Best Built-In Option (Mac): Screenshot at Apple, 'Apple's built-in version of screen-capturing already does most of the things you need.'.

Best In-built Option (Windows): Snipping Tool at Snipping Tool Plus, 'This is a good program for capturing the contents of application windows, rectangular, or free-form areas.'.

Best for Optical Character Recognition (OCR): Screenpresso at Screenpresso, 'Screenpresso Pro lets you analyze any image you've captured for words and letters, and turn them into editable text.'.

Best for Automation: ShareX at ShareX, 'There are over a dozen different capture techniques, including choosing specific monitors, windows, and regions.'.

Best for Flexibility: Screenshot Captor at Donation Coder, 'Screenshot Captor is one of the very few apps that can grab content from your webcam, scanner, and scrolling window.'.

Best for Capturing Web Pages: Fireshot at Fireshot, 'Fireshot makes it quick and easy to capture as much or as little of a web page as you need.'.

Best for Professionals: Snagit at Tech Smith, 'Snagit remains popular with corporate customers due to its powerful features and simple usability.'.

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