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Avid Pro Tools vs. GarageBand

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pro Tools

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AAvid offers Pro Tools, the company's flagship music and audio editing and recording suite.

    $29.99

    Per User / Per Month

    GarageBand

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AApple offers GarageBand, a digital audio workstation packaged with its operating system.

    $199.99

    Pricing
    Pro ToolsGarageBand
    Editions & Modules
    Pro Tools
    $29.99
    Per User / Per Month
    Pro Tools - Ultimate
    $79.99
    Per User / Per Month
    Pro Tools - First
    Free
    Logic Pro (GarageBand Premium)
    $199.99
    Garageband for Mac
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pro ToolsGarageBand
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Pro ToolsGarageBand
    Considered Both Products
    Avid Technology
    Chose Pro Tools
    Pro Tools, while great for audio recording, has always been behind the curve when it comes to MIDI production. Cubase is much better at it, and being able to jump into it quickly and efficiently is vital to my time-management, because I'm often on tight deadlines. Also, Cubase …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pro Tools
    In my opinion, ProTools is the best audio editing tool currently on the market. It's very user-friendly, incredibly intuitive and has so many different functionalities that would take weeks to learn how to use them all and well if you needed them. It is far better suited than …
    Incentivized
    Apple
    Chose GarageBand
    Because GarageBand is included on macOS and iOS purchases, and we already use an Apple environment at our office, it was an easy decision to go with the 'free,' included program for our basic audio editing needs. We did also purchase Logic Pro X, since it is the 'big brother' …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Pro ToolsGarageBand
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.4
    (3 ratings)