ScreenFlow Review - why 3.1 stars?

ScreenFlow Review
ITQlick Score: 62/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 6/10 - average cost
Category: Video editing -> ScreenFlow review
Ranking:Ranked 8 out of 18 Video editing systems
Company: Telestream
Pricing: starts at $129 per license
Typical customers: Medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop, Cloud
Links: ScreenFlow pricing, ScreenFlow alternatives
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Jul 15, 2022

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What is ScreenFlow?

ScreenFlow is a Mac screen recording and editing software designed to help users create high quality video tutorials, presentations, video training and software demos. Once users are done creating videos, they can publish them to Google Drive, Facebook and Dropbox directly using the upload manager. Telestream, the company behind ScreenFlow, was founded back in 1998 and is headquartered in Nevada City, California.

Who is it best for?

ScreenFlow is suitable for media and entertainment companies, ad agencies, educational facilities, corporations, healthcare providers and video prosumers. Phlearn, Mailchimp and Kallysta are some of the clients of ScreenFlow.

Main features and functionalities

ScreenFlow comes with screen recording video editing, custom multithreaded SSE, 64-bit enabled compression system, recording timer, pause screen recordings, nested clips, screen recording highlights, multi-layer track editing, video annotations, powerful titling, Chroma key support and video and audio filters features. Users can save their video in MPEG-4, Windows Media Movie or QuickTime format and the latest version of this video editing software offers more transitions options.

What is the actual cost?

The cost of license starts at $129 per license. ITQlick pricing score is 6 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for ScreenFlow. You can also find here pricing information from ScreenFlow's website.

Pros

  • ScreenFlow offers full-screen, 2880x1800 resolution screen recording unlike most of the other similar tools
  • ScreenFlow supports publishing edited videos to Dropbox, Facebook and Google Drive
  • The customer support of this video capturing software offers phone, email and remote access services support

Cons

  • ScreenFlow’s workflow can be clumsy sometimes which can be a problem for some users
  • ScreenFlow’s free trial version adds watermark on the exported QuickTime movies
  • The customer support of this video capturing software offers premium support only at an additional cost

How it stacks up?

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Is it the best Video editing system?

ScreenFlow is ranked 8 out of 18 software in their category (Video editing systems).

How they are rated on ITQlick?

The rating of ScreenFlow is 3.1 stars out of 5 and the total score is 62 out of 100. The rating score is based on our unbiased data-based algo. Learn more - rating methodology page.

Is it an easy to use Software?

Yes, ScreenFlow makes it fairly easy to use. This product is user friendly and intuitive.

Is it cloud-based?

Yes, they offer cloud based hosting, which means IT resources are retrieved through web-based tools and applications and you don't need to buy servers and additional hardware equipment.

Can it be used on mobile?

No, currently ScreenFlow can't be accessed on mobile, you would need to access it from your computer.

What should we ask during a demo session?

Differences between ScreenFlow and alternatives?

The most popular alternatives to ScreenFlow in 2024: Wondershare, Knovio, Grome, Dailymotion, Final Cut Pro. Access the complete competitors analysis here - ScreenFlow VS Video editing Software alternatives.

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