Lightshot Pros and Cons

I use Lightshot every day to screenshot things for customers and coworkers. With the hotkey asisgned, it's easy to implement and integrate into my work, as I never have to actually open a program to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It'd be nice to have more editing features or more customizable options before saving/copying the screengrab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about Lightshot is that its very easy to use as it works in a single click. We can select area that to be captured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have not faced any issue yet.So, there's nothing as such to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I recommend Lightshot software because I get to take screenshots and recordings at any time. It's so easy to use, very accessible, and free to download on desktop.

It is capable on bringing output at it's fastest time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes, Lightshot encounters lagging issues, and I need to restart the app just to continue taking screenshots, but not all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing i like about lightshot is its easy to use extension that capture the screenshot in one click. It works with Print Screen button too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing to dislike in it is that it stops working in the background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Best part about lightshot is it is an extention to the browser so I just have to add it to my browser. Second is it let's me highlight a particular area that I wish to emphasize on. Another feature that I like about lightshot is I can share link to screenshot which helps a lot in my daily work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't think there is anything in particular to dislike about it except for sometimes it stops and I have to open it again. otherwise it's working well for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best about Lightshot is that it works with a single click. Selection of area helps in choosing the area to be captured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing to dislike about it because I don't face any issues while using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are many things I like about Lightshot such as the option to select the right portion of screen according to our requirement, the doodle option that is helpful for highlighting the focus area and the option to save it as file, cloud upload, and copy to paste it later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing much to dislike about Lightshot tool. But if we include the Lightshot Chrome extension, there are a few improvements that can make it better. Such improvements include, full webpage capture option with auto-scroll, and cloud save link should appear on the same tab instead of opening a new tab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lightshot is easy to install, download and free for PC and Mac.

Capture screen images with square section, search for similar and related images on the Internet.

Few system resources, automatic execution in the background and saving image in different available formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not compatible for users with Linux operating system, it limits the functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lightshot helps us to take screenshots easily with just a click of a button.

We can add comments and highlight or select particular areas within the screenshots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even though it is an amazing tool. It would be nice to have better editing options. Something like a blurring tool. We strike or blur out information from the screenshot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1) Very easy to capture the screenshots

2) You can add text, draw and use a pen before saving the screenshot, that makes a lot of things very easy.

3) You can directly upload. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some software allows typing while you highlight some portion of the screenshot, that seems to be missing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.