EDIUS Pro vs. PowerDirector

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EDIUS Pro
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
EDIUS Pro is a nonlinear 4k and HDR video editing application from Belden company Grass Valley.
$199
One Time Fee
PowerDirector
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
CyberLink in Taiwan offers PowerDirector as a consumer-grade video editing platform with a wide array of features and capability of publishing to social media sites.N/A
Pricing
EDIUS ProPowerDirector
Editions & Modules
Edius Pro 9 Upgrade
$199.00
One Time Fee
Edius Pro 9 Education
$199.00
One Time Fee
Edius Pro 9
$499.00
One Time Fee
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EDIUS ProPowerDirector
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
EDIUS ProPowerDirector
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
EDIUS ProPowerDirector
Likelihood to Recommend
Grass Valley
EDIUS is well suited for: -News production -Multi-camera productions -Documentaries -General purpose television productions -Corporate videos, YouTube videos etc. EDIUS is less appropriate for: -Cinematography -Special Effects -Commercials production
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CyberLink Corp.
Definitely suited for a business that has a presence on the internet. It is a relatively easy program to use and will make your video quality look professional. It doesn't matter what business you are into, if video is something that will take your company to another level than this is a good program to get the job done.
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Pros
Grass Valley
  • It's the perfect editing software for news programs with easy voice overs and fast editing and rendering time.
  • Very light program runs almost on any PC! It can handle almost all today's available codecs and video formats along with any kind of graphics, sounds, and other media.
  • A real multimedia editor!
  • Fastest software camera stabilization I have seen so far with excellent results!
  • Fastest and most convenient multi-camera production editing ever!
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CyberLink Corp.
  • Quick and easy video and audio editing.
  • Great transition options.
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Cons
Grass Valley
  • I would like to see some improvement with keys effects, and specifically Chroma Keys and Masks.
  • Adjustment layers like Adobe Premiere would be a nice feature too.
  • EDIUS of course has adjustment layers as filters, but it would be most convenient to have separate adjustment layers on the timeline.
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CyberLink Corp.
  • The advertisements to upgrade need to go. I understand you guys gotta make money but I already paid for the product I have and I don't need a popup every time I open the program telling me there is an upgrade available for $xx.99.
  • Better documentation on how to use certain plugins.
  • DirectorZone is pointless.
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Support Rating
Grass Valley
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CyberLink Corp.
Again, I haven't tried a whole lot of different video editing software over the years, but of the ones I tried, PowerDirector seemed to be the right fit for me and the team I worked with. It helped solve the need for tutorial videos and it allowed us to create a bunch of videos in a very small time frame. I recommend it especially for people without a lot of video editing experience
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Alternatives Considered
Grass Valley
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CyberLink Corp.
I choose PD because it is user-friendly and easy to learn.
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Return on Investment
Grass Valley
  • It's value for money index is excellent.
  • We received back our investment more or less after couple of weeks of using that internally and stopped outsourcing editing.
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CyberLink Corp.
  • Fast turn around on editing.
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