Safe Screen Share vs Blur Web
Two Chrome extensions for hiding sensitive info during screen sharing. Compared on features, persistence, browser support, and price.
Quick verdict
- • You want sensitive data hidden automatically, not selected manually every time.
- • You use Zoom, Meet, or Teams and want blur to auto-activate when calls start.
- • You want blur to persist across reloads without needing to remember a toggle.
- • You want multiple blur profiles for different contexts.
- • You use Firefox (Safe Screen Share doesn't support it).
- • Safari support matters to you (their roadmap, not ours).
- • You only need manual blur and don't want extra features.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Safe Screen Share | Blur Web |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | ||
| Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi (Chromium) | ||
| Firefox | ||
| Safari | Coming soon | |
| Click any element to blur | ||
| Draw area to blur | ||
| Blur selected text | ||
| Adjustable blur intensity | ||
| Hide tab titles and icons | ||
| Blur persists across reloads — no manual toggle needed | ||
| Auto-detect emails / phones / API keys (SmartBlur) | ||
| Auto-detect ~24 sensitive token formats | ||
| Meeting Mode (auto-activates on Zoom/Meet/Teams) | ||
| Multiple blur profiles | ||
| 100% on-device — nothing uploaded | ||
| GDPR compliant | ||
| Money-back guarantee | 14 days | 5 days |
The differences that actually matter
Automatic detection vs manual selection
Blur Web is fully manual — every email, phone number, API key, or sensitive value has to be clicked and blurred individually, every time you encounter it.
Safe Screen Share's SmartBlur detects and hides them automatically. It recognizes emails, phone numbers, credit cards, SSNs, IBANs, AWS keys, Stripe keys, GitHub tokens, OpenAI keys, JWTs, database URLs, and around two dozen other sensitive token formats. Open a page, sensitive content is already hidden before you start sharing.
Persistent blur: automatic vs “remember the toggle”
Both extensions can keep blurs across page reloads, but they get there differently.
Safe Screen Share's blurs persist automatically the moment you set them. Reload the page, come back tomorrow, open a new tab to the same URL — the blurs are still there.
Blur Web requires you to enable a separate “Keep Blur” mode before each blur action. If you forget to toggle it on first, the blur disappears on reload. Their own FAQ acknowledges this as a recurring source of confusion, and it shows up in reviews — for example, one reviewer wrote “it does not work after reload the page, you should work on this, it would be great if it always continues to work even if it refresh.”
Meeting Mode (we have it, they don't)
Safe Screen Share detects when you join a Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call and auto-activates your saved blur rules across every open tab. When the call ends, blur drops off. You never have to remember to turn it on.
Blur Web has no equivalent — blurs you set apply on the pages you set them on, regardless of whether you're in a call.
Multiple blur profiles
Safe Screen Share lets you save separate blur setups for different contexts — “demo mode,” “streaming,” “client calls” — and switch between them in one click. Blur Web has one configuration; what's blurred is blurred.
Browser support — where Blur Web genuinely wins
Both extensions cover the Chromium browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi). Blur Web also has a Firefox add-on and Safari support on their roadmap. Safe Screen Share is Chromium-only.
If Firefox is your primary browser, Blur Web is the better choice today. We don't have a Firefox version.
Pricing
Safe Screen Share is $18 cheaper at the 3-browser tier and $68 cheaper at the top tier (with unlimited browsers vs Blur Web's cap of 10).
FAQ
- What is the main difference between Safe Screen Share and Blur Web?
- Safe Screen Share adds two things Blur Web doesn't have: automatic detection of sensitive data (emails, phone numbers, API keys, and around two dozen other token formats) via SmartBlur, and Meeting Mode that auto-activates your blur rules when a Zoom/Meet/Teams call starts. Blur Web's strength is broader browser support — it works in Firefox, which Safe Screen Share doesn't.
- Which one is cheaper?
- Safe Screen Share at every tier. Blur Web is $67 for 3 active browsers and $127 for 10. Safe Screen Share is $49 for 3 active browsers and $59 for unlimited browsers.
- Does Blur Web work on Firefox?
- Yes — Blur Web has a Firefox add-on, plus Safari support is on their roadmap. Safe Screen Share is Chromium-only (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi). If Firefox is your primary browser, Blur Web is the right fit today.
- Can either extension auto-detect sensitive info like API keys?
- Only Safe Screen Share. SmartBlur scans the page and hides emails, phone numbers, credit cards, SSNs, IBANs, AWS keys, Stripe keys, GitHub tokens, OpenAI keys, JWTs, database URLs, and other sensitive token formats automatically. Blur Web is fully manual — you click each thing you want hidden.
- How does persistent blur compare between the two?
- Both can keep blurs across page reloads, but they handle it differently. Safe Screen Share's blurs persist automatically once set. Blur Web requires you to enable a separate "Keep Blur" mode before you blur — if you forget, the blur disappears on reload. Their own FAQ flags this as a common confusion point, and it shows up in reviews.
Or visit blurweb.app if Firefox support is your dealbreaker. Or read more about what Safe Screen Share does.
Your next screen share, worry-free.
Install once. Forget it's there. Present like it's your second screen.