Adobe Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve Studio
Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve Studio are both video editing software. Adobe Premiere Pro is a commercial product from Adobe Inc. DaVinci Resolve Studio is a commercial product from Blackmagic Design.
Which to pick
- Pick Adobe Premiere Pro when
- You edit video professionally on Windows or across platforms and work with After Effects.
- Pick DaVinci Resolve Studio when
- You want professional editing and the industry's leading colour tools on Windows, Mac or Linux for a one-time price.
Side by side
Professional timeline video editor for Windows and Mac, linked with After Effects and Audition.
One application for editing, colour grading, visual effects (Fusion) and audio post (Fairlight); the paid Studio edition adds more codecs, effects and GPU features.
Subscription only, and stability on large projects is a common complaint.
Demanding on GPU hardware, and the full application takes time to learn.
Production-ready (both)
Desktop app (both)
Not published (both)
Closed source, sold by Adobe Inc.
Closed source, sold by Blackmagic Design
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code. (both)
1.4k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
4.8k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.