Buy once instead of Camtasia
4 apps in the directory cover what people use Camtasia for. 3 of them are a one-time purchases, and one costs nothing at all.
Read the catch on each one before you switch — a one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
The replacements
OBS Studio
free screen recording and live streaming with no limits or watermark
Free Open source
No editor and no official support — scenes and macOS audio routing are yours to set up
Capto
screen capture, recording and light video editing for one payment
$29.99 Perpetual
The $29.99 tier is the discounted pack; the two full unlocks are $49.99
iShowU Studio 2
record and edit in one app, on a genuine perpetual licence
$79 Perpetual
$79 covers Studio 2 only — the quicker iShowU V6 recorder is a separate $89 app
ScreenFlow
screen recorder with a real multi-track editor attached, bought outright
$199 Paid upgrades
Major versions are paid upgrades, and Telestream does not publish the upgrade price