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Zight
Formerly CloudApp

Overview

What is Zight?

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.

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Pricing

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Free

$0

Cloud

Team

$8.00

Cloud
per month per user

Pro

$9.95

Cloud
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://zight.com/plans

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Zight for Microsoft Teams

YouTube

Video Editing Features

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Getting Started with Chrome

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Zight File Sharing Overview

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Zight Custom Branding Overview

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Zight Call To Action Overview

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Product Details

What is Zight?

Zight is a video, image, and screen capture platform for professionals. It is presented as a fast way to instantly capture, edit, and share screenshots, screen recordings, and GIFs throughout business workflows (e.g. software development, design, customer success, support, sales, marketing).

Zight aims to make it quick and easy to share with others, whether the user is a freelance designer, web developer, software engineer, customer service professional, or startup founder. Every file the user creates is securely stored in the cloud, and accessible via the native Mac and Windows Apps, or shareable on the web through unique, secure, and password-protected short links.

Zight Features

  • Supported: Screen Capture
  • Supported: Screen Recording
  • Supported: GIF Maker
  • Supported: Video Editing
  • Supported: Annotations
  • Supported: Security
  • Supported: Analytics
  • Supported: Collections
  • Supported: Embed
  • Supported: Shortcuts
  • Supported: CTA Button
  • Supported: Custom Branding
  • Supported: Zight Artificial Intelligence (AI) Add-On – In Beta

Zight Screenshots

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

Zight Video

Video Recording & Editing

Zight Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Loom, Vidyard, and Droplr are common alternatives for Zight.

The most common users of Zight are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

Zight Customer Size Distribution

Consumers30%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)40%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)25%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)5%
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Reviews and Ratings

(107)

Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

CloudApp has become a valuable tool for various teams and individuals across different industries. Users have found it effective for a wide range of tasks, such as taking screenshots, recording GIFs, and creating videos. The Annotate function in CloudApp has been particularly helpful in saving time when communicating changes on marketing content and product interfaces. Its ability to combine multiple communication tools into a centralized hub for screen recordings and annotated screenshots has been appreciated by users.

The organized file system in CloudApp, with sub-folders for each project or client, has made it easy to manage and categorize files. This feature has been highly valued by web design businesses, as it allows them to educate clients on using their new websites. Additionally, CloudApp is widely utilized for collaboration with clients and development partners, enabling the visual demonstration and explanation of problems through video recordings or annotated screenshots.

One of the key benefits of CloudApp is its time-saving functionality. The automatic uploading and copying of screenshots eliminate the need for manual saving and uploading, streamlining workflows. This convenience is especially valued by web developers who need to share progress or issues with dynamic web pages. Furthermore, the eJOY content team has found CloudApp instrumental in composing tutorials for English learners by providing easy screenshot sharing and storage.

The versatility of CloudApp extends beyond internal use. It is frequently used for both internal and client communications, allowing users to create short videos and provide helpful tips on software usage. It also serves as a valuable tool for organizations to provide assistance to clients by visually demonstrating how to complete tasks on their websites. In addition, CloudApp is recommended to team members as a quick and efficient way to share screenshots and videos via links instead of attachments.

Moreover, CloudApp finds extensive use within organizations as a means of capturing and sharing valuable visual information. It is widely used for quickly sharing screenshots, videos, and GIFs both internally among team members and externally with clients or partners. The low-friction nature of CloudApp makes it easy to instantly capture and share anything on the screen without using excessive storage resources.

CloudApp has proven to be an essential tool for various purposes, such as communicating with technical support, delivering screenshots efficiently, capturing software features and bugs, providing step-by-step instructions to clients, training purposes, and explaining process changes through recordings. It has also been utilized in conjunction with other collaboration tools like Trello to demonstrate development bugs and requests. In public engagement groups, CloudApp has facilitated remote teaching by enabling the communication of techniques through short gifs and pictures, which has been particularly helpful for geographically dispersed volunteers. CloudApp has also been valuable for remote workers located globally, allowing them to easily share screenshots, gifs, screen recordings, and more with a simple link. This feature has saved time and enhanced communication among team members, especially when providing updates or explaining changes to those on leave.

The software's flexibility and ease of use make it a preferred choice for sharing specific content in meetings, uploading informational documents, videos, and screenshots. By eliminating the need for file downloads, CloudApp simplifies the process of sharing and annotating screenshots, gifs, and recordings. The support team has found it particularly beneficial for providing step-by-step instructions with images and short videos to clients. Moreover, CloudApp plays a crucial role in facilitating collaboration between product and development teams by allowing them to address bugs through shared screen recordings and screenshots.

CloudApp's usefulness extends beyond internal workflows as well. It has been successfully utilized for training purposes, enabling demonstrations of process changes through recordings. Users have also praised its efficiency in taking quick, shareable screenshots and uploading them to the cloud without any hassle. Additionally, CloudApp serves as an effective tool for web marketing and SEO firms for client work, documentation, meetings, on-screen videos, capturing software development features and bugs, as well as showcasing items on websites, social platforms, and emails.

Overall, CloudApp stands out due to its unique features that are not commonly found in other screen recording or screenshot apps. Its versatility and ability to streamline communication make it a go-to solution for various teams across different industries. With its user-friendly interface and centralized hub for all visual communication needs, CloudApp has become an indispensable tool in many organizations' workflows.

Visually Pleasing and Easy to Use Interface: Users have consistently praised CloudApp for its visually pleasing and easy-to-use interface. Many reviewers have mentioned that the user interface is intuitive and well-designed, making it simple for them to navigate through the various features of the tool.

Capture and Hosting of Media: The ability to capture screenshots, GIFs, videos, including webcam recordings, was highly appreciated by users. They found this feature extremely useful in their day-to-day work. Additionally, users liked that CloudApp automatically hosted the captured media files, saving them storage space on their devices.

Generous Freemium Account: The generous freemium account provided by CloudApp has been well-received by many users. This allows them to experience the features and benefits of the tool without having to commit to a paid plan right away. Several reviewers have mentioned how valuable this offering is in helping them determine if CloudApp meets their needs before upgrading to a paid subscription.

  1. Bugs and slow loading times with large media library: Some users have experienced bugs and slow loading times when dealing with a large library of media, impacting their overall user experience.

  2. Limitations on GIF/video capturing in full-screen mode: Several users have encountered issues with GIF/video capturing in full-screen mode, possibly due to freemium account limitations, which has hindered their ability to capture content effectively.

  3. Difficulty retrieving lost video recordings: A number of users expressed frustration over losing a 20-minute video recording and not being able to retrieve it, highlighting the need for a feature that allows them to recover lost recordings easily.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Arpad Szucs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
CloudApp is great and does the job well, but there are other well-established products/services that bring the same value for a lower subscription price. This is especially important for small teams or startups. Given the fact it has all the important features, bigger companies will be very satisfied with it. Individuals and small teams might find other solutions more affordable, while getting the same features.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use cloudapp for 2 main use cases: 1. To create recordings to be sent to prospects and teammates 2. To create gifs to be sent to prospects, or be used in slide decks It's great for sales people or anyone who creates demos. However, I believe there is a lot of room for improvement. The app and the web tool are not exactly in sync.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I appreciate when I can take screenshots, and send them to coworkers. When I need to illustrate when something is not working properly, I can easily take a screenshot of the error message, and send it off to IT. This way they are able to resolve the issue much sooner. I will receive website leads, take a screenshot of the lead, and forward it on to the sales team.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In terms of client meetings or any presentations we need some ice-breaker and informational contents to be displayed that can be short animation videos or edited screenshots or links to directly upload and who will give all the minor details of the product which is to be explained so CloudApp is the best app to get the content displayed like in any site we liked some informational content or animation we can easily get that animation in the form of video and add to our presentation slides to look more innovative and also the editing part to portray the details is so good.
Veronika Baranovska | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Personally, CloudApp ticks all the boxes when it comes to a screen recording and productivity tool. These are the most popular ways I use it (at work and home):
  • Take screenshots of "marketing done well" and industry news and share with the team on Slack.
  • Take screenshots of essential information and store it in notes.
  • Review short copy by taking a screenshot and using annotations to highlight where changes could be made.
  • Review a website page by following the same steps above to highlight the desired structure to the product designer.
  • Record a GIF of our new product feature to share in a newsletter or blog.
  • Record a GIF to record a user journey and share with the support team.
  • Record a short video to explain how to access/find stuff.
... and the list goes on!
James Kayten | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's very useful for taking a series of events that lead up to some problem that needs to be clearly documented to explain! It's a simple app that does a few things well. Please don't keep 'improving' it until one must wade through all manner of cute but unneeded features
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
CloudApp is perfect for anyone that wants to share what they have on screen. For us, the sharing of training techniques and points of interest have been made much more simple using this. The cloud storage is particularly useful, and although the process could probably be simplified slightly, it is still a worthwhile investment of time and resources.
Andrew Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
CloudApp is such a simple, straightforward tool for capturing and sharing screenshots, gifs, and screen recordings. It's very easy to grab those items, annotate them, and share them with your team and with external folks as well. The beauty is really in its simplicity—you never feel like you're interrupting your workflow while you do it.
You're likely not going to use CloudApp to create professional-quality screen sharing videos or gifs, but for quick shares with team members, prospects, customers, etc, I've never seen anything else as good or easy to use.
Christopher Page, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
CloudApp is a core tool that every marketing team, development team, or customer support team should have in their application stack. It's been a tool I use throughout the week in various communications (clients, as well as partners). It's been helpful for troubleshooting issues I run into with my software, but also extremely helpful for sending changes I'd like to see done to websites to my developers. A great tool to cut down on miscommunication about visual changes needed to things. It's also a great tool to record training videos. You can easily share a specific part of your screen and walkthrough how a task needs to be done, or how a program works.
J.P. VanderLinden | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you're a remote team or have remote clients and plan to be sharing images or short captures on a regular basis CloudApp is the best option I've found thus far. It's lightweight, focuses on doing one thing well, and makes "let me show you" come to life much more realistically.
Daniel DiGriz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
CloudApp is a utility-level tool (essential)—as essential as copy and paste; as essential as bookmarking a URL. It should be a native app to an OS like Mac OSX. While it's not a high powered image management or image editing tool, its functions are about the fastest tasks we perform reflexively and repeatedly throughout the day. I have 5-7 calls per day and in 3 of those I'll share a search result, chart, image, image crop, or other image via CloudApp. It's too fast not to use—faster than explaining something, and far faster than download/right click/attachment options. Most of the time spent is waiting for the other person to get/open the email if they don't have Slack or a cell in hand to text them.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Have you ever seen a design error on a site, a typo on the page, something a little wonky, but don't know how to explain it in words? With CloudApp, all you have to do is take a screenshot, make an annotation, and share. It's as simple as that. Or if you're reporting an error, and a developer wants the error to be recreated for documentation, you don't have to use a heavyweight screen recording software. You just record the issues and share - all in the cloud.

This may not be appropriate for formal situations, but for your team and among the more casual clients, it should work just fine.
Tim Colling | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
There are free apps that do a better job than CloudApp, so it is never the most appropriate solution in any situation.
Phillip Guye | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think CloudApp is most suited for people working within a team and looking to reduce the amount of miscommunication that commonly occurs within "text only" descriptions. I also think that Cloudapp is an amazing solution for easy cloud storage of desktop and online visuals where notes alone would skip too many smaller details, however CloudApp is no replacement for video screen capture in any way shape or form being that I had trouble with retrieving a video that only consisted of only 20 minutes of video screen capture.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
it's well suited to share screenshots from the computer, but not from the phone. It'd be great (now that we can't have shared clipboard between mac and iPhone) if you can have an iOS application to take a screenshot, upload it to the app and get the link just there, and use it in the mac.
May 25, 2018

Useful daily tool

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
CloudApp works really well in team settings where you are reviewing a website or other marketing materials and want visuals to show specific examples. I have also found it easy to make notes on the screenshot to point out something. I prefer to use it when I'm not downloading the file to my computer because that takes an extra step, but it's not hard.
Diep Bui | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think CloudApp is best used when we create a guideline or app tutorials. It's also helpful when we need to explain something in a team, especially when the team is not at the same place. But it's not suitable for marketing materials as the marketing content needs to be attractive, polished.
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