The ShareX alternative for Windows.
ShareX: Free, open source capture with a hundred upload targets. Sceed is a screen recorder and editor for Windows 10 and 11 that finishes the video for you. It records without the cursor and draws a smooth one back, eases zooms in and out where you place them, adds a camera look, a frame and a background, and exports 4K at 60 fps straight to disk. Nothing is uploaded.
ShareX is the power user's screenshot and screen-capture tool for Windows: region capture, GIF and video recording through ffmpeg, an image editor, and workflows that upload the result anywhere. It records the screen as it is. Sceed records to edit: cursor, zooms, camera and frames are added after the take.
Why people switch
- You want the recording to look finished without opening another editor.
- The cursor should be smoothed and restyled after the fact.
- You add zooms, callouts, a camera bubble and sections to explain something.
What you would give up
- You mostly take screenshots and want them annotated and uploaded in one keystroke.
- You want free, open source and endlessly configurable.
- Short raw clips and GIFs are the whole job.
Sceed and ShareX, feature by feature
| Sceed | ShareX | |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Runs on | Windows 10 and 11 | Windows |
| Price | Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly | Free, open source |
| Recordings live | On your disk | On your disk, or uploaded |
| Works without an account | Free account | |
| Capture | ||
| Window, area or monitor | ||
| System audio and mic | Through ffmpeg | |
| Webcam | ||
| Live streaming | ||
| Editing | ||
| Editor built in | Image editor only | |
| Cursor redrawn after recording | ||
| Cursor smoothing and looks | ||
| Zooms | Numbered points, eased | |
| Camera looks | Many looks | |
| Frames and backgrounds | Frames and backgrounds | |
| Region effects | Many kinds | Screenshot annotations |
| Sections between clips | Many styles | |
| Text and lower thirds | On screenshots | |
| Captions made on the machine | ||
| Privacy blur | On screenshots | |
| Keystroke overlay | ||
| Output | ||
| 4K export | 4K at 60 fps | |
| GIF export | Planned | |
| Share link | Via upload destinations | |
Compiled from each product's public pages, checked September 2026. Read the full Sceed vs ShareX comparison →
Moving from ShareX
- 01
Download Sceed
Free, with a free account and no card. Windows 10 and 11.
- 02
Record one take
Pick a window, an area or a monitor. The cursor is not recorded, so it can be fixed later.
- 03
Let the defaults work
Frame, background, cursor smoothing and a camera look are already on. Drop a zoom point where it matters.
- 04
Export
4K at 60 fps, straight to disk. What you scrubbed is what you ship.
Questions
- Is ShareX a video editor?
- No. ShareX records and uploads. Trimming or polish happens in another tool. Sceed records and edits in one app.
- Can Sceed upload like ShareX?
- No. Sceed writes an MP4 to your disk and never uploads anything.
- Which is free?
- ShareX is free and open source. Sceed has a free plan, and Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.
Sceed and ShareX as a list
- Runs on: Sceed Windows 10 and 11; ShareX Windows.
- Price: Sceed Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly; ShareX Free, open source.
- Recordings live: Sceed On your disk; ShareX On your disk, or uploaded.
- Works without an account: Sceed Free account; ShareX Yes.
- Window, area or monitor: Sceed Yes; ShareX Yes.
- System audio and mic: Sceed Yes; ShareX Through ffmpeg.
- Webcam: Sceed Yes; ShareX No.
- Live streaming: Sceed No; ShareX No.
- Editor built in: Sceed Yes; ShareX Image editor only.
- Cursor redrawn after recording: Sceed Yes; ShareX No.
- Cursor smoothing and looks: Sceed Yes; ShareX No.
- Zooms: Sceed Numbered points, eased; ShareX No.
- Camera looks: Sceed Many looks; ShareX No.
- Frames and backgrounds: Sceed Frames and backgrounds; ShareX No.
- Region effects: Sceed Many kinds; ShareX Screenshot annotations.
- Sections between clips: Sceed Many styles; ShareX No.
- Text and lower thirds: Sceed Yes; ShareX On screenshots.
- Captions made on the machine: Sceed No; ShareX No.
- Privacy blur: Sceed Yes; ShareX On screenshots.
- Keystroke overlay: Sceed Yes; ShareX No.
- 4K export: Sceed 4K at 60 fps; ShareX Yes.
- GIF export: Sceed Planned; ShareX Yes.
- Share link: Sceed No; ShareX Via upload destinations.