Alternatives to Monosnap

A screenshot and screen recording tool for Mac and Windows that uploads captures to cloud storage. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Monosnap.

  • Droplr

    A screenshot and screen recording app that saves captures to the cloud and shares them as links.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSBrowser extension

    Droplr shares screenshots, GIFs and HD video as links with team features like SSO and branding, but is paid rather than freemium.

  • ScreenRec

    A screen recorder and screenshot tool for Windows and Mac with instant cloud sharing.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    ScreenRec is free on Windows and Mac, recording screen, webcam and system audio with instant cloud share links.

  • Lightshot

    A lightweight screenshot tool for Windows and Mac that captures a region and shares it by link.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSBrowser extension

    Lightshot is free on Windows and Mac with region screenshots shared by short link, but has no video recording and basic editing.

  • ShareX

    A Windows capture tool that screenshots, records, annotates and uploads, all driven by hotkeys.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    ShareX is open source for Windows only, with recording, annotation and custom uploaders that can point links at your own server.

  • Zight

    A screen capture service that turns screen recordings, screenshots and AI guides into shareable links.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Zight is a web service sharing recordings, screenshots and AI guides as links, with integrations aimed at support and product teams.

  • CleanShot X

    Premium Mac screenshot and screen recording app with built-in annotation.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    CleanShot X is a paid Mac-only app with screenshots, recording, scrolling capture and built-in annotation.

  • Dropshare

    A Mac and iOS app that uploads files and screenshots to your own storage and shares a link.

    PaidProprietarymacOSAndroidiOS

    Dropshare is a paid Mac and iOS app that uploads screenshots to your own storage from over 36 providers, with no Windows version.

  • Awesome Screenshot

    A browser extension and app for taking annotated screenshots and recording the screen and camera.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSiOSBrowser extension

    Awesome Screenshot adds a browser extension with full-page capture, camera recording and sharing to Slack, Jira and Google Drive.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Monosnap as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Markup Hero

    A screenshot and annotation tool for images, PDFs and websites, with shareable links.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxWeb

    Monosnap is freemium on Mac and Windows, adding screen video with one-click cloud upload, but it does not annotate PDFs or run on Linux.

  • Shottr

    Fast Mac screenshot tool with scrolling capture, OCR, and annotation.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOS

    Monosnap covers Mac and Windows with screenshots and screen video, uploading captures to its own cloud storage for link sharing.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.