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by lasean 1596 days ago
I get the use case. Not sure there's enough value here as a cloud-based SaaS product. I use a similar product called Recut (https://getrecut.com/). $99 one-time fee (no subscription). Easy to open the edited project in NLEs. macOS only. Unclear that Kapwing is a better option when Recut would be breakeven at seven months and you can don't need to round trip videos in the cloud.
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dceddia 1596 days ago
Oh hey, I made that! Glad to hear you’re getting good use out of it :)

It’s Mac-only right now but I’m currently working on a Windows version.

I’m a big fan of one-time licenses and the Sketch-style “1 year of updates but use it forever if you want” kind of thing too, and Recut will probably switch to that at some point to make this whole thing more sustainable. What’s interesting is I’ve noticed that not everyone feels this way - some people genuinely would rather pay a smaller fee, but monthly. The thought has crossed my mind to offer both.

I do think there’s a large chunk of the market who don’t use NLEs and would rather avoid them (especially in the mobile crowd) and something web-based like Kapwing is probably preferable for those folks.

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lasean 1596 days ago
Agree on that last sentence. Thanks for making Recut!
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shahahmed 1596 days ago
That's a fair criticism - for certain users, I do think ramping up on a native NLE (which can be flat rate or SaaS) and the using a plugin/external tool like Timebolt or Recut is a lot. To some exporting on 64 core machines that's not your local machine (heating it up) + having access on any browser is attractive, but obviously there are tradeoffs.
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lasean 1596 days ago
Fair point. That makes sense. May be an opportunity for better messaging for who the product is for. Good luck with the roll out. Others mentioned Descript (which is solid). There's a labs project from Adobe that's exploring the same space (https://labs.adobe.com/projects/shasta/). So lots of options. A more clear customer target is needed (zero experience, prosumer, post-production creative professional). Again, not knocking your product. Just feels like this may end up more of a feature than a product — the subscription angle will force you to add more value and better target the right audience.
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KaoruAoiShiho 1595 days ago
Can somebody do a comparison this vs recut vs timebolt please?
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