206,528+

Videos per month

6,228,979+

Videos rendered

30,000+

Developers

Launch and scale at speed

Boost your growth with Shotstack's Startup Program. Qualifying startups will get 80% discount on Shotstack's Professional plans, and a community to support your growth.

Through a cloud based video editing API, Shotstack provides startups the fastest way to develop, launch, integrate, and scale innovative video products.

The Shotstack discount will be valid for 1 year. The program is open to any early-stage startup that meets the following eligibility requirements:

  • Incorporated less than three years ago
  • Up to Series A in funding

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How startups use Shotstack to build awesome video experiences

MY VIVENDA integrated the Shotstack video editing API in to their real estate marketing platform and improved their customer experience. Their team built an app that simplifies real estate video production, even for users with no film making experience.

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Why startups choose Shotstack

Affordable & Scalable

Scale as you grow

We are API-first and you only pay for what you use. Make use of the unlimited sandbox environment to create & test without any limitation. Only scale as your startup grows.

We're here to help! Developers rely on our quality docs, sample code, learn articles, and tutorials. And we offer continuous technical support to all customers.

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Intuitive & Powerful

Accelerate your go-to-market

Launch your video products and automation workflows in days, not months. Check out our professional video templates with code samples to get started in minutes.

We continuously work to produce high quality learning resources. You will have access to our Shotstack community where we actively share and support projects.

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Robust & Reliable

Battle-tested reliability

The Shotstack infrastructure has been built with scale and reliability in mind. Offering integrations with S3, Mux or our very own Shotstack Hosting service. Our APIs provide you with an efficient way to distribute your videos.

With more integrations coming soon, Shotstack provides a scalable and affordable solution for startups to reliably build their video product.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I redeem the Shotstack discount?
Eligible startups can apply for the Shotstack Startup Program by submitting this form. Eligible startups will receive 80% off any subscription.
Do I need to do anything to redeem the Shotstack discount?
You will have to purchase a plan and apply the discount code.
Is this program only for new Shotstack customers?
Yes.
It would have taken a lot of research on what technologies we needed to leverage technically for us to achieve the desired outcome. This would have taken at least two months of engineering time for a simple use case, and up to 6 months if the scope widened. Hector Zarate, Spotify

You could spend thousands of hours developing your own video editing API, increasing time to market and costing money.