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Avid Media Composer pricing
Avid Media Composer publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, Avid Media Composer pricing is on request across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per user per month
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Avid Media Composer plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Composer | On request | 3 | Entry tier |
| Media Composer Ultimate | On request | 3 | Priced on request |
| Media Composer Enterprise | On request | 3 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Media Composer
On requestThe entry tier. It covers core editing, media management, standard media formats.
Media Composer Ultimate
On requestOver Media Composer, this tier adds:
- Advanced tooling
- Shared project workflow
- Facility licensing options
Media Composer Enterprise
On requestOver Media Composer Ultimate, this tier adds:
- Role-based interface lockdown
- Central deployment
- Integration with MediaCentral
What the product covers
The full Avid Media Composer feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Bin locking
- Media management
- Avid NEXIS integration
- Script-based editing
- Media Composer Ultimate
- AAF interchange
People bring Avid Media Composer in for cutting an episodic series where several editors and assistants share the same media and bins concurrently, working to a broadcaster delivery specification that assumes avid media handling and aaf interchange, running a facility where editors, assistants and producers need controlled, role-limited access to the same project, handing an audio conform to a pro tools mixer without translation problems. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Avid Media Composer are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Video Production
Too few video production tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avid Media Composer (this page) | On request | Per user per month | - | |
| Nuke | On request | quote | - | vs Avid Media Composer |
| Brightcove | On request | quote | - | vs Avid Media Composer |
| VEED | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Avid Media Composer |
| ScreenFlow | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Avid Media Composer |
| Muvi One | $399/month | Per month by storage and bandwidth tier | - | vs Avid Media Composer |
| HitFilm | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Avid Media Composer |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Avid Media Composer badges page.
Before you pay for Avid Media Composer
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between On request and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Avid Media Composer against the tools that do have one before committing.
Avid Media Composer runs on windows, macos, and is published by Avid Technology of Burlington, Massachusetts, United States. The full record is on the Avid Media Composer review, and the rest of the category is under best video production tools.
Avid Media Composer pricing questions
- How much does Avid Media Composer cost?
- Avid Media Composer publishes 3 tiers, from On request for Media Composer up to On request for Media Composer Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is On request.
- Does Avid Media Composer have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Avid Media Composer is listed as Per user per month. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Media Composer and Media Composer Ultimate on Avid Media Composer?
- Media Composer Ultimate costs On request against On request, and adds advanced tooling, shared project workflow, facility licensing options.
- Which video production tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 video production tools listed alongside Avid Media Composer have a free tier: VEED, HitFilm, Hedra.
- What am I actually paying for with Avid Media Composer?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for cutting an episodic series where several editors and assistants share the same media and bins concurrently, working to a broadcaster delivery specification that assumes avid media handling and aaf interchange, running a facility where editors, assistants and producers need controlled, role-limited access to the same project.
- Does Avid Media Composer charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Avid Media Composer prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Avid Media Composer against before paying?
- The closest video production tools in this directory are Nuke, Brightcove, VEED, ScreenFlow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Avid Media Composer covering price, platforms and features.