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At a Glance
Audacity
Audacity
Star Rating
(453)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.8% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Avid Pro Tools
Avid Pro Tools
Star Rating
(120)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (81.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$599
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Audacity vs Avid Pro Tools

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Audacity easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Audacity overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Avid Pro Tools meets the needs of their business better than Audacity.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Audacity is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Audacity over Avid Pro Tools.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Audacity
No pricing available
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$599
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Free Trial
Audacity
No trial information available
Avid Pro Tools
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
400
9.1
114
Ease of Use
8.5
405
7.5
112
Ease of Setup
8.7
49
7.2
12
Ease of Admin
8.3
37
7.6
11
Quality of Support
7.9
261
7.7
99
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.0
28
7.6
7
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
395
7.2
112
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Audacity
Audacity
Avid Pro Tools
Avid Pro Tools
Audacity and Avid Pro Tools are categorized as Audio Editing
Unique Categories
Audacity
Audacity has no unique categories
Avid Pro Tools
Avid Pro Tools has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Audacity
Audacity
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
65.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
19.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
14.5%
Avid Pro Tools
Avid Pro Tools
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
81.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
9.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
9.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Audacity
Audacity
Entertainment
7.6%
Media Production
5.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.8%
Music
5.6%
Information Technology and Services
4.9%
Other
70.3%
Avid Pro Tools
Avid Pro Tools
Music
37.0%
Entertainment
16.0%
Media Production
10.9%
Broadcast Media
10.9%
Motion Pictures and Film
4.2%
Other
21.0%
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Discussions
Audacity
Audacity Discussions
Audacity noise reduction
4 Comments
Sunny R.
SR
after recording your audio, record a blank and select that part then go to effects and from there to noise reduction and click on get noise profile and after...Read more
What is audacity software used for?
4 Comments
CW
Short answer: It’s a non-linear multitrack audio editor Longer answer: A multitrack audio editor lets you work with more than one audio track at the same...Read more
Is Audacity free and safe?
4 Comments
Avid Pro Tools
Avid Pro Tools Discussions
What would be the best way to transfer these audio files to Sony programs?
1 Comment
Elijah N.
EN
Export the individual tracks and mono or stereo .wav files that all have the same start and end time so that they can be imported and stay aligned. You can...Read more
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