There’s no shortage of free and paid ways to capture images and recordings on your computer thanks to screen-capture utilities. But even with that stiff competition, the excellent Droplr stands out from the pack. This affordable, subscription-based tool makes it easy to capture and share images and recordings across a variety of devices, for yourself or with a team. The feature-rich Snagit remains our Editors’ Choice pick for screen-capture apps, but Droplr is worth checking out.
Price and Platforms
Droplr is a subscription screen capture utility, most similar to Screencast-O-Matic out of the competitors we’ve tested. Unlike Screencast-O-Matic, Droplr lacks a free option, but it offers a three-day trial.
The Pro Plus plan lets individuals use Droplr for $6 per month. For $7 per month, up to 15 users can access Droplr’s Team plan. This option also grants a handful of extra features, such as custom branding, domains, and SSO account management. Enterprise customers receive even more features, such as larger team sizes and unlimited bandwidth and storage. You’ll need to request a quote for that tier. Prices go up if you choose to get billed monthly rather than annually, $8 per month for Pro Plus and $9 per month for Team.
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If you only need Droplr for a few months, you may end up paying less compared to competitors. Ashampoo Snap and our Editors’ Choice pick Snagit sell their software for a flat rate, $39 and $49, respectively. Note that those products tend to update yearly, and while existing owners typically receive a discount, they’ll still need to pay extra to receive the updated features. As a result, the flat rate model isn’t very different from a subscription if you wish to keep the service updated. Windows Snip and Sketch is a totally free app, but it’s also much less capable. Vimeo Record is also free, but it only records video, not screenshots.
Alongside the base subscription, Droplr offers several premium add-ons for subscribers. If you’re willing to pay more per year, you can access new features, such as logos for your uploaded files ($7 per year), a domain for your shared public page ($25 per year), and analytics tools ($24 per year). The tools are more targeted to professional users. As with Droplr itself, you can test these add-ons for free.
Droplr works on a variety of platformers. Like Vimeo Record, I primarily used it as a …….