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Adobe Premiere vs Shotcut: catalog facts
Adobe Premiere	Shotcut
Paid Paid plans, with separate options for businesses, students and teachers.	Free Free and open source. The project accepts donations and the website carries advertising…
Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Widely used across film, broadcast and web production Editing, effects and audio mixing in one application	Native editing of hundreds of formats through FFmpeg, with no import or transcode step Multi-format timelines: different resolutions and frame rates in one project
Requires a paid plan No Linux version	The panel-based interface takes some arranging before it feels comfortable Smooth playback of high bitrate footage on modest hardware needs proxy clips
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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