--- title: Handbrake Reviews meta\_title: 'Handbrake Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 155 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Handbrake works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.7 review\_count: 155 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # Handbrake Reviews & Product Details HandBrake is a free, open-source video transcoder that enables users to convert multimedia files and unprotected DVD or Blu-ray sources into modern, widely supported formats. Compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux, HandBrake simplifies the process of making videos playable on various devices, including mobile phones, tablets, TVs, and gaming consoles. Key Features and Functionality: - Built-in Device Presets: Offers optimized profiles for various devices, facilitating quick and efficient conversions. - Supported Input Sources: Processes most common multimedia files and any unprotected DVD or Blu-ray sources. - Output Formats: - File Containers: MP4, MKV, and WebM. - Video Encoders: AV1, H.265, H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, VP8, and VP9. - Audio Encoders: AAC, HE-AAC, MP3, FLAC, AC3, E-AC3, Opus, and Vorbis. - Audio Pass-through: Supports AC-3, E-AC3, FLAC, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC, Opus, MP3, and MP2 tracks. - Additional Features: - Title, chapter, and range selection. - Batch scanning and queueing of encodes. - Chapter markers. - Subtitle support (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT). - Constant quality or average bitrate video encoding. - Support for variable and constant frame rates. - Video filters including deinterlacing, decomb, denoise, detelecine, deblock, grayscale, color space adjustments, cropping, and scaling. - Live static and video preview. - HDR pass-through. HandBrake's primary value lies in its ability to convert videos from nearly any format into widely supported codecs, ensuring compatibility across a broad range of devices. By providing a user-friendly interface with powerful features, it addresses the need for efficient, high-quality video conversion without the cost associated with proprietary software. * * * Seller [Handbrake](https://www.g2.com/sellers/handbrake) Discussions [Handbrake Community](https://www.g2.com/products/handbrake/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 8 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/handbrake/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![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) [ ![Wondershare UniConverter](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Wondershare UniConverter") Wondershare UniConverter 4.3/5(41) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wondershare-uniconverter/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/handbrake/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 155 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Handbrake Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Adobe Premiere Pro ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-premiere-pro/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management") UN Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/9/2022 "Convert media files of all sorts with ease" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? The fact that Handbrake does what most premium programs are not able to do in terms of media variety, speed of conversion, and ease of use is just stunning. This is one of the best in class! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? Honestly, I've never come across something in the flow of the UI that I would want to change. The templates for converting work incredibly well and the speed of conversion is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? On a weekly basis, we have to send out mobile versions of video products, advertisements, and testimonials. Handbrake makes the conversion of these files to a manageable size effortless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Roszaimy Y.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Roszaimy Y.") RY Roszaimy Y. S Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/18/2022 "The Swiss-knife of video format conversion; free and open-source" 5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? The software is free to download. It runs without any issues whatsoever, which is something I can't say to most other open-source, free-to-download software out there. It literally takes any type of video thrown at it and converts them to your desired file format. Plenty of advanced options if I want to finetune certain settings before letting Handbrake does its magic. Video conversion time takes anywhere between 5-20 minutes in my case as my requirements tend to be more simple. Expect a longer running time when you are working with bigger files. In short, as my title says, Handbrake is like a Swiss knife of video conversion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? Not a lot to dislike, honestly. The software interface can be modernized a little bit as there are plenty of unused spaces. Some option buttons are quite small hence they are easy to miss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Handbrake: If your organization is open to using free downloadable software that is open-source where the source codes are easily verifiable to be non-malicious, you can go no wrong with Handbrake. Nonetheless, if you are looking for a paying solution with proper customer support, you may look at other solutions out there. In the end, we have been using Handbrake software for almost 10 years, and we found no immediate need to opt for something else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? At work, we were looking for a no-frill video format converter as our job requirement occasionally calls for .mp4 video format instead of .avi video format that was given to us. The reverse situation is true as well; for example, converting .mkv files sent by our clients to .avi format, which is more compatible with the operating systems in the office. Additionally, Handbrake is extremely useful to resize down uncompressed video files that were sent to us. With its open-source nature, free download and trouble-free operation, choosing Handbrake as our office's solution to video conversion and resizing was a no-brainer and it saved the department quite a decent amount of budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ridham S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ridham S.") RS Ridham S. Business Owner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2021 "Amazing & Very Fast Video Convertor and Compressor Software Without Compromising Video Quality" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? Handbrake is one of the best ever free video converter software. What I like most about Handbrake is: - It is supporting multiple operating systems so I can work from any operating system. - I can convert any format video into multiple file-formats at a time by uploading all videos. - I can also apply video filters like Decomb, Denoise, and Grayscale, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? Some features that disappointed me and I don't like much are: - It is crashes sometimes when uploading and converting more than 10 videos. - Their user interface is not attractive and a little bit confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Handbrake: If you are looking for a free video converter and compression software then I would like to say that Handbrake is a good choice and you should try it once. There are too many features that help you to convert and compress video within just a few clicks. You can also set custom settings for video and audio quality which will help you to create the final output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? Handbrake is becoming a very useful tool for my business because it helps me to convert any video of my client without any error in just one minute. It also helps me to compress the final video of my client without losing video and audio quality. It increases my work productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Preet C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Preet C.") PC Preet C. UI/UX Designer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/17/2021 "Best Free Video Compressing and Converting Software" 5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? HandBrake is one of the great video transcoder software which helps to reduce video size without losing quality by adjusting bit rate, frame rates, or maximum file size. It is good for YouTubers to modify video size and frame rates. I am using HandBrake for reducing video size for my YouTube channel. It is completely free to use and that is a major benefit to all users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? Actually, there are no downsides for HandBrake because It is a completely free-to-use and open-source tool for reducing and modifying video size. The one thing that should improve in HandBrake is its UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Handbrake: I highly recommend this tool for video editors and videographers who are working in the video editing industry. This is the best and very easy-to-use & free software so anyone can use it without paying a single penny to anyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? HabdBrake solves many problems of my business like I can reduce my YouTube video size from 4 GB to 1 GB easily without losing quality which is easier to upload on YouTube. It is the best tool for converting your video in any format without losing quality as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite PF Patrick F. Architect Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/9/2021 "Incredible, powerful file converter!" 5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? This software has never failed me. I have had video files that won't open, but Handbrake was able to convert the files and make them playable! The software UI is very clean and organized and easy to jump right into. There are many settings that I am not sure I will ever have use for, but if you are heavily into video editing and conversion, this may be the perfect software for you. There are numerous presets built into the software, as well as presets that can be saved to your customization. Some of the presets include full HD, 720p, 576p, and 480p. These are further broken down into "very fast", "fast", "HQ" and "Super HQ". I have used almost all of these settings, and the conversion speed for any of those files was always fairly fast. Obviously, it will take longer to convert something at the highest quality, but still relatively fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? I can't say I dislike anything about the software. It has taken "broken" files and fixed them for me...I couldn't ask for anything more! Some of the settings are beyond what I need, but I can't say that is a dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Handbrake: I can't recommend this software enough! You will be very happy with using the software, how powerful it is, and the benefits it provides! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? The biggest problem was unplayable video files. Handbrake was a lifesaver with this. I believe this software does things that I may never need, but it is nice to know those features are there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/16/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Design") UD Verified User in Design Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/16/2022 "Best software to compress size of video and converting video from nearly any format." 5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? Its interface is too good. it is too easy to use. It reduces the size of videos and maintains the quality. the size of the software is also not too much. We can convert videos into any modern format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? There is nothing which I can say I dislike about this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? It solves the major problem of video conversion by converting video in nearly any format and maintaining the video quality. i use this software to reduce the size of my HD videos . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Elijah N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Elijah N.") EN Elijah N. Private Music Teacher Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/15/2021 "Mother of all free video converters" 4/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? Handbrake has a simple interface and does one thing great, it converts video from one format to another and can save you lots of time trying to figure out other software solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? The batching system is a little cumbersome when you're trying to convert many videos at once. Having to select conversion settings for each one individually instead of highlighting and applying the same setting to all of them can be very time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Handbrake: This is really not for professional use; it's really for consumers who don't have access to better software with more features. Don't expect it to do a bunch of fancy stuff; it won't let you convert high-resolution formats like Black Magic, Red, Arri, or Avid. This is for consumer conversion only but can still be a helpful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? Converting videos in an unusable format to one that can be read by specific software and operating systems with codec limitations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Juan Pablo L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Juan Pablo L.") JL Juan Pablo L. Junior Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/26/2021 "No-brainer solution for compressing videos and helpful presets for any social media" 5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? I don't want to go deep in understanding multiple video file formats. That's why I like Handbrake; it lets you choose from a list and click convert, that's it, fast and straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? I would like to know the approximate size of the resulting file; I can't find this information until the conversion process finishes. Also, it would be nice to have it available for Windows users; there's no such simple solution there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Handbrake: Are you looking for a free quality option for converting files for Mac? Try this, and you won't regret it. Compress your videos and keep good quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? Videos I take with my phone about meetings or any matter related to work, I usually store them on my laptop. These files are heavy, and I don't have much spare storage, but I like to keep them, so I compress them with "Handbrake" to save space. Also, when it comes to sharing them with colleagues and friends, it helps me a lot to get a small file to send them over Discord or Slack teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 9/28/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Paulo S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Paulo S.") PS Paulo S. Video Editor Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/19/2021 "Super handy tool for video converting" 5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? HandBrake is a simple and intuitive tool, but at the same time, it offers exciting possibilities for converting video into different formats. The main attraction of this software is that it is a friendly tool for the primary user, without the need for prior knowledge about video codecs and advanced options. Just select the media file, choose a profile, and hit convert. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? I have nothing to complain about. As proposed, HandBrake handles the work with great competence, ease, and agility. Until today I never had problems like crashes or random errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? We often need to convert finished files to specific formats for certain social networks or communication applications. It's much faster to use HandBrake for this kind of trivial task than Adobe Media Encoder, for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Media Production](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Media Production") UM Verified User in Media Production Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/14/2021 "Getting Footage for Lectures is So Much Easier" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Handbrake? I joined a group recently, and we're looking to start doing lectures of the filmmaking process of various directors and genres. This means we need exact clips, so grabbing them off YouTube isn't an option. But Handbrake lets us rip just the clip we need off of DVDs. We can even export in just the format and resolution best to lay over the lecture. You can also use it to convert clips and videos you already have to other resolutions, add multiple optional audio tracks, attach or embed subtitle tracks, and more! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Handbrake? But we're having problems finding exactly what DVDs work and which ones do not. Handbrake can't break DRM, so even if we weren't using these clips under fair use, we can't get the disc to work with Handbrake. We found a workaround, but it involves using a different piece of software and some complicated steps. But 8 times out of 10, it works great. This doesn't affect you using this software with media that isn't on DVDs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Handbrake: Be prepared to look into a DRM remover if the discs you are trying to rip from aren't compatible with Handbreak. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Handbrake solving and how is that benefiting you? It lets me get and configure clips we're using in film lectures. We can even include commentary tracks as a nice bonus feature. Plus, DaVinci Resolve can take a lot of processing power to export multiple video files, but you can queue up all the different configurations and run them whenever you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Handbrake? 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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