Shotstack

Shotstack is a cloud-based video editing API that, according to the vendor, allows users to create, edit, and distribute bespoke videos at scale. The product is said to be suitable for companies of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises. It caters to a wide range of professions and industries, including developers, marketers, agencies, product managers, media & entertainment, real estate, automotive, education, and health & wellness.

Key Features

Video Editing API: According to the vendor, developers can build applications using Shotstack's video editing API, allowing them to create, edit, and render videos by fetching assets, merging data, and applying edits.

Ingest Videos with Shotstack: Users can fetch assets from URLs, add upload functionality to their applications, or store video, image, audio, and font files directly in Shotstack's managed storage, as claimed by the vendor.

Serve API: The vendor states that Shotstack's Serve API enables users to distribute the media assets they create with Shotstack quickly and easily through their preferred hosting provider.

Create API: Leveraging generative AI, the Create API, according to the vendor, adds hyper-realistic voiceovers to videos using text-to-speech in over 30 languages, and allows for personalization with text-to-avatar.

No-Code Creative Automation: The vendor claims that Shotstack's no-code workflows automate creativity, allowing users to connect first-party data and create personalized videos tailored to their customers' interests and needs.

Shotstack Startup Program: According to the vendor, startups can take advantage of Shotstack's scalable and affordable video editing API through the Startup Program, which offers qualifying startups an 80% discount on Shotstack's Professional plans.

Timeline based editing: Users can trim, cut, and organize video clips along a virtual timeline and dynamically swap or adjust any clip using code, as stated by the vendor.

Unlimited tracks: The vendor claims that users can layer video clips on top of each other to create creative transitions or overlay text, titles, and subtitles.

Multiple asset types: According to the vendor, users can combine video clips, images, music, sound effects, text, and HTML to create engaging and personalized content.

Ingest assets from any URL: Users can simply provide the URLs of assets, and Shotstack will download them ready for editing, as claimed by the vendor.