Snagit Offline Activation: 90-Day and Business Rules
Understand initial sign-in, Snagit's 90-day Individual offline limit, day-91 validation, and the Business route for permanently offline computers.
Costs & licenses
Snagit Pricing and Licensing, Explained
What Snagit actually costs and how its licensing works. Since January 2025 Snagit is subscription-only for new buyers — the perpetual "buy once" license is gone, and that change is exactly where most of the confusion (and most of the stale advice online) comes from.
These pages break down every tier, what the business license adds, how education verification works, and the renewal and volume details vendors keep in the fine print. Prices are verified against the official TechSmith store, and each article carries its own last-checked date.
Quick answer: Snagit starts at $39/year for individuals. Business runs $48/user/year, verified students pay around $20/year, and the one-time license is no longer sold.
Snagit prices at a glance
| Plan | Price | Key terms |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | $39/year | 1 user, runs on 2 machines, non-transferable |
| Business | $48/user/year | Transferable between employees, volume discounts |
| Education — student | $20/year | Requires student verification |
| Perpetual (legacy) | discontinued | Not sold since Jan 2025; existing owners keep their version |
Snapshot for orientation — the full breakdown carries the authoritative, last-checked figures and every tier's fine print.
The questions that actually decide it
Can you still buy it once?
No — and what happened to the $62.99 perpetual license matters if you owned one. Who keeps what, and what "subscription-only" changes in practice.
Individual vs Business
Same software, different rules: transferability, per-user administration and volume discounts are what the extra $9 per year actually buys.
Is it worth the money?
The source-led verdict on who benefits from Snagit and who should keep their money and use a free tool instead.
Not paying? Fine.
ShareX, Greenshot, Shottr and the Snipping Tool cover a surprising amount of Snagit's ground for free — with their practical limits made clear.
All pricing & licensing articles
Snagit Pricing, Licenses, and What You Actually Pay
Snagit subscription pricing starts at $39/year for individuals. The business plan runs $48/user/year. Perpetual licenses are no longer available for new
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Pricing FAQ
How much does Snagit cost?
Snagit is sold as an annual subscription: $39 per year for individuals, $48 per user per year for business, with discounted education pricing around $20 per year for verified students. The full breakdown lists every tier and carries a last-checked date verified against the TechSmith store.
Can you still buy Snagit as a one-time purchase?
No. TechSmith moved Snagit to a subscription-only model for new purchases starting with Snagit 2025 in January 2025. The old $62.99 perpetual license is no longer sold to new customers; existing perpetual holders keep the version they own.
Does one Snagit license cover two computers?
The individual subscription covers one user on two machines — a desktop and a laptop, for example. Business licensing is per user and transferable between employees, which is the main practical difference beyond price.
Is there a free trial, and what happens after it?
Yes — Snagit has a free trial, no credit card required. When it ends you keep your captures but lose the editor workflow until you subscribe; the pricing breakdown covers the details and the free alternatives if you decide not to pay.
Where do these prices come from?
From the official TechSmith store and TechSmith support pages, re-checked on a rolling cycle. Each pricing article shows its own last-checked date, and the corrections page is the fastest way to flag a figure that has moved.