VEGAS Pro

4.6 (121)
Integrated video and audio editing software

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4.6 /5
(121)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.5/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support
4.2/5

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Eliezer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Powerfull and Simple Video Editor

Reviewed on 2/12/2019

Vegas' timeline has always been very simple—It allows for speedy editing while not detracting from functionality. Other NLEs' timelines feel clunky (I've use almost every major editor). Rather than holding to firmly to a layout which is over-inspired by outdated linear editing systems, Vegas has always (even since the Sonic Foundry years) been one of the quickest NLE's to learn.

Pros

I love the unique qualities that allow the user to be able to alter and edit video from color to manipulations. With endless ability to get added transitions, and capability to render any way you prefer I think it is a unique user experience that I can't get anywhere else. Best of all? It is easy to learn if you are willing to look up some youtube tutorials. I have used this for years. Get it.

Cons

Some advanced manipulations are difficult, and in regard to free transitions and such, options are slightly limited. I can't say much else is a dislike.

Irfan
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  • Industry: Broadcast Media
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Why is Everyone Going Crazy Over Vegas Pro?

Reviewed on 16/9/2021

We use Vegas Pro as the official editing software for our radio. It is used 24/7 and everyone is quite happy with the overall performance of Vegas. It is pretty good to handle 7-8 hour playlists. I put together music B2B for the night and work with multitrack. Vegas Pro is the backbone of our organization and it has definitely had a positive impact on our ROI. You can do a lot of cool stuff with Vegas when it comes to audio engineering.

Pros

Vegas Pro is excellent for audio editing. A big window for multiple audio tracks makes it quite easy to work. The interface is user-friendly and the tools are awesome. The snapping tool provides great help to accurately place tracks. Likewise, the automatic crossfade gives so many different variations to combine the two audios. I particularly like the auto-ripple option that helps moving tracks and saves a lot of time. You can put markers and insert region, and then render the desired final audio. Batch-render is an excellent way to process multiple files at the same time. Vegas Pro is a must-have for a radio.

Cons

We recently upgraded from version 13 to 15 and faced trouble rendering singles files. The new version crashes frequently. Docking panels can be tricky sometimes. We had the Explorer Window undocked by mistake and spent a lot of time figuring out how to fix it.

Clayton
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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MOV container files will not work in Vegas Pro

Reviewed on 19/6/2020

Not great, and it does not work on my newer devices which all use .mov containers. DaVinci Resolve free version works much better which is a big surprise.

Pros

I do like fx features and the workflow, but none of my new camera gear will work in it anymore.

Cons

Why does Magix think .mov files are obsolete and always related to Quicktime which they are doing away with? It is my understanding that .mov is just a container, and codec can vary in containers. For instance, my new Atomos Ninja V recorder uses .mov containers with DNxHR codex. Does not work in Vegas but it works without any problems in the free version of DaVinci Resolve. Same thing with 2 of my new action action cameras that also use the .mov container, but it works great in DaVinci Resolve. Vegas Pro also does not have Prores support. What can I actually use Vegas Pro 17 for? Does not work at all for my Atomos Recorder or action cams. I can do a couple tweaks for my Atomos with the DNxHR codex installed separately, but I can't get video on action cameras. I regret spending the money on Vegas Pro 17 now.

Cristhian Josue
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Vegas Pro, what does your old video editor look like in 2021?

Reviewed on 3/9/2021

Vegas Pro is comfortable and has good things to offer if you're willing to pay monthly fees which in my opinion are expensive for this video editor, a good software, but not the best.

Pros

Despite the years, Vegas Pro has remained a great option in the world of video editing, at the beginning of the last decade this software was a reference, although currently doesn't have the same popularity, vegas pro is that video editor that any user can understand perfectly.

The workflow of this video editor is very comfortable, it allows us to edit effects directly in the timeline, the menu is simple and clean, Vegas Pro is a very good video editor.

Cons

In my opinion, this software is a bit expensive, I like Vegas Pro, but the monthly subscription is too abusive, personally, I am against having to rent software, but Vegas Pro has no way to justify its price, being its target audience the average user.

Personally, I would check out other similarly priced video editors before purchasing Vegas Pro.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Coming along way and best at what it does

Reviewed on 7/5/2022

Works great with any windows PC i have thrown at it. Highly optimized hardware!! very efficient for my use case

Pros

Vegas Pro is an all round NLE with great hardware optimization which has worked well with most of my PCs. I always enjoy its fast loading straight to the timeline. The window layout can are easy to customize and can be docked anywhere with also the ability to view various windows with an external monitor thus giving me enough working space.

Cons

The main challenge i have experienced is with having to cut out clips on the timeline. I am more used to pick the specific part using a source monitor by just dragging in a segment to the timeline using the in and out points.

Timothy
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Brilliant video editing suite

Reviewed on 25/6/2020

Use it to edit drone videos that I can share with my friends and hopefully the world which is fun. It's a great app to work with.

Pros

Feature-rich, many built in filters, transitions, asset bank, plugins, can output to many formats with many different output profiles

Cons

Requires a large screen (720p doesn't quite cut it), steep learning curve for a beginner, scrubbing o the timeline could be easier. Found it difficult to import all the videos I wanted from one directory. I also have fastcut and would have been nice to use fast cut to kick start the video and use Vegas pro to edit and tweak the final mix. A keyboard shortcut cheatsheet would help.

Alex
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Love Vegas!

Reviewed on 18/11/2022

I don’t think I would’ve used Vegas for as long as I have if it wasn’t an amazing piece of software. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Pros

Vegas has been reliable for most of the time I’ve used it, it does have a tendency to crash, but only when I’m doing too much with my computer. It’s edit videos very well and can be used by professionals and amateurs alike.

Cons

I do hate the fact that it does occasionally crash, this means I need to save the project regularly. But it doesn’t mean it crashes that much that it’s an actual issue.

Chris
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

My go to rendering engine

Reviewed on 25/10/2022

Vegas is the crucial final stage of my workflow and has been for 8+ years. I see no reason to look elsewhere.

Pros

Have used various versions of Vegas over the years mainly for final compilation of a project. I chose Vegas due to it's reliable real-time preview, titling and surround sound capabilities.

Cons

Like all video software real time preview of complicated, multi-layer FX is a problem. I ended up using alternative software to achieve this which suffered less lag.

German Liber
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  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

The best for home and budget projects, not so good for professional jobs...

Reviewed on 4/2/2021

Overall experience with Vegas was good, I had to leave the software once I learned a lot and started doing more professional work. It's okay for beginners and budget/home projects.  Price is too high, feels clunky and outdated and that's a con.

Pros

I use Vegas even before MAGIX bought it, the software is really great, and it helped me a lot when it was my only option a few years ago, when my computer wasn't that great. Vegas is the perfect choice for rookies on video edition, you can learn the basics on aspect ratios, cut-and-paste fragments of video, resolutions, audio parameters, etc. The tools can be pretty advanced and useful if you know how to use them, there are solutions for everything related to video edition on Vegas, you can even do some animation and automated effects. The rendering times are pretty great, even on low-end computers.

Cons

It's not the best for professional use and commercial projects, it can be kind of clunky and the learning curve is slow and very frustrating. Templates for text and cards on video feels really outdated. Animation and automation tools are not the best, while they work, they require, in fact, a lot of hard work to function properly. The prices for it are really high.

Azzahra
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  • Industry: Animation
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Vegas Pro Editing Software suitable for professionals with complete functions

Reviewed on 7/11/2022

Vegas Pro is a great video editing software with good functional details, I used it for a long time, but because my daily video editing needs are not too complicated so I use a simpler video editing software

Pros

I like Vegas Pro because of the complete functionality of video editing software, suitable for professionals with detailed functions

Cons

My daily video editing needs don't require complicated details, so I decided to use easier and simpler software.

Hayden
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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It's a very capable video editor, in the sea of video editing software

Reviewed on 12/4/2022

Pros

It's a full featured and powerful video editor.

Cons

Can be laggy and has some quirks that you need to get used to.

Alternatives Considered

DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro

Reasons for Switching to VEGAS Pro

It's good for some tasks, but It's not my main video editing software.
Robert
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  • Industry: Graphic Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Video for Graphic Designers

Reviewed on 22/4/2021

Overall, I am very pleased with Vegas and will continue to use this for the forseeable future.

Pros

Vegas is, by far, the easiest to use video editing software I have come across in 20+ years working in graphic design. The layers function is immediately familiar to anyone that has used an adobe product and the tools are super easy to use and naviagate.

Cons

Vegas tends to bother you with special offers and such at nearly every startup of the software. X'ing out of those can become a nuisance.

Jeff
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Vegas Pro Keeping up with thechnology

Reviewed on 2/6/2021

Vegas has been my go to editor for 15 years. I can customize nearly every option of a render format quickly and easily.

Pros

This is the most intuitive Non-Linear-Editor I've used. What takes several clicks in other editors is a mouse-drag away on the timeline.

Cons

They recently changed ownership, which was not without a few bumps in the road. Thankfully it is all ironed out.

Robin
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Good video editing solution for Windows

Reviewed on 3/12/2019

VEGAS Pro has helped to edit professional looking videos for online distribution quickly with more features than simple programs like Windows MovieMaker.

Pros

I highly recommend VEGAS Pro if you use Windows. It is a feature rich video editing program that has all the bells and whistles for professional work. One of the great things about VEGAS Pro is that it is a one time purchase vs. Adobe's monthly subscription.

Cons

While the software is great, there are sometimes some bugs that causes crashes. It can be frustrating as you edit. This happens with most video editing programs however and should not be looked as a deal breaker.

David
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Always breaks when updates are being sold

Reviewed on 19/9/2020

Every year it causes enormous frustration and outrage due to having scheduled failures

Pros

I've been using it for almost 10 years and it is very easy to learn and use BUT every time a new version becomes available it stops rendering and saving project files. Contact support and you get told 'We don't support that version anymore, you need to purchase the upgrade if you want support.'

Cons

The fact that it breaks as soon as sony start selling a new version and support wont help unless you purchase the upgrade. It's an unethical scam

Bronx
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Video Editing and Content Creation at its finest!

Reviewed on 5/5/2022

VERY VERY positive and ive enjoyed making every video ive put out with this product.

Pros

There are so many options and capabilities with this software and although it does take some time to learn, it is for sure very useful and good at putting the options in your hand.

Cons

The only problems ive had with sony vegas is an occasional crash but at a much lower rate then the competitors.

Melanie
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Epic softwear for everyone

Reviewed on 11/6/2021

It makes my videos look extremely professional. I love how easy it is to use and it saves back ups without any questions. That has saved my project a lot.

Pros

-Easy to use
-User friendly
-Backs up projects with no questions
-Has many specials effects to use
-Has many different formats to export

Cons

-Expensive
-Can crash
-Can take a while to render
-So much stuff it can be hard to pick what to use

Andrew
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Vegas pro when you need video editing

Reviewed on 10/8/2021

Pros

Its the most professional tool with many animations and helpers to produce a high quality movie

Cons

Difficulty in installtion and needs to tutorials to help in using all features

Cedric
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Vegas Pro: The True Non-linear Editor

Reviewed on 21/4/2020

It allows me to focus on the project and create versus trying to figure out how to do this and that. When you are trying to meet deadlines, you want a tool that is easy to use not slow down the process. Plus Vegas was doing 64bit with real time preview and effects long before the other guys. No long waits to see if things will work and stable in use. Get this and save yourself the headaches!

Pros

Works like a non-linear editor should and not like a linear tape deck thrown on a pc program.

Cons

The loyality program could be a little more cheaper for some of us using Vegas since Version 6.

Gustavo
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Simple, Intuitive and Killer

Reviewed on 26/8/2020

I edit short films and video logs for Youtube. It is definitely one of the best and most complete video editors, lightweight, fast rendering and very intuitive in the whole process.

Pros

It's simple to use, intuitive to add effects over the timeline, full detailed audio control and plenty of plug-in options

Cons

It could presents many crashes when an effect is included, and may even close the entire program. Delimiting options for types of files to be rendered

dj amsterdam
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Vegas pro is one of the easiest video editing softwares for both beginners & experienced.

Reviewed on 10/8/2022

Pros

Vegas pro has simple editing tools making the work easy and time saving.

Cons

Though the software is nice, sometimes it crushes when you try out some effects or transitions.

Izet
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Vegas Pro

Reviewed on 16/4/2020

Pros

For me personally, Vegas pro is great software for people involved in video editing,because is not hard to learn in few simple tutorials you can learn a lot of useful that will help to understand it.Value for money is not that importat because the amount of things that you get for it are amazing.

Cons

The are to much illegal ways to get it.I hope that will be fixed one days because when you buy software you are helping creators to build it even more.My opinion security needs to me higher.

Miguel Ángel
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Perfect to start and learn

Reviewed on 13/7/2021

Overall I think it's a good editor to start with and a good editor to do professional quality work. The license is not that expensive and I like the fact that it can be purchased in a single payment, as I don't like monthly licenses.

Pros

I decided to edit my guitar cover videos with VEGAS Pro for its ease of use and the whole variety of tutorials that are on the internet about how to use this video editor. As a beginner I would say that it's perfect to get started in video editing. It won't take you so long to learn from scratch how to edit a video, to know the different editing options offered by the program and end up with a decent end result. At first I had a hard time becoming familiar with VEGAS Pro, but with day after day of continuous work I was able to become more efficient and finish editing my videos in less time. I'm very happy with the results I obtained and I would like to learn more to get better results, which surely with more practice I will get.

Cons

I feel like I haven't used VEGAS enough to be able to see its full potential, so to this day I haven't had any problems.

Elliot
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  • Industry: Apparel & Fashion
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Fantastic software and service

Reviewed on 18/11/2019

The Vegas Pro is brilliant and professional and is a great tool for my business work. I feel confident and excited to explore the tools and custonising features to improve the videos I produce for our clients abroad.

Pros

The software is very detailed and professional. It offers you the ability to completely customise and imrpove your video production.

Cons

The software does not provide a very easy instruction guide

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Video editing software

Reviewed on 3/3/2021

Pros

It has variety of tools to edit your video. It also allows you to edit effectively without having high end devices. It also allows different audio tools to link with it.

Cons

One of the massive drawbacks is that it crashes alot even though it does not require high end devices.