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Compare Camtasia and Simplified 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$39.00 Per Year
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Camtasia
Star Rating
(1,631)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$39.00 Per Year
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansSimplified
Star Rating
(4,996)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Camtasia excels in user experience, particularly for video editing, with many praising its intuitive drag-and-drop features and flexibility. Users find it easy to create high-quality media, making it a favorite for those with limited editing knowledge.
- According to verified reviews, Simplified shines in its ability to streamline content creation, especially for marketing purposes. Users appreciate how it saves time with quick designs and efficient planning for social media posts, making it a valuable tool for busy professionals.
- Reviewers mention that while both platforms have a similar star rating, Camtasia's overall G2 Score is significantly higher, indicating greater user satisfaction. This is reflected in feedback highlighting its user-friendly interface and comprehensive features for video editing.
- Users say that Simplified's setup process is straightforward, with many noting that it was as easy as 1, 2, 3. This ease of implementation is a strong point for those looking to quickly integrate a new tool into their workflow.
- G2 reviewers report that Camtasia's support quality is commendable, with users appreciating the assistance they receive when navigating the software. This contrasts with Simplified, where some users have expressed a desire for improved support options.
- According to recent feedback, while Camtasia is favored for its video editing capabilities, Simplified's strength lies in its AI-driven features for content generation, such as text-to-video and text-to-image functionalities, which users find helpful for enhancing their creative projects.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Camtasia
Starter
$39.00
Per Year
For better screen captures
- Image capabilities:
- Capture full-screen, window, region, panoramic, and steps
- Video capabilities:
Simplified
Simplified One
Starting at $29.00
1 Seat Per Month
Best for freelancers, solo creators
- 7 Social Media Accounts, 1 User
- 1 Brand Style & Voice
- 100K AI words
Free Trial
Camtasia
Free Trial is available
Simplified
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
1,410
9.0
723
Ease of Use
9.0
1,439
8.9
1,145
Ease of Setup
9.3
600
8.7
587
Ease of Admin
9.0
260
9.1
210
Quality of Support
8.8
1,000
8.9
555
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
248
9.1
200
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
1,389
9.0
665
Features by Category
Social Analytics
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Reports & Dashboards
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
Not enough data
9.0
116
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.9
117
Not enough data
8.8
108
Design & Editing
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.7
100
Ad Management
Not enough data
8.7
96
Not enough data
8.8
104
Not enough data
8.8
85
Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Grammar
Not enough data
8.9
366
Not enough data
8.8
356
Not enough data
9.0
391
Formatting
Not enough data
8.9
286
Not enough data
8.9
318
Not enough data
8.6
248
Content
Not enough data
9.0
337
Not enough data
9.1
393
Not enough data
8.9
277
Product Type
Not enough data
9.0
275
Not enough data
8.7
211
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
29
Not enough data
8.5
29
Platform Basics
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
766
Not enough data
8.1
670
Not enough data
Platform Content
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
761
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.9
631
Not enough data
7.5
558
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
5.7
34
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Platform Content
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Content & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.7
157
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.7
119
Not enough data
9.0
185
Social Management
Not enough data
8.7
127
Not enough data
9.0
155
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
141
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.2
14
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Voice
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Responses
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Features
9.4
99
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
98
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
9.5
99
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Organization
7.5
91
Not enough data
7.3
90
Not enough data
8.2
91
Not enough data
Customization
7.8
91
Not enough data
8.5
90
Not enough data
8.4
90
Not enough data
Analytics
6.7
89
Not enough data
6.6
88
Not enough data
6.6
89
Not enough data
Editing
8.0
533
8.6
49
7.2
455
9.1
49
8.1
538
9.1
55
8.0
483
9.1
50
8.4
499
9.0
50
9.1
569
8.8
52
8.8
546
9.1
55
Platform
8.6
515
9.0
51
8.8
530
8.9
50
7.3
437
9.0
50
Generative AI
6.3
363
7.5
8
6.0
357
7.7
8
Agentic AI - Video Editing
5.6
35
Not enough data
5.6
36
Not enough data
6.4
35
Not enough data
5.9
36
Not enough data
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image Generation
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Model
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
5.8
192
8.5
14
Publishing
7.8
202
8.3
14
Social Media
7.1
199
8.2
14
Planning
5.7
204
7.9
15
Generative AI
5.6
155
8.3
15
5.4
152
8.3
15
5.3
151
8.1
15
5.3
149
8.0
15
5.3
149
7.6
14
Agentic AI - Content Creation
5.6
26
Not enough data
5.6
26
Not enough data
5.6
26
Not enough data
5.8
26
Not enough data
5.8
26
Not enough data
5.6
26
Not enough data
5.7
26
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
7.0
11
7.9
12
7.9
11
7.9
12
7.7
11
7.4
12
8.0
11
8.2
11
Feature Not Available
6.1
12
7.0
11
6.7
11
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Feature Not Available
7.5
6
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.2
11
7.9
12
8.2
11
7.9
11
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.8
11
7.6
12
7.0
11
7.1
12
6.7
11
7.5
12
7.7
11
7.5
12
Video creation - Video Content Creation
9.2
353
7.7
10
7.4
333
7.2
10
8.0
343
6.8
10
7.6
334
7.2
10
Feature Not Available
6.5
10
8.3
217
7.0
10
6.5
321
7.2
10
7.0
331
7.2
10
7.7
321
7.3
10
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
7.0
10
7.8
318
7.2
10
8.6
334
7.8
10
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
6.5
10
6.4
305
7.5
10
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
7.4
311
7.3
10
8.0
311
6.8
10
Integrations - Video Content Creation
7.7
210
7.3
10
7.6
316
7.3
10
6.3
196
7.0
10
Other - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
7.0
10
Feature Not Available
7.0
10
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
5.7
21
Not enough data
5.5
20
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Camtasia and Simplified are categorized as Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Content Creation, and Video Editing
Unique Categories
Camtasia is categorized as Video Communications and Screen and Video Capture
Simplified is categorized as AI Image Generators, AI Chatbots, Transcription, AI Writing Assistant, Display Ad Design, Presentation, Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Chatbots, and Photo Editing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Camtasia
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Simplified
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
14.4%
Information Technology and Services
8.6%
Higher Education
7.0%
Marketing and Advertising
5.7%
E-Learning
5.0%
Other
59.3%
Writing and Editing
8.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.5%
Animation
4.5%
Accounting
4.2%
Arts and Crafts
4.1%
Other
70.9%
Discussions
Is Camtasia easy to use?
6 Comments
RM
Obviously, if you have any video editing experience (DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, or other products), you will be able to navigate the program quite...Read more
Can you get Camtasia for free?
5 Comments
TJ
Yes you can get Camtasia for free for 30 days, which is sufficient to evaluate the product if it works for you.
You may want to check this page...Read more
What other products are using to compliment Camtasia?
4 Comments
DY
Our company also uses Finalcut pro to edit video content and Adobe audition for higher quality audio for VO and longer narration.Read more
How can i optimise the long writer ? and is their a video that explains the video editor better
2 Comments
KD
Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShtGcsuz0PY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SimplifiedRead more
Can I embed your services in my website..
2 Comments
KD
You can ping online support, based on your use case we can explore the optionsRead more
Can Simplified AI writer really create readers-intent content?
2 Comments
MG
Hi Ganiyu! Yes! You can try it for yourself for free at simplified.co/aiRead more
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