--- title: Greenshot Reviews meta\_title: 'Greenshot Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 167 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Greenshot works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.8 review\_count: 167 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # Greenshot Reviews & Product Details Greenshot is a free and open-source screenshot tool designed for Windows and macOS users, offering a lightweight yet powerful solution for capturing and editing screenshots. Developed by Thomas Braun, Jens Klingen, and Robin Krom, Greenshot enables users to quickly capture selected regions, windows, or full screens, and provides a built-in image editor for annotating, highlighting, or obfuscating parts of the screenshot before exporting. Key Features and Functionality: - Multiple Capture Modes: Users can capture specific regions, entire windows, full screens, or even scrolling web pages in Internet Explorer. - Integrated Image Editor: The built-in editor allows for adding annotations, shapes, text, and highlights, as well as obfuscating sensitive information through blurring or pixelation. - Flexible Export Options: Screenshots can be saved to files, copied to the clipboard, printed, or directly attached to emails. - Plugin Support: Greenshot offers plugins for exporting screenshots to third-party applications like Microsoft Office and platforms such as Dropbox and JIRA. Primary Value and User Solutions: Greenshot addresses the need for an efficient and user-friendly screenshot tool, particularly benefiting project managers, testers, developers, and educators. Its lightweight design ensures minimal system resource usage, making it ideal for quick, frequent captures without performance degradation. The open-source nature provides cost savings and customization opportunities, while the integrated editor and diverse export options streamline workflows, enhancing productivity in documentation, bug reporting, and collaborative tasks. * * * Seller [Greenshot](https://www.g2.com/sellers/greenshot) Discussions [Greenshot Community](https://www.g2.com/products/greenshot/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement \<1 month ### Return on Investment 9 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/greenshot/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Snagit](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Snagit") Snagit 4.7/5(5,994) ](https://www.g2.com/products/snagit/reviews) [ ![Camtasia](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Camtasia") Camtasia 4.6/5(1,764) ](https://www.g2.com/products/camtasia/reviews) [ ![Lightshot](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lightshot") Lightshot 4.7/5(131) ](https://www.g2.com/products/lightshot/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/greenshot/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 167 real user reviews. Implementation Time \<1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Greenshot Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") ShareX ](https://www.g2.com/products/sharex/reviews) Show More DE David E. Digital Manager Automotive Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/28/2026 "Free, Simple Built-In Editor Packed with Useful Features" 5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? Its free to use and the built-in editor is simple to use and packed with useful features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? It would be good if users could fully customise the menu after capturing a screenshot instead of just showing all options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? I regularly need screenshots for creating process documents or reporting bugs to developers or scoping development requirements and Greenshot helps me do that with ease and saves me time. Windows built-in Snipping Tool doesn't have the features required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") AA Verified User in Automotive Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/20/2026 "Easy-to-Use and Configure Screenshot Tool" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? A good alternative to the Windows Snipping Tool. It’s easy to adjust the settings to satisfy my screenshot needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? The only thing I dislike is that paint isn’t in the dropdown list. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? It’s easier and more precise. Screenshot work gets done quicker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/4/2026 "Sturdy, Responsive Utility App That Improved Our Testing" 5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? It’s a sturdy, responsive utility application that has helped improve testing in our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? If anything, there are too many options. There’s a lot in the application that I haven’t used yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? Greenshot is used by all staff across the business for capturing test evidence, triaging issues, and creating work instructions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SK Shweta K. Managed Services Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/1/2025 "Best Tool ever" 5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? Easy to use and edit. I love this product and use it everyday Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? Sometimes multiple screenshots can break this tool down Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? Easy to take screenshot. Editing is the major advantage of this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Thank You page ![Lee E.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lee E.") LE Lee E. Director Of Information Technology Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/20/2025 "Decent Program but Dead Development" 3/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? Easy to use and fairly powerful, much better than any built-in screenshot software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? As of this review, the software hasn't received a release update since Sept 2017. There are other, free, and actively maintained programs available with even more features. Green shot was great, but I don't think anyone should start fresh using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? Limitaitions in windows built-in screenshot system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic BM bruno m. e-learning developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/9/2024 "Very efficient program with customizable hotkeys for screenshot capture!" 5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? Light and customizable hotkeys with area sellect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? The interface is not very appealing but it does the work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? screenshot capture of same area with hotkeys Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 IconCurrent UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Charan B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Charan B.") CB Charan B. Virtualization Engineer -Domain Expert -WILP Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/27/2023 "Greenshot is one of the best tools to work with screenshots and images." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? The best thing I like about Greenshot is, it's editing features which are similar to Microsoft Paint, but when compared to Microsoft Paint, Greenshot is light weight, it consumes very less space in your system. In Greenshot image editor we can directly export the images to Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, OneNote, Outlook etc. Also we can upload the images directly to Confluence or Jira directly from the image editor screen itself. It's capabilities like Obfuscate, Highlight, Resize, Crop, drawing rectangle, ellipse what not it has everything that is required for editing the screenshots as well as any other images for business needs. The installation is also very easy. We use Greenshot in our VDI base image, as it takes very less space, which is ideal for VDIs and any virtual desktop environments. In envitonments where Light weight applications are preferred, Greenshot plays a crucial role. Also Greenshot is a perfect replacement for Windows Photos viewer application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? One thing that I dislike is it doesn't have any UI when opened directly, it will just run in background, we need to righ click on any image and select open with Greenshot Image Editor to get the GUI and all options, that is also fine considering the size of the application. Apart from that there is nothing to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? Greenshot is drastically reducing the manual work for us. Before Greenshot, we used to edit the images in paint, snipping tool, Photoshop and then manually export those images to the required applications such as Word, Excel, Jira etc. but with Greenshot you can do everything from one console and no need to use multiple applications or manual exports. As we use VDI environment , we need a light weighted application which consumes as little space as possible and give all the best features of an Image Editor, Greenshot is exactly doing that for us. We installed Greenshot in our golden image and use it as template for our VDIs which more than 5000 users use on daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/31/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Anjali A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anjali A.") AA Anjali A. Offensive security Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/16/2024 "Perfect for snapshot" 5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? we can capture the snapshot with customize selection area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? sometimes we need to check for directory where snapshot saed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? we got easy snapshot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/26/2025 Validated ReviewerSource: Thank You page DM Derek M. Managing Director Mortgage Servicing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/26/2023 "Greenshot is an excellent program to have!" 5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? Greenshot allows you to quickly capture screenshots and then offers a multitude of easy ways to have them in various formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? There is nothing about Greenshot that I dislike and I have nothing bad to say about the product at all! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows me to quickly capture screenshots and then quickly be able to choose what format I want to save it in. It solves all of our screenshot needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Freya B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Freya B.") FB Freya B. IT Support Specialist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/1/2023 "Best to take snapshots" 5/5 What do you like best about Greenshot? Best to take snapshots and send via chats and edit them and many more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Greenshot? Nothing much that I dislike, I really like it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Greenshot solving and how is that benefiting you? Helps me to take snapshot and edit or make any changes quickly before I send in email chats etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Greenshot? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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