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Overview [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-editing/shotstack-profile/alternatives/) # Shotstack Review From $49/month Free version Free trial 1 plan On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews ## Overview Shotstack 4.8 [(12)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-editing/shotstack-profile/#reviews) Pricing Starting at $49.00 flat rate per month Top Alternatives ### About Shotstack Shotstack is a media generation platform that helps businesses automate the generation of video and images. The hosted, fully managed, video editing API lets developers build video applications and workflows in hours instead of months. The fully managed service includes a scalable rendering service so users don't need to worry about infrastructure or servers. All videos are served via our high-speed hosting CDN or users can host their own assets. To help users get started , Shotstack has pre-built templates and a JSON editor that helps users design a video and quick start integration. Do you work for Shotstack? [Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/shotstack/claim_requests/new?auto=true) ## Shotstack User Interface ## Popular Shotstack Alternatives Main Product Shotstack 4.8 [(12)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-editing/shotstack-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.58Ease of use - 4.82Value for money - 5.0Customer support - 4.42Functionality Pricing Starting at $49.00 per month Alternative Product [Adobe Creative Cloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-editing/adobe-creative-cloud-profile/) 4.7 [(7345)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-editing/adobe-creative-cloud-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.23Ease of use - 4.16Value for money - 4.17Customer support - 4.67Functionality Pricing Starting at $19.99 per month Alternative Product [Adobe Express](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/354910-adobe-express/) 4.6 [(1242)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/354910-adobe-express/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.50Ease of use - 4.42Value for money - 4.37Customer support - 4.37Functionality Pricing Starting at $4.99 per month Alternative Product [VideoPad](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-making/videopad-profile/) 4.3 [(181)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-making/videopad-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.34Ease of use - 4.19Value for money - 3.85Customer support - 4.14Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Movavi Video Editor Plus](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-making/movavi-video-editor-plus-profile/) 4.8 [(1135)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/video-making/movavi-video-editor-plus-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.81Ease of use - 4.40Value for money - 4.55Customer support - 4.70Functionality Pricing Starting at $54.95 per year Alternative Product [Vizard](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/432576-Vizard/) 4.9 [(477)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/432576-Vizard/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.85Ease of use - 4.48Value for money - 4.67Customer support - 4.74Functionality Pricing Starting at $29.00 per month ## Shotstack Pricing and Plans Starting price: $49.00 per month Free Trial Free Version Basic $49.00 flat rate, per month No plan information available ## Shotstack Features - Popular features found in Video Editing 3D Video Editing Audio Capture Media Library Split/Merge Text Overlay Video Capture Video Stabilization - More features of Shotstack Activity Dashboard Animations & Transitions API Brand Overlay Generative AI Image Editing Preview Functionality Supports HD Resolution Text Editing Third-Party Integrations Video Editing Watermarking ## Shotstack Integrations Zapier Integration rated undefined from -1 review Make Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## Shotstack User Reviews ## Shotstack customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 12 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 10 reviews (83%) - 4 stars: 2 reviews (17%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 --- Have you used Shotstack and would like to share your experience with others? ### Great possibilities and outstanding support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Doron T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Everything is well thought out and documented, when we ran into problems support was super fast and helpful #### Cons Making it write in Hebrew took some time --- ### Best of its kind in the market - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bo Y. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with Shotstack has been fantastic. The product is amazing and it exactly addresses our needs of generation movies based our input medias and instructions. The support has been super helpful as well, as we always get timely responses from the team. Lastly, the price is also very reasonable. We hope to establish long term strategic relationship with this company and grow our products together. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Shotstack product architecture is clean and service API is well documented and very comprehensive. We can easily consume the services and receive the expected outcome #### Cons There are three languages support available. I would still hope to see Python API becoming available at some point as our product is developed using Python. --- ### Clear to use API and (more importantly) great dev support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: John C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Staffing and Recruiting - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We came across Shotstack in Jan 2020 when we were looking for a simple video processing SaaS. They charged for only what was used (at the time), the API had good examples and was straight forward to setup, there was a sandbox that was easy to access and most importantly dev support was quick and helpful. Once our integration was setup we could leave it do it's thing and have not had any real problems since. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clear examples, with logical process to build the video and no fuss, plus there was an easy to use sandbox mode to test beforehand (no complicated setups). Most importantly dev support was quick and helpful even when my initial understanding was clearly of an amateur. #### Cons Inability to get stills from the video (at the time - may have changed since). It would be nice if the videos could be processed instantaneously rather than having to pre-render the video (that way we could make bespoke videos for prospective clients on the fly). --- ### No-frills, but powerful video editing API - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Patrick B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Shotstack enabled us to roll our own online video editing tool for our customers to easily design marketing videos with a custom drag and drop interface. We’ve had great success using shotstacks APIs, and intend to use them for multiple new projects. #### Cons The positioning features in the API are a bit clunky. Not a huge fan of the anchor system. --- ### Easy to Use and Implement and one of the best Shotstack support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chinmaya S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have made video editing simpler because of Shotstack , now people can use my platform to make video by simply uploading images , so i have managed to make this service possible due to shotstack #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like how easily it can be integrated in any software and most importantly it's documentation in so well that you can learn to code so easily , yes it's very easy to use as well. #### Cons I am looking for more no of transitions and effects in Shotstack , The team is continuously giving number of updates on new transitions and effects which is the a great thing. #### Reasons for choosing Shotstack I think shotstack was apt for my requirement --- ### Great tool with lots of flexibility - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Maury H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Great value, dependable and easy to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Shotstack powers our editing capabilities. The customer service has been excellent and they continue to add functionality to the product. #### Cons Always wish the product roadmap was faster. --- ### Worth the money - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kevin M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Online Media - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Shotstack provided a render engine that was needed for many different projects we had going on. Being able to batch render and automate creation was an amazing benefit. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The developers behind this product are passionate about the success. They go to great lengths to build what is needed and support those using the platform. The platform is an amazing tool that has performed as expected and been a key component in workflows. #### Cons Some of the documentation. It could also be user error. --- ### Great tool for automated slideshow production - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mark W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Photography - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for free trial - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Shotstack fills a gap in the market (as far as I can determine), and the API appears quite comprehensive in its capabilities. With not much effort, you can achieve quite a professional result. I have no doubt there is plenty of potential for Shotstack to further improve my slideshow production workflow. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The Shotstack API enables the possibility to develop a workflow to pump out slideshows from a bundle of publicly accessible images and video clips, with very little effort (once you have set up the workflow). Creation of workflows is made much easier with the provided Zapier and Integromat integrations (saving the effort of developing your own bespoke front-end to the Shotstack API). #### Cons The ability to utilise integration tools such as Integromat and Zapier means that only a subset of API parameters can be used, so using these mechanisms is definitely a compromise (compared to coding for own front-end to the Shotstack API). For example, only one transition type can be used for the entire slideshow, and motion effects (such as Ken Burns) are not currently possible via these integration tools. For those features, you need to code your own front-end to the API. --- ### Great for automated marketing - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kevin U. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Rendering is quick and of good quality. Support is fast to answer and very helpful. #### Cons Documentation is a little brief and the JSON format hard to get around when starting off. --- ### Excellent software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Aouse A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great product, excellent customer support. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Takes the load off trying to build high quality videos. #### Cons I found it difficult to add in certain transitions, like circular fade in, this may have been added now though. --- Showing 1 - 10 of 12 Reviews Load More Reviews ## See what companies are saying about Software Advice