--- title: FFmpeg Reviews meta\_title: 'FFmpeg Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 20 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how FFmpeg works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 20 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-07-12' parent\_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # FFmpeg Reviews & Product Details FFmpeg is a cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. * * * Seller [FFmpeg](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ffmpeg) Discussions [FFmpeg Community](https://www.g2.com/products/ffmpeg/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 5 months ### Return on Investment 26 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/ffmpeg/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Handbrake](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Handbrake") Handbrake 4.7/5(155) ](https://www.g2.com/products/handbrake/reviews) [ ![VideoLan](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "VideoLan") VideoLan 4.7/5(629) ](https://www.g2.com/products/videolan/reviews) [ ![Compressor](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Compressor") Compressor 4.3/5(48) ](https://www.g2.com/products/compressor/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/ffmpeg/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 20 real user reviews. Implementation Time 5 months [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Gabriele S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gabriele S.") GS Gabriele S. Researcher Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/25/2021 "ffmpeg user as a developer and videos maker" 4/5 What do you like best about FFmpeg? I like the community and the many examples that ffmpeg has. I used ffmpeg for many years as a developer, I created a player and a encoder by using the library. During my Ph.D I also use ffmpeg to create videos. You can find always a solution to do what you need, sometimes it is not easy to create the list of arguments used in the command line version but with the help how the users (stackoverflow, documentation and examples) you can reproduce what you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FFmpeg? In my personal experience I found that compile the library on Windows OS is a little bit complicated. You have to setup a lot of stuff and when an error occurs you don't know what is the step of the pipeline that breaks the compile process. I would like to have a simplified process where Visual Studio project is released with ffmpeg Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering FFmpeg: follow the example, make use of pre-compiled version of the library and then compile by yourself based on your needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FFmpeg solving and how is that benefiting you? In my previous job I used ffmpeg to create a player that makes use of hardware acceleration. there are many benefits such as a state-of-the-art project the ffmpeg developers add to the library new codecs very quickly. The API are easy to use and you have good performances Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite IM Ivo M. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/16/2020 "In a lot cases ffmpeg is my personal go to" 4/5 What do you like best about FFmpeg? The most helpful has to be diversity and ways it can be useful in so many cases. Ive been working in encoding sector for a while, and even with access to insanely priced tools/software, there are only few features that aren't accessable with FFMPEG. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FFmpeg? I wouldn't say that I dislike something per say, although I am struggling when I have to suggest FFMPEG to someone, who might not be used to using a terminal. In other words it would be huge if a cross platform app would pop up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering FFmpeg: Get ready to dig through a respectable amount of info to realise the capabilities that are available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FFmpeg solving and how is that benefiting you? FFMPEG is the backbone for our live content delivery solutions, and it takes care of almost everything regarding AV compression and guarantees reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite PS PANKAJ S. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/29/2020 "One Solution for all Audio/Video file problem- "Use FFmpeg"" 4/5 What do you like best about FFmpeg? FFmpeg uses most of the audio/video file formats and can convert it to .mpg, .mkv, .avi, .mp4 and many other formats, which is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FFmpeg? FFmpeg has so many options and utilities to use which sometimes are confusing but these many options just tell us that the capabilities of the FFmpeg and what all things we can convert using FFmpeg. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering FFmpeg: One Solution for all Audio/Video file problem- "Use FFmpeg" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FFmpeg solving and how is that benefiting you? I wanted to convert old .flv format video to .mp4 format but I was not sure how to do that than on google many people recommended to use FFmpeg and voila it works as charms. I was easily able to convert the video file to .mp4 format without losing the audio/video quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Defense & Space](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Defense & Space") UD Verified User in Defense & Space Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/14/2019 "Great way to process video and audio" 4/5 What do you like best about FFmpeg? FFmpeg gives so many options for processing video, even beyond your stated goal. That flexibility provides great options on the command line, and even when using as a container. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FFmpeg? Some of the options you can invoke on the command line require specific ordering that isn't necessarily stated in the documentation, or isn't easy to access. This requires extra tinkering with little to go on as to what the error messages are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering FFmpeg: Make use of the FFmpeg documentation and don't try too hard to make StackOverflow solutions fit your questions. Some of those solutions are off the beaten path, especially given that FFmpeg has so many options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FFmpeg solving and how is that benefiting you? I was able to convert video streams and cut the videos into pieces, as well as take screenshots of the videos. This allowed us to automate the processing of videos instead of preprocessing by hand. This saves up to an hour per video of processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about FFmpeg? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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