Adobe Premiere Pro vs. Final Cut Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro

549 Reviews and Ratings

Final Cut Pro

116 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Premiere Pro	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Adobe offers their video editing platform Adobe Premiere Pro, supporting video and audio editing as well as VR presentations, available as part of the company's Creative Cloud suite or as a standalone application.	$20.99 per month
Final Cut Pro	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Apple offers Final Cut Pro, a video editing platform featuring optimized for a high performance machines and supporting a wide range of quality effects.	$299.99 per license

Pricing

Adobe Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

Editions & Modules

Premiere Pro Single App: $20.99
per month
Adobe Creative Cloud - All Apps: $52.99
per month
Adobe Creative Cloud - Students and Teachers: $52.99
per month
Adobe Creative Cloud - Business: $79.99
per month

Final Cut Pro X: $299.99
per license

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Premiere Pro	Final Cut Pro
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Adobe Premiere Pro	Final Cut Pro
Considered Both Products	Adobe Premiere Pro Dan Talvi A/V Coordinator Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Compared to Final Cut Pro X and iMovie, Adobe Premiere is the only software available for Mac and PC. Premiere also provides a much more complete and extensive set of editing tools and utilities compared to other software. Alternatively, iMovie provides the most user-friendly … Incentivized Helpful? Ai Ashe Hampton City Schools Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I used Final Cut Pro X many years ago. It wasn't as user friendly from what I can remember. Before Adobe Premiere Pro I was using iMovie and Quicktime Pro to edit my videos. Although they were sufficient for what I needed, Adobe Premiere Pro allows for more creativity with the … Incentivized Helpful? Brittany Goodman Social Media Marketing Specialist Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe products, in general, are our first choice when it comes to creative solutions so Premiere Pro was really a no-brainer. For a very short time, I did use Final Cut Pro X, but found that it lacked many of the features (transitions and audio editing effects) that Premiere … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Adobe Premiere Pro We went with Adobe Premiere Pro because it was at a great cost point when compared to Avid. Final Cut Pro X was more of a prosumer piece of software than professional so that was quickly taken out of the mix. Premiere was just more suited for a professional, post-production … Incentivized Helpful? Mike Muller Executive Vice President Chose Adobe Premiere Pro They are similar programs. Final Cut Pro X works a little better on a Mac. They both have a similar set of features but their methodology of editing is a little different. One is not necessarily better than the other, just different. If you are on a Mac, Final Cut will perform … Incentivized Helpful? Kenny Madison Video Editor, ChiveTV Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Final Cut Pro X was better at handling footage playback. Red footage playback was instantaneous. But I couldn't make heads or tails of the layout. It was so radically different and I didn't have time to relearn how to use editing software. Premiere provides fairly smooth … Incentivized Helpful? Ignacio Lopez Editor Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro works great on both Mac OS and Windows OS. Avid not so much. Helpful? Hilary Hobbs Senior Video Editor Chose Adobe Premiere Pro We actually took time in 2020 to test out Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve to see if they would be better suited for our department but ended up sticking with Premiere. Each has [its] strong suits, but the non-linear editing style of Resolve was too complicated to grasp when … Incentivized Helpful? Arthur Zepeda Owner Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I have used APP for so long, it was hard to try other editing applications. Adobe stands on its own. FCPX normally has to try to live up to APP. Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Folts YouTube Filmmaker Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I had no problems with Final Cut. It was also easy to use and very powerful. However, Adobe Premiere Pro is part of the Adobe ecosystem, so it just makes sense to use it instead of Final Cut Pro. Of course, some people may prefer to pay a one-time fee of $300 with Final Cut vs … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Huisjen Director of studentLife Chose Adobe Premiere Pro We used Final Cut for a while before switching to Premiere. Overall we found Premiere to be a better and more professional video editor with a number of great and easy to use features. Couple that with the fact that it's a part of the Creative Suite and compatible with all the … Incentivized Helpful? WA Walter Aho Creative Director Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Each editor has its pros and cons. I tend to not like node-based editing, so the sliders, faders, and effects that I feel comfortable with in Photoshop and other similar programs are reflected in PPs UI. The more recently added hardware acceleration makes editing RAW 4K footage … Incentivized Helpful? Manan Vora CEO and Founder Chose Adobe Premiere Pro The cost of Premiere Pro was fairly cheaper for the number of users we wanted and the upfront cost for the alternative tools is very high. Online syncing was better with Premiere Pro, along with a lot of online storage included with our plan. Premiere Pro also works better on … Incentivized Helpful? Vinny Hebert Owner Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I use Adobe After Effects in partnership with Adobe Premiere Pro. Final Cut Pro I used years ago when working on a television show. I no longer use it because I don't have a Mac and I'm not about to buy one. However, if I did own a Mac, I would still use Adobe Premiere Pro … Incentivized Helpful? Kevin O'Grady Founder Chose Adobe Premiere Pro The fact that Adobe Premiere Pro integrates so well with all the other Adobe products makes it streets ahead of the competition. The fact it is a professional video editing tool makes it a must for anyone working on being a serious video producer. The fact Adobe has been around … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Many other producers and editors prefer to use Adobe Premiere Pro over other industry alternatives because it is so widely used across post-secondary institutions and companies across the world. It can be used in conjunction with multiple other Adobe products (e.g. Photoshop & … Incentivized Helpful? Sally Kim Editor, Producer Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Product not included: Avid Media Composer. I've used Premiere, FCPX, and Avid (not bothering to include iMovie as it is not necessarily considered a "professional" product), but have most experience with Premiere. There's a laughable debate between Premiere and FCPX (Avid still … Incentivized Helpful? JC Jonathan Cantu Marketing Project Manager Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I think Adobe Premiere is more robust and definitely a bit more for the technical creative and editor. FCPX is good but it feels more barebones compared to what is possible with Adobe Premiere Pro. I also prefer its easy integration with the rest of the Adobe Premiere Suite. … Incentivized Helpful? Chad Carman Digital Media Director Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Whereas Final Cut Pro used to be the gold standard for editing, Premiere Pro has quickly become the standard in the industry. It is much more flexible and more likely to be used by other editing studios, should you have to collaborate. Each edition of Premiere builds on the … Incentivized Helpful? JM Joel McAfee Producer Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro is certainly one of the more useful and reliable NLE out there. I would be comfortable editing nearly any project on it and have confidence it would handle nearly any format in a stable and efficient manner. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Epstein Video producer Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I like Adobe Premiere Pro better because of the option to use a Mac or a PC. I grew up using a PC, so even when I have a Mac at my disposal I like the option to swap whenever I feel like it. Plus, to my knowledge, you cannot rent Final Cut Pro, making it the more expensive … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro is by far the best video software of the selected products. It does not have the best audio editing capabilities nor video graphic design capabilities but good enough ones where it can help you out in a pinch if your primary goal is to edit the video. The … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere, to me, feels more modern and flexible than Avid, and more powerful than Final Cut. I find it to be the best of both worlds. I've spent years using Final Cut 7, X, and Avid Media Composer and Premiere is by far my favorite tool. While it often feels like Final Cut gets … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Nowowiejski Sr. IT Consultant Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Camtasia is much better for desktop/lecture capture -- it doesn't really have the horsepower to do handle large video clips and the .camproj file format (which is basically xml) doesn't integrate well with any other programs. There are also inconsistent features between the MAC … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Again, this comes down to integrations with other Adobe products. Premiere Pro alone isn't enough to produce a professional video. You need other solutions for effects, audio editing, and color correction. Adobe has a full suite of solutions to assist in the professional … Incentivized Helpful?	Final Cut Pro James Bishop Digital Media Specialist Chose Final Cut Pro I started video editing in 2005 on Adobe Premiere Pro. I used that software for 6 years, regularly every week. I found it to be extensive in the features and tools, but also confusing and cumbersome when it came to doing new things. It had a high learning curve and the editing … Incentivized Helpful? Dan Talvi Teaching Assistant Chose Final Cut Pro When compared to other video editing software, Final Cut Pro X falls in the middle in terms of difficulty and functionality. iMovie (another Apple / Mac video editing software) provides many of the basic functions and features of Final Cut Pro X, while Adobe Premiere Pro CC … Incentivized Helpful? JM Joel McAfee Producer Chose Final Cut Pro I first learned to edit on Adobe Premiere Pro, and then FCP7. Comparatively, FCP7 just worked. Adobe crashed all the time (back in the day). Apple clearly also had the edge on the user interface - not just doing what NLEs had been doing for years but making improvements to the … Incentivized Helpful? Rob Gokee Composer Chose Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro X is basically the professional upgrade of iMovie - if you're familiar with that product, stepping up to FCPX is a natural progression. Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro are both industry standard products - in all honestly, if you're an editor, you … Incentivized Helpful? Seth Paine Web & Media Developer Chose Final Cut Pro I have used Adobe Premiere Pro but I keep going back to Final Cut Pro X because it is easier to use. At some point, I will learn Premiere Pro because from what I have heard it is much more powerful, but I am staying with Final Cut Pro for now because it is much easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Hilary Hobbs Senior Video Editor Chose Final Cut Pro Premiere and Final Cut are very similar is usage. Final Cut has less crashing and lag, but does not work well with Adobe products. You'd basically have to use all different softwares to use it best. Davinci is a different beast with a color grading portion that is unmatched by … Incentivized Helpful? Brendon Brown Marketing Technologist Chose Final Cut Pro I find that many users have some iMovie experience when approaching Final Cut Pro X, and thus segue quickly to it. Premiere is also a good product, timeline-based, with a very mature expansion market, possibly with a cluttered interface. DaVinci Resolve is the free product from … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Pegg Owner Chose Final Cut Pro Final Cut [Pro X] has way more features in a much better layout. Although it is more expensive, I believe the improved performance and advanced level of features is worth it if you are serious about video production and professionalism. Incentivized Helpful? FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Chose Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro X has all the same features that the other two have. The price point for both Final Cut Pro X and Premier Pro are very comparable and DaVinci Resolve is a free software but I found it to not be very user friendly. We have access to both Premier Pro and Final Cut … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Final Cut Pro I briefly experimented with Adobe Premiere but wasn't crazy about the user interface. I'm so used to Final Cut Pro X and it's become such a mainstay for me that I saw no need to pursue an alternative. Final Cut Pro X certainly delivers worlds above your customary free editing … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Green Arnson Marketing and Communications Manager Chose Final Cut Pro I have hated iMovie since its inception. This probably says more about me, but I've never been able to figure out how such a simple piece of software can make me feel like such a dope! It's certainly improved over the years, and I have even used it in a pinch when I didn't have … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro X is much easier to navigate and more user-friendly than Adobe Premiere. It is something a beginner can pick up and have an easy time editing, and then an experienced pro can really dig in and make something amazing out of it. Premiere can be a train wreck from … Incentivized Helpful? Stephen Wittmaak Creative Designer & Content Specialist Chose Final Cut Pro Ease of use and intuitive menus systems a no brainer. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Epstein Executive Producer Chose Final Cut Pro FCPX is very similar to Premiere Pro, and the two software are locked in a competition. Some years Premier is better, some years FCPX is better. I would say FCPX is more stable with fewer crashes, but Premier sometimes lets you customize the view a bit more. Flash is good for … Incentivized Helpful? Kyle Trail Training Content Developer Chose Final Cut Pro There's no comparison really. They're all non-linear editors, but FCPX is in a league of it's own. Above the rest. Helpful? Dave Becker Content Manager Chose Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro X is just as good as Adobe Premier Pro but doesn't require a subscription to keep using. The one time cost was a plus for us. Although Final Cut Pro X is only available for Apple, everyone in our department uses Macs so it wasn't a problem. We've found it easier … Incentivized Helpful? Shawngela Pierce Law of Attraction, Meditation & Spiritual Life Coach Chose Final Cut Pro The user interface for Final Cut Pro X is way more intuitive. I have used and currently use a lot of Adobe products so I am very familiar with their interface, however, I am not a big fan of most of their design layouts. Their software is very powerful but not very intuitive, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Final Cut Pro I prefer Final Cut because of the magnetic timeline and the simplified way to edit clips. In my experience with other editing software, FCPX changed some basic things about editing to make them simpler. Often, editors who are engrained in the classic ways to edit don't like … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Huisjen Director of studentLife Chose Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro X stacks up well against Premiere Pro in my opinion. If you're looking for something a bit more basic in functionality that's easy to use Final Cut Pro X is great. In my experience, if you're doing a much larger project with lots of editing, correcting, and many … Incentivized Helpful? Horacio Carcamo Product Development Asst. Chose Final Cut Pro I find that Final Cut Pro has a better way of understanding its feature. It is more user friendly when it comes to insert transitions or any other effect. Also, the price makes a difference compared to the others. The way you edit in Final Cut Pro is different than how you edit … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Armstrong IT and Multimedia Projects Coordinator Chose Final Cut Pro Both platforms are excellent choices, I started with Final Cut Pro so I tended to use it more often even while having both. One day, I'll learn Adobe Premiere and be able to specifically say why I like it more or less than FCPX but I haven't had the time to master the Adobe … Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Video editing Pro Editing software Pro Adobe products	Pro Video editing Pro Easy to use Pro Add ons
Top Cons	Minus Learning curve Minus Steep learning curve Minus New users	Minus Premiere pro Minus File structure Minus Macbook pro

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	Adobe Premiere Pro	Final Cut Pro
Small Businesses	Descript Score 9.0 out of 10	Descript Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	iMovie Score 9.1 out of 10	iMovie Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Adobe Premiere Pro	Final Cut Pro
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (81 ratings)	9.5 (29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	3.2 (16 ratings)	8.8 (5 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Premiere Pro	Final Cut Pro
Likelihood to Recommend	Adobe I have actually recommended Adobe Premiere Pro to many people looking to get into the editing field. It is perfect for any type of video creation. It would not be very useful for someone who isn't serious about video editing and wants to just use something to cut out the beginning or ends of clips. It's too advanced for that and [maybe] confusing for someone not educated in the field. Incentivized Hilary Hobbs Senior Video Editor Read full review	Apple Final Cut really is a great software for video editing (hey, The Matrix was made completely on Final Cut!), but for someone who works heavily in Photoshop, After Effects, Audition and Illustrator- it's probably best for you to stick with Premiere. If you are solely looking for a great editing software for your mac that is a step up from iMovie, Final Cut Pro X would be perfect for you. Incentivized Hilary Hobbs Senior Video Editor Read full review
Pros	Adobe Premiere is able to import video in almost any format and has a number of excellent export formats and styles. Premiere has a great interface that once learned feels very intuitive. Premiere aligns easily with the other suite of Adobe software allowing for easy integration of graphics and audio. Incentivized Jeff Huisjen Director of studentLife Read full review	Apple Adheres to the conceptually easy timeline model, thus making simple onboarding. Feature-rich toolset which allows for incredible product manipulation from the get-go Expandability via a vibrant plugin ecosystem. Final Cut plugins are broadly developed. Rich integration with studio products: Motion, Compressor Version updates exhibit a product team in touch with what the market needs Incentivized Brendon Brown Marketing Technologist Read full review
Cons	Adobe Export times: I do a massive amount of exports with intensive graphics. They often need to be done quickly. If export times could be reduced by 90%, my life would improve drastically. Importing errors: Certain video formats are not compatible, such as specific types of MP4s and MKV files. Greater flexibility would be wonderful. End the subscription model. I'd gladly pay one flat fee once and be done with it. Incentivized Kenny Madison Video Editor, ChiveTV Read full review	Apple Would be nice to have more built in exporting options for those of use who don't know how to compress videos well. More built in effects would be a plus. I always struggle with adding text but it could just be me. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Adobe Adobe Premiere Pro saves time and cost and it does a great job. When you see the output you know that you have made the right investment in the right application. Adobe does not require a lot of support to work good. There are thousands of videos in case you are looking for a particular thing to do during your work on your videos therefore it is well supported. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Apple No answers on this topic
Usability	Adobe Adobe Premiere Pro can be VERY overwhelming at first (especially if you are new to video editing). Incentivized Michael Craven Owner/President/CEO Read full review	Apple Final Cut Pro is a great software package for editing, and obviously, good things require training to understand and comprehend what your are editing. I do not give a 10/10 because it would be easier to have a comprehensive manual inside the software, rather that researching or getting yourself trained. Incentivized Horacio Carcamo Product Development Asst. Read full review
Support Rating	Adobe It is a professional team that provides customer service at any time. I think that the team does not rest until they find a solution to your problem. I think this makes this company great because when a company offers a good service, and they treat you well, the customer always returns satisfied. Incentivized FP Franchesco Petrizzo Colsultor de Marketing Digital Read full review	Apple Most of the support I need, I find online. While Apple has a Q/A section on their site, it's not always beneficial in answering the questions that I have. With that said, they regularly update the software, and when updates lead to crashes, they usually have another update not far behind. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
In-Person Training	Adobe Utilizing one of the many books available on Adobe Premiere Pro, each video editor can learn at their own pace. Incentivized Michael Craven Owner/President/CEO Read full review	Apple No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Adobe No answers on this topic	Apple Implementing Final Cut Pro into the organization was a smooth transition from what we didn't had. We felt we went from zero to hero with this software, due to all the great features that we learned. We took some time in training staff on how to use the software but at the end, this was very useful and important. Incentivized Horacio Carcamo Product Development Asst. Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Adobe DaVinci Resolve is a powerful editing and color-grading application, and the base version is free. However, I've found that with the Lumetri Color panel in Premiere, I really have no need for Resolve as it meets all of my needs. Additionally, I've found Resolve to be lacking in support for the broad range of file types that Premiere handles gracefully. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Apple Final Cut [Pro X] has way more features in a much better layout. Although it is more expensive, I believe the improved performance and advanced level of features is worth it if you are serious about video production and professionalism. Incentivized Alex Pegg Owner Read full review
Return on Investment	Adobe Speed of workflow has increased- specially when coupled with keyboard shortcuts Jobs have had a faster turnover rate which makes clients happy. I have two Adobe accounts, one for work and one for personal use. Both of these accounts are paying for themselves through the work I can provide with the use of Premiere. Incentivized John Uibel Creative Specialist Read full review	Apple We are regularly lauded for our high-quality videos by donors and prospects, which greatly improves our standing in their eyes. Our Final Cut Pro X-created videos have contributed to our receiving large grant awards. Our videos have been shared and promoted by similar organizations, which has improved our standing in our field and adjacent fields. Incentivized Michelle Green Arnson Marketing and Communications Manager Read full review
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