Comparison
Captorify vs Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot is a cross-platform capture and recording suite with cloud sharing and many integrations, available as browser extensions plus Mac, Windows, and iOS apps. Captorify is a privacy-focused browser extension with suggested redaction you review, browser OCR, a free no-watermark tier, and a local-by-default capture flow; it does not record video.
Two different goals
These tools aim at different goals. Awesome Screenshot is a broad capture-and-recording suite designed around cloud storage, share links, and integrations with tools like Slack, Jira, Trello, Asana, and Drive.
Captorify is a focused privacy workflow: capture, review, redact, extract text, and share with control. The right choice depends on whether you want an all-in-one cloud suite or a tool centered on keeping sensitive data out of what you share.
Where Awesome Screenshot leads
Awesome Screenshot is genuinely cross-platform: browser extensions for Chrome and Edge plus dedicated Mac, Windows, and iOS apps. It captures full page, selected area, and visible area, and exports PNG, JPG, and PDF.
It also records the screen up to 4K in WebM or MP4, and it offers cloud save with share links and integrations into Slack, Jira, Trello, Asana, and Drive. If you need screen recording and team integrations, Awesome Screenshot covers them; Captorify does not record video.
- Cross-platform: extensions plus Mac, Windows, and iOS apps.
- Screen recording up to 4K in WebM or MP4.
- Cloud share links and integrations (Slack, Jira, Trello, Asana, Drive).
Where Captorify leads
Captorify centers on getting sensitive data out before a screenshot is shared. It detects likely sensitive details and suggests redactions you review, then permanently bakes the applied redactions into the export. Awesome Screenshot offers manual blur, applied by hand; we did not find auto-detected redaction in it.
Captorify also runs OCR in the browser to extract text, keeps free captures local with no server calls, and provides a free tier with no watermark. Whether Awesome Screenshot offers OCR is not advertised, so we do not claim it either way.
- Suggested, auto-detected redaction reviewed before it is baked in.
- Browser-based OCR to extract text from a capture.
- Free capture stays local with no Captorify server calls.
- Free tier with no watermark.
Pricing and free tiers
Awesome Screenshot has a free tier limited to up to 100 screenshots, 20 recordings, 720p capture, and basic annotation. Paid annual plans are Basic at 5 US dollars per month and Professional at 6 US dollars per month, with a Workspace Premium team plan at 8 US dollars per member per month.
Captorify offers a free tier with no watermark plus paid plans. If you need recording and high resolution, Awesome Screenshot paid plans deliver that; if you want unmetered, watermark-free still captures with privacy tooling, Captorify is built for that.
- Awesome Screenshot free: up to 100 screenshots, 20 recordings, 720p, basic annotation.
- Awesome Screenshot Basic 5 USD/mo, Professional 6 USD/mo (annual).
- Awesome Screenshot Workspace Premium 8 USD/member/mo for teams.
- Captorify free tier with no watermark plus paid plans.
Feature comparison
The matrix summarizes the differences as advertised. Where a capability is not advertised, the cell says so instead of asserting its absence.
Read it against whether recording and integrations matter more to you than privacy-focused redaction and OCR.
Which one fits you
Choose Awesome Screenshot if you need screen recording, multiple native apps, or deep cloud integrations with Slack, Jira, and similar tools.
Choose Captorify if your priority is privacy: suggested redaction reviewed before it is baked in, browser OCR, local-by-default capture, and a free no-watermark tier.
FAQ
Common questions.
Short answers about capture, privacy, sharing, and billing.