# Camtasia (TechSmith) pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** No monthly USD price — the published figure is on another basis (annual-only, non-USD, or one-time); see Plans below.
**Domain:** techsmith.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** Snagit, Audiate, Screencast
**Best for:** Learning-and-development and internal training teams producing how-to video; Software companies making product demos and support content
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | not priced monthly | — | per_seat | Annual-only subscription — TechSmith publishes no month-to-month price for any Camtasia tier, so monthlyUsd is null by definition. The store served us 39,56 EUR per year billed yearly; no USD figure was rendered to our request, so none is claimed and the euro amount is not converted. Includes the Editor, Snagit, AI image and redaction features, and unlimited 4K/60fps recording. The catch: paying for Starter does NOT remove the export watermark — TechSmith's own FAQ states watermark removal requires Essentials, Create or Pro, so Starter buyers still ship stamped video. | techsmith.com |
| Essentials | not priced monthly | — | per_seat | Annual-only subscription; no month-to-month price exists, so monthlyUsd is null. TechSmith's support site states Essentials is 'as low as $179/user per year' — priced per user, and the 'as low as' hedge means volume or promotional pricing may sit under a higher list rate, so treat $179 as a floor rather than a rate card. The same tier rendered as 182,49 EUR per year on the store served to us. This is the first tier that removes the export watermark, and it adds Audiate, text-based editing, speech-to-text and studio-quality audio effects over Starter. | techsmith.com |
| Create | not priced monthly | — | per_seat | Annual-only subscription, priced per user, so monthlyUsd is null. The store rendered 252,62 EUR per year billed yearly to our request and no USD equivalent was displayed, so no dollar figure is asserted. Adds AI script generation and improvement, 200+ voiceover options with multi-language support, and voiceover customization over Essentials. | techsmith.com |
| Pro | not priced monthly | — | per_seat | Annual-only subscription; no month-to-month price, so monthlyUsd is null. TechSmith's support site states Pro is $599/user per year. The same tier rendered as 607,71 EUR per year on the store served to us. Adds 49 avatar styles, image generation, 100 million+ premium royalty-free stock assets and unlimited Screencast video sharing. Subscriptions are described as non-transferable between individuals, so seats cannot be handed to a replacement employee. | techsmith.com |

## Price changes

Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.

**Key features:** Screen recording and timeline editing in one product, built around software demos and training video; A genuinely free, time-unlimited full editor whose only restriction is a watermark on export; Text-based editing via the bundled Audiate transcript editor, with Snagit and Screencast hosting bundled rather than sold separately.

**Plan limits:** Billing is annual only — TechSmith publishes no month-to-month rate for any tier; Priced per user and described as non-transferable between individuals; The free Camtasia Editor watermarks exports, and so does the paid Starter tier — watermark removal starts at Essentials; USD pricing was not rendered to our fetch (store geo-served EUR); only Essentials and Pro USD rates are documented, via TechSmith support; Essentials' $179/user/yr is an 'as low as' floor, not a firm list price; AI avatars, translation and dubbing are gated to the top Pro tier.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-09-10
Provenance: techsmith.com/store/camtasia was re-fetched on 2026-09-10 and again geo-served euro prices with no USD figures, confirming all four euro amounts exactly as the draft recorded them (39,56 / 182,49 / 252,62 / 607,71 EUR, all billed yearly, no monthly option anywhere). USD annual rates for Essentials ($179/user/yr, 'as low as') and Pro ($599/user/yr) were re-confirmed from TechSmith's own support article. No USD figure is asserted for Starter or Create because none was rendered to us and converting EUR would be fabrication. Correction applied this pass: the draft asserted freeTier true without a supporting source and conflated the free editor with the paid Starter tier. techsmith.com/camtasia was fetched to settle it and does state the full Camtasia Editor is free to download and use with watermarked exports — so freeTier stands, but that URL is now in sources and the free editor is distinguished from the 39,56 EUR/yr Starter subscription. That same FAQ also establishes that Starter is still watermarked.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/video-editing/camtasia/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl