The Snipping Tool alternative for Windows.
Snipping Tool: Windows 11 screenshots, now with recording. 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.
The Windows 11 Snipping Tool records a region of the screen and saves an MP4, with trimming handed to Clipchamp. It is the quickest way to grab a clip and the plainest. Sceed adds the editor that makes the clip watchable: cursor, zooms, camera, frames, sections.
Why people switch
- You want the take to look produced with defaults.
- You need zooms, callouts and a camera bubble.
- You export at 4K, 60 fps.
What you would give up
- A quick region clip with nothing installed.
- Screenshots are the main job and video is occasional.
- Raw is fine.
Sceed and Snipping Tool, feature by feature
| Sceed | Snipping Tool | |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Runs on | Windows 10 and 11 | Windows 11 |
| Price | Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly | Free, built in |
| Recordings live | On your disk | On your disk |
| Works without an account | Free account | |
| Capture | ||
| Window, area or monitor | Region | |
| System audio and mic | Recent versions | |
| Webcam | ||
| Live streaming | ||
| Editing | ||
| Editor built in | Via Clipchamp | |
| 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 | |
| Sections between clips | Many styles | |
| Text and lower thirds | ||
| Captions made on the machine | ||
| Privacy blur | ||
| Keystroke overlay | ||
| Output | ||
| 4K export | 4K at 60 fps | |
| GIF export | Planned | |
| Share link | ||
Compiled from each product's public pages, checked September 2026. Read the full Sceed vs Snipping Tool comparison →
Moving from Snipping Tool
- 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
- Does Snipping Tool edit video?
- Only by opening the clip in Clipchamp. Sceed edits in the same app that recorded.
- Does Snipping Tool record system audio and mic?
- Recent versions can. Sceed records both on separate lanes so you can gate and normalise the mic afterwards.
- Is Sceed free?
- There is a free plan; Pro is $25 a month or $115 a year.
Sceed and Snipping Tool as a list
- Runs on: Sceed Windows 10 and 11; Snipping Tool Windows 11.
- Price: Sceed Free plan; Pro monthly or yearly; Snipping Tool Free, built in.
- Recordings live: Sceed On your disk; Snipping Tool On your disk.
- Works without an account: Sceed Free account; Snipping Tool Yes.
- Window, area or monitor: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool Region.
- System audio and mic: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool Recent versions.
- Webcam: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool No.
- Live streaming: Sceed No; Snipping Tool No.
- Editor built in: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool Via Clipchamp.
- Cursor redrawn after recording: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool No.
- Cursor smoothing and looks: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool No.
- Zooms: Sceed Numbered points, eased; Snipping Tool No.
- Camera looks: Sceed Many looks; Snipping Tool No.
- Frames and backgrounds: Sceed Frames and backgrounds; Snipping Tool No.
- Region effects: Sceed Many kinds; Snipping Tool No.
- Sections between clips: Sceed Many styles; Snipping Tool No.
- Text and lower thirds: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool No.
- Captions made on the machine: Sceed No; Snipping Tool No.
- Privacy blur: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool No.
- Keystroke overlay: Sceed Yes; Snipping Tool No.
- 4K export: Sceed 4K at 60 fps; Snipping Tool No.
- GIF export: Sceed Planned; Snipping Tool No.
- Share link: Sceed No; Snipping Tool No.