Bandicam

Overview

Bandicam is a desktop recorder from Bandicam Company, long used for gameplay capture and general Windows screen recording; the company now also lists a Mac edition, a separate editor called Bandicut and AI features such as transcription, auto zoom and webcam background removal^[14]. The download page listed Bandicam 2027, version 27.0.7, dated 15 October 2026^[14].

The free version records with limits; paid licences remove the recording time limit and watermark and include updates and support^[14]. Bandicam sells personal licences for non-commercial use without an invoice and Business & Education licences for organisations, and offers both annual and perpetual options. Perpetual licences cover a specific major version; the company notes that perpetual licences bought before 18 November 2023 apply to the older 2024 release^[14].

Bandicam’s strengths are low overhead and a simple interface, which suit recording games and long desktop sessions on modest hardware. It does not offer cloud hosting, team sharing or viewer analytics, and editing requires the separate Bandicut product.

Bandicam features

• Screen, game, webcam and audio recording
• No time limit or watermark on paid licence
• AI transcription and auto zoom
• Webcam background removal
• Separate Bandicut editor bundle
• Perpetual licence option

Bandicam pricing

Prices in USD, shown with a promotional discount at review: Personal annual US$33.26 per year; Personal perpetual US$53.90 (list US$77.00); Business annual 1-PC US$49.46 (list US$65.95); Bandicam + Bandicut bundles from US$49.97.

Bandicam strengths and limitations

Appears in

• Best Screen Recording Software in 2026 #11

Bandicam alternatives and competitors

Alternatives to Bandicam: companies ranked in the same lists.

• Camtasia
• Loom
• OBS Studio
• ScreenPal
• Descript
• Screen Studio
• Zight
• Tella
• Vidyard
• SShareX
• Movavi Screen Recorder