Upload to your server.
Or ours. Your choice.
Gyazo hosts your captures on its own service, which is what makes it so quick to set up. Maxisnap treats the upload destination as yours to pick — every time.
Maxisnap is a Gyazo alternative that lets you own the upload destination. Same instant capture-and-share workflow — press hotkey, drag region, paste link. Your own SFTP or S3 destination is part of the one-time $29 Studio add-on; Maxisnap Cloud is built in. The difference is that Gyazo stores every screenshot on their servers, and Maxisnap gives you the choice of your own SFTP, your own S3, or the Maxisnap Cloud, with upload target configurable per-capture.
Where your screenshots actually go
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Gyazo vs Maxisnap
Gyazo questions
Is a hosted screenshot service a privacy risk?
Any tool that uploads to a shared host raises the same consideration, ours included: the file sits on infrastructure you don’t control, and a share link is by design reachable by anyone who has it. If your captures routinely contain sensitive information, a tool that can upload to your own server gives you direct control over access and retention.
Where are Gyazo screenshots stored?
Gyazo uploads to its hosted service by default. Maxisnap Cloud is built in; custom SFTP and S3-compatible destinations require the $29 one-time Studio add-on.
Can I delete a Gyazo screenshot I uploaded?
Yes, from their web interface with your account. With a self-hosted destination you delete the file the same way you would delete any file on your own server.
Does Maxisnap replace Gyazo?
For the core capture-and-share loop, yes — and the difference is that you pick where the file lives. Worth noting the other direction too: Gyazo has a macOS app and Maxisnap does not, so on a Mac, Gyazo is the one that works today.
Can I self-host the upload target?
Yes, with Studio. It is a $29 one-time add-on for SFTP, FTP, S3-compatible, and HTTP destinations using your configured public base URL.
Your captures. Your server. Your call.
Choose where your screenshots live — our cloud, or your own server.
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