 4M users, offering visual asynchronous communication, eliminating the need to use different applications for screenshots, GIFs, screen recordings, and web recordings.
$0
Pricing
Markup HeroZight
Editions & Modules
Superhero
$5/month
all features, unlimited markups, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth
Hero
FREE
10 markups per month, 3 days editing history
Free
$0
Team
$8.00
per month per user
Pro
$9.95
per month per user
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Markup HeroZight
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Markup HeroZight
Considered Both Products
Markup Hero
Chose Markup Hero
Snagit is more powerful in some respects, but it's just overwhelming. I have Snagit too, but I only need the extra features like (unlimited colors, 50 different arrow shapes, etc.) like 1% of the time. I'd rather have simplicity and speed.

Droplr was a good tool, but they …
Chose Markup Hero
Markup Hero stands out because it is truly web based and supports PDFs (among a host of other file types). The annotation tools are significantly smoother and always editable. I don't know of any other products that provide a web experience that allows for edits at anytime. …
Zight

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User Ratings
Markup HeroZight
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(2 ratings)
9.0
(29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Markup HeroZight
Likelihood to Recommend
Markup Hero
For us, it's sending real estate setup sheets with multiple properties and lots of comments and feedback. It's great for quick feedback and shares. If I need to make a custom graphic tho its not quite powerful enough as Photoshop or other tools. The former is about 90% of my use cases, the latter only 10% so it's still worth it. But I can see they are adding more and more design oriented features so I suspect I won't need Photoshop much longer.
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Zight
When it comes to client-facing roles, this functionality is key. Before, I had to use an internal clipping or snipping tool and then download the content then share it as an attachment. With Zight, I simply capture what I want, then easily share a link that can be accessed within minutes by the ones I am engaging with. It is very easy to collaborate and clearly communicate. I would not recommend using it for internal documentation. Having too many screenshots might be hard to manage.
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Pros
Markup Hero
  • Quickly adding annotations
  • Sharing links to screenshots or marked up PDFs
  • Always editable and accessible from any device
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Zight
  • Cropping the images: allows what I need people to focus on be front and center
  • Arrows: I almost always point to something important that needs to be highlighted
  • The Chrome extension makes CloudApp easily accessible. All I have to do is just click on the extension, and I'm there.
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Cons
Markup Hero
  • Teams is basic right now; looking forward to more permissions and team folders
  • Love the insert image, but would like to be able to make my own library of images
  • Needs rotate when uploading from my iPhone - they're sideways right now
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Zight
  • The use of feature to Annotate is bit confusing and need to be well explained and detailed documented
  • Lots of updates receiving when download the app and used, So update must be come at particular time
  • I had to reinstall the app whenever the app getting crashed. I did it once
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Likelihood to Renew
Markup Hero
No answers on this topic
Zight
In all honesty I don't even have time to look for an alternative to CloudApp at this point in our business. CloudApp works for what we had planned to use it for and unless a competing service that offers the same quality and ease-of-use along with video screen capture comes out I will renew indefinitely.
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Usability
Markup Hero
No answers on this topic
Zight
If someone is used to using internal screen capture software Zight may have a small learning curve. Luckily, once you get the hang of your new capture method, it is a quick process. Updates can be tedious. Although I am glad the team is working on the application and consistently improving it.
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Support Rating
Markup Hero
No answers on this topic
Zight
I would give cloud app a 9/10 score on overall support mostly because I have had very little need of any support at all being that the tool was designed almost to use itself. In my opinion this level of forethought is equal to customer support. As of yet I've only had one real problem with cloud app which was the loss of a 20 minute video screen capture. Unfortunately I have not had the time to contact support about this loss. The only other minor issues that I confronted was within the initial set up which I was able to resolve via their website's support pages.
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Implementation Rating
Markup Hero
No answers on this topic
Zight
I was extremely satisfied with how quick and easy the implementation of Cloudapp was on my MacIntosh using MacOS Sierra was, along with how amazingly fast I was able to be up and going with the tool. most often with sass tools we are lucky if we can use 50% of the features without having to have consultations and a ton of back-and-forth email on how to use other features of the product. Cloud app has made it extremely user-friendly with almost no need for customer support. To My business, that equals time savings which as most business owners know, can be far more valuable than a few dollars saved.
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Alternatives Considered
Markup Hero
Markup Hero stands out because it is truly web based and supports PDFs (among a host of other file types). The annotation tools are significantly smoother and always editable. I don't know of any other products that provide a web experience that allows for edits at anytime. Plus the team is clearly working hard to iterate the product and regularly delivering new features.
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Zight
The tools I have used in the past weren't available in the tool selector! Basically, I've mostly used Jing which I found to be quite clunky. The user interface is unnecessarily complicated and sharing files is more difficult. Trying CloudApp once was enough to see how much more superior it was to Jing! Honestly, if you need a tool that will help you take screenshots to help you communicate better with your team, give it a try!
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Return on Investment
Markup Hero
  • Productivity - Save at least 30 mins per day per employee
  • Organization - No more hunting through emails finding content I sent to someone
  • Communication - My clients better understand our suggested properties when I add annotations.
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Zight
  • The amount that I paid for it, I feel that it's paid for itself over and over and over multiple times, if for one reason, and that's time saved. If I have one app that does it all, quickly, and efficiently, that's my positive ROI.
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ScreenShots

Markup Hero Screenshots

Screenshot of Annotate and markup just about anything from almost anywhere.Screenshot of Always editable, saved in your history, set permissions and share with a click.Screenshot of Keep track with tags and never lose a past markup.Screenshot of Upload images, PDF's, website URL's, Google Docs and annotate away!Screenshot of Tons of annotation tools like arrows, text, blur, crop, highlight and more.Screenshot of Super simple user interface that you'll love coming back to again and again.

Zight Screenshots

Screenshot of screen capture with annotationsScreenshot of screen recordings and video editingScreenshot of GIFsScreenshot of webcam recordingScreenshot of collections to organize content