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Compare Adobe After Effects and FinalCut Pro 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (74.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Adobe After Effects
Star Rating
(1,051)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Adobe After EffectsFinalCut Pro
Star Rating
(83)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (74.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about FinalCut ProAdobe After Effects vs FinalCut Pro
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found FinalCut Pro easier to use and administer. Reviewers also felt that FinalCut Pro was easier to do business with overall. However reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- Adobe After Effects and FinalCut Pro both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Adobe After Effects and FinalCut Pro provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of FinalCut Pro over Adobe After Effects.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe After Effects
No pricing availableFinalCut Pro
No pricing availableFree Trial
Adobe After Effects
No trial information availableFinalCut Pro
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.3
918
9.3
39
Ease of Use
7.1
925
8.6
40
Ease of Setup
8.5
182
8.5
10
Ease of Admin
8.2
117
8.8
8
Quality of Support
8.2
784
8.2
28
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
115
9.2
8
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
915
9.1
37
Features by Category
Compatibility
9.2
118
8.0
25
9.0
117
8.2
30
9.2
119
8.9
26
Functionality
9.7
118
8.8
28
8.6
111
7.5
20
9.4
119
8.7
30
9.1
118
8.3
26
Project Management
8.2
114
8.1
29
8.1
98
7.7
22
Generative AI
7.2
49
5.0
5
7.2
49
5.0
5
7.4
50
6.0
5
Agentic AI - Video Effects
6.7
12
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.6
42
Not enough data
7.1
42
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Animation
6.5
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe After Effects and FinalCut Pro are categorized as Video Effects
Unique Categories
Adobe After Effects is categorized as Animation
FinalCut Pro has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe After Effects
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
FinalCut Pro
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
12.0%
Graphic Design
9.0%
Design
9.0%
Media Production
8.3%
Animation
4.5%
Other
57.2%
Marketing and Advertising
12.0%
Media Production
7.2%
Information Technology and Services
7.2%
Online Media
4.8%
Higher Education
4.8%
Other
63.9%
Discussions
How to Remove unwanted objects from your video with the appropriate fill tool.
8 Comments
WR
It's a fantastic and helpful piece of information. I appreciate you sharing this useful information with us.
Please keep us informed in this manner. I just...Read more
What are your top plugins for After Effects?
3 Comments
JF
Hey Dani, is there a specific use case you're trying to solve for in a new plugin?Read more
What is Adobe After Effects used for?
3 Comments
ES
Adobe after effects is leading vfx and industry used video editing software where people do post postproduction of movies adding visual effects and animation...Read more
FinalCut Pro has no discussions with answers
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