{
    "products": [
        {
            "slug": "adobe-premiere-pro",
            "name": "Adobe Premiere Pro",
            "kind": "app",
            "website": "https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/adobe-premiere-pro",
            "tagline": "Professional timeline video editing from Adobe",
            "summary": "Adobe Premiere Pro is Adobe's timeline-based video editor for film, broadcast and online video, sold as a Creative Cloud subscription for Windows and macOS.",
            "developer": "Adobe",
            "platforms": [
                "windows",
                "macos"
            ],
            "pricing": "subscription",
            "price_note": "Creative Cloud subscription; a free trial is offered",
            "free_to_use": false,
            "open_source": false,
            "strengths": [
                "Wide format support and mature timeline tools",
                "Tight links to After Effects and other Adobe apps",
                "Common in professional and team workflows"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Subscription only",
                "Needs a capable computer for high-resolution editing"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
            "connected_to_publisher": false,
            "overview": "Premiere Pro is a non-linear editor built around a multi-track timeline, and it is one of the most common tools in post-production. It works closely with After Effects for motion graphics and with Audition for sound, and it supports a wide range of camera formats and team workflows.\n\nIt is sold as a subscription, either alone or in Creative Cloud. DaVinci Resolve offers a capable free edition, and Final Cut Pro is a one-time purchase on Mac, so Premiere is most compelling where a team already uses other Adobe tools."
        },
        {
            "slug": "avid-media-composer",
            "name": "Avid Media Composer",
            "kind": "app",
            "website": "https://www.avid.com/media-composer",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/avid-media-composer",
            "tagline": "Professional film and TV editing software for Mac and PC",
            "summary": "Avid Media Composer is professional video editing software from Avid Technology, Inc. for film, TV and news post-production. It runs on Mac and PC, with a free version called Media Composer First and paid Standard, Ultimate and Enterprise tiers.",
            "developer": "Avid Technology, Inc.",
            "platforms": [
                "windows",
                "macos"
            ],
            "pricing": "freemium",
            "price_note": "Free Media Composer First; paid annual Standard, Ultimate and Enterprise",
            "free_to_use": true,
            "open_source": false,
            "strengths": [
                "Free Media Composer First for new or casual editors",
                "ScriptSync and PhraseFind for transcript-based editing",
                "Shared bins and projects in the Ultimate tier"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Paid tiers cost $259.99 to $899.99 a year",
                "Shared projects in Enterprise need Avid NEXIS or third-party storage"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
            "connected_to_publisher": false,
            "overview": "Media Composer is an editing system for film, television and news studios. Its paid tiers offer a timeline with 99 video tracks and 99 audio tracks. The site describes ScriptSync, which syncs video to script text, and PhraseFind, which finds and edits words through transcripts. It also lists multi-camera sync, proxy editing, color management and media management.\n\nMedia Composer First is free to use forever and is aimed at new or casual editors. The paid tiers are sold per year in US dollars: Standard at $259.99, Ultimate at $539.99 and Enterprise at $899.99. Ultimate adds shared bins and projects, and Enterprise adds shared projects on Avid NEXIS or third-party storage and admin tools. The site also offers perpetual licences. Avid suits editors and post-production teams who work on film, TV or news; DaVinci Resolve in this list is the broader free option."
        }
    ],
    "differences": [
        "Avid Media Composer has a free plan or free version; Adobe Premiere Pro does not.",
        "Adobe Premiere Pro: subscription. Avid Media Composer: free plan, paid upgrades."
    ],
    "shared_rankings": [
        {
            "list": "video-editing-software",
            "name": "Video editing software",
            "page": "https://listme.name/best/video-editing-software",
            "of": 10,
            "results": [
                {
                    "product": "adobe-premiere-pro",
                    "rank": 3,
                    "score": 87.5,
                    "verdict": "A mature timeline editor with wide format support and close links to After Effects and other Adobe tools. It is subscription-only, unlike DaVinci Resolve's free edition or Final Cut Pro's one-time price.",
                    "best_for": "Professional editing in Adobe-based workflows",
                    "spec": {
                        "platforms": "Windows, macOS",
                        "open_source": false,
                        "cost": "Subscription"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "product": "avid-media-composer",
                    "rank": 5,
                    "score": 86,
                    "verdict": "The editing system that film, TV and news studios use, on Mac and PC, with a free Media Composer First tier. Paid tiers are annual subscriptions from $259.99 a year, while DaVinci Resolve here has a free version.",
                    "best_for": "Professional film and TV editing",
                    "spec": {
                        "platforms": "Windows, macOS",
                        "open_source": false,
                        "cost": "Free First tier; paid annual tiers"
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ranks_higher_in_closest_shared_list": "adobe-premiere-pro",
    "page": "https://listme.name/compare/adobe-premiere-pro-vs-avid-media-composer",
    "json": "https://listme.name/api/v1/compare/adobe-premiere-pro-vs-avid-media-composer.json",
    "notes": [
        "Scores are editorial and only comparable inside one list. Products with connected_to_publisher true receive a disclosed ranking lift: https://listme.name/methodology"
    ],
    "source": "https://listme.name",
    "license": "Free to read and cite with attribution to listme.name.",
    "docs": "https://listme.name/developers"
}