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Best Shootsta alternatives in 2026

Shootsta sells corporate video on a “You Shoot, We Edit” model: your staff film with a Shootsta kit or their own camera, its editors return a first cut in about 48 hours, and you pay for a year of prepaid credits, from US$1,000 a month plus taxes. Marketing and comms departments that shop around usually want shorter terms, prices they can read without a sales call, or their own project files. For them our pick is Mark Studios: monthly plans from $750 that you can cancel online, edits of the footage you already film, and a free mutual NDA before any file moves.

By Mark SantosPublished Prices checked Oct 25, 2026Sources

About this list: it is published by Mark Studios, which puts its own studio first, so treat it as a vendor’s comparison rather than an independent review. Every other company’s facts are taken from its own website, dated (how we compared). Some Fiverr links are affiliate links, which may earn us a commission at no cost to you.

Our pick

Mark Studios is the best Shootsta alternative for most in-house marketing and comms departments.

Shootsta is built for large employers filming in many countries, with kits, a review platform and editors across five-plus regions. Mark Studios suits the department that already records its own videos and wants them edited well, on terms it can walk away from.

  • A month, not a year. Shootsta's pricing FAQ says it sells annual subscriptions only, and its terms make fees non-refundable and payment obligations non-cancellable. Mark Studios plans renew monthly and cancel online from the client portal with no cancellation fee, or run 3 months paid upfront for 5% off.
  • Prices you can read first. Shootsta prints one number, from US$1,000 a month, and sizes the plan on a call. Our plans page names the price and the output: Starter is $750 for 1 long-form edit, 4 shorts and 2 thumbnails, and Growth is $2,000 for 4 YouTube videos with thumbnails, titles and SEO, plus 8 Shorts.
  • Your files, and one editor. Shootsta's Fair Use Policy keeps working files as its own IP and releases them only with its approval, possibly for a retrieval fee. Here project files can be added at quoting, footage is kept for 24 months, and every project runs through Mark Santos, with no account manager between your reviewer and the person cutting the video.
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This is our own studio and our own list, so read the pick with that in mind. Each competitor fact below links to the page we read it on.

Quick picks.

Start from what made you look. To get out of an annual term, Mark Studios, VidChops, Video Husky, Vidpros, Flocksy and Kimp all bill month to month. To keep a crew on call without a subscription, 90 Seconds books one per order. To put design next to the edit, look at ContentBeta, Flocksy, Kimp or, with an enterprise budget, Superside. To keep staff filming themselves in software, Seenit. For a handful of edits a year, Fiverr or Upwork.

  1. Mark StudiosOur pickBest overall: month-to-month plans, published prices and Mark on every edit
  2. FiverrA few edits a year, paid order by order
  3. UpworkOne editor hired on your own legal terms
  4. VidChopsThe lowest published monthly price, $495, with no contract
  5. Video HuskyWeekly editor hours with Premiere Pro source files included
  6. VidprosOvernight turnaround from an editor who works on your queue every workday
  7. ContentBetaB2B video, design and filming help from one subscription
  8. FlocksyDaily creative hours shared across video, motion and design
  9. KimpFlat-rate video and design with a free trial and no contract
  10. SupersideEnterprise creative work far beyond video, on an annual budget
  11. 90 SecondsA crew or an edit booked per order, in 100+ countries
  12. SeenitSoftware for staff-filmed video, sized by headcount

Only Mark Studios is ranked. The other lines repeat each card's “best for” label in card order, which is grouping, not merit; we wrote the list.

Shootsta's credit plans next to 11 alternatives.

Shootsta is the top row, the plan being compared against, and Mark Studios, our pick, is second. Each other price is the lowest published entry point on the provider's own page, linked and read on October 25, 2026; “Not published” means the site shows no price.
ProviderModelPublic starting priceStated first cutCommitmentFilming
ShootstaBaselineAnnual subscription in prepaid video creditsFrom US$1,000/month plus taxes; plans sized on a callSource · checked Oct 25, 2026First cut within 48 hours (2 business days); not guaranteedAnnual only; fees non-refundableYour staff, with a Shootsta kit (sold separately, per its kit page) or their own gear; crews through Premier
Mark StudiosOur pickMonthly plans, or a fixed quote per projectFrom $750/month (monthly plans)Up to 7 business days per plan deliverableMonth to month; cancel onlineOn location in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties, Florida, and elsewhere with travel quoted per trip; edits footage from anywhere
Marketplaces
FiverrMarketplaceSet by each seller, plus a 5.5% service fee ($3.50 more under $200)Source · checked Oct 25, 2026Set per gigOrder by orderPer seller
UpworkMarketplaceSet by each freelancer, plus a 5% fee (Basic) and a $0.99–$14.99 contract feeSource · checked Oct 25, 2026Agreed per contractHourly or fixed-pricePer freelancer
Editing subscriptions: you film, they edit
VidChopsMonthly credits$495/month for 4 credits (4 long or 16 short videos)Source · checked Oct 25, 20261–2 daysNo contract; 14-day money-backYou film
Video HuskyWeekly editor hours$849/month (Eskimo: 10 editor hours a week)Source · checked Oct 25, 2026First draft in 1–3 business daysNo long-term commitment; 14-day money-backYou film
VidprosEditor hours each workday$1,000/month (2 hours a workday); full-time $4,000Source · checked Oct 25, 2026Overnight, by complexityMonth to month; $100 trial weekYou film
Design-and-video subscriptions
ContentBetaCreative subscription$3,000/month; one-off videos $2,000 eachSource · checked Oct 25, 20264–5 days for short-form videoNot publishedRemote recording kits and on-site filming offered
FlocksyDaily creative hours$1,699/month for 2 daily hours; $1,199 billed annuallySource · checked Oct 25, 2026Same-dayNo contractsYou film
KimpFlat rate, active requests$1,397/month (Video); 50% off the first 4 months when checkedSource · checked Oct 25, 202624 hours (simple) to 2–4 daysNo contract; 7-day free trialYou film
SupersideAnnual creative budget$15,000/month minimum, plus a $1,000/month software feeSource · checked Oct 25, 2026Not statedAnnualNot stated
Filming platforms and crews
90 SecondsPer-order crews and editsEdits from $700; crew-plus-edit packages from USD $5,127Source · checked Oct 25, 2026First cut in 12–24 hoursPer orderLocal crews in 100+ countries
SeenitEmployee video softwareNot publishedSource · checked Oct 25, 2026Self-serveNot publishedStaff record via link or live session

Shootsta is the top row, the plan being compared against, and Mark Studios, our pick, is second. Each other price is the lowest published entry point on the provider's own page, linked and read on October 25, 2026; “Not published” means the site shows no price.

The baseline

What Shootsta sells, and what its contract says

Shootsta is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in London, Singapore and San Diego, and sells video to large employers' marketing, internal comms, HR and learning departments. Its main product, Shootsta Pro, is “You Shoot, We Edit”: staff film with a Shootsta kit or their own camera, upload to a workspace on its platform, and its editors cut each video to a locked brand kit, with a seven-module onboarding program that teaches planning, filming and presenting. Shootsta Premier is full production with its own crews, quoted case by case, and Elevate is an app for one-to-one sales videos.

On October 25, 2026 its pricing page showed no plan table, only “From US$1,000 per month (plus taxes)”, varying with volume, creative support and video type, with the plan built on a call. You pay a fixed monthly fee for a set number of credits. Its Fair Use Policy (updated July 27, 2026) prices a standard video of up to 5 minutes, cut from at most 25 minutes of footage and 50 clips, at 1 credit; a podcast episode is 1 credit, a pre-produced webinar 2, and a themed animation 2 credits for 45 seconds. Each project allows up to 5 amendments. English captions are included, while green screen, translated captions, voice-overs, social versions and “Supersize My Edit” are paid add-ons priced inside the platform; rush inside 48 hours is quoted separately, and each workspace gets 1 TB of storage.

The terms are annual. Its pricing FAQ says there are no month-to-month plans and that unused credits roll over within the contract period. The terms of service (updated May 27, 2026) bill in advance, make payment obligations non-cancellable and fees non-refundable, and don't let you reduce the volume you bought during the term; either party can end the agreement early only for a material breach left unfixed for 30 days. Unused services expire with the term, a renewal needs a new order form signed before it runs out and is charged at the list price then in force, and a smaller renewal is re-priced without regard to your old per-unit rate. After the term, your content stays downloadable for 30 days and is then deleted. Each project has to be finished within 60 days of its first submission, and the Fair Use Policy calls its turnaround times targets it doesn't guarantee, counted in business hours only.

Ownership is split. The footage you supply stays yours, and the terms of service vest the finished output in you on creation, but templates, tools and working files remain Shootsta's: releasing project files needs its approval, it may refuse, and a retrieval fee may apply. Music licences stay with Shootsta, so videos published during the subscription can be used indefinitely but the tracks can't be reused on their own, and Shutterstock assets are licensed for digital use within your company only.

Where Shootsta's own pages disagree

  • Turnaround. The pricing page promises a first draft within two business days and the Fair Use Policy “up to 48 hours” for a standard video (72 hours for a podcast, 10 days for animation), while the Shootsta Pro page says “as little as 24 hours”.
  • The kit. The pricing FAQ says that for Shootsta Pro “you do not need to buy anything”, but the Video Kit page calls the kit “a separate purchase from your Shootsta subscription” that you own outright; the terms also cover rented equipment, returned within 15 days of termination at your cost.
  • Reviewers. The Shootsta Pro FAQ says reviewing a video requires a seat licence, while the platform page says users are unlimited and every reviewer can comment on the cut.
  • Who owns the finished video. The terms of service say the output Shootsta makes for you vests in you on creation, while the Fair Use Policy describes the final video as a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence granted to you. If ownership matters to your legal department, settle it in the order form.
  • Price range. The pricing page starts at US$1,000 a month, while Shootsta's own ranking of enterprise editing services puts subscription services like it at $5,000 to $20,000 a month.
  • Founding year and rating. Its site and its page for AI assistants say 2014, its llms.txt file says 2015. Its homepage credits the 4.9/5 satisfaction score to its own post-delivery surveys; the AI-assistant page also calls it a rating across verified third-party reviews. On October 25, 2026, Clutch listed Shootsta as not yet reviewed.

Where Shootsta is strong

  • A 48-hour first-cut target, with editors in 5+ regions
  • Brand kits locked at the editor level, plus training for staff on camera
  • Kits, a videographer network and Premier crews from one supplier

Why buyers compare it

  • Annual plans only, paid in advance and non-refundable
  • No published plan prices or credit counts per plan
  • Working files stay with Shootsta unless it approves a release
  • Turnaround isn't guaranteed, and the kit costs extra

Sources (read Oct 25, 2026): Shootsta pricing · Shootsta Pro · Video Kit · Platform · Terms of service · Fair Use Policy · Information for AI assistants · llms.txt · Shootsta's enterprise editing list · Shootsta on Clutch · Our full Shootsta comparison

Leaving Shootsta: a checklist.

From Shootsta's terms of service (updated May 27, 2026), its Fair Use Policy (updated July 27, 2026) and its pricing FAQ, all read October 25, 2026. The dates matter more than the paperwork, because nothing can be cancelled mid-term.

  1. Put the term's end date in the calendar

    The terms let neither side end early without cause, and a renewal needs a new order form signed before the current one expires, at the list price then in force. Decide well before the end date, and if you're staying for one more term at lower volume, expect a fresh per-unit price.

  2. Spend the credits while the term runs

    Credits roll over within the contract but unused services expire with it, and each project must be finished within 60 days of first submission or before the subscription ends, whichever comes first. Submit the last projects weeks ahead; Shootsta takes at most five submissions in any 24 hours.

  3. Download every final within 30 days

    After the term ends, your content stays available to export for up to 30 days and is then deleted. Pull the masters, social versions and caption files out of the workspace before that window closes.

  4. Request project files before you leave

    Working files are Shootsta's IP under its Fair Use Policy: a release needs its approval, may be refused, and can carry a retrieval fee. Ask while the subscription is active and get any fee in writing.

  5. Replace music in anything you'll re-edit

    Videos you published during the subscription can stay up, but the music licence remains Shootsta's and the tracks can't be reused on their own, and its Shutterstock assets are licensed for digital use only. A re-cut by a new editor needs newly licensed music.

  6. Keep the kit, return rentals, hand over the brand guide

    A kit you bought is yours to keep; rented equipment goes back within 15 days of termination at your cost. Shootsta's templates stay its IP, so give the next editor your brand guide and one approved video. Mark Studios builds lower-thirds and title cards from that guide once and saves them in your brand profile.

The 11 alternatives, each held against Shootsta.

Our pick

Mark StudiosOur pick

Best for: Best overall: month-to-month plans, published prices and Mark on every edit

Model
Monthly plans, or a fixed quote per project
Stated turnaround
Up to 7 business days per plan deliverable (a first draft in 3 on Unlimited); first cut in 5–7 business days on a quoted project
Revisions
3 rounds per deliverable, each back in 24–72 hours
Filming
Edits for clients anywhere; films on location in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties, Florida, and travels elsewhere with the trip quoted
Commitment
Month to month, cancelled online any time; or 3 months upfront for 5% off

Compared with Shootsta: both edit what your own people film, but Mark Studios sells it a month at a time, at prices printed on its plans page, where Shootsta sells a year of credits sized on a sales call. Send the recordings (a leadership update, a webinar, interviews from an event) and your brand guide through a cloud folder. Lower-thirds, title cards and end slates are built to that guide once and saved in your brand profile, captions come as SRT or VTT files, and finals export in 16:9, 1:1 or 9:16 for the website, LinkedIn or an LMS. When the material is unreleased, Mark signs a standard mutual NDA at no charge, usually within one business day, before anything is shared, and footage is kept for 24 months so a later update is a short job. Shootsta ships filming kits and books crews worldwide; Mark Studios edits for clients anywhere and films on location in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties, Florida; farther afield, travel is quoted per trip. The four plans on our plans page on October 25, 2026: Starter, $750/month, 1 long-form edit (up to 15 minutes of footage), 4 shorts and 2 thumbnails; Growth, $2,000/month, 4 YouTube videos with a thumbnail, title and SEO each, plus 8 Shorts; Scale, $2,700/month, 4 long-form edits, 24 shorts, 8 thumbnails, a monthly content plan and a priority queue; Unlimited, $3,500/month, unlimited requests worked one at a time, with a first draft of each within 3 business days. One-off jobs such as an all-hands recording or a conference recap get a fixed price in the instant quote.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Plans run month to month and cancel online, against Shootsta's annual-only subscriptions
  • Every plan price and its output are published, from $750
  • Project files can be added at quoting; Shootsta may refuse a release or charge a retrieval fee

Good to know

  • Shootsta's stated first cut is 48 hours; here a plan deliverable takes up to 7 business days
  • 3 revision rounds per deliverable, where Shootsta allows 5 amendments per project
  • No kits to ship; on-site filming covers Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties, Florida, with travel elsewhere quoted per trip
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Marketplaces

Fiverr

Best for: A few edits a year, paid order by order

Model
Marketplace
Starting price
Set by each seller, plus a 5.5% service fee ($3.50 more on orders under $200)
Stated turnaround
Set per gig
Revisions
Set per gig
Filming
Per seller
Commitment
None: each video is its own order

Compared with Shootsta: Fiverr asks for no year-long order form and no forecast of how many videos you'll make. Each edit is a separate purchase at the seller's listed price, delivery time and revision count, and Fiverr's service fee of 5.5%, plus $3.50 on orders under $200, is shown before you pay. That suits a department that films a handful of videos a year and can't justify twelve months of prepaid credits. What Shootsta sets up once, a locked brand kit and an account manager who knows it, you rebuild with every new seller, and confidentiality, footage handling and source files are agreed gig by gig. Disclosure: Mark Studios sells on Fiverr too.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Nothing to prepay for a quiet quarter
  • Sellers at every price and speed, with public reviews

Cons against Shootsta

  • Your brand rules go to each new seller from scratch
  • NDA and file terms differ between sellers

Sources: Fiverr's service fee (checked Oct 25, 2026) · Fiverr vs Upwork vs agency

Upwork

Best for: One editor hired on your own legal terms

Model
Marketplace
Starting price
Set by each freelancer, plus a 5% marketplace fee (Basic plan) and a $0.99–$14.99 contract fee
Stated turnaround
Agreed per contract
Revisions
Agreed per contract
Filming
Per freelancer
Commitment
Hourly or fixed-price contracts

Compared with Shootsta: you hire a named editor and write the terms yourself. On Upwork's Basic plan you pay the freelancer's rate plus a 5% marketplace fee (3% for eligible US clients paying from a checking account) and a one-time contract initiation fee of $0.99 to $14.99; Business Plus is 10%, or 8%, and adds monthly invoicing for approved US companies. An hourly contract simply stops billing when the filming calendar goes quiet, which a prepaid Shootsta term can't do, and your legal department can put its own NDA, ownership and project-file clauses into the contract before any footage moves. The trade is cover: there's no pool of editors across time zones, so your editor's holidays and sick days pause the queue.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Your NDA and file-ownership clauses in the contract itself
  • Billing follows the hours actually worked

Cons against Shootsta

  • Marketplace and contract fees on top of the rate
  • No backup editor when yours is away

Sources: Upwork's fees for clients (read in a browser, checked Oct 25, 2026) · Fiverr vs Upwork vs agency

Editing subscriptions: you film, they edit

VidChops

Best for: The lowest published monthly price, $495, with no contract

Model
Monthly credits (1 long video or 4 shorts each)
Starting price
$495/month for 4 credits (Weekly); $995 for 8 (Pro)
Stated turnaround
1–2 days; revisions in 1 business day
Revisions
3 per video on Weekly; unlimited on Pro
Filming
None: you supply the footage
Commitment
No contract; 14-day money-back guarantee

Compared with Shootsta: VidChops is the same “you film, we edit” idea at a published price and with no annual term. Weekly costs $495 a month for 4 credits, where one credit is a long video of 5 to 60 minutes or four short ones, and Pro is $995 for 8 credits with unlimited revisions; both promise a 1–2 day turnaround, revisions within a business day, cancellation at any time and a 14-day money-back guarantee. Videos are edited one at a time from a shared folder, and you comment on timestamps in its portal. It is built for YouTube and social formats rather than corporate brand governance: there is no kit or onboarding for your presenters, closed captions cover repurposed shorts only, and subtitles cost $95 a month on any plan, where Shootsta includes English captions.

Pros against Shootsta

  • About half Shootsta's US$1,000 starting point, month to month
  • A 14-day money-back guarantee
  • 1–2 day turnaround in writing

Cons against Shootsta

  • Subtitles are a $95 monthly add-on
  • Weekly caps revisions at 3 per video, against Shootsta's 5 amendments

Sources: VidChops pricing and FAQ (checked Oct 25, 2026) · VidChops alternatives · Our full VidChops review

Video Husky

Best for: Weekly editor hours with Premiere Pro source files included

Model
Weekly editor hours, unlimited requests
Starting price
$849/month (Eskimo, 10 hours of editor time a week); Siberian $1,590; St. Bernard $2,749
Stated turnaround
First draft in 1–3 business days
Revisions
Unlimited
Filming
None: at least 80% of each video should be your own footage
Commitment
No long-term commitment; 14-day money-back guarantee

Compared with Shootsta: Video Husky meters an editor's week instead of counting videos. Eskimo, $849 a month, buys 10 hours of weekly editor time with a retained senior editor and project manager, which it pitches as 6–10 simple videos a month at up to 1080p and 20 minutes each, with unlimited revisions, a first draft in 1–3 business days, Adobe Premiere Pro source files for every video and 200 GB of cloud storage. Siberian ($1,590) doubles the hours and adds 4K, and St. Bernard ($2,749) is a dedicated 40-hour editor. Where Shootsta's terms keep working files, Video Husky hands them over by default, and every package carries a 14-day money-back guarantee with no long-term commitment. Read its fit notes before a company-wide rollout: Eskimo says it is not a fit if you don't have the final say on approvals, and both lower plans expect template graphics rather than custom animation.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Premiere Pro source files with every video
  • No annual term, and 14 days to get your money back
  • 4K on Siberian and above

Cons against Shootsta

  • Eskimo isn't meant for multi-stakeholder sign-off
  • Eskimo and Siberian expect template graphics

Sources: Video Husky packages · Video Husky Eskimo plan and FAQ (checked Oct 25, 2026) · Video Husky alternatives · Our full Video Husky comparison

Vidpros

Best for: Overnight turnaround from an editor who works on your queue every workday

Model
Editor hours: part- or full-time
Starting price
$1,000/month (2 editing hours each workday); full-time $4,000
Stated turnaround
Overnight, depending on complexity
Revisions
Not stated on its pricing page
Filming
None: you supply the footage
Commitment
Month to month; a $100 trial week rolls into the plan

Compared with Shootsta: Vidpros sells a slice of a named editor's day rather than credits. Part Time is $1,000 a month for 2 hours of editing each workday and Full Time $4,000 for 8, with no editor taking more than four clients. Its editors work Tuesday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Philippine time (GMT+8), so footage uploaded at the end of a US day can come back the next morning, depending on complexity. Requests go in through its customer portal and reviews run on Frame.io, much as Shootsta keeps briefs and approvals in its own platform. Plans are month to month with no annual commitment, a discounted $100 trial week converts into the first month, and stock video and music, simple thumbnails, AI captions and 3 months of storage are included. It builds intros, end cards and lower thirds from templates and doesn't make custom motion graphics, and it takes up to 40 GB of raw footage before asking for a call.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Next-morning turnaround for US time zones
  • A $100 trial week instead of a 12-month order form
  • The same editor, with at most four clients

Cons against Shootsta

  • Template graphics only, no custom motion
  • No kits, onboarding or filming

Sources: Vidpros pricing and FAQ (checked Oct 25, 2026) · Vidpros alternatives · Our full Vidpros comparison

Design-and-video subscriptions

ContentBeta

Best for: B2B video, design and filming help from one subscription

Model
Creative subscription: video, design, motion and web
Starting price
$3,000/month (Creative Subscription); one-off videos $2,000 each
Stated turnaround
4–5 days for short-form video; 10 days on a one-off project
Revisions
Unlimited within scope (2 rounds on a one-off)
Filming
Remote recording kits and on-site filming offered; videographers an add-on on one-off projects
Commitment
Not published; one-off projects need no subscription

Compared with Shootsta: ContentBeta is the nearest match for a B2B marketing department that wants filming help and design next to the edit. Its Creative Subscription is $3,000 a month for any mix of video, design, motion and web requests, with unlimited revisions within scope, a dedicated creative director, US time-zone support, bi-weekly calls and Slack, and source files. A one-off product launch or explainer is $2,000 per video with script, UI animation, voiceover, two social cuts and a 10-day turnaround, and needs no subscription. Its FAQ gives 1–2 days for design, 4–5 days for short-form video and 8–10 days for animation. Like Shootsta it lists remote recording kits and on-site filming among its services, and it says you own the copyright of everything it makes for you, where Shootsta keeps its templates and working files. A minimum term for the subscription isn't published.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Design, web pages and ads from the same request queue
  • Source files and full copyright
  • A single $2,000 video with no subscription

Cons against Shootsta

  • Three times Shootsta's published starting price
  • Built for SaaS marketing more than internal comms

Sources: ContentBeta pricing and FAQ (read in a browser, checked Oct 25, 2026)

Flocksy

Best for: Daily creative hours shared across video, motion and design

Model
Daily hours of dedicated creatives
Starting price
$1,699/month for 2 daily hours (about 42 a month); $1,199/month billed annually
Stated turnaround
Same-day on the entry plan
Revisions
Unlimited requests within the hours
Filming
None: you supply the footage
Commitment
No contracts; cancel any time

Compared with Shootsta: Flocksy sells hours of the same dedicated designer, video editor, motion editor and illustrator instead of video credits. Two daily hours, about 42 a month, cost $1,699 billed monthly or $1,199 a month billed annually, and four daily hours $3,099 or $2,199; unused hours roll over for 30 days while the plan is active, and plans carry no contract. Because the hours aren't tied to a video type, the same budget can cut a town-hall recording one week and lay out the slide deck and LinkedIn graphics around it the next, which Shootsta's video credits don't cover. The trade-off is predictability per video: a 60-minute webinar edit can use a large share of 42 hours, so ask how long your typical project takes before you size the plan.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Hours that cover design as well as video
  • No contracts, with unused hours rolling over 30 days
  • A Production Coordinator joins from 4 daily hours

Cons against Shootsta

  • Cost per video depends on how long each edit takes
  • No filming, kits or onboarding

Sources: Flocksy pricing (checked Oct 25, 2026) · Flocksy alternatives · Our full Flocksy comparison

Kimp

Best for: Flat-rate video and design with a free trial and no contract

Model
Flat monthly rate, set number of active requests
Starting price
$1,397/month (Video); $1,697 for Graphics + Video; 50% off the first 4 months when we checked
Stated turnaround
As fast as 24 hours for simple tasks; 2–4 days for complex ones
Revisions
Unlimited
Filming
None: you supply the footage
Commitment
No contract; cancel online; 7-day free trial

Compared with Shootsta: Kimp is a flat-rate subscription you can try for a week and cancel in a few clicks. Kimp Video is $1,397 a month and Graphics + Video $1,697, and a limited-time offer on October 25, 2026 took 50% off the first four months ($698.50 and $848.50). Video covers editing, animation, motion graphics and template customization for two active requests at a time (five on Graphics + Video), with unlimited requests and revisions, a dedicated project manager, stock video and audio, and source files. It states turnarounds as fast as 24 hours for simple tasks and 2–4 days for complex ones, and lets you pause instead of cancelling. Shootsta's edge is the shoot side, with kits, presenter training and crews; Kimp works only from footage and assets you upload.

Pros against Shootsta

  • A 7-day free trial and no contract
  • Source files and unlimited revisions
  • Design work on the combined plan

Cons against Shootsta

  • Two video requests at a time on the Video plan
  • The 50% discount is a limited-time offer

Sources: Kimp plans and pricing (read in a browser, checked Oct 25, 2026)

Superside

Best for: Enterprise creative work far beyond video, on an annual budget

Model
Annual creative budget: design, video, motion and AI work
Starting price
$15,000/month minimum on an annual term, plus a $1,000/month software fee
Stated turnaround
Not stated on its pricing page
Revisions
Not stated on its pricing page
Filming
Not stated on its pricing page
Commitment
Annual; dedicated groups on 12-month terms

Compared with Shootsta: Superside is a step up in scope, not a way to spend less. Subscriptions start at a $15,000 monthly minimum on an annual term, plus a $1,000 monthly fee for its Superspace platform, and the budget draws on design, video, motion, photo, copy and AI services from one pool; unused Flex Budget rolls over for up to three months. A dedicated group of the same creatives every month starts at $30,000 on a 12-month term, and a three-week Quick Start setup costs $20,000. Like Shootsta it asks for a year, but it can take on the campaign assets, decks and landing pages around the videos. For a comms department that mainly needs filmed updates edited fast, it is far more than the job requires.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Video, design, motion and copy under one budget
  • Unused budget rolls over for up to three months

Cons against Shootsta

  • $16,000 a month at the minimum, fee included, for a year
  • No published turnaround on its pricing page

Sources: Superside pricing and FAQ (checked Oct 25, 2026) · Superside alternatives · Our full Superside comparison

Filming platforms and crews

90 Seconds

Best for: A crew or an edit booked per order, in 100+ countries

Model
Per-order platform: crews, edits and add-ons
Starting price
Edits from $700 (Rapid Assembly, 6 editor hours); crew-plus-edit packages from USD $5,127
Stated turnaround
First cut in 12–24 hours; 5 days average delivery
Revisions
Revision rounds in 24 hours
Filming
Local crews in 100+ countries
Commitment
None: each order is priced on its own

Compared with Shootsta: 90 Seconds covers both halves of Shootsta, the edit of your footage and a booked crew, but prices each order instead of a year of credits. Its 90 Edit packages start at $700 for a Rapid Assembly Edit (6 hours of editor time, working files included) or a Location Specific Edit from a lower-cost market, and $1,650 for a High-End Edit (12 hours, licensed music and working files); it states editor matching within 24 hours, a first cut in 12–24 hours, revisions in 24 hours and 5 days average delivery. For a shoot, its self-serve configurator listed three Quick Customer Story packages (script planning, a crew shoot and the edit, platform fees included) at USD $5,127, $7,547 and $10,895. It says you own the edited deliverables outright. Per order, though, it costs more than a subscription spread across dozens of cuts, and it has no kit for your own presenters.

Pros against Shootsta

  • No annual commitment: buy one edit or one shoot
  • Working files included on every edit package
  • Crews in 100+ countries, booked online

Cons against Shootsta

  • A single assembly edit costs about $700
  • No self-shoot kit or presenter training

Sources: 90 Seconds edit services · 90 Seconds self-serve packages (read in a browser, checked Oct 25, 2026)

Seenit

Best for: Software for staff-filmed video, sized by headcount

Model
Employee video platform with an AI editor
Starting price
Not published (bespoke packages after a demo)
Stated turnaround
Self-serve in the platform
Revisions
Made in the platform
Filming
Staff record via a link or a live session with a teleprompter
Commitment
Not published; custom terms on Enterprise

Compared with Shootsta: Seenit is software for the same starting point, staff filming themselves, with the editing done mostly in the platform. Employees record through a link or a live session with a teleprompter, its AI Smart Editor and templates assemble the video, and content rights are handled in the app instead of waiver forms. Plans are sized by headcount: Grow for under 500 employees (500 uploads, 2 admin seats, basic branding), Professional for up to 4,000 (unlimited uploads, live record, auto-transcription and subtitles, a customer success manager) and Enterprise above that (scripting, a review and approval workflow, multilingual support, custom terms). It publishes no prices. Its homepage mentions full editing support, but the plans list software features rather than editor time, so ask how much human editing comes with yours.

Pros against Shootsta

  • Built for employee-generated stories at scale
  • Recording by link, so no kit to ship
  • Content rights handled in the app

Cons against Shootsta

  • No published prices
  • Mostly template and AI editing, not a human editor per video

Sources: Seenit plans · Seenit platform overview (checked Oct 25, 2026)

How we built this list.

We publish this list, and our own studio is the pick. Mark Studios also sells on Fiverr. No company paid to appear. Our row and card show our published monthly plan prices; one-off projects are quoted individually.

Who's on it
Services a corporate marketing, comms or learning department weighing Shootsta would consider for footage its own staff film: editing subscriptions, design-and-video subscriptions, filming platforms and crews, and the two largest freelance marketplaces. Each has a public price or a plain way to buy, except Seenit, which publishes no prices but is the closest software match for staff-filmed video.
What we checked
Shootsta's pricing page, its Shootsta Pro, Video Kit, platform and onboarding pages, its terms of service (May 27, 2026), Fair Use Policy (July 27, 2026), its information page for AI assistants, its llms.txt file, one of its own ranking pages and its Clutch profile, then each other provider's own pricing and service pages, all on October 25, 2026. Pages that load prices with JavaScript or block automated reads (Kimp, ContentBeta, 90 Seconds' configurator, Upwork, Fiverr's help center and Clutch) were rendered in a browser. Prices change, so confirm before you sign.
How it's ordered
Mark Studios first, as our pick. The rest are grouped by how you buy: marketplaces, editing subscriptions for footage you film, design-and-video subscriptions, then filming platforms and crews. Inside each group they are alphabetical, not ranked.
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Frequently asked questions

What are the best Shootsta alternatives?

For most in-house marketing and comms departments, Mark Studios: month-to-month plans from $750 that cancel online, a free mutual NDA, project files added at quoting and Mark on every edit (Growth is $2,000 for 4 YouTube videos with thumbnails, titles and SEO plus 8 Shorts). For the lowest monthly price, VidChops at $495. For editor hours with source files, Video Husky or Vidpros. To add design, ContentBeta, Flocksy, Kimp or Superside. For crews booked per order, 90 Seconds. For staff-filmed video in software, Seenit. For a few edits a year, Fiverr or Upwork.

How much does Shootsta cost?

Shootsta doesn't publish plan prices. On October 25, 2026 its pricing page said most subscriptions start from US$1,000 a month plus taxes, varying with volume, creative support and video type, and plans are sized on a call. You pay a fixed monthly fee for a set number of credits: a standard video of up to 5 minutes uses 1 credit, and pre-produced webinars and themed animations use 2. The video kit is a separate purchase, add-ons such as voice-overs and translated captions cost extra, and Shootsta's own best-of lists put services like it at $5,000 to $20,000 a month.

Can you cancel a Shootsta subscription?

Not part-way through a term. Its pricing FAQ says plans are annual and month-to-month isn't offered, and its terms of service (updated May 27, 2026) make payment obligations non-cancellable and fees non-refundable; either side can end the agreement early only for a material breach left unfixed for 30 days. What you can do is not renew: a renewal needs a new order form signed before the term ends, and your content stays downloadable for 30 days after it ends.

Do you have to buy Shootsta's video kit?

Its pages disagree. The pricing FAQ says Shootsta can ship a kit for Shootsta Pro and that you do not need to buy anything, while its Video Kit page calls the kit a separate purchase from the subscription that you own outright. The full Shootsta Kit has a mirrorless camera, tripod, wireless lavalier microphones, LED lighting and a mobile teleprompter; the Mini Kit 4 is a gimbal camera, light and clip-on mic. Get the kit price in writing, and note that rented equipment goes back within 15 days of the agreement ending, at your cost.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Shootsta?

Yes, on published prices. VidChops' Weekly plan is $495 a month for 4 credits (4 long videos or 16 shorts), Mark Studios' Starter plan is $750 a month for 1 long-form edit, 4 shorts and 2 thumbnails, and Video Husky's Eskimo plan is $849 for 10 hours of editor time a week, all month to month, against Shootsta's annual plans from US$1,000. On Fiverr, sellers set their own prices and Fiverr adds a 5.5% service fee.

Is Shootsta or Mark Studios better for corporate video?

For a department that wants month-to-month terms, prices it can read before a call, its project files and one accountable editor, Mark Studios: plans start at $750 and cancel online, the mutual NDA is free, and every project runs through Mark; the studio is Top Rated on Fiverr with a 4.9★ rating and 99% on time. Shootsta fits a large employer filming in many countries better: a 48-hour first-cut target, editors across 5+ regions, kits shipped to offices and crews through Shootsta Premier.

Is Shootsta legit?

Yes. Shootsta is headquartered in Sydney with offices in London, Singapore and San Diego, it publishes its terms of service and Fair Use Policy, and it names customers including LinkedIn, Qantas, CBRE and PwC. Some facts vary by page: its site gives 2014 as the founding year and its llms.txt file 2015, and its homepage attributes its 4.9/5 satisfaction score to its own post-delivery surveys. Clutch listed it as not yet reviewed on October 25, 2026, so ask for references from a company your size.

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