Vimeo Record Review | PCMag

You may recognize Vimeo as the high-end alternative to YouTube, the place where artists, filmmakers, and other professionals host high-quality content. However, Vimeo Record serves a slightly different purpose: This free, screen-capture utility lets you record and share video from your PC’s monitor or webcam. We can’t argue with that price, and Vimeo Record is a great way for existing Vimeo subscribers to get more from the ecosystem. Still, Screencast-O-Matic and our Editors’ Choice pick, Snagit, are superior, dedicated screen-capture utilities for free and paid users, respectively.Price and PlatformsVimeo Record is a free Google Chrome extension. To access the app on your desktop, you must use Chrome or a web browser that supports Chrome extensions, such as Edge or Opera (Firefox and Safari fans are out of luck). Vimeo Record works only on computers, not on mobile devices. The Vimeo blog offers alternative suggestions for recording your screen on those devices. Vimeo Record lacks premium options. You get free, unlimited recordings, and each video can be two hours long. However, Vimeo Record also exists as part of the larger Vimeo video hosting service, so to truly take advantage of all it offers, you need a premium Vimeo membership. Although Vimeo…
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