Overall Winner

ShareX

beats Greenshot by 4 points

Greenshot 58/100
ShareX 🏆 62/100
Greenshot

Greenshot

Free
VS
ShareX

ShareX

Free
The verdict

ShareX wins over Greenshot for screenshot recording. Deep Windows capture suite with editor and upload. Free easy stills, years behind as a power tool. Choose ShareX for automation and extras, Greenshot for simple Windows snips.

Score breakdown

Dimension
Greenshot
ShareX
Price & Value
★★★★★ wins
★★★★☆
Features
★★★☆☆
★★★★★ wins
Ease of Use
★★★★☆ wins
★★★☆☆
Reviews
★★★☆☆
★★★★☆ wins

Each dimension rated 1–5. Higher is better across all four.

What users say

Greenshot

"Free easy Windows stills tool; not a recording suite and years behind ShareX as a power tool."

Pros

Free and very easy to use screenshot app I switched to GreenShot, which is free and open source

ShareX

"Free Windows capture suite; screen record has been reported to quit a few seconds in."

Pros

The killer feature is the upload to Imgur, and I just have all my screenshots stored somewhere A really good editor featuring many functions like editing, uploading, QR-code generating ShareX is not a simple screenshot utility. It is a suite of power toys

When to Choose Each

Choose ShareX if you are on Windows and want a capture suite, not a snipping app. User reviews call it a suite of power toys: viewer, editor, combiner, uploader, QR, color picker, and ruler, with Imgur upload as the quoted killer feature. It is free and open-source. Screen record has been reported to quit a few seconds in. Window targeting is called unintuitive, and 4K laptop capture has been called unusable. ShareX is Windows-only.

Choose Greenshot if you want a free, easy Windows screenshot app and do not need a recording suite. Customer feedback calls it free and very easy to use; at least one ShareX user switched because Greenshot is free and open source. The same comments say Greenshot does not reach where ShareX is now and is years away as a power tool. It is not a recording suite in this batch. Greenshot is Windows-only.

Key Differences

  • Pricing: both are free open-source with no paid SKU.
  • Depth: ShareX is a capture suite (editor, upload, QR, ruler). Greenshot is a lightweight stills app.
  • Recording: neither is a reliable recorder here — ShareX record has been reported to quit a few seconds in; Greenshot has no recording-suite evidence in this batch.
  • Ease: Greenshot is called very easy. ShareX is a power-user suite with unintuitive window targeting.
  • 4K: one ShareX user switched to Greenshot after 4K laptop capture felt unusable.

Pricing & value

Metric Greenshot ShareX Winner
Free tier Yes Yes Tie
Starting price Free Free Greenshot
Is ShareX better than Greenshot?
Yes as a Windows capture suite — editor, Imgur upload, QR, ruler — while Greenshot is a free, easy stills app that comments place years behind ShareX as a power tool.
Which is cheaper?
Both are free and open-source with no paid SKU.
Which is better for simple Windows screenshots?
Greenshot if you want easy stills and near-zero setup. ShareX if you need a suite. A 4K ShareX user in this batch switched to Greenshot because ShareX capture felt unusable on a 4K laptop.

Our pick

🏆 ShareX

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