What is Cap?
Records your screen and camera, polishes the video in an editor and shares it as an instant link.
Who is Cap best for?
Cap is best for product and support teams who send async screen videos as Loom-style links on their own storage.
Leaving Loom
Share links, comments, transcripts and a Loom video importer cover the usual async video workflow.
Recordings on your own storage
Cap Pro can save to your own S3 bucket or Google Drive, and Cap Web can run entirely on your server.
Polished demos
Studio Mode records locally and opens a full editor with 4K 60fps export.
Windows and Linux teams
The desktop app runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.
How much does Cap cost?
Cap's desktop app is free for personal use; a commercial Desktop License costs $29 a year, and Cap Pro with unlimited cloud sharing and AI costs $12 per user per month.
- Self-host Cap Web with Docker Compose
- Your own S3-compatible bucket for recordings
- Builds from source need no commercial licence
- Studio Mode editor and 4K 60fps export
- 25 share links a month, up to 5 minutes each
- Not for commercial use
- Commercial use of the desktop app
- Unlimited local recording and editing
- Or $58 once for a licence that never renews
- Unlimited cloud storage and share links
- AI titles, summaries, chapters and transcripts
- Custom domain, password shares, viewer analytics
Cap Pro is $8.16 per user per month billed yearly. Organisations can add SAML SSO for $199 a month and a signed BAA for $99 a month without an enterprise contract. Full pricing on cap.so. We checked these prices on .
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Is Cap open source?
Yes. Cap's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
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- Last commit
- 13 Nov
- Repository age
- 2 years
- Latest release
- 11 Nov
- Licence
- AGPL 3.0
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- CapSoftware/Cap
What are the best Cap alternatives?
Cap is an open source alternative to Supercut, Kommodo, Screen Studio and Tella. ShareX and OBS Studio do the same job and are open source too.
SupercutFreemiumVideo messages recorded and shared with smart editing.
KommodoFreeScreen recordings transcribed and documented.
Screen StudioPaidCreate beautiful screen recordings with auto-zoom.
TellaFreemiumRecord, edit, and share video fast with AI-assisted tools.
ShareXOpen SourceWindows app for screenshots, screen recordings and GIFs, with an editor, OCR and one-hotkey uploads.
OBS StudioOpen SourceScene-based capture and broadcast app with an audio mixer, transitions and plugins.
Questions about Cap
What is Cap?
Records your screen and camera, polishes the video in an editor and shares it as an instant link.
Who is Cap for?
Cap is best for product and support teams who send async screen videos as Loom-style links on their own storage.
Can I use Cap for work for free?
Only with a build you compile yourself. The official Cap desktop app is free for personal use, and commercial use needs a Desktop License at $29 a year or Cap Pro. The commercial licence does not apply to builds made from the AGPL source code.
How much does Cap cost?
Cap's paid plans are Desktop License at $29 per license per year and Cap Pro at $12 per user per month.
Is Cap open source?
Yes. Cap's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Cap alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Supercut, Kommodo, Screen Studio, Tella, ShareX and OBS Studio.
Where can I try Cap?
On its official website, cap.so.
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