| Product Name | Screencast-o-matic | Jing | Camtasia Mac | Camtasia Windows |
| Cost | Free online or download/install; Pro version:$15/yr | Download/install, free | Download/install, $75 (+opt. $18.75 1 yr. maintenance) | Download/install, $179 (+opt. $44.75 1 yr. maintenance) |
| Length limit | 15 minutes | 5 minutes | unlimited | unlimited |
| Save as formats | MP4, AVI, FLV, animated GIF | MP4, FLV | MP4, SWF, M4V, AVI, MOV, RM, MP3 | MP4, SWF, M4V, AVI, MOV, RM, MP3 |
| Captions * | Open captions. Created and stored in separate text file; always appear as white on black at bottom of screen. Can also add small notes at specific times during video. | No | Yes. Open and Closed captions. Robust font, color and location options. | Yes. Open and Closed captions. Robust font, color and location options. |
| Can post directly to | YouTube, Screencast website | TechSmith (up to 2GB), Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr | ||
| Record "head shot" from webcam while capturing screen | Yes. Can resize or move the "head shot" video box after recording. | Can switch between webcam and screen capture, but not show both at once. | Yes. Can resize or move the "head shot" video box after recording. | Yes. Can resize or move the "head shot" video box after recording. |
| Edit after capture | Free version allows only removing of audio or webcam before saving. Pro version has many editing options. | No, but can pause during capture. | Crop, remove or add audio, etc. | Crop, remove or add audio, etc. |
| Effects | "Pro" version only. | No | Extensive Animations, Transitions, Video, Audio and Cursor effects | Extensive Animations, Transitions, Video, Audio and Cursor effects |
| Zooming while recording (zoom in to enlarge a specific area) | "Pro" version only. | No | Yes | Yes |
| Import Media (ex. Images, audio, other video) | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Markers or Table of Contents | Limited: captions can act as clickable Table of Contents only if video is uploaded to screencast-o-matic.com | No | Yes, but not if full-screen option was chosen (i.e. you have to select a specific area of the screen, but that area can be almost full-screen.) | Yes, but not if full-screen option was chosen (i.e. you have to select a specific area of the screen, but that area can be almost full-screen.) |
| Screendraw (draw on screen while recording) | No | No | No | Yes |
| PowerPoint Add-In ** | No | No | No | Yes |
| Embed Quizzes *** |
No | No | No | Yes |
| Audio features **** | Internal mic only. Built-in controls to set and test microphone as part of recording process. | Internal mic only. Set mic level before recording. | Internal mic and system audio. | Internal mic and system audio. |
* Captions: Open or Closed: Open captions are text that appear on the screen, usually on a contrasting color bar. They are always visible. Closed captions also appear on screen but they can be turned on and off. Both kinds of captions can contain simple information (a name, a title, a few words) or can contain a narration of the audio track that accompanies the video (generally used for closed captioning).
** Recording PowerPoint or Keynote presentations: like everything else that happens on your screen, you can record a PowerPoint presentation. However, if your presentation has embedded sound you will need a screencasting program that can record “System Sound.” In addition, Camtasia Studio for Windows includes an Add-In that will add a menu bar to your Windows PowerPoint so that you can record directly to Camtasia from within PowerPoint.
*** Embedded Quizzes: Camtasia Studio for Windows includes the ability to pause the screencast, display a simple quiz (multiple choice, True/False, Short Answer), then collect the results of the quiz. These results can be sent to you by email. You can also save the screencast with the quiz as a special SCORM-formatted file and add it to your Blackboard course. Quiz results will then be automatically added to the Grade Center.
**** Audio: internal mic capture will record your voice or other sounds happening in the room around you. System capture will record the sounds coming from your computer, for example, the sound from a narrated PowerPoint or from a song played through iTunes.