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ClipHearth vs Camtasia
Both record your screen, edit it on a timeline, and add captions. The difference is how you pay and how much comes in the box.
| Topic | Camtasia | ClipHearth |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Yearly subscription | Once, or monthly |
| Systems | Windows and macOS | Windows, macOS, and Linux |
| Speech to text | From the Essentials plan | On your computer, in every licence |
ClipHearth is paid once, runs on Linux too, and keeps speech recognition on your computer, with edit by text and captions in every licence. Camtasia is the bigger toolkit for training videos, with quizzes, a stock library, AI voices, and Snagit for screenshots.
At a glance
| Topic | Camtasia | ClipHearth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Yearly plans: Starter €39.56, Essentials €182.49, Create €252.62, Pro €607.71, as its store shows them in euros. Starter's video editor exports with a watermark. Only yearly plans on its store page. | 39 € once for a lifetime licence on one computer, 12 € for each further computer (up to 10), or 9 € a month. |
| What a year costs | €182.49 every year for Essentials, the first plan whose video editor exports without a watermark. | 39 € in the first year and nothing after that for a lifetime licence. On the monthly plan, 108 € a year. |
| Free use | The editor can be tried with no time limit, with a watermark on exports. The trial needs a TechSmith account and an internet connection. | Screenshots and screen recordings up to 3 minutes, without limit. A trial of 3 tasks per computer for everything else. No card, no account. |
| Money back | 14-day money-back guarantee. | 14-day money-back guarantee on a lifetime licence. |
| Systems | Windows 10 or 11, macOS 14 or later, and Camtasia Online in the browser. | Windows 10 or later, macOS 12 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel), and Linux (.deb or tar.gz). |
| Account | Individual plans sign in with a TechSmith account. | None. A licence key arrives by e-mail. |
| Internet | Works offline, though some cloud sharing and AI features need a connection. Offline activation is only for business licences. | Needed for the trial and to activate a key. After that, a lifetime licence works offline for up to 40 tasks or 30 days before it checks in again. |
| Speech to text | Transcription, captions, text-based editing, and filler word removal from the Essentials plan up, with Camtasia Audiate. Its pages don't say whether transcription runs in the cloud or on your computer. | Runs on your computer with a model you download once (57 MB to about 1 GB). Edit by text, captions, and hesitation sounds cut in one go, all included in the licence. |
| Screen recording | Screen up to 4K at 60 fps, with camera, microphone, and system audio. Cursor smoothing, click effects, and keystroke editing after recording. | Screen, a window, an area, or a game. Also the camera, the microphone, and the computer's sound, each on its own track if you want. Click highlights, zoom on clicks, and your shortcuts shown as text. A pointer drawn larger and smoother after recording (always an arrow), its size and smoothing changed in the Studio. |
| Live streaming | No live streaming on its pages. | Go live to Twitch, YouTube, Kick, your own server and more places at once, or stream and record together, with scenes, an upright stream for TikTok and YouTube Shorts, and live captions made on your computer. The first 3 minutes are free, as with a recording. |
| Editing | Multitrack timeline, transitions and animations, callouts, zoom and pan, themes, PowerPoint import, and quizzes with SCORM export for course platforms. | A timeline with clips and photos, up to four layers, text, marks, zooms, and sound. 31 transitions, keyframes, and arrows, boxes, numbered steps, and blur over the video. No quizzes, SCORM, or slide import. |
| Camera background | Removed without a green screen, or with a colour key. | Removed or blurred without a green screen, also after recording. |
| Translation and AI voices | Voiceovers generated from a script from the Create plan. Script translation, audio dubbing, avatars, and image generation on Pro. | Subtitles translated into 16 languages, with 19 more marked experimental, on your computer. No AI voices. |
| Stock media | A starter library of videos, music, and images in every plan, and 100 million+ stock assets on Pro. | None. You bring your own clips, photos, and music. |
| Screenshots | Snagit is included in every plan. | Built in and free: marks, blur, text recognition, scrolling screenshots, and Cover private details for e-mails, card numbers, and keys. |
| Sharing | Screencast hosts up to 25 videos with comments, unlimited on Pro. | No hosting. A shared box sends files between your computers, encrypted end to end. |
Choose ClipHearth if
- you would rather pay once than every year;
- you are on Linux, or on macOS 12 or 13;
- speech recognition and subtitles should stay on your computer;
- you want edit by text and captions without a higher plan.
Choose Camtasia if
- you make training courses and need quizzes, SCORM export, or PowerPoint import;
- you want a stock library, AI voiceovers, or avatars;
- you want other pointer shapes or cursor replacement after recording;
- you want Snagit and a video editor in one plan.
Try both
Camtasia's editor can be tried with a watermark on exports. ClipHearth's screenshots and recordings up to 3 minutes are free, and the trial covers three tasks such as an export from the Studio. The guides Record a screen tutorial with your voice and camera and Add arrows, boxes, steps, or a blur to a video show the same workflow in ClipHearth.
Camtasia's details are from its own pages as of . Prices and plans change, so check its pricing page before you decide. Sources: Camtasia pricing, Camtasia, Camtasia system requirements, Trying Camtasia for free, Individual and business subscriptions, Activating Camtasia offline.