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DaVinci Resolve vs Shotstack: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 1st, 2024
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 6,545 reviews from Video Editing users.
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Video Editing
4.8
Color Grading
4.7
Animations & Transitions
4.5
Content Management
4.8
Media Library
4.5
% Fit
Missing features
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Feature ratings
Video Editing
4.6
Color Grading
NA
Animations & Transitions
4.1
Content Management
NA
Media Library
NA
User satisfaction
4.8
User reviews237
Ease of use
4.0
Functionality
4.8
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.3
4.8
User reviews12
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
5.0
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Best for

Designed to assist editors, assistants, VFX artists, and colorists to manage post-production processes for feature films, television shows, and commercials.

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User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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1 / 4
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Video reviews
Elijah P
Founder and CEO
4.0

Elijah P.: My name is Elijah. I am the CEO of Active LCC and I give DaVinci Resolve a four out of five. I considered using Adobe Premiere Pro. But I did switch from Clip Champ by Microsoft. I chose Da Vinci Resolve because it was free and it came with a lifetime amount of updates without having to be purchased. It comes with so many good features, like tons of audio quality changing. You can do so much with audio, the video. You can do things with color spectrum. You can key frame. You can do all of that for practically no money and doesn't give you a watermark or anything. You can export it to all kinds of different videos and it's just really good quality for a free editor. Getting started for DaVinci Resolve was pretty difficult because there was so much stuff that you could do and it's just hard to learn to begin with if you are going in completely blind. But if you have a little bit of editing knowledge from other software like Adobe Premiere Pro or some other very complicated editor, you should kind of know what you're doing. But there's just a lot of adjusting that I had to do and there's a lot of features that I had to watch tutorials about, which you can find online pretty simply and otherwise, that's pretty much it. I recommend that you should have at least a lot of past prior knowledge. If you just think that, oh, I'm going to try editing one day and you instantly start with Da Vinci Resolve, you're going to be completely overwhelmed and you're not going to know what to do and you're just going to burn out and run into tons of issues. But I think you should start with a simpler editor, kind of like Open Shot or a Clip Champ, something with really simple controls, basic stuff and then DaVinci Resolve is a very high end, high capability editor, which you should go to after a long time and a lot of editing experience.

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3D Video Editing
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Access Controls/Permissions
388
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DaVinci Resolve

Top Features
26/39
  • API
  • Audio Mixing
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Project Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Search/Filter
  • Social Sharing
  • Subtitles/Closed Captions
  • Template Management
  • User Management
  • Video Marketing
  • Watermarking
  • 3D Video Editing
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Animations & Transitions
  • Audio Capture
  • Brand Overlay
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Grading
  • Content Management
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • Image Editing
  • Media Library
  • Motion Tracking
  • Multimedia Support
  • Preview Functionality
  • Speed Adjustment
  • Split/Merge
  • Supports HD Resolution
  • Text Editing
  • Text Overlay
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Video Capture
  • Video Editing
  • Video Stabilization
  • Video Streaming
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Shotstack

13/39
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DaVinci Resolve
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Shotstack
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
DaVinci Resolve
  • By Blackmagic Design
  • Located in Australia
Shotstack
  • By Shotstack
  • Located in Australia
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