# Vegas Pro review (2026): is it worth $8.33 a month, billed yearly?

> Windows video editor with AI tools, now published by Boris FX

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Vegas Pro is a professional video editor for Windows with a GPU-accelerated timeline, color grading, compositing, multicam editing and built-in audio tools. AI features cover reframing, masking, text-based editing and speech tools. It is sold in three tiers, with Boris FX effects and audio apps in the higher ones.

- **Category:** Screen Recording & Video
- **Made by:** Boris FX
- **Website:** https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/vegas-pro
- **Runs on:** Windows
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use a Mac or Linux, because it's Windows software only.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Vegas Pro is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $8.33 per month, billed yearly.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** A free trial is offered; its length is not stated on the pages read.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vegas Pro | $8.33 per month, billed yearly | The editor with AI tools, Continuum titling, speech-to-text, text-to-speech and Storyblocks media. $99.95 for the year. |
| Vegas Pro Plus | $12.50 per month, billed yearly | Adds Mocha Vegas tracking, CrumplePop audio plugins, Sound Forge and Acid Pro. |
| Vegas Pro Ultimate | $16.66 per month, billed yearly | Adds Continuum VFX plugins, Mocha Pro, Particle Illusion, Optics, iZotope Photon and Sound Forge Plus. |

Read from https://borisfx.com/store/?product=vegas-pro&host=standalone&purchase-options=new-annual-subscription on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Vegas Pro before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly billing saves over 50%** (Annual discount): The Boris FX store labels its yearly subscription option as saving over 50% compared with monthly billing. Source: https://borisfx.com/store/?product=vegas-pro&host=standalone&purchase-options=new-annual-subscription

## Key features

- **GPU-accelerated timeline:** A flexible timeline with unlimited video and audio tracks, running on the Vegas Core engine for playback, effects and rendering.
- **AI tools:** Auto reframing to vertical or square, AI quick masks, text-based editing from a transcript, speech to text and text to speech.
- **Color and compositing:** Advanced color grading, compositing modes, masks and effects for layered edits.
- **Multicam and audio:** Multicam sync for interviews and events, plus recording, editing and mixing tools built into the editor.
- **Titling:** Continuum 2D and 3D titling is included in every tier for animated titles and motion graphics.
- **Stock media:** A Storyblocks library of stock footage, music and sound effects, available on subscriptions.

## Good for

- Windows editors who want a traditional timeline editor
- Editors who want effects and audio apps bundled in higher tiers
- Creators who prefer subscriptions as well as perpetual licenses

## Worth knowing

- The product pages describe it as software for Windows; no Mac or Linux version is listed.
- Speech to text, text to speech and the Storyblocks library are marked subscription-only.
- The store also offers a perpetual license, but its price could not be read; monthly billing prices also were not visible.
- Prices exclude taxes and VAT, and Boris FX offers a 15-day money-back guarantee.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Vegas Pro is a timeline editor for Windows with GPU acceleration, colour tools, multicam and titling, from $8.33 a month on yearly billing. It runs on Windows only, and speech to text and the stock library are subscription-only.

- **Value for money: C.** $8.33 a month on yearly billing for the base plan, between the category's cheapest quarter and its middle. The dearer plans are $12.50 and $16.66.
- **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial is offered, but the pages don't say how long it lasts or whether a card is needed. No free plan.
- **Features: B.** GPU timeline, colour and compositing, multicam, audio, titling and AI tools. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job of a professional editor.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A full timeline editor has a learning curve.
- **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows only. No Mac or Linux version is listed, and no phone or web version.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Vegas Pro's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools

- Vegas Pro's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 3 of the 84 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on features (B, above 49 of 84) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 19 of the 62 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 22 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Vegas Pro you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 79 of the 84 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $99.96 a year.

- You could not: A video editor.
- You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make.
- You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust.
- You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Storyblocks

**Tags:** Video editing, AI features, Transcription, Text to speech

## Alternatives

- [DaVinci Resolve](https://toolgpa.com/tools/davinci-resolve): Video editing, color, effects and audio post-production in one app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/davinci-resolve-vs-vegas-pro)
- [Adobe Premiere](https://toolgpa.com/tools/adobe-premiere): Professional video editor for desktop, with a free mobile app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adobe-premiere-vs-vegas-pro)
- [Wondershare Filmora](https://toolgpa.com/tools/filmora): Desktop and mobile video editor with AI tools and a stock library. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filmora-vs-vegas-pro)
- [Camtasia](https://toolgpa.com/tools/camtasia): Screen recorder and video editor for tutorials and training videos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/camtasia-vs-vegas-pro)
- [Shotcut](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shotcut): Free open-source video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shotcut-vs-vegas-pro)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://borisfx.com/store/?product=vegas-pro&host=standalone&purchase-options=new-annual-subscription
- https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/vegas-pro/plans-pricing/
- https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/vegas-pro/
- https://borisfx.com/store/money-back-guarantee/

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