Some video solutions on the market are super-easy to use, but deliver lackluster results. Others deliver professional quality video, but the learning curve is extreme. Camtasia aims to enable anyone to quickly start creating pro-quality videos in minutes with no video experience needed. Camtasia can capture everything happening on the screen with just a few clicks, and offers drag-and-drop editing and visual effects features to transform screen recordings into polished software…
$299
one-time fee per user
Snagit
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Snagit is screen capture and recording software from TechSmith, that lets users capture the screen and camera, add additional context, and share images, GIFs, or videos across preferred platforms.
$62.99
one-time fee per user
Pricing
Camtasia
Snagit
Editions & Modules
Education
$212.99
one-time fee per user
Government & Non-Profit
$269
one-time fee per user
Business
$299.99
one-time fee per user
Education
$37.99
one-time fee per user
Government & Nonprofit
$53.99
one-time fee per user
Perpetual License
$62.99
one-time fee per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Camtasia
Snagit
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
*Discounts available for purchases supporting a large volume of users.
One-time license cost
One license per user - install on 2 machines, for work and home use
Compatible with Windows and MacOS
Optional Maintenance renewal - first year included
FREE Upgrade to the next version
Phone, chat and email support
Access to Snagit Certification with 20+ exclusive how-to videos
Enhanced Screencast integration to share content, plus the newest starter Assets for Snagit
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Community Pulse
Camtasia
Snagit
Considered Both Products
Camtasia
Verified User
Employee
Chose Camtasia
Camtasia has advance features and better capture quality where Snagit is best suited for basic capture.
With some recent updates to Snagit, TechSmith (the parent company of both products) has done a great job adding features and functions to allow Snagit users to create simple screen capture videos. If you need to actually edit the footage, then Camtasia is the way to go. If …
Snagit is also made by Techsmith and is a great piece of complementary software. Camtasia is great for recording videos, Snagit is great for grabbing screenshots or short (< 30 sec) gifs. They have different use cases and work well in tandem. On why I selected Camtasia vs …
Captivate is high-end to the extent that it is beyond the use of a "typical" user. It has a steep and lengthly learning curve. Camtasia's learning curve can be mastered potentially within an hour to be productive, and it weds with Snagit to become versatile in presenting …
Snagit is manufactured by the same company as Camtasia (the company being TechSmith). It has a similar recording function for desktop work but the video editing is very basic and not nearly as intuitive as Camtasia's editor is. As a result, I only use Snagit for screen …
I use both Snagit and Camtasia in the video development process. Both tools allow for live recording of screen, but Camtasia provides more flexibility and features to build a full video project including a user interface and dashboard for placement of audio, video, graphics, …
I've tried several freeware recorders, too. If all you want to do is literally record your screen, and nothing else, you don't need Camtasia. There are literally dozens of apps that will do that. If you want an app that will record your screen while capturing mouse clicks, …
As with most software products, you'll always find pros and cons when making comparisons. Camtasia is always my go-to application when someone asks me to whip up a video on a very tight deadline. You can very quickly turn an idea into a finished video and be happy with the …
The two first, well too complicated. I couldn't move fast enough to be able to edit what I needed. I tried and every single time, I came back to Camtasia. The rendering process seems to be faster (I worked prior with a third party company and the rendering process took a lot of …
I actually searched for a couple of years to find a lower cost, feature-rich editing software. Many of the competitor software products are much more costly and more difficult to use. I have had experience with two other products and found this product the far better product. …
Although it may not have all the bells and whistles Adobe Premiere Pro has or the flexibility of Storyline 360, for the amount of money it cost, you can still do some pretty amazing things with this software. If you are at all interested to see what I have done with it, I will …
So the only reason I used rawshorts is because I could not find the ability to do a whiteboard video with Camtasia. I was trying a different presentation technique and really love the idea of sketches and words instead of video with a voice over. Both have their merits, but I …
SnagIt is an efficient piece of software which is relatively easy to use. It has been implemented across our organisation and has been very popular with many of our product teams. Having used Camtasia for other projects, I can say that whilst its video recording facility is …
Pre Sales Engineer | IPSoft Cognitive Computing Artificial Intelligence
Chose Snagit
Basically, Snagit is a lightweight tool compared to Camtasia. It is a powerful tool to capture ideas and screenshots, however, Camtasia is more powerful in the way it captures video recordings.
Previously we used Jing, Monosnap, CloudApp, and GIMP image editor, but these did not have the versatile image editing and library toolset available in Snagit, and they didn't integrate as fully with other apps like Camtasia.
Video Marketing | Video Production | Google+ Marketing | Local Marketing
Chose Snagit
Compared to Camtasia this is far easier and quicker to use for quick video clips. The idea during the day is to be able to create posts for clients fast an easily. I also use Sony Vega and Adobe but find Snagit much easier to work with short posts on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Snagit has far greater functionality than the standard Control Alt Print Screen to capture images. Once you've used Snagit to capture an image, it can easily edited to serve its purpose in either use on a website, in office productivity tools, or in outward-facing collateral …
CloudApp doesn't offer a screen records with 30 frames per second. Plenty of lags and frame drops can be seen while recording with CloudApp. Where snagit works flawlessly in this section. Snagit has plenty of markup tools for easy accessibility and CloudApp lacks in this …
It's really convenient to use with defining lots of shortcuts and provides more flexibility to the user. Pricing is also less compared to the other products. Good Support, there is a community available, can reach out them 24x7 to get the solution.
Snagit can be a bit more expensive than some of the opensource options (some of which are free and effective), but I think its value comes from the fact that no matter your level of tech-savviness, Snagit remains an out of the box solution that is ready to go on Day 1. That, …
Similar products are free while others are more expensive; however, I have yet to find one that competes with SnagIt in all the areas I use this software for!
I no longer remember how it compared to other similar tools. I was impressed with its ease of use, its customer support, and with all that I could do with it.