Wondershare
Creative and utility software including Filmora and PDFelement
Best for: Creators and small businesses who want capable creative and utility tools without Adobe-level subscriptions.
- Pricing
- From around £39.99/year per product
- Free trial
- Free trials with watermarks or feature limits on most products.
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Web
- Mobile apps
- Mobile versions of Filmora, PDFelement and several utilities.
- AI features
- AI in Filmora for smart cutout, text-to-video, AI copilot editing and audio denoise; AI summarising and chat in PDFelement.
- Integrations
- 5+ integrations
- Support
- Email and chat support with a large tutorial library.
- Best for
- Creators and small businesses who want capable creative and utility tools without Adobe-level subscriptions.
- Founded
- 2003
- Company size
- 1,000-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Shenzhen, China
- Brand
- Wondershare
What is Wondershare?
Wondershare publishes a broad catalogue of consumer and small business software: Filmora for video editing, PDFelement for PDFs, Recoverit for data recovery, UniConverter for media conversion and Mockitt for prototyping.
The Slick Media verdict
Pick the individual product rather than the brand: Filmora and PDFelement are genuinely strong value, and the rest is a mixed bag.
AI summary
Wondershare publishes a broad catalogue of consumer and small business software: Filmora for video editing, PDFelement for PDFs, Recoverit for data recovery, UniConverter for media conversion and Mockitt for prototyping. Pick the individual product rather than the brand: Filmora and PDFelement are genuinely strong value, and the rest is a mixed bag.
Why choose Wondershare
Choose Wondershare when you want Adobe-adjacent capability at consumer prices.
Key features
Pricing
Per-product annual or perpetual licences, with frequent bundle discounts and cross-platform options.
Who Wondershare is for
Creators and small businesses who want capable creative and utility tools without Adobe-level subscriptions.
- Editing marketing video
- Editing and signing PDFs
- Recovering lost files
- Converting media formats
Pros and cons
Pros
- Filmora is one of the easiest capable video editors available
- PDFelement is far cheaper than Acrobat
- Perpetual licence options still exist
- Fast-moving AI feature additions
Cons
- Quality varies across the catalogue
- Aggressive upsell prompts in some products
- Trial watermarks are heavy-handed
- Support responses can be slow
Wondershare integrations
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- TikTok
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