Screencastify

Screen capture and recording, open source

ShareX is free open source software with no classroom features, no embedded questions and no collected student replies, just the capture itself.

A screen recorder and editor in the browser

Screenity edits in the browser after recording, without the classroom tools, embedded questions and collected replies, that Screencastify is built specifically for.

Screen recording and hosting at four dollars

ScreenPal bundles recording, editing and hosting for four dollars, without the classroom-specific embedded questions Screencastify is built around.

Screenshots and screen recordings with links

Zight shares a screenshot or a recording as a link instead of a file, a free tier and paid from $9.95 close to Screencastify's $7, without the classroom features like collected video replies.

Screen recordings that go out as a link

For a plain product demo, Screencastify's own advice says Loom is quicker to use, with a more generous free tier than the ten videos Screencastify's free plan allows.

The screenshot tool that grew an editor

Snagit started as a screenshot tool and grew a recording editor on top, $39 with no free plan, aimed at a desktop editor rather than Screencastify's classroom features like in-video questions.

Screen recording and editing in one suite

Camtasia is a full manual editing suite without Screencastify's classroom features, the questions embedded in a video and the collected replies from students.