CleanShot X
Polished Mac screenshot and annotation tool, one-time purchase, no Snagit rent.
Quick facts
- Price model
- Pay once
- Starting price
- One-time Mac license
- Best for
- Mac screenshots · Annotated bug reports · Scrolling captures
- Replaces
- Snagit, Cloud screenshot SaaS, Monosnap subscriptions
- Platforms
- Mac
- Last verified
- 2026-06-22
Why it's listed
Beautiful defaults without shipping every capture to a startup's server.
CleanShot X captures windows, scrolling content, and screen recordings with instant markup and cloud upload you can disable. Setapp aside, the direct license is pay-once, own your capture workflow on Mac.
The catch
Mac only; optional cloud features cost extra if you want them.
Good fit for
- Designers
- Mac-based remote workers
Not ideal for
- Windows households
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