When comparing Snagit vs ActivePresenter, the Slant community recommends Snagit for most people. In the question“What are the best screen recorders for Windows?” Snagit is ranked 7th while ActivePresenter is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Snagit is:
Allows you to adjust the capture, add captions and symbols (arrows, boxes etc).
Specs
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Pros
Pro Includes an image editor
Allows you to adjust the capture, add captions and symbols (arrows, boxes etc).
Pro Good markers for setting the capture area
Simple to choose between full-screen, window or a selected area.
Pro Can easily add annotations
The editor allows you to quickly and easily mark and annotate the screen capture.
Pro Can capture screen video
Pro Integrates with third party services
Google drive, Twitter, Facebook, email etc.
Pro Allows for delayed capture
Allows you to arrange the screen as you want it captured. Things like opening a popup menu, to have it part of the capture.
Pro Can capture editable text
Just about any text on the screen can be editable text. I say "just about" because it's like OCR software in that unusual and extra fancy fonts or text against a low contrast background may be a challenge. But overall it works in most situations.
Pro Mobile app for easily moving screenshots from smartphone to Snagit's editor
Pro Free edition is available
Pro No watermarks on common formats available in the free version : mp4, webm, avi, wmv, mkv.
Pro Edit video after recording
- Multiple media layers
- Cut, join, insert freeze frame, change volume
- Annotate with shapes and images
Pro Support interactive HTML5 output
Cons
Con Pro version costs about $59.94
Con the inbuilt image editor is not user-friendly
Con Quite complex for novice user
- For user who just want to edit a simple video, interactive tools and slides are not necessary.