Screen recording
Top ScreenBuddy competitors 10 competitors in ScreenBuddy's market
- Competitors listed
- 10
- Ranked on the scorecard
- 10
- ScreenBuddy's rank
- #6 of 23
- With a free plan
- 5
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
These are the 10 tools closest to ScreenBuddy in its own market: screen recording tools that list screen recording too, picked by shared categories and how close their entry price is to ScreenBuddy's (the rules are below).
10 of them are ranked on the screen recording tools scorecard; Cap is the highest at 92/100 (#7 of 23 in the category).
ScreenBuddy itself is #6 of 23 with 92/100, so 0 competitors on this list rank above it.
ScreenBuddy's cheapest paid plan is $10 billed monthly (Subscription). On the same billing basis, 2 of 10 competitors with a published price start lower and 8 start higher; entry plans are not like-for-like, so check the limits.
5 competitors have a free plan, and so does ScreenBuddy.
ScreenBuddy vs its competitors: market position
| Rank | Tool | Score | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Features verified | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6 | ScreenBuddyThis tool | 92/100 | $10/mo | $5/mo | Yes | – | 6 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #7 |  Cap | 92/100 | $12/user/mo | $2.42/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 8 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #9 |  CinePhone | 83/100 | $8/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | 1 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #10 |  Motion Software | 83/100 | Not offered | $6/mo | Yes | – | 4 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #11 |  autozoom | 73/100 | $7.99/mo | Not offered | No | – | 4 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #13 |  Zight | 68/100 | Not offered | $9.95/user/mo | Yes | – | 6 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #14 |  screenity | 66/100 | Not offered | $10/mo | No | – | 5 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #16 |  Loom | 63/100 | $18/user/mo | Not offered | Yes, 50 users | – | 8 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #19 |  CleanShot X | 57/100 | Not offered | $10/user/mo | No | – | 5 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #20 |  Tella | 54/100 | Not offered | $13/user/mo | No | – | 8 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #22 |  Super Recorder | 46/100 | Not offered | $9/mo | No | – | 2 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
How each competitor differs from ScreenBuddy
- Cap · #7, 92/100
Open-source screen recorder with instant sharing links, a studio mode with an editor and screenshot mode, plus paid cloud and team features.
- Score: 92/100, #7 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $12 per user billed monthly (Cap Pro), $2 more than ScreenBuddy's $10 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Matches ScreenBuddy: has all 6 features we verified for ScreenBuddy
11 of 13 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - CinePhone · #9, 83/100
Browser-based editor that restyles screen recordings with backgrounds, device frames and zoom keyframes, then exports them as MP4 video.
- Score: 83/100, #9 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $8 billed monthly (Pro), $2 less than ScreenBuddy's $10 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Built-in editing
3 of 13 tracked details verified
- Motion Software · #10, 83/100
Windows screen recorder and video editor with smart zooms, cursor effects, backgrounds, cloud storage and shareable links, exporting MP4.
- Score: 83/100, #10 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $6 per month billed annually (Premium), $1 more than ScreenBuddy's $5 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Templates, Instant share links, Built-in editing, Desktop app
6 of 13 tracked details verified
- autozoom · #11, 73/100
Desktop screen recorder for Windows and macOS that adds automatic cursor-following zoom, motion blur, captions, voiceover and webcam overlay to recordings.
- Score: 73/100, #11 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $7.99 billed monthly (Premium Monthly), $2.01 less than ScreenBuddy's $10 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (ScreenBuddy: yes) source
- Verified features: AI assistant, Camera overlay, Automatic captions, Desktop app
6 of 13 tracked details verified
- Zight · #13, 68/100
Screen recorder, screenshot and GIF tool that also creates AI summaries, step-by-step guides and request links for collecting recordings.
- Score: 68/100, #13 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $9.95 per user per month billed annually (Create), $4.95 more than ScreenBuddy's $5 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Team access, AI assistant, Automatic captions, Instant share links, Built-in editing and 1 more
7 of 13 tracked details verified
- screenity · #14, 66/100
Screen recorder and video editor with a Chrome extension; users arrange scenes, add click zooms and captions, and share videos by link or export.
- Score: 66/100, #14 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $10 per month billed annually (Screenity), $5 more than ScreenBuddy's $5 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (ScreenBuddy: yes) source
- Verified features: Templates, Camera overlay, Automatic captions, Instant share links, Built-in editing
7 of 13 tracked details verified
- Loom · #16, 63/100
Screen and camera recording tool for sharing video messages, with editing, transcripts and team workspaces.
- Score: 63/100, #16 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $18 per user billed monthly (Business), $8 more than ScreenBuddy's $10 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Matches ScreenBuddy: has all 6 features we verified for ScreenBuddy
10 of 13 tracked details verified
- CleanShot X · #19, 57/100
Mac app for taking screenshots and screen recordings, with annotation tools, a video editor and optional cloud sharing.
- Score: 57/100, #19 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $10 per user per month billed annually (CleanShot Pro), $5 more than ScreenBuddy's $5 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (ScreenBuddy: yes) source
- Verified features: Team access, Camera overlay, Instant share links, Built-in editing, Desktop app
7 of 13 tracked details verified
- Tella · #20, 54/100
Screen, camera and audio recorder with a built-in editor, layouts, subtitles and link sharing, available on the web, Mac, Windows and as a Chrome extension.
- Score: 54/100, #20 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $13 per user per month billed annually (Pro), $8 more than ScreenBuddy's $5 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (ScreenBuddy: yes) source
- Matches ScreenBuddy: has all 6 features we verified for ScreenBuddy
10 of 13 tracked details verified
- Super Recorder · #22, 46/100
Desktop screen recorder for Windows and Linux with smooth cursor motion, automatic zoom and built-in editing for demos and tutorials.
- Score: 46/100, #22 of 23 (ScreenBuddy: 92/100, #6)
- Entry price: $9 per month billed annually (Creator), $4 more than ScreenBuddy's $5 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (ScreenBuddy: yes) source
- Verified features: Camera overlay, Desktop app
4 of 13 tracked details verified
ScreenBuddy head to head
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page: they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists too. Explicit competitor links count as well.
- Closest first, at most 10: explicit competitors, then the same primary category, then more shared categories, then the smallest gap in entry price (per month, on a log scale), then more shared platforms, then name.
- Order on the page: tools ranked on the category scorecard by their category rank, then tools that are not ranked (no scorecard, or under 60% of the weight with verified data) in closeness order.
- Prices are compared only on the same billing basis (billed monthly with billed monthly, billed annually with billed annually). A feature counts as missing only when the vendor's page states it; a feature the vendor does not mention is not listed either way.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
The scorecard behind the ranks
Every one of these screen recording tools is scored by the same 6 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to screen recording tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other screen recording tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $7.61/month or less = 100, $30.44 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $3.60/month or less = 100, $14.40 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 9 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (analytics, team access, templates, ai assistant, camera overlay, automatic captions, instant share links, built-in editing, desktop app). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 5 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 25% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $6.16 per user or less = 100, $24.66 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Who are ScreenBuddy's main competitors?
By our scorecard, the highest-ranked of its closest competitors are Cap (92/100), CinePhone (83/100) and Motion Software (83/100).
Which ScreenBuddy competitor is cheapest?
Billed monthly, autozoom starts lowest at $7.99 a month (Premium Monthly). Entry plans differ in limits.
How does ScreenBuddy rank against its competitors?
ScreenBuddy is #6 of 23 ranked screen recording tools with 92/100.
Which ScreenBuddy competitors have a free plan?
Cap, CinePhone, Motion Software, Zight and Loom.