Shotstack vs Adobe After Effects: Which is a better fit?

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.

Some of the documentation. It could also be user error.

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.

Inability to get stills from the video (at the time - may have changed since).

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.

Once our integration was setup we could leave it do it's thing and have not had any real problems since.

The support has been super helpful as well, as we always get timely responses from the team.

Documentation is a little brief and the JSON format hard to get around when starting off.

Adobe After Effects is an extremely powerful and versatile software which provides users with a comprehensive suite of tools for creating stunning visual effects.

Ahmed A

Geographic information systems specialist

The most disadvantage of Adobe After Effects is that it requires high requirements in the host device for the program, and its price is considered relatively high compared to other programs.

I liked that the software was easy to use and had an intuitive user interface. I also liked that it was very reliable and had a lot of features that made it easy to customize.

It was too difficult for me to learn when I am in such a high demand of editing- it took up way to much time of my editing process.

Hayden H

Multimedia Producer

I absolutely love After Effects been using it since version 6.5, wow, almost 16 years ago and still is one of my favorite pieces of software to create motion graphics and animations.

That's why, after using it and staying subscribed for four years, I eventually cancelled my subscription and stopped using it.

Avery A

Worship Leader

I am excited to use after effects for my upcoming projects, just so I can have the best effects going for my projects.

Very tricky to use, can behave in confusing ways at times.