Camtasia offers four individual plans billed yearly: Starter at 39,56 € per year, Essentials at 182,49 € per year, Create at 252,62 € per year, and Pro at 607,71 € per year. Teams & Business and Education pricing is available by contacting sales.
Camtasia costs between $39 and $599 per year with four plans: Starter at $39, Essentials at $179.88, Create at $249, and Pro at $599, all billed yearly.
Here's a closer look at what each plan includes.
Starter
Price: $39.00 per year billed yearly
Other Features:
- Camtasia Editor with screen, camera, and audio recording up to 4K UHD (exports are watermarked)
- Camtasia Snagit for image capture and screen recording
- Privately host and share up to 25 videos on Screencast
- Camtasia Online browser-based recorder in 1080p
- Live chat and email support, tutorials, and webinars
This is the budget pick. It's a low-cost way to explore the full toolkit. Just know every video you export carries a watermark, so it's not the right fit for polished, shareable content.
Essentials
Price: $179.88 per year billed yearly
Other Features:
- Everything in Starter, plus watermark-free exports
- Audiate speech-to-text transcription and text-based video editing
- Automatic filler word and hesitation removal
- Advanced audio effects like noise removal and an equalizer
- Multi-language Audiate support
Pick Essentials if you record regularly and need clean, watermark-free videos. Text-based editing is a real time-saver because you cut video by deleting words. Skip this tier if you need AI script writing or voiceovers.
Create
Price: $249.00 per year billed yearly
Other Features:
- Everything in Essentials, plus AI script generation from a prompt
- Voiceover generation with 200+ voice options
- Script improvement and import tools
- Works on macOS 14+ and Windows 10 & 11
- Starter library of royalty-free videos, music, images, and sound effects
Create suits trainers, educators, and marketers who produce narrated videos often. The AI voices let you skip recording your own narration. If you'd rather avoid the camera entirely, take a look at Pro.
Pro
Price: $599.00 per year billed yearly
Other Features:
- Everything in Create, plus AI stock avatars with 49+ options
- Script translation and audio dubbing in many languages
- Unlimited video sharing and collaboration on Screencast
- Full stock audio, video, photos, and graphics library with no monthly limits
- AI image generation (Beta) and AI titles, descriptions, and transcripts on Screencast
Pro is built for teams and heavy creators who need localization, avatars, and unlimited sharing. If you're a solo user making occasional tutorials, the lower tiers will serve you better.
A few things worth knowing before you buy. Every plan is billed yearly, and licenses are tied to the purchasing email, so they can't be reassigned or transferred. Each license works on two devices for the same person. Plans are unlimited but subject to an excessive use clause in the Terms of Service, and shared media on Screencast is stored for 12 months on Starter through Create (Pro keeps it for the life of the subscription). Volume discounts start at 10 licenses, and students in the US, Canada, and UK can save through StudentBeans — if any of these limits matter to your setup, confirm license and storage details before checkout.
You don't have to buy blind, though. Each app in the suite can be trialed for free with various limits, and the Camtasia Editor itself is free to use with watermarked exports. If it's not a fit, TechSmith offers a 14-day money-back guarantee on purchases.
