6 apps compared

The best screenshot extensions for Chrome

For a free, one-click full-page capture, GoFullPage is hard to beat, and its $1-a-month Premium adds cropping and annotations. If you mark up a lot of screenshots and want them in a library with share links, Awesome Screenshot and Pagewing are the two to weigh: Awesome Screenshot costs less on its own and also records your screen, while Pagewing adds scrolling-panel capture, numbered steps and finished backgrounds, keeps full-page capture free, and covers a recorder, a PDF editor and short links in the same subscription. Lightshot suits quick area grabs, FireShot suits saving pages as PDFs, and Chrome's DevTools does a full-size PNG with nothing installed.

Checked against each app's own pages in October 2026. We compared the screenshot tools people install in Chrome on what they capture (visible area, selection, full page, scrolling panels), the editor, where captures are saved and shared, what the free version allows and the price of the first paid plan billed monthly, reading each maker's own pricing page in October 2026.

1
GoFullPage
Best for: anyone who mostly needs a clean full-page capture, free
The go-to full-page capture: one click scrolls the whole page, including inner scrolling areas and frames, and downloads it as PNG, JPG or PDF, with no sign-in and no extra permissions.
Price
Free; Premium $1 a month after a one-week trial
Free plan
Unlimited full-page captures as PNG, JPG or PDF
Runs on
Chrome, Edge and Firefox extensions
- Reliable on long and complex pages
- Nothing to sign up for
- Premium adds cropping, blur, text, highlights, URL and date stamps and PDF page splitting for very little
- Captures the full page only, not a selected area or window
- No library or share links
- Editing needs Premium
2
Awesome Screenshot
Best for: people who want screenshots and recording in one cheap extension
The all-rounder: visible area, full page, selection, whole screen or an app window, annotated with shapes, arrows, text and blur, saved locally or to a cloud library with a share link, plus a screen recorder.
Price
Free plan; Basic $6 a month billed monthly ($5 billed annually) for unlimited screenshots; Professional $8 a month ($6 billed annually) adds unlimited recordings
Free plan
100 cloud screenshots with basic annotations, or unlimited screenshots saved to your computer
Runs on
Chrome extension and web app
- Captures the whole screen or another app's window, not just web pages
- Share links and sends to Slack, Jira, Trello and Asana
- Screen recording included
- The free cloud library stops at 100 screenshots
- The free plan has only basic annotation tools
- No scrolling-panel capture inside a page
Pagewing vs Awesome Screenshot, feature by feature
3
Pagewing
Best for: people who annotate captures for docs, bug reports and posts, and already pay for other browser tools
This site
A side panel that captures the visible area, a selection, the full page or one scrolling panel inside it, each with its own shortcut and an optional timer, then opens an editor with arrows, text, shapes, numbered steps, blur and gradient backgrounds. The same subscription covers a screen recorder, a PDF editor, short links and more.
Price
Free plan; Premium and Pro cover every Pagewing tool in one subscription
Free plan
Visible, area and full-page captures with the full editor and a searchable local library
Runs on
Chrome extension plus the Pagewing web app for the editor and library
- Full-page capture is free, with sticky headers shown once and very tall pages split into parts
- Numbered steps, blur and polished backgrounds, saved as PNG, JPG, WebP or a PDF stamped with the page's address and date
- Share links with an expiry and a password, and sends to Slack and Jira, on Premium
- Chrome only, and it captures web pages, not other apps or your desktop
- Scrolling-panel capture, the cloud library and share links need Premium
- A young product next to extensions with millions of users
Add to Chrome, free
4
Lightshot
Best for: quick grabs of part of a page to paste into chat
A fast area-select screenshot tool: drag over part of the page, add a quick arrow or note, then save, copy or upload for a short link.
Price
Free; no paid plan is listed
Free plan
Yes
Runs on
Chrome, Firefox and Opera extensions, and Windows and Mac apps
- Two clicks from capture to clipboard
- Free with no account
- Desktop apps capture anything on screen
- No full-page capture in the extension
- Uploads go to a public image host
- A small editor with no blur or library
5
FireShot
Best for: archiving web pages as PDFs with clickable links
A page-capture extension known for saving pages as PDFs: capture the full page, the visible part or a selection, and save, print or email it; Pro adds an editor, PDF links and exports to OneNote.
Price
FireShot Lite is free; Pro $39.95 a year or a $99.95 lifetime license
Free plan
FireShot Lite is free; the site doesn't list what Lite includes
Runs on
Chrome, Firefox, Edge and other browser extensions
- PDFs with working links and searchable text on Pro
- A lifetime license instead of a subscription
- Captures very long pages
- The editor, headers, footers and watermarks need Pro
- No library or share links
- The pricing page doesn't say what Lite leaves out
6
Chrome DevTools
Best for: developers who already have DevTools open and need a one-off full-page PNG
Chrome itself can take a full-size screenshot: open DevTools, toggle the device toolbar, and pick Capture full size screenshot from its menu for a PNG of the whole page.
Price
Free with Chrome
Free plan
Yes
Runs on
Built into Chrome on every desktop
- Nothing to install
- Exact full-size PNG at the emulated width
- Several clicks and a developer tool, not a shortcut
- No editor, blur, library or share links
- Only PNG

Prices and features as read on each app's own site in October 2026, billed monthly in US dollars unless said otherwise. They change: check there before you decide.

Side by side

Pagewing against each screenshot tool

Every feature in a table, where the other app does more, and what your whole stack costs.

Pagewing vs Awesome Screenshotscreenshot tool, feature by feature

Questions

Something else? Write to us from the Support link below.

Which screenshot extension is free?

GoFullPage, Lightshot, FireShot Lite and Chrome DevTools are free with no account. Pagewing's visible, area and full-page captures and its editor are free with a local library, and Awesome Screenshot's free plan gives you 100 cloud screenshots or unlimited local ones.

Which one takes a full-page screenshot?

GoFullPage, Awesome Screenshot, Pagewing, FireShot and Chrome DevTools all capture the whole scrolling page. Pagewing also captures a single scrolling panel inside a page, such as a chat or a feed, on Premium. Lightshot's extension captures a selected area only.

Can I blur part of a screenshot?

Yes, in Awesome Screenshot, Pagewing, GoFullPage Premium and FireShot Pro. Lightshot and Chrome DevTools have no blur tool.

Where do my screenshots go?

GoFullPage, FireShot and DevTools download the file to your computer. Lightshot copies or uploads it to a public host. Awesome Screenshot and Pagewing let you choose: save to your computer, or keep captures in a library you can search, with Pagewing's library in your browser for free and in your cloud with a subscription.

Is Pagewing free?

Yes. Every tool works on the free plan, with a few limits. Premium removes the limits and adds features like share links, PDF signatures and cloud storage, for every tool at once. Pro adds Office conversions, bookmark cleanups and AI summaries and branding for recordings on top. You only add a card if you decide to upgrade.

More lists

The best extensions for other jobs

Each list weighs the leading apps the same way, with Pagewing among them.

Try Pagewing next to what you use now.

Every tool works on the free plan, so run it alongside the app you have, then keep whichever you still need.

Add to Chrome, free

The other apps named here are trademarks of their owners, who aren't affiliated with or endorsing Pagewing. We name them only to compare.