Gyazo
Instant screenshot-and-GIF sharing since 2007: capture once, share a link instantly.
About
Gyazo is a Japanese-born screenshot and GIF capture tool from Nota Inc. that has been around since 2007, making it one of the oldest surviving instant-sharing capture apps. The pitch has barely changed: take a screenshot or short replay clip, and a private link is generated and copied to your clipboard before you finish reaching for the paste shortcut. Captures live in your Gyazo account with tags and search, and there is a full-featured image editor, webcam capture, and uploads to services like Dropbox on the paid tiers.
Pricing starts at Gyazo Pro around $3.99 a month billed yearly ($4.99 monthly), with a free tier and a Teams plan at $35 a month. It is a cloud-first product: sharing depends on Gyazo's infrastructure, the source is closed, and the differentiator is speed of sharing rather than capture depth. Power users who want annotation-heavy workflows or self-hosted uploads will find richer options elsewhere.
What it can do
- Screenshot and GIF/replay capture with instant private link generation
- Automatic clipboard link copying on every capture
- Cloud library of all captures with tagging and search
- Built-in image editor and webcam screenshot capture
- Dropbox and file-hosting service integrations
- API access for programmatic capture workflows
- Free tier plus Pro ($3.99/mo annual) and Teams plans
Setup
Download the desktop app for Windows or Mac (mobile apps exist too), sign up, and capture with the hotkey; each capture auto-uploads and copies a link.
Prerequisites
Gyazo account; Windows or Mac for the desktop app.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: founded 2007 per company records, reviews confirm the Pro pricing at $3.99/mo annual with free and Teams tiers, the instant-link workflow, editor, webcam capture, and API access. Strengths: nearly two decades of continuous operation and the fastest capture-to-share loop in the category. Docked for: (1) closed source and cloud-dependent sharing; (2) capture and annotation depth lag desktop rivals like ShareX and Snagit; (3) no published independent benchmarks. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 2.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Nota Inc., founded 2007
- · Screenshot and GIF/replay capture with instant private link generation
- · Automatic clipboard link copying on every capture
- · Cloud library with tagging and search; image editor; webcam capture
- · API access for programmatic workflows
- · Windows, Mac, mobile apps
- · Closed source; cloud-dependent sharing; capture depth lags desktop rivals
Sources
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