PrintScreen.ly vs Snagit — honest comparison

Looking for a Snagit alternative? Here's an honest PrintScreen.ly vs Snagit comparison. PrintScreen.ly runs on Mac, Windows and Linux and syncs your screenshots to one private library on your iPhone, iPad, Android phone and the web. Snagit runs on Mac and Windows, and its phone app, TechSmith Fuse, sends photos and videos to Snagit over Wi-Fi. And where TechSmith now sells Snagit only as a $39-a-year subscription, PrintScreen.ly still sells a one-time $399 lifetime. If you build step-by-step guides or record webcam walkthroughs, Snagit's AI Step Capture and picture-in-picture recording are built for that.

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Verified 2026-09-26
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PrintScreen.ly vs Snagit at a glance

At a glance	PrintScreen.ly	Snagit
Entry price	$0 for 7 days, then $9.99/mo	Snagit Individual $39 per user per year, billed yearly (15-day free trial)
Next plan up	$0 for 7 days, then $95.99/yr	Snagit Individual $39/yr (Snagit is also in every Camtasia plan)
Lifetime license	$399 once	None: Snagit 2025 and later are sold only as a subscription
Platforms	Mac, Windows, Linux, Web, iOS (companion), Android (companion)	Mac, Windows

Where PrintScreen.ly and Snagit each win

Pick PrintScreen.ly if

Every device, one library: PrintScreen.ly captures on Mac, Windows and Linux, and your screenshots sync to one private 2 GB library in the iPhone, iPad, Android and web apps. Snagit runs on Mac and Windows; its phone app, TechSmith Fuse, sends photos and videos over Wi-Fi to Snagit.
A lifetime you can still buy: $399 once, no subscription, all updates included, and it unlocks the 8 other Bravely apps. TechSmith sells Snagit 2025 and later only as a subscription, $39 per user per year.
Your phone joins in: turn on auto-import and the screenshots you take on your iPhone or Android phone are added to your library the next time you open the app, ready to mark up, pull text from and share.
Text grab on every app, your phone and the web included: pull the text out of any screenshot, read right on the device.

Pick Snagit if

AI Step Capture: Snagit turns your clicks into a step-by-step guide, with templates and Simplify to finish it. PrintScreen.ly has no step capture or templates.
Video you can edit: Snagit records your webcam as picture-in-picture, trims and combines clips, and turns videos into GIFs. PrintScreen.ly records to MP4 with no webcam, no trimming and no GIF export.
Smart Redact: Snagit finds and blurs sensitive information for you. PrintScreen.ly's blur is manual.
A deeper editor and library: stamps, callouts, border and edge effects, cut-outs and batch export, plus a searchable, taggable library that finds text inside your screenshots. PrintScreen.ly's editor has 8 tools plus crop, and its library has no tags.
Business buying: volume discounts from 5 licenses, sharing to Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, PowerPoint and Word, and Camtasia for Enterprise, built for company-wide deployment.

PrintScreen.ly vs Snagit, feature by feature

Verified 2026-09-26. Source linked at the bottom.

Feature	PrintScreen.ly	Snagit
Price	$0 for 7 days, then $9.99/mo; $95.99/yr; or $399 once	$39 per user per year; 15-day free trial
One-time lifetime license	Yes ($399 once, all updates included)	No (Snagit 2025 and later are subscription only)
Runs on	Mac (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon), Windows 10 (1809 or later) or 11 (64-bit), Linux (64-bit), iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later), Android 8.0 or later, and the web	Mac (macOS 15 or later) and Windows 10 (20H2 or later) or 11, 64-bit
Account needed	Yes (a Bravely Account)	Yes: you sign in to activate the Individual plan; business licenses use a software key
Region / window / full-screen capture	Yes	Yes
Scrolling capture	Yes (Mac, Windows; Linux on an X11 desktop)	Yes
Markup editor	8 tools plus crop, unlimited undo	Deeper: stamps, callouts, step tool, effects
Blur sensitive details	Yes, by hand, on every app (a soft blur on Linux)	Yes, plus automatic Smart Redact
Text grab (OCR)	Yes, on-device, on every app	Yes, and it can edit or delete text in a screenshot (on the computer)
Screen recording	Yes: MP4 with system sound and mic, 30 or 60 fps (Linux: X11)	Yes, with webcam and audio
Webcam in recordings	No	Yes (picture-in-picture)
GIF export	No	Yes
Video editing (trim, combine)	No (recordings save straight to your folder)	Yes
Step capture / guides	No	Yes (AI Step Capture)
Templates / Simplify	No	Yes
Library across devices	Yes: built-in sync, 2 GB, on every device and the web	On your computer, or in a Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud or OneDrive folder
Phone and tablet apps	iPhone, iPad and Android, with your synced library	TechSmith Fuse sends photos and videos to Snagit
Share links	Yes: from the phone, web and Windows apps; each link lasts 24 hours	Yes, via Screencast
Clipboard hand-off to your phone	Yes: Mac or Windows to the iPhone, iPad and Android apps	No

PrintScreen.ly vs Snagit FAQs

Does Snagit still offer a perpetual license?

No. TechSmith sells Snagit 2025 and later only as a subscription, $39 per user per year for Snagit Individual. PrintScreen.ly still sells a one-time $399 lifetime.

Can PrintScreen.ly record video like Snagit?

Yes. It records a region or the full screen to MP4 on Mac, Windows and Linux (X11), with system sound and your microphone, at 30 or 60 fps. Recordings save to your Movies or Videos folder and stay on your computer.

Is Snagit free?

No. Snagit: a 15-day free trial, then $39 per user per year, billed yearly. PrintScreen.ly: 24 hours free with no card, or 7 days free on the monthly or annual plan, then $9.99/mo, $95.99/yr or $399 once.

Can I move my Snagit screenshots over?

Yes. Export them from Snagit as PNG or JPEG, then add them to your PrintScreen.ly library from the iPhone, iPad or Android app. Anything drawn on the image comes along; Snagit's editable annotations don't.

Does Snagit run on Linux? Does PrintScreen.ly?

No: TechSmith says Snagit isn't supported on Linux. PrintScreen.ly runs on Linux (x64 .deb or AppImage): screenshots, scrolling capture, markup, text grab and one library with your Mac, PC and phone. Scrolling capture and screen recording need an X11 desktop.

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