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- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great possibilities and outstanding support
Reviewed on 2021/10/28
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
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best of its kind in the market
Reviewed on 2021/10/12
My overall experience with Shotstack has been fantastic. The product is amazing and it exactly...
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.
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.
- Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Clear to use API and (more importantly) great dev support
Reviewed on 2021/10/11
We came across Shotstack in Jan 2020 when we were looking for a simple video processing SaaS. They...
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.
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).
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
No-frills, but powerful video editing API
Reviewed on 2021/10/12
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.
- Industry: Animation
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Easy to Use and Implement and one of the best Shotstack support
Reviewed on 2021/10/01
I have made video editing simpler because of Shotstack , now people can use my platform to make...
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
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.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great tool with lots of flexibility
Reviewed on 2021/10/11
Great value, dependable and easy to use.
Great value, dependable and easy to use.
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.
- Industry: Online Media
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Worth the money
Reviewed on 2021/10/23
Shotstack provided a render engine that was needed for many different projects we had going on....
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.
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.
- Industry: Photography
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great tool for automated slideshow production
Reviewed on 2021/10/12
Shotstack fills a gap in the market (as far as I can determine), and the API appears quite...
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.
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.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great for automated marketing
Reviewed on 2021/10/18
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.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Excellent software
Reviewed on 2021/10/14
Great product, excellent customer support.
Great product, excellent customer support.
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.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great tool for on the fly video creation
Reviewed on 2021/10/12
Pros
Offloaded the compute, fast, easy to use api, took multiple media types and easily combined them for what we needed.
Cons
Nothing comes to mind. We had a great experience.
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
An excellent video editing API! Highly recommended
Reviewed on 2021/10/14
Pros
Was easily able to integrate this API into my product. Worked like a charm. The free version was more than perfect for my needs.
Cons
Can't think of any improvements for this product thus far!
