When choosing software for my hobyist needs few years back, I've tried many. Filmora and DaVinci were final contenders.
Got into bed with Filmora, very happy, didn't outgrow it yet.
It fit best my requirements:
#1: Software required for simple flows (some cut, trim, eddit, add music) for 4k Mavic Air drone shootage -> export for Youtube.
#2: Simple, intuitive flow and interface, for first time user
#3 Efficient HW Encoding support was a must. I had Windows PC with limited CPU & RAM, but with nVidia GPU to utilize.
#4: Budget. That's my hobby, I don't earn money on this. Ready to pay for handy tool, but not willing to sell my kids kidney for it
Why not DaVinci? I liked it. A lot. But at that time:
- free version allowed only FullHD export (now 4k?). Filmora had no resolution limitation (with watermark on free version).
- Don't recall exactly, but on my particular PC setup Filmora did perform better. Might be limitation of free version.
- DaVinci version cost 3-4x more than Filmora.
That was a hefty argument - Pay 3x times more for DaVinci, and hope that all problems will go away after switch from free version? Or go with Filmora - which marked all my checkboxes, allowing fully test all features with free version.
Now tables may have turned. Upgraded PC. Time to upgrade drone.
Maybe will take another look at DaVinci.