About Camtasia
Camtasia is a screen recording and video making solution that allows users to create, edit, save, and share videos. It is designed to help businesses create tutorials, demos, webinars, or other types of instructional videos. Users can record Mac and Windows device screens or webcams to capture software functionalities, video calls, and other content. Camtasia allows users to add annotations, effects, templates, and other editing tools to help increase viewer engagement.
With Camtasia's editing tools, users can zoom in or out of video content, insert transitions, and add pan animations to screen recordings. Customizable video quizzes can also be added to measure viewer learning and engagement. Users can record audio clips or add music and sound effects from the Camtasia library. This solution provides a variety of pre-built video templates including unique designs for projects that require more efficiency.
Videos created within Camtasia can be shared on online platforms including YouTube, Screencast, or Vimeo, and can also be embedded into online video courses.
Pricing starting from:
US$299.99/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Markets
United States
Supported Languages
English
Pricing starting from:
US$299.99/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to Camtasia
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Features
Total features of Camtasia: 29
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iMovie
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- Industry: Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
It is a great software and very intuitive to learn
Reviewed on 12/9/2022
It helps me out a lot with working with social media reels and ads. I manage several accounts for...
It helps me out a lot with working with social media reels and ads. I manage several accounts for different clients and Camtasia is a time saver app. Very easy to use, doesn't really have a learning curve if you have a minimum knowledge of design and editing, all of my questions have been answered in the faq or tutorials you find everywhere online.
Pros
It allows me to edit videos for my social media accounts and I didn't need to make a video editing course, it was quite intuitive. It is much easier to work on my pc than on a small screen for this too so even though the video editing apps for mobile are good I always prefer the freedom that a pc allows me. Also, most of my assets are created on the pc so I don't have to be moving files to the phone.
Cons
The transitions and effects are quite limited. Some free phone apps have plenty of effects and in many cases, I end up exporting little clips and putting them together in a different app because I want a specific effect (i.e. small jump) that I cannot manage to create on Camtasia. There might be tricks to do them I am not aware of but I couldn't find anything useful so I always go back to one of the phone apps.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Camtasia for Everything (Video editing, making new videos)
Reviewed on 1/9/2022
Pros
Very flexible in use, drag and drop functionality is very quick.
While recording screen we have a very nice feature to select portion of are to record.
Video editing was very flexible, coming to the output it was very impressive output we will get after rendering the project.
We can be able to save the project in Camtasia file format in future edits also we can use these that was one of the very nice feature.
We can split video and audio out of any video that's a cool feature I like it very much.
If we want we can record our own voice and append to the video
Cons
Performance wise a bit slow in rendering the project and consuming lot of CPU space
Some video formats are not supporting in video editing (ex: .MKV, 4k etc.)
Cropping video is not that much flexible
So far these are the Cons I have seen
- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
I would recommend it to a beginner
Reviewed on 4/8/2022
Pros
I learned to use it by myself in a few days, you can create short videos and movie trailers.
Cons
Don’t expect a super quality from the video created. This app is perfect for a beginner. The effects you can add are quite primitive.
- Industry: Insurance
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great Video Editing Software for Windows
Reviewed on 14/7/2022
I've had a great experience with Camtasia so far. It has been a great resource to have when editing...
I've had a great experience with Camtasia so far. It has been a great resource to have when editing all my videos and creating new videos. It has great features, and is really to use from an user point of view. It also is very easy to train on and learn. Definitely a great alternative to IMovie.
Pros
I like the ease of use and drag and drop features the most on Camtasia. When I am editing or creating a video I usually add multiple clips together, and the drag and drop feature allows my video clip to fall into place right where I need it. The drag and drop feature is also great for text overlays or transitions and makes it much easier to edit videos and place your video/picture clips at the exact place it needs to be. Furthermore, the video editing features are great, and can definitely be a good windows alternative of IMovie.
Cons
There is a limited selection of transitions, text overlays to choose from compared with other video editing softwares. Although I use the same text overlay feature every time, it would be good if there was more/more unique options when editing your video. Also when editing your video, sometimes it is hard to cut the few seconds and sometimes milliseconds out to create a perfect video.
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From a cost perspective, Camtasia was a better option.- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 501-1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Fantastic for recording demo videos
Reviewed on 21/8/2022
Camtasia has made recording demos exceptionally easy for anyone.
Camtasia has made recording demos exceptionally easy for anyone.
Pros
Camtasia is extremely easy to get started with. The trial version is fully featured and time-limited. You have 30 days to try out the software. I wanted to record a demo which was fairly complicated and involved lots of different windows. After installing Camtasia, simply load up the software, arrange what you want to record, then press the record button. You can set an area for recording which is helpful when dealing with large displays. After finishing the recording, you can then spend the majority of your time editing the video. Camtasia is not as fully featured as Adobe Premiere, but for this use case it really doesn't need to be. Being able to splice video, add various effects (like speed up), and add audio is sufficient enough. I haven't looked into the more advanced features yet as the basic features are good enough for my needs. Lastly Camtasia enables you to export video in multiple formats and finely tune the size based on the video / audio quality.
Cons
The only gripe I have is that the yearly plan is somewhat pricey for me at $299 per user per year. However they do offer a free upgrade to the next version. And the renewal fee is reasonable at $50. Overall the ease of use is worth the license cost.
Camtasia FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Camtasia.Q. What type of pricing plans does Camtasia offer?
Camtasia offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$299.99/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
$299 one-time fee
Q. Who are the typical users of Camtasia?
Camtasia has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-5,000
Q. What languages does Camtasia support?
Camtasia supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Camtasia support mobile devices?
Camtasia supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Camtasia integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations Camtasia has
Q. What level of support does Camtasia offer?
Camtasia offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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