In relation to these price increases, EditShare explains that: 'Due to a rise in the cost of codec-licensing, and the challenge of supporting a multi-platform user base, the release of version 12 brings with it a change to the pricing model. VAT) or Apple’s Final Cut Pro X (single outright license £203 inc.

Even so, Lightworks arguably still represents good value for money compared to Adobe’s Premiere Pro CC (one-year subscription on Creative Cloud £210.86 inc. VAT) for an outright licence, which includes two activators.Įven with this outright licence, upgrading between major releases still requires a further fee of £99.99 (ex. There are now two other payment options £14.99 (ex.

Unfortunately there’s a catch because, although Lightworks is still available as a free download (with some options disabled), payments for Lightworks Pro (with options enabled) have changed from a subscription to single payments, with the one-year rate rising from £48 (inc. With the release of version 12.0 of Lightworks, EditShare has reached its goal of making this professional-level video NLE (Non-Linear Editing system) run not only on Windows and Linux, but OS X as well.

Lightworks pro cost