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The best full page screenshot extensions for Chrome
Every extension in this category captures a whole page. Choosing between them on that basis is like choosing a car on whether it has wheels. What actually separates them: how much access they demand, what the free tier holds back, whether captures leave your machine, and whether they survive the two pages that break naive tools: one with a sticky header, and one that scrolls an inner pane.
Written by a competitor. One of the seven entries below is mine, and it is listed first because I think it is the right default, not because a table made it so. Its limitations are listed with it. Read the permissions on any store listing yourself before installing, including mine.
At a glance
| Extension | Best for | Free tier includes | Account | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Page Screenshot | Everyday capture, privately | Everything, with no paid tier | No | Free |
| GoFullPage | The old default, currently delisted | Capture, image and PDF export | For Premium | Free |
| FireShot | Batch capture across many tabs | Capture, PNG export | For Pro | Pro only |
| Awesome Screenshot | Recording and shareable links | Capture, editing, metered cloud | For cloud | Free |
| Capture Full Page | A like-for-like GoFullPage swap | Capture, editor, PDF | No | Free |
| Nimbus Screenshot | Capture plus video, lots of options | Capture, editing, recording | For cloud | Free |
| Chrome DevTools | One capture, right now | Built into the browser | No | No |
Tiers checked 14 August 2026. Vendors change pricing without notice, so verify on their own listing.
The seven, in detail
1. Full Page Screenshot: the private default
One click captures; the preview opens on its own; crop, arrows, boxes,
text, highlighter and redaction are included; export is PNG, JPEG or PDF.
It requests only activeTab, so it cannot read pages you did
not ask it to capture, and it makes no network requests of any kind. There is no server to send anything to. Captures are held in your browser
and cleared after 24 hours.
The two engineering details that show up in results: sticky headers are excluded by never sourcing those pixel bands from any frame after the first, which does not depend on the page cooperating the way hiding elements does; and on app-shell pages it detects the element that actually scrolls rather than assuming the document does.
Weaknesses: no screen recording, no cloud sharing, no batch capture, Chromium browsers only, and it is new: a one-person project with a test suite, not a decade of production hardening. MIT licensed, so it can be loaded unpacked if a store listing ever disappears.
2. GoFullPage: the incumbent, currently unavailable
Eleven million users and, for most of the last decade, the answer to this question. It was removed from the Chrome Web Store on 10 August 2026 over a copyright complaint its developers say was made in error and expect to be reversed. It continues to work on Microsoft Edge, and already-installed copies can often be re-enabled. Its free tier captures and exports images and PDF; the markup tools are Premium.
3. FireShot: for bulk work
The veteran. Still unmatched at capturing many tabs in one pass, and a one-time licence rather than a subscription, which plenty of people prefer on principle. The free tier is genuinely limited though: PNG export only, with JPEG, PDF, editing and batch capture on the Pro side. If your workflow ends at "PNG on my desktop," free FireShot is fine; if it involves PDF, budget for the licence.
4. Awesome Screenshot: capture as a team workflow
Screenshots, screen recording, annotation, and a cloud workspace with shareable links. If your bug reports live as links in a tracker, that is a real advantage. The trade is that the free plan meters what you keep in their cloud and the sharing side wants an account, which matters if you capture anything sensitive.
5. Capture Full Page: the like-for-like swap
One-click capture, an editor, PDF export, clipboard copy, no account. The most direct "GoFullPage but currently in the store" pick, and actively maintained.
6. Nimbus Screenshot: the kitchen sink
Full page, region, delayed and window capture, plus video recording and a substantial editor. More options than most people need, and a heavier tool as a result. Worth it if you use the breadth; overkill if you want a PNG.
7. Chrome DevTools: no extension at all
Ctrl/⌘⇧P inside DevTools → "Capture full size screenshot". Free, instant, zero permissions. It does not scroll first (so lazy-loaded images can come out blank), exports PNG only, cannot edit, and returns roughly one screenful on pages that scroll an inner pane. Excellent for a one-off; painful as a daily workflow. Step-by-step in how to take a full page screenshot in Chrome.
How to choose in ninety seconds
- You capture logged-in or client pages → local-only,
activeTab, no account. - Your output is PDF → check PDF is in the free tier before installing; several put it behind the paywall.
- You annotate every capture → check the editor is free too; that is the more common paywall.
- You capture 30 tabs at a time → FireShot Pro.
- Your team works in shared links → Awesome Screenshot or Nimbus.
- You need one screenshot today → DevTools, and close this tab.
The test that actually decides it
Install two candidates and capture the page that usually gives you trouble: the dashboard with a pinned toolbar, the long chat thread, the report whose header follows you down. Blog posts do not discriminate between these tools. The awkward page does, in about fifteen seconds.
Full Page Screenshot
Free with no paid tier, no account, no network requests, and
activeTab only. PNG, JPEG and PDF, with cropping,
annotation and redaction included.
FAQ
What is the best full page screenshot extension for Chrome?
For most people: a local-only extension with no account and nothing gated, so Full Page Screenshot or Capture Full Page. For batch work, FireShot. For recording and sharing, Awesome Screenshot. For a single capture, Chrome's own DevTools command.
Are screenshot extensions safe to install?
The permission list is the answer. "Read and change all your data on all websites" is permanent access to everything you browse; activeTab is one tab, on your click, expiring by itself. Screenshot extensions have historically been a target for acquisition-and-monetisation, so narrow permissions and readable source both matter more here than in most categories.
Which one exports PDF for free?
Full Page Screenshot, GoFullPage, Awesome Screenshot, Capture Full Page and Nimbus all include PDF export at no cost. FireShot puts it behind Pro, and Chrome's built-in capture does not do PDF at all.
Do any of these work on Firefox or Safari?
FireShot and Nimbus have Firefox builds. Firefox also has its own built-in full-page screenshot in the right-click menu, which is better than Chrome's. Safari's is in the screenshot preview on iOS and exports PDF. Full Page Screenshot is Chromium-only.
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