--- description: Review of Shotcut Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Shotcut | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Audio Editing Software](/directory/4645/audio-editing/software) > [Shotcut](/software/189667/shotcut) # Shotcut Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/189667/shotcut Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/189667/shotcut?page=2) > Shotcut is an open-source video editing platform that helps businesses edit and encode videos in 4K and export them in multiple file formats for circulation. The application allows professionals to create movies, import images, add effects, and detach audios from videos, among other editing functionality. Deployed on Windows, Linux and Mac devices, the platform provides a variety of features including multi-core parallel image processing, audio capture, encoding, preview scaling, slideshow generation and more. The product is available for free of cost. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 78 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 78 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Meltytech - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Shotcut is available for free. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: India, United States ## Features - Audio Capture - Audio Manipulation - Drag & Drop - File Management - Media Library - Monitoring - Multiple Format Support - Search/Filter - Supports HD Resolution - Text Overlay - Video Editing - Video Management - Video Support ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Audio Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4645/audio-editing/software) ## Related Categories - [Audio Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4645/audio-editing/software) - [Video Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4729/video-editing/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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So you can give it an even more professional look. > > **Cons**: It could be that there are many tools, which can get confusing and thus take you some time to get used to the software format, another could be that, as we are talking about a professional video editor, obviously, this application will consume a lot of your computer, so I do recommend having about 8 GB of RAM, a good processor and maybe a good graphic card, to be able to support this application, because if you don't have space in the RAM or you don't have a good processor, the application becomes somewhat slow and it could even stop and quit, so take into account to be able to save your work before. > > Honestly to be free, this video editor makes you fulfill that dream of being a video editor for a major company or for some famous influencer, as it fully meets your expectations and can be somewhat confusing at first, but the truth is enough just to look at some video for beginners for this software, and you get used to the editor quickly, very satisfied and I see very few disadvantages to this software. ----- ### "Easy to use" — 5.0/5 > **Patrick** | *10 December 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like that shotcut is open source, meaning that it is free of charge. It is very beginner friendly and the user interface is quite simple and clean. I love that I can easily extract audios from videos using it > > **Cons**: Shotcut is cool but It lacks the color correction feature. > > Its been really great, I've got no regrets using it ----- ### "Never ever use shotcut" — 1.0/5 > **Darren** | *10 September 2023* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: I loved how, even though I have a powerful laptop capable of running any program smoothly, if I do almost literally anything on shotcut I have to give it a couple of seconds to process. Dragging clips, cutting clips, etc etc., literally any BASIC function of a video editor I need to wait at least an extra second or two every time I essentially click anything on shotcut, so it's great for at least doubling the actual time it should take you to edit a video\!I liked how sometimes when I dragged or tried to extend or shorten a clip or even A JPEG, not only would the editor sometimes lag, but just do something completely random with the file, like fully extend it over the entire video track and mess up all the other clips.My FAVOURITE thing about shotcut, has to be when you hit the undo button, you know, to undo the mistake you didn't do in the first place, and after waiting for about 5 working days for shotcut to process it, IT COMPLETELY REARANGES YOUR TIMELINE AND RUINS ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I'm not even doing anything remotely complicated either. > > **Cons**: Nothing, didn't run into any problems at all. ----- ### "Shotcut, One of the best free video editing softwares" — 4.0/5 > **Christian** | *25 August 2023* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: What's great about Shotcut is the interface which is simple to understand.Indeed, everything is done to make handling as easy as possible. > > **Cons**: Honestly, for a learner, Shotcut is great, but its library is pretty small in terms of video effects. > > A good experience with beautiful video montages. I don't regret downloading it. ----- ### "Get's the Job Done" — 4.0/5 > **Danielle** | *27 April 2021* | Design | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: When I was just starting out in video editing, the best thing about Shotcut was that it was free while still having the capacity to produce the results I was after. You can find plenty of tutorials on the Shotcut site and more on YouTube to help you get started. It has handy keyboard shortcuts for the handful of basic functions that I used most often. Once you get into the habit of using them, they make editing quicker. If you take the time to watch some tutorials, practice, and explore the features you realize that Shotcut is quite robust and full of possibilities for amazing results. I have even used it to make clips from a podcast which I could export a MP3 audio files. > > **Cons**: The text feature always seemed clunky and not intuitive to me. The interface does not have an option for organizing your media into folders - it's just one long Playlist. But you can drag files around in the Playlist and group them by by file type or some other way that makes sense to you. > > Shotcut was great for starting to teach myself video editing. I was looking for an economical tool but didn't dare to hope for free. Then, a colleague highly recommended Shotcut, and I was very grateful for it. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/189667/shotcut?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/189667/shotcut) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data