When comparing CloudApp vs OBS, the Slant community recommends OBS for most people. In the question“What are the best screen recorders for OS X?” OBS is ranked 3rd while CloudApp is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose OBS is:
You can record videos in formats such as mp4, flv, mkv, and more. You also have control over the bitrate used.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Straightforward sharing
CloudApp allows you to share images, links, music, videos and files. Choose a file, drag it to the menubar and a short URL will be automatically copied to your clipboard that you can use to share your upload.
Additionally you can view, track and delete files right from your menubar.
Pro Free plan
Cloudapp has a free plan that allows uploading 10 files, up to 25MB each, per day.
Pro Records to many popular formats
You can record videos in formats such as mp4, flv, mkv, and more. You also have control over the bitrate used.
Pro Free and open source
No subscriptions or payments or licenses.
Pro Available for Linux, Mac, Windows
Pro Live streams
Can be used to stream.
Pro Fast
From the website: "GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming."
Pro Extendable
OBS has an API allowing developers to create their own unique plugins, giving them and others complete control of their streaming experience.
Pro Encoding using H264 (x264) and AAC and file output to MP4 or FLV
Pro Unlimited number of scenes and sources
Cons
Con Too simple
While it's simple enough to share files, isn't complex enough to make a wide organization of files like the others.
Con Recording a window will not record the menu bar, popup menus or child dialogs
Con Overkill for simple projects
Plus the interface is a bit intimidating.
Con Needs tutorial to get started
Otherwise it's hard to find out how to record a screen or window.