Is Zight worth it in 2026?
Share, Create, and Collaborate prices, the monthly AI action cap, and when a screenshot is enough.
The quick answer
Zight is worth Create if you need more than a 5-minute video or an AI write-up from a recording. Create is $9.95 per user a month on annual billing, charged once at $119.40, or $12.95 paid monthly. Screenshots, GIFs, and screen video share one library. Create lists 5 AI Smart Actions a month, and Share and Create leave the link open. A closed link starts at Collaborate, $144 per user for the year, with a 2-seat minimum. Loom is the closer alternative when the job is a video message.
Zight is worth Create at $119.40 a year if a 5-minute video is too short or you want an AI document from the recording. That price is $9.95 per user a month, charged once. Share is free, and it is enough for a marked-up screenshot or a short clip. The link stays open.
This is a reading of Zight's pages on 30 October 2026, not a hands-on test. The pricing page renders Create at $12.95 per user a month or $119.40 for the year, and Collaborate at $15 per user a month or $144 per user for the year. Annual totals are charged once. The plans article, updated 8 August 2026, prints the same dollars and warns that its table may lag checkout. Confirm the amount and applicable taxes at checkout.
Academy data: our prompt library, counted on 30 October 2026, holds 1,777 packs and 46,439 prompts. None name Zight. The ChatGPT prompts for Loom are 16 prompts that draft a script. The ChatGPT SOP prompts and the Claude SOP prompts add 16 each. Those packs do not capture the screen.
Zight plans as of 30 October 2026
Prices in US dollars from zight.com/pricing on 30 October 2026. Annual totals are charged once. The 8 August 2026 plans article prints the same Create and Collaborate prices and says its table may lag checkout.
| Feature | Share | Create | Collaborate | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $0 | $12.95/user/month | $15/user/month | Custom |
| Annual charge, once | $0 | $119.40/user/year | $144/user/year | Custom |
| Annual, shown as | $0 | $9.95/user/month | $12/user/month | Custom |
| Video length | 5 minutes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Top quality | 720p | 4K | 4K | 4K |
| GIF length | 15 seconds | 60 seconds | 60 seconds | 60 seconds |
| Smart Actions | No | 5 a month | Included | Included |
| Summaries and chapters | No | 5 a month each | Included | Included |
| Transcript, titles, captions | No | Included | Included | Included |
| Video requests | 5 a month | 10 a month | 50 a month | Custom |
| Blur and redact | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visible history | Last 50 captures | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Storage | 1 GB | 5 GB | Included | Included |
| Included users | 1 | 2 | Up to 100 | Unlimited |
| Close the link | No | No | Restrict or password | Restrict or password |
What you get
- ✓Screenshots and video share one library. Markup, a scrolling capture, and a link are on Share, before you pay.
- ✓Create removes the 5-minute cap, adds blur, and includes transcripts, titles, and captions without a separate AI add-on.
- ✓A video request lets someone reply with a recording and no Zight account. Share includes 5 of those a month.
- ✓Annual billing is a single charge. Create is $119.40 for the year, $36 less than 12 months at $12.95.
The trade-offs
- ✕Create allows 5 Smart Actions a month. Summaries and Smart Chapters are separate rows, also 5 a month, and Zight does not say if they share one counter.
- ✕Share and Create leave the link open. A password or a named-person limit starts at Collaborate, which requires at least 2 seats.
- ✕Chrome stays at 720p on a paid plan. The 4K option is not a Chrome capture.
- ✕The Collaborate card says unlimited AI actions. The grid and the AI article do not print that number.
- ✕Exports to Jira, Notion, Confluence, and Zendesk are add-ons until Scale, with no price printed. Cancellation does not promise a refund of the annual charge.
Worth it if…
- →You record walkthroughs longer than 5 minutes, or you need blur on a screenshot, and you can live with 5 AI write-ups a month.
- →A small team of 2 to 100 needs a password, a closed link, or a logo on the share page, and can pay $144 per user for the year up front.
- →You collect screen recordings from customers or colleagues who will not install an app.
Skip it if…
- →A few short clips and marked-up screenshots are the whole job. Share is $0, with a 5-minute cap and the last 50 captures visible.
- →You need more than 5 AI guides a month and you will not confirm the Collaborate quota before the annual charge.
- →The recording has to stay private, or you need HIPAA, SCIM, or a view-only license. Scale has no public price.
- →You need SOP wording more than a hosted video.
What Share, Create, and Collaborate are
Zight captures a screenshot, a GIF, or a screen video and returns a link. The plans article maps the old names: Free is Share, Pro is Create, Team is Collaborate, and Enterprise is Scale. Share is free for one person. Create is the individual paid plan. Collaborate is the team plan. The seat control starts at 2 users and stops at 100. Scale is talk to sales.
Every plan includes the desktop, phone, and Chrome apps, system audio, and screenshot markup. Blur, transcription, and link expiry start at Create. A logo, a custom domain, and a limit on who can open an item start at Collaborate. SSO beyond Google, SCIM, HIPAA with a BAA, and view-only licenses are Scale. SAML below Scale is Google only.
Screenshot, GIF, or video
Use a screenshot when one marked-up screen is the whole explanation. Share includes that markup and does not include blur, and the link is not locked. Blur and redact, on screenshots and on video, start at Create.
Use video when the click order or a voice matters. Share stops at 5 minutes and a 15-second GIF, at up to 720p, with trim and split on desktop only. Paid plans list unlimited length, 60-second GIFs, and up to 4K. The recording-length article, updated 29 May 2026, adds a limit the grid omits: Chrome stays at 720p on a paid plan.
A video request is a link someone answers with a recording, with no account and no install. The pricing FAQ says that. The grid allows 5 a month on Share, 10 on Create, 50 on Collaborate, and a custom volume on Scale. Smart Actions run on a processed video, not on a still screenshot.
What a year actually costs
One person on Create pays $119.40 once, or $12.95 a month. Twelve monthly bills are $155.40, so annual is $36 less. The annual toggle is labeled a 20% saving. That matches Collaborate: $15 a month is $180 over 12 months, and $144 once is $36 less. On Create, $36 off $155.40 is more than 20%. Compare the dollars.
Collaborate will not price a single seat. Two users on the annual view are the $288 the page prints, against $360 over 12 monthly bills. Five users are $720 once (5 times $144), or $75 a month ($900 over 12 months). Twenty users are $2,880 once, or $300 a month ($3,600 over 12 months). Self-serve stops at 100 seats. Scale has no public price, and monthly self-serve billing is not on that plan.
For a five-person shared workspace, confirm the seat rules before buying. The limits row lists 2 included users on Create and 1 on Share, without explaining what the second user can capture. View-only licenses are Scale. A viewer can open a link with no account. The page does not say a named person on a restricted item is a free seat. Share storage is 1 GB and Create is 5 GB. Collaborate and Scale print no gigabyte figure.
Where the 5 AI actions run out
Share has no AI. On Create, transcripts in 50+ languages, titles, and captions have no monthly number. Summaries, Smart Actions, and Smart Chapters are each marked 5 a month. The AI article, updated 13 October 2026, says those Smart Actions build a guide, an FAQ, a bug report, or an SOP from a processed video. It does not say a summary or a chapter set uses that same 5. Treat the rows as separate caps until the product shows one counter.
The Collaborate card says unlimited AI and Smart Actions. The grid says Included, and the AI article says only that access follows current plan limits. Confirm the counter before the annual charge. Exports to Confluence, Jira, Notion, or Zendesk are add-ons until Scale, with no price printed. The article says Zight AI does not use your data to train models.
Who can open the link, and how you cancel
Share and Create cannot restrict an item to named people, to the workspace, or behind a password. Anyone with the link can watch, with no account. Collaborate and Scale add those controls. Custom retention and your own S3 bucket are Scale. Blur does not close a link.
The cancellation article, updated 29 May 2026, says you cancel from the plans page in account settings. A trial is not charged at the end unless the offer says otherwise, because it does not take a card. A paid plan runs until the period ends, then becomes Share. Download what you still need first. The article does not promise a refund of the annual charge, which is paid up front.
When Loom or Scribe fits the job instead
Pick Loom when you need a video message and a screenshot is secondary. Pick Scribe when you need a written click path. Check each provider for its current terms. Stay on Share when 5 minutes, a 15-second GIF, and an annotated screenshot cover the week.
Those prompt packs draft a script or a procedure. They do not record or host the file. Pay for Create when the missing piece is the capture or the five AI write-ups.
The verdict
For one person, Create at $119.40 for the year matches the job: unlimited length, blur, transcripts, and 5 Smart Actions a month. Share, at $0, is enough until a video hits 5 minutes, a screenshot needs blur, or the open link is the problem. Monthly billing costs $36 more over 12 months ($155.40 versus $119.40).
Price a team on Collaborate, not on stacked Create seats. Five users are $720 for the year, and twenty are $2,880, both charged once. That plan can close a link. Skip it if you only needed a higher AI cap and have not seen the live counter. Scale is a sales quote.
Better alternatives?
If it is not the right fit, these are worth a look.
Loom
Async screen video for a message to a teammate.
Scribe
Written click-path guides with screenshots, when a document will outlast a narrated video.
Snagit
Desktop screenshot and screen capture when the file should live on the computer and a hosted AI library is optional.
Zight Share
The free plan: 5-minute videos, 15-second GIFs, screenshot markup, and an open link.
Frequently asked questions
Is Zight worth it for screenshots and short videos?▾
Share, at $0, covers a marked-up screenshot, a 15-second GIF, or a video under 5 minutes, with an open link. Create is worth it for a longer recording, blur, or an AI write-up: $119.40 charged once for the year, or $12.95 a month. Read on zight.com/pricing, 30 October 2026.
How much does Zight cost for one person, five people, and twenty?▾
One Create user pays $119.40 once for the year, or $155.40 over 12 months at $12.95. Collaborate starts at 2 seats: five users pay $720 once, or $900 over 12 months at $15 a seat. Twenty users pay $2,880 once, or $3,600 over 12 monthly bills. Scale has no public price. Create lists 2 included users; confirm the seat rules for a five-person workspace before purchasing.
What is the AI action cap, and which plans include it?▾
Share has no AI. Create includes transcripts, titles, and captions, and the pricing table marks summaries, Smart Actions, and Smart Chapters at 5 a month each. The AI article, updated 13 October 2026, says the 5 Smart Actions build a guide, FAQ, bug report, or SOP. It does not say the three rows share one counter. The Collaborate card says unlimited. The grid only says Included.
When should I use a screenshot instead of a video?▾
Use a screenshot for one marked-up screen. Blur starts at Create. Use a video when the click order matters. Share caps video at 5 minutes and 720p. Paid plans list unlimited length and up to 4K, and Chrome stays at 720p. Smart Actions run on a processed video, not on a screenshot.
Can I cancel Zight, and do I get the annual charge back?▾
Cancel from the plans page in account settings. A trial is not charged at the end unless the offer says otherwise. A paid plan keeps its features until the period ends, then moves to Share. The cancellation article, updated 29 May 2026, says to download first. It does not promise a refund of the $119.40 or the $144-per-user annual charge.