Drag a rectangle over anything on your screen — a table inside a PDF, a chart, a question — and GridSnip turns it into structured data, a plain-language explanation, or a direct answer. Instantly.
Free to start · No account required · 20 credits on us
| Region | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| North | $1.2M | +14% |
| South | $890K | +8% |
| East | $2.1M | +22% |
| West | $1.7M | +18% |
Drag over anything. Pick a mode. Get the output you need.
Crops a region and returns a structured table with editable rows and columns. Export directly to Excel in one click.
Best for grids inside apps, browsers, and PDFs.
Returns a plain-language Markdown explanation of whatever is in the crop — charts, slides, formulas, dense text.
Best for anything visual that needs interpreting.
Returns direct, bolded answers. Great for multiple-choice questions, short-answer homework, or any content that needs a fast, confident reply.
Best for exam questions and quick lookups.
Standalone AI chat — no screenshot needed. Ask follow-up questions about a previous capture or start a fresh conversation.
Best for back-and-forth and follow-ups.
Most snipping tools stop at the image. GridSnip starts there.
| Capability |
Snipping Tool · ShareX · Snagit
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GridSnip
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| Captures a region of the screen | ||
| Saves as an image file | Image stays in memory — output is data, not a file | |
| Extracts table data into editable rows | ||
| Exports directly to Excel | ||
| Explains charts, slides, or formulas in plain language | ||
| Answers questions directly from captured content | ||
| Follow-up chat without leaving the tool | ||
| Understands locked or non-selectable text (in PDFs, apps) | ||
| Works without copy-pasting anything | ||
| Appends multiple captures into one growing table | ||
| Floats unobtrusively over your desktop | Tray icon only | |
| Free to start |
Standard snipping tools are great at one thing: saving pixels. GridSnip is built for the next step — turning those pixels into something you can actually use.
★★★★★"I spend half my day inside PDFs and locked spreadsheets. Before GridSnip I was manually retyping tables — actually retyping them. Now I drag, click extract, and I'm in Excel in under two seconds. I don't know how I tolerated the old way."
★★★★★"Answer Questions and MCQ is the mode I didn't know I needed. I do MCQ practice sets every evening and this thing just... answers them from the screen. No copy-paste, no switching tabs."
★★★★★"I tried Snagit, ShareX, the built-in Snipping Tool — they all give you a picture. GridSnip gives you the answer. Completely different category of tool."
★★★★★"The floating pill design is clever. It never gets in the way but it's always there. Feels more like a keyboard shortcut than an app."
★★★★★"Our team uses it to pull competitor pricing tables off websites and into Excel without touching a keyboard. That workflow alone pays for the Team plan in the first week."
★★★★☆"Works exactly as advertised. The explain mode handles my engineering slides surprisingly well — I was skeptical about charts but it reads axis labels, trends, everything."
GridSnip lives in the corner of your desktop. Click to open the mode menu — extract, explain, answer, or chat.
Your screen dims. Drag over the table, chart, question, or text you want. Press Esc to cancel any time.
A structured table, Markdown explanation, or direct answer appears in milliseconds. Export, copy, or append more rows.
More capable models cost more credits. Pick what the task deserves.
| Model | Speed | Best for | Credits (scales with text density) |
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Lite
GridSnip Flash Lite
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Quick extractions, simple tables, short answers | from 1 credit | |
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Flash
GridSnip Flash
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Dense PDFs, multi-column tables, explanations | from 3 credits | |
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Pro
GridSnip Pro
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Complex charts, nuanced analysis, multi-step reasoning | from 10 credits | |
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Ultra
GridSnip Ultra
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Research-grade analysis, highest accuracy, hardest tasks | from 25 credits |
Credits scale with the amount of text in your capture — a small snippet costs the minimum; a dense multi-column table costs more. Credits reset monthly and do not roll over.
Start free. Scale when you need more.
Try every mode and see what GridSnip can do. Enough to get the taste, not enough to replace a plan.
For regular use. Unlocks Flash and chat follow-ups for denser, harder content.
For power users. All models unlocked. Enough credits to stay in flow all day.
For organizations that run on data. Shared credit pool, centralized billing.
Credits scale with how much text is in your capture — a small snippet costs fewer credits than a dense multi-column table.
No. GridSnip handles AI access for you. On paid plans, your subscription covers usage. On the Free plan, your 100 monthly credits cover the cost. No key setup required.
GridSnip shows a clear notice when credits are low. Once exhausted, captures are paused until the next billing cycle. You can upgrade your plan or wait for the monthly reset — whichever suits you.
No. Credits reset on your monthly billing date (or on the 1st for Free users). This keeps pricing predictable for everyone.
GridSnip runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11. It is an Electron app — no .NET or Visual C++ redistributables required. A macOS build is on the roadmap.
Captures are sent for AI processing only and are not stored by GridSnip. Your provider’s standard API data policies apply. No capture is ever stored on our servers.
Yes. Open Settings and change the active model at any time. The credit rate shown in the FAB tooltip updates immediately so you always know what the next capture will cost.
Each seat contributes its 10,000 credits to a shared pool. A three-seat team has 30,000 credits to use however they need — one person can use more, another less, without waste.
100 free credits. No account. No setup. Just download and drag.
Download for Windows — it's free