ClipCast
ClipCast records a browser tab, window, full screen, or selected area, with optional camera and microphone capture, then creates a share link.
What ClipCast is
ClipCast records a browser tab, window, full screen, or selected area, with optional camera and microphone capture, then creates a share link. Its browser editor supports trimming, cutting, zoom, blur, text, captions, backgrounds, and music, with MP4 or GIF export. Pro clips can include searchable transcripts and summaries with clickable timestamps. Collaboration features include timestamped comments and reactions, threaded discussions, screen or camera-recorded replies, and resolution markers. Team users can invite clients to review a folder as guests without taking a paid seat. Webhook delivery is included on all plans, while Pro adds automatic saving to Dropbox, Google Drive, and Box. ClipCast offers web, Windows, macOS, Linux, and browser-extension access. The free plan costs nothing, billed forever, and has five-minute recordings, 200 MB storage, 25 active clips, 720p, and 30-day retention. Pro costs $5 a month, billed monthly; Team costs $12 a month, billed monthly, with a two-seat minimum.
Good
- Captures tabs, windows, screens, and selected areas.
- Editor exports MP4 or GIF.
- All plans include webhook delivery.
- Clients can review Team folders without paid seats.
Watch out
- Free recordings are limited to five minutes.
- Free storage is limited to 200 MB.
- Free videos are deleted after 30 days.
- Team requires at least two seats.
Who it suits
ClipCast may suit teams making async updates, design or code reviews, bug reports, support material, onboarding recordings, or sales demos. Its guest review option may help teams sharing recordings with clients.
Verdict
ClipCast pairs screen recording with browser-based editing and review features. The free plan has short recording and retention limits; Pro and Team raise those limits at their listed monthly prices.
Plans and prices
From ClipCast's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5-minute recordings · 200 MB storage · 25 active clips · 720p · 30-day video retention · unlimited share links · forever |
| Pro | $5 a month | 2-hour recordings · 20 GB storage · unlimited clips · 1080p + Source quality · videos never expire · monthly |
| Team | $12 a month | 50 GB pooled storage per seat · shared workspace · client review folders · admin roles and audit log · custom domain · API access · priority support (12 h SLA) · monthly · minimum 2 seats |
The facts
Each one read from ClipCast's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI
- Pro clips can receive automatic searchable transcripts and summaries with clickable timestamps.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes use cases including async team updates, design and code review, bug reports, customer support, onboarding, and sales demos.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Client review
- Team users can invite clients to review one folder as guests without using a paid seat.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Viewers can leave timestamped comments and reactions, reply with screen or camera recordings, thread discussions, and mark them resolved.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Account metadata is stored in Neon Postgres in US East, recordings in Cloudflare R2 global edge storage, application servers at Hostinger in the EU, and payments with Paddle in the UK/EU.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Its browser editor supports trimming, cutting, zoom, blur, text, captions, backgrounds, and music, with MP4 or GIF export.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Pro includes automatic saving to Dropbox, Google Drive, and Box; all plans include webhook delivery.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Maximum video quality
- 1080pchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Max recording length
- 240checked 22 Sep 2026
- Microphone recording
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says clips are private until shared and says it does not sell personal data or use recording content to train AI models, except for clips explicitly selected for transcription.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Product
- ClipCast records a browser tab, window, screen, or selected area with optional camera and microphone, then creates a share link.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy lists HTTPS, bcrypt password hashes, HMAC-signed cookies, scoped S3-compatible credentials, and strict CORS and CSP policies.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- ClipCast says it usually replies to support messages by email within a day; Team has priority support with a 12-hour SLA.checked 2 Oct 2026
- System audio
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Webcam recording
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free limits
- Free recordings are limited to five minutes and 200 MB storage, and are automatically deleted 30 days after upload.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- Recording uses a Chrome extension; the maker says it is available through the browser for Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Arc.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- web,windows,macos,linux,chrome_extensionchecked 22 Sep 2026
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