> Bingsu and CleanShot X side by side: price, screenshots, recording, computers and AI agents, with a source for every claim about CleanShot X.

Source: https://bingsustudio.com/vs/cleanshot-x/

# Bingsu vs CleanShot X

CleanShot X is a paid Mac app, $35 once or Pro at $10 a month, for screenshots and recordings with its own cloud links. Bingsu is free: it takes screenshots and scrolling pictures with markup, records with your camera, and lets AI agents record over MCP. Pick CleanShot X for text recognition, pinned screenshots and hosted links.

Last updated October 2026

## Side by side

CleanShot X is a paid Mac app for screenshots and screen recordings, with annotation, scrolling capture and its own cloud for links. Every claim about CleanShot X links to the page that says so.

|  | Bingsu | CleanShot X |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free, for any use. | Basic is $35 once with a year of updates; Pro is $10 per user a month billed yearly. [Source](https://cleanshot.com/pricing) |
| Screenshots | A screen, window, app or area, copied and saved; scrolling pictures; markup with arrows, boxes, text, numbers, pen and highlighter. | Area, window and fullscreen, scrolling capture (vertical and horizontal), annotation, pinned screenshots and text recognition. [Source](https://cleanshot.com/features) |
| Recording | Window, app, display or area, with camera bubble, separate sound tracks and a full editor. | Screen recording with a camera bubble, MP4 or GIF, zooms in Studio Mode. [Source](https://cleanshot.com/screen-recording) |
| Links | A share page you publish on your own host, encrypted by default. | CleanShot Cloud: one-click links, 1 GB on Basic, unlimited on Pro. [Source](https://cleanshot.com/cloud) |
| Computers | Mac. On Windows and Linux, Bingsu for Chrome takes screenshots of the page. | Mac only. [Source](https://cleanshot.com/) |
| AI agents | 17 MCP tools: an agent takes screenshots and records its own windows after you allow it once. | A URL scheme for automation. [Source](https://cleanshot.com/docs-api) |

## When CleanShot X is the better pick

- You copy text out of screenshots every day.
- You pin screenshots on top of other windows while you work.
- You want hosted links without running your own host.

## Moving to Bingsu

On a Mac, [download Bingsu](https://bingsustudio.com/download/) and choose Take Picture or Take Scrolling Picture. In Chrome, [Bingsu for Chrome](https://bingsustudio.com/chrome/) takes the visible part, an area or the full page.

CleanShot X’s details were checked in October 2026. Something out of date? Write to [hello@bingsustudio.com](mailto:hello@bingsustudio.com).

## Questions

### Is there a free CleanShot X alternative?

Bingsu is free and takes screenshots, scrolling pictures and recordings with markup and a camera bubble. It has no text recognition or pinned screenshots, which CleanShot X has.

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## Next time, *show* it.

Record it once and send a link. Or let your agent do the recording.

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