G2 Vendor Directory

Lightshot

by Skillbrains

131

Reviews

4.7

Star rating

#42

Rank in Screen and Video Capture

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      Key stats

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      87

      Small Business

      1

      Adoption by company size

      SegmentShare of reviews
      Small Business49.2%
      Mid-Market36.2%
      Enterprise14.6%

      Quarterly history

      QuarterReviewsStar rating
      2026 Q215.0
      2026 Q315.0

      Satisfaction ratings

      Ease of Use9.8
      Ease of Setup10.0
      Quality of Support9.1
      Meets Requirements9.6

      What reviewers say

      Lightshot’s Hotkeys Make Fast, Easy Screenshots and Annotations

      5.0

      “The hotkeys are what I love most about Lightshot. Being able to assign a hotkey to capture the entire screen saves me a lot of time. I can simply press the Prt Scr button and then select the part I want to save. Highlighting specific areas is also very easy, and using arrows or l”

      Techinical Developer

      Great fan of LightShot because very fast way to capture scheenshot

      5.0

      “Lightshot is a very fast way to capture a screenshot, an annotated image in the local drive, and share links publicly on both Mac & windowns system.It is free, ideal for quick, customizable screen captures but lacks advanced editing features.I love it very much & often use it.”

      SQA Lead

      Super neat little feature

      5.0

      “I use Lightshot every day to screenshot things for customers and coworkers. With the hotkey asisgned, it's easy to implement and integrate into my work, as I never have to actually open a program to use it.”

      User