What Awesome Screenshot is
The extension captures a full page, selected area, visible part, or desktop window, then offers cropping, arrows, text, highlighting, and blur. Its recorder captures a tab, desktop, or camera with microphone and webcam overlay, saving locally or to an Awesome Screenshot account for link sharing and integrations such as Slack and Jira.
Feature coverage
- Full-page, area, and desktop screenshots
- Tab, desktop, and webcam recording
- Annotation, blur, and instant share links
What stands out
- Strong rating on a large sample
- Updated September 2026
- Local saving option alongside cloud uploads
Tradeoffs to know
- Free cloud storage capped at 100 screenshots
- Free local recordings limited to 5 minutes
- Page capture needs access to the sites you capture
Is Awesome Screenshot safe to use?
Awesome Screenshot is safe for routine capture by the public record: an established publisher, a strong rating on a large sample, recent updates, and a narrow disclosure of website content. The main risk is what you upload; cloud-saved captures create share links, so keep sensitive screenshots and recordings local.
Page access Broad
Requests page-content access across sites. Broad access is not itself a red flag — the question is whether the job justifies the reach, and whether the publisher's record earns it.
Full-page capture scrolls and reads the page you choose, and on-page annotation while recording works inside the tab, so the extension needs access to the sites you capture. Desktop recording goes through Chrome's screen-sharing picker, and camera or microphone use needs your explicit grant.
Store-disclosed data
- Website content
The listing names website content as handled data. Diigo Inc.'s privacy policy covers account details such as name and email, usage and diagnostic data, and YouTube or Google Drive details if you connect them. Captures can be saved to your computer instead of the cloud; uploading creates a shareable copy on its servers.
Does Awesome Screenshot upload my screenshots?
Only if you choose to. Its pricing page distinguishes captures saved locally on your computer from those saved to an online account, and share links come from uploaded copies. Saving locally keeps sensitive captures off its servers.
Who makes Awesome Screenshot?
Its privacy policy names Diigo Inc. as the company behind it, the same publisher as the Diigo Web Collector research tool.
What data does Awesome Screenshot's listing disclose?
One category: website content, which fits a tool that captures pages. Its privacy policy adds account details and usage data for people who sign in.
How we judge this: our extension safety guide · how we rate
Pricing
Free plan with capped cloud storage; paid Basic and Professional plans. Pricing and plan limits change more often than store metadata, so use the linked developer page as the final check before subscribing.
Alternatives
Sources
We used the official Chrome Web Store listing and first-party developer material. Public metrics can change after the fact-check date.
- Chrome Web Store listing
Rating, rating count, public users, version, update date, and publisher disclosures verified 2026-10-12.
- Awesome Screenshot product documentation
First-party product, feature, support, or project documentation used for workflow context.
- Extension Reviewer methodology
How public claims, permissions, evidence, and tradeoffs are reviewed.
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