Full page screenshot tools compared

Last verified: August 15, 2026

There are about ten credible ways to capture a full web page, and the right one depends almost entirely on what you do with the image afterwards. This page sorts them by job rather than by rank, because there is no single best tool here.

Screencappy is one of them: free including annotation, open source under Apache-2.0, no account, no upload, and no host permissions. It is not the right answer for everyone and the sections below say where it is not.

If you only need a screenshot once in a while

Use what is already in your browser. Chrome can capture a full size screenshot from DevTools, and Firefox has a built in full page capture behind a right click.

Neither costs anything and neither needs installing. If you take a full page screenshot once a month, installing an extension for it is overkill, and we would rather say so than sell you something.

Read more: Full page screenshots without an extension

If you capture often and annotate before sharing

This is the case the paid tools are built around, and it is also where the pricing bites. GoFullPage puts cropping and annotation behind $12 USD per year. FireShot puts its editor behind Pro at $39.95 per year or $99.95 once, and most of that editor runs on Windows only.

Screencappy includes annotation, cropping and blur at no cost, on every platform Chrome runs on. That is the single clearest reason to pick it.

Read more: GoFullPage alternative and FireShot alternative

If you need the widest format and browser support

FireShot. It exports PDF with live links and searchable text alongside PNG, JPEG, GIF and BMP, and it runs on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari.

It holds a 4.8 rating from 51.6K ratings on the Chrome Web Store as of today. If Safari or searchable PDF is a requirement, it is the tool, and Screencappy does not compete with it there.

Read more: FireShot alternative

If your team shares captures as links

Awesome Screenshot or FuseBase Capture, formerly Nimbus. Both are built around uploading a capture and sending a link, with commenting, workspaces and team plans.

Screencappy has no upload path at all, which is a feature if you want captures to stay on your machine and a dealbreaker if link sharing is the point. Awesome Screenshot starts at $6 per month for individuals.

Read more: Awesome Screenshot alternative and Nimbus Screenshot alternative

If you need to record video, not capture a still

Screenity. It is free, open source under GPL-3.0, needs no sign in, and has an editor, and it is the tool we would point anyone to for screen recording.

It does not take screenshots at all, full page or otherwise, so it is not an alternative to a screenshot tool so much as the answer to a different question. Plenty of people run both.

Read more: Screenity and Screencappy

If you want to keep the page, not a picture of it

SingleFile. It saves a complete page as one self contained HTML file, with text that stays selectable and links that still work.

It is free, open source under AGPL-3.0, needs no account, and runs on more browsers than anything else here, including Firefox, Safari and Firefox for Android. For archiving research it is better than any screenshot, ours included.

Read more: SingleFile and Screencappy

If you want free capture and annotation with no account

CocoShot is the closest comparison to Screencappy on this axis. It is free, requires no account, states that it processes captures locally, and holds a 4.9 rating from 724 ratings on the Chrome Web Store today, the highest in this set.

The differences are narrow: Screencappy's source is public and it requests no host permissions, while CocoShot is closed source, requests optional access to all sites and local files, and has announced a Pro tier with no published price.

Read more: CocoShot alternative

What about the screenshot tools built into macOS and Windows?

They are excellent, and they capture what is on your screen. Neither captures a full scrolling web page.

On Mac, Shift-Command-3 captures the entire screen, Shift-Command-4 captures a selection, and Shift-Command-5 opens the Screenshot toolbar. Apple's documentation does not describe capturing beyond the visible screen. On Windows, the Windows logo key plus Shift plus S opens Snipping Tool, which offers freeform, rectangle, window and full screen modes, with pen, highlighter and shape markup. Microsoft's documentation does not describe scrolling capture either.

If the page fits on your screen, use these. If it does not, that is the entire reason this category of tool exists.

The short version

Every comparison on this site

• GoFullPage alternative. Free capture, paid editor, and what the $12 per year Premium tier covers.
• FireShot alternative. The widest format and browser support in the set, and the Windows only catch in its editor.
• Awesome Screenshot alternative. Cloud storage, team plans, and what the account actually requires.
• Nimbus Screenshot alternative. Now FuseBase Capture, with two live pricing surfaces that do not reconcile.
• CocoShot alternative. The closest match on price and privacy posture, and where the two actually differ.
• Screenity and Screencappy. A screen recorder, not a screenshot tool, and how to tell which one you need.
• SingleFile and Screencappy. Keep the page, or keep a picture of the page.
• Full page screenshots without an extension. Chrome's DevTools route, Firefox's built in capture, and when installing something is worth it.

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