Shotstack
Cloud video editing API for programmatic and AI-assisted video creation
Shotstack is a cloud-based video creation platform that lets teams build, edit and render videos programmatically rather than maintaining their own video infrastructure. It addresses the work of producing large volumes of personalized, data-driven videos from templates and connected data sources.
Core capabilities include the Video Editing API for JSON-defined timelines and a no-code Studio editor, bulk rendering with automatic delivery to S3, GCS, Drive or CDN, and AI generation of images, video clips, voice and music during rendering. Data from CRM systems, spreadsheets and databases can be mapped to templates, with triggers available through the REST API, SDKs (Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby), Zapier, Make and n8n. A white-label Video Editor SDK can be embedded in other applications, and outputs can be distributed to platforms such as TikTok.
It is aimed at engineering and product teams, marketers and creators building video workflows or applications. Pricing is usage-based: a free sandbox with signup credits, a pay-as-you-go option, and monthly plans that scale minutes, storage, bandwidth and team seats, with higher tiers adding 4K resolution, priority support and a Slack channel. AI generation is charged per model on all plans.
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