Post-production & VFX software for film and TV

Editing, colour, finishing, visual effects, animation and the review and approval tools around them. 18 products listed, each recorded from what the vendor publishes itself. Filter and put three side by side in the comparison tool.

How they are delivered

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On-premise + cloud 2
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The products

Adobe Premiere

Adobe, United States · Desktop

Video editing application from Adobe (formerly Adobe Premiere Pro) for desktop and iPhone with text-based editing, AI media search, color grading and audio tools, bundled with Frame.io for review.

Built for: professional and independent video editors, creators and post teams

Pricing: Subscription USD 22.99 per month (annual plan, billed monthly; includes Frame.io and 100GB cloud storage); Creative Cloud Pro USD 69.99 per month, annual plan billed monthly (published)

Avid Media Composer

Avid Technology, United States · Desktop

Non-linear video editing application from Avid for film, television and news, with bin-locking for multi-editor projects, transcript-based search (ScriptSync, PhraseFind), multicam and finishing tools.

Built for: professional editors, post-production facilities and broadcasters

Pricing: Subscription: Standard EUR 259 per year (promotional EUR 207 until 30 September 2026), Ultimate EUR 549 per year, Enterprise EUR 909 per year, excl. VAT, as shown to EU visitors; Media Composer First free; perpetual licences also sold (published)

Blender

Blender Foundation, Netherlands · Desktop

Free and open source 3D creation suite covering modelling, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.

Built for: 3D artists, VFX and animation studios

Pricing: Free, open source (GPL v3)

Cinema 4D

Maxon Computer GmbH, Germany · Desktop

3D modelling, animation and motion graphics software with the Redshift renderer included in the subscription.

Built for: Motion designers, 3D generalists

Pricing: Subscription, monthly or annual (amounts published in the Maxon store)

DaVinci Resolve

Blackmagic Design, Australia · Desktop

Application that combines editing, color correction, visual effects (Fusion), motion graphics and audio post (Fairlight) in one program, with multi-user collaboration through Blackmagic Cloud.

Built for: editors, colorists, VFX artists and sound engineers, from beginners to feature-film post

Pricing: Free version plus DaVinci Resolve Studio one-time USD 295 (published)

disguise Designer

disguise, United Kingdom · Desktop

Real-time 3D visualisation and content control software for virtual production, live events and broadcast, used with disguise media servers and RenderStream.

Built for: Virtual production and live event teams

Pricing: Free Designer Starter edition; Designer Pro USD 159 per month or USD 1,500 per year (published)

EZTitles

EZTitles Development Studio Ltd., Bulgaria · Desktop

Subtitling and closed captioning software for streaming, broadcast, digital cinema and home video formats, sold as subscription or lifetime licence.

Built for: Subtitlers, localisation vendors

Pricing: Subscription from EUR 30 per week (One) or EUR 80 per month (Essentials); lifetime licences from EUR 1,720 (published)

Final Cut Pro

Apple, United States · Desktop

Video editing application for Mac and iPad with companion apps for motion graphics, encoding and audio.

Built for: Editors on Mac and iPad

Pricing: One-time USD 299.99, or subscription USD 12.99 per month / USD 129 per year via Apple Creator Studio (published)

Flow Production Tracking

Autodesk, United States · Cloud

Cloud-based production management and review tool, formerly Shotgun (2006) and ShotGrid (2021), for tracking tasks, shots, assets, schedules and resources across VFX, animation and game pipelines, with the RV player for review.

Built for: VFX, animation and game studios

Pricing: Subscription USD 50 per user per month billed monthly, USD 390 per user per year (USD 33 per month paid annually) or USD 1,170 per user for 3 years (published)

ftrack

Ftrack AB (a Backlight business), Sweden · On-premise + cloud

Production tracking, scheduling and media review platform for animation, VFX and creative studios, sold as ftrack Studio (full production tracking) and ftrack Review (standalone review and approval), with a self-hosted option in the Enterprise tier.

Built for: animation, VFX, games and creative studios

Pricing: Subscription: ftrack Review from USD 10 per user per month and ftrack Studio from USD 25 per user per month billed annually (USD 15 and USD 30 billed monthly); Enterprise on request (published)

Houdini

SideFX, Canada · Desktop

Procedural 3D animation and visual effects software with FX, Core and Indie editions and a Houdini Engine plug-in for other applications.

Built for: FX and 3D artists, VFX studios

Pricing: Subscription from USD 299 per year for Houdini Indie (published); Core and FX prices via the SideFX store

iZotope RX

iZotope, United States · Desktop

Audio repair and restoration software with more than 50 tools, available as a standalone editor and as plug-ins in Elements, Standard and Advanced editions.

Built for: Dialogue editors, audio post studios

Pricing: One-time USD 99 (RX 12 Elements), USD 399 (Standard), USD 1,399 (Advanced) (published)

Kdenlive

KDE community (KDE e.V.), Germany · Desktop

Free and open source video editor built on the MLT Framework and KDE Frameworks, with multi-track editing, effects, colour correction and subtitling tools.

Built for: Editors on a budget, Linux users

Pricing: Free, open source (GPL-3.0)

Kitsu

CGWire, France · On-premise + cloud

Open source (AGPL) web-based production tracker for animation, VFX and game studios covering task assignment, progress tracking, review sessions and casting, available self-hosted for free or as the hosted Kitsu Cloud service.

Built for: animation, VFX and game studios, animation schools

Pricing: Open source (free, self-hosted) plus Kitsu Cloud plans from EUR 20 per user per month billed annually (EUR 30 and EUR 35 per user per month for larger tiers, Partner tier on quote, schools EUR 3,999 per year) (published)

Lightworks

LWKS Software Ltd, United Kingdom · Desktop

Video editing software with Free, Create and Pro editions covering editing, audio, colour correction and effects.

Built for: Editors, small post teams

Pricing: Free edition; paid Create and Pro editions as monthly, yearly or perpetual licences (published)

Nuke

Foundry, United Kingdom · Desktop

Node-based compositing software for feature film, episodic and commercial VFX, available as Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio.

Built for: Compositors, VFX studios

Pricing: Subscription from EUR 3,139 per year for Nuke; NukeX EUR 4,759, Nuke Studio EUR 5,799 per year (published)

REAPER

Cockos Incorporated, United States · Desktop

Multi-track audio, MIDI and video production and recording environment sold as a single licence with a 60-day evaluation period.

Built for: Audio post engineers, sound designers

Pricing: One-time USD 60 (discounted licence) or USD 225 (commercial licence) (published)

Subtitle Edit

Nikolaj Lynge Olsson (nikse.dk), Denmark · Desktop

Open source offline subtitle editor for creating, converting and synchronising subtitles, with video playback via mpv.

Built for: Subtitlers, small post teams

Pricing: Free, open source (MIT)

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