Most people look up the Bandicam price at the exact moment the free version gets in the way: a recording stops at five minutes, or a trimmed clip comes out with a logo on it.
The trouble is that search results mix old prices, regional stores and resellers, so it is hard to tell what Bandicam actually costs today. This guide uses only Bandicam's official store and support pages, checked on November 12, 2026.
The prices below are listed as discounts with no end date, so confirm the total on the official checkout page before you pay, and expect your local currency or taxes to change the final figure.
You will find the difference between Personal and Business licenses, whether annual or lifetime is the better deal, and the exact steps to activate a key after purchase. If you are still deciding whether to pay for Bandicam at all, our roundup of free Bandicam alternatives covers the options that cost nothing.
Annual, lifetime or bundle: the short answer
Start with how you will use it. Personal recordings, hobby videos and gaming clips fall under the Personal license; work, classroom and organizational content falls under Business.
Bandicam's store describes the Personal license as non commercial use with no invoice and points organizations that use it commercially to the Business license. Within Personal, choose by time.
The annual license ($33.26) gives one year of unlimited recording with free updates and technical support, and you can renew it. The lifetime license ($53.90) lets you use Bandicam 2027 with no time limit and includes one year of free technical support.
At the November 12, 2026 sale prices, lifetime costs about 1.6 times the annual plan, so if you expect to record for more than a year and do not need every future major version, lifetime is the better value.
If you also cut and join recordings often, the Bandicam plus Bandicut bundle ($49.97) adds Bandicam's video cutter; the store lists its term as one year or perpetual side by side, so check the term on the checkout screen. If gameplay is your main use, our Bandicam vs OBS comparison shows how a free recorder stacks up before you buy.
Bandicam free version and license prices (official store, November 12, 2026, USD)
| Option | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free version | $0 | 5 minutes per recording, no watermark on recordings, watermark on trimmed or subtitled exports |
| Personal annual | $33.26 per year | 1 PC, one year of unlimited recording, free updates and support, renewable |
| Personal lifetime | $53.90 (regular $77.00) | 1 PC, Bandicam 2027 with no time limit, one year of free support |
| Personal Bandicam + Bandicut | $49.97 (regular $64.90) | Recorder plus video cutter, confirm the term at checkout |
| Business annual, 1 PC | $49.46 (regular $65.95) | Commercial and organizational use, includes an invoice |
| Business annual, 2 PCs | $95.92 (regular $131.90) | Two PCs for one year, free updates and support |
| Business Bandicam + Bandicut | $79.33 (regular $113.90) | Recorder and cutter bundle for organizations |
A 30 second check before you pay
- Is this for your job, a school or an organization? Bandicam's store points commercial and organizational use to the Business license.
- Do your recordings run past five minutes? If not, the free version already records without a watermark.
- Do you trim or subtitle clips inside Bandicam and export them? Those free exports carry a watermark, which is where a license pays off.
- Will you use it for more than a year? At the November 12, 2026 sale prices, lifetime costs about 1.6 times the annual plan.
- Have you compared free recorders that leave your original files clean? See our list of free game recorders with no watermark.
How to buy and activate a Bandicam license
- 1Pick the license type and PC countNon commercial personal use means Personal; commercial or organizational use means Business. A 1 PC license works on one computer only, even if you never use two at the same time, so a desktop plus a laptop needs a 2 PC license or two licenses.
- 2Buy from the official storeChoose your license on the buy page of Bandicam's official site. Your serial number and license details arrive by email after payment. If the email does not show up, check your spam or junk folder first.
- 3Open the activation screenRun Bandicam and click the lock icon at the top, or open the About tab and click Activate, then choose Activate License. The activation page opens in your browser.
- 4Sign in or enter your email and serialEither sign in to My Bandicam Space and select your license, or type the purchase email and serial number and click Activate with a serial number. Buying a license does not create a My Bandicam Space account automatically, so create one with your license email if you want to sign in.
- 5Confirm it worked and deactivate before switching PCsBack in Bandicam, click Close. The UNREGISTERED label at the top disappears and your license shows under About. To move to a new computer, open About, click Update Activation, deactivate the license on the old PC, then activate it on the new one.
Only recording games? Try DOR for free
If the real reason you want Bandicam is to record matches longer than five minutes, a free app built for game recording is worth comparing. DOR is a free Windows game recorder. When you launch a supported game it detects it and records the whole match, and every recording lands in My Clips in the app.
In seven games it also cuts highlight clips automatically from in game events, such as kills, multikills and objectives in League of Legends or kills with ace and clutch tags in VALORANT; in other games you trim the moments you want from the full recording and save them.
The free plan records at 720p or 1080p and 30 or 60 fps, while 1440p, 4K, 120 and 144 fps come with DOR Pro. Recordings saved to your PC and automatic event clips have no watermark; re encoded exports, 1:1 crops and DOR Studio projects on the free plan carry one that DOR Pro removes.
For anything that is not a game, use screen recording. See what works in each game on the League of Legends page and the VALORANT page.
