Snagit

Overview

Snagit by TechSmith is a screenshot and screen recording tool specializing in image capture, annotation, and documentation with advanced features like scrolling capture, OCR text extraction, and Smart Redact for automatic sensitive data blurring.

Designed for customer support teams, technical writers, product managers, and anyone creating documentation, tutorials, or visual communication.

Quick Facts:

• Category: Video Prospecting & Screen Capture
• Pricing: $63 one-time purchase (perpetual license)
• Free trial: 15-day full-featured trial
• G2 rating: 4.6/5 (3,100 reviews)

Snagit captures screenshots of your screen with advanced options including fullscreen, region selection, scrolling pages, menu capture, and OCR text extraction. Add professional annotations with arrows, callouts, step numbers, and effects, then share via email, cloud storage, or export to documents.

Core Features

• Advanced Screen Capture: Capture fullscreen, regions, scrolling pages, menus, and extract text with OCR (Grab Text feature)
• Professional Annotations: Add arrows, callouts, step numbers, shapes, stamps, blur, and effects with easy drag-and-drop editing
• Smart Redact: Automatically identifies and blurs credit card numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and sensitive information in screenshots

Our Take: Snagit is the best value for screenshot-focused users at $63 one-time purchase vs ongoing subscriptions ($12-19/mo). The perpetual license (works on 2 machines for work/home) eliminates recurring costs, and advanced features like scrolling capture, OCR text extraction, and Smart Redact justify the upfront investment for documentation and support teams. With 4.6/5 G2 rating (3,100 reviews), users praise ease of use and annotation quality. However, video editing is basic vs Camtasia's professional timeline, and lack of built-in cloud hosting requires manual sharing vs Loom's automatic uploads. Best for teams prioritizing screenshots over video, wanting to avoid subscriptions, and needing professional annotation tools.

Advanced Screenshot Capture

Capture entire screen, specific regions, scrolling webpages (automatically scrolls and stitches long pages), individual menus, and extract text from images with OCR (Grab Text). Panoramic capture creates wide screenshots by stitching multiple captures together. Supports various output formats including PNG, JPEG, HEIF, WebP, and MP4 for videos.

Professional Annotation Tools

Add professional-looking markup with arrows, callouts, step numbers (automatically increments for tutorials), shapes, stamps, and text. Apply effects like borders, shadows, perspective, and torn edges. Blur sensitive information manually or use Smart Redact to automatically detect and blur credit card numbers, addresses, and phone numbers. Templates save common annotation styles for consistency.

Searchable Library & Organization

All captures automatically save to searchable library that finds text inside screenshots using OCR. Tag images for organization, create custom shortcuts, and quickly locate past captures. Share directly to Microsoft Office apps (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint), cloud services (Google Drive, Dropbox), or Camtasia for video editing with narration.

Pricing notes: One license installs on 2 machines (Windows + Mac compatible). First year of maintenance (version upgrades) included free. Subscription option also available for teams wanting always-current version.

Best value: One-time $63 purchase eliminates recurring costs vs ScreenPal $36/year, Loom $150/year, or CloudApp $108-192/year. Pays for itself in 6-12 months.

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