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# Shotstack

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> 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.&#10;&#10;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.&#10;&#10;To help users get started , Shotstack has pre-built templates and a JSON editor that helps users design a video and quick start integration.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 12 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 12 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Shotstack

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$49.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Subscription based pricing.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more

## Features

- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Animations & Transitions
- Brand Overlay
- Generative AI
- Image Editing
- Preview Functionality
- Split/Merge
- Supports HD Resolution
- Text Editing
- Text Overlay
- Third-Party Integrations
- Video Editing
- Watermarking

## Integrations (2 total)

- Make
- Zapier

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base

## Category

- [Video Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4729/video-editing/software)

## Alternatives

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2. [Vizard](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/432576/vizard) — 4.9/5 (411 reviews)
3. [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/317663/adobe-premiere-pro) — 4.7/5 (564 reviews)
4. [OBS Studio](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/102890/obs-studio) — 4.7/5 (1070 reviews)
5. [Adobe After Effects](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/352885/adobe-after-effects) — 4.7/5 (441 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Great possibilities and outstanding support" — 5.0/5

> **Doron** | *28 October 2021* | Media Production | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Everything is well thought out and documented, when we ran into problems support was super fast and helpful
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> **Cons**: Making it write in Hebrew took some time

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### "Best of its kind  in the market" — 5.0/5

> **Bo** | *12 October 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **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.
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> 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.

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### "Clear to use API and (more importantly) great dev support" — 5.0/5

> **John** | *11 October 2021* | Staffing & Recruiting | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **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.
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> **Cons**: Inability to get stills from the video (at the time - may have changed since).&#10;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).
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> 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.

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### "No-frills, but powerful video editing API" — 5.0/5

> **Patrick** | *12 October 2021* | Consumer Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **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.
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> **Cons**: The positioning features in the API are a bit clunky. Not a huge fan of the anchor system.

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### "Easy to Use and Implement and one of the best Shotstack support" — 5.0/5

> **Chinmaya** | *1 October 2021* | Animation | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **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.
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> **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.
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> 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

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