Avid Media Composer
Professional video editing platform for studios and broadcasters
- Also known as
- avid-media-composer
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Avid Media Composer?
Industry-standard editing software used in film, TV, and news production, offering AI-assisted workflows, timeline control, multicam support, and secure delivery pipelines for managing large-scale projects.
Avid Media Composer pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Standard
- video_tracks
- 99
- 99 video tracks
- Standard color management
- Standard web support (24hr response)
What Avid Media Composer does
The capabilities that matter for video editing software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Professional NLE (multi-track finishing)
- ✓
- Colour grading
- ✓
- Multicam editing
- ✓
- 4K/8K + HDR support
- -
- Codec breadth (ProRes / HEVC / AV1 / RAW)
- -
- GPU acceleration
- -
- AI features (captions / text-to-video / voice)
- ✓
- Screen recording built-in
- -
- Platform breadth (Win / macOS / Linux / iOS / Android / Web)
- -
- Cloud collaboration / team review
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Free / open-source available
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- Pro Tools→•
Avid Media Composer alternatives
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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Avid Media Composer, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.04 | 3.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.05 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Multicam: Yes · Ai features: Yes · Color grading: Yes · Pricing model: subscription · Professional nle: Yes · Cloud collaboration: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 50% |