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Video Compress
✓ verifiedFreemium
Free-tier browser video compressor supporting 40+ formats with credit-based limits on file size and monthly usage.
1.4M visits/mo1.1K saves
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Nero Software
✓ verifiedPaid
Long-running Windows multimedia suite for disc burning, video editing, backup, and AI media enhancement.
1.6M visits/mo9.7K saves
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Apowersoft
✓ verifiedFreemium
Multimedia software suite: screen recording, video/audio editing, format converters, PDF tools and phone mirroring for desktop and mobile.
612K visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0/mo (30 credits/month, up to 1GB per file)
Basic: $9/mo (750 credits/month, up to 10GB per file)
Pro: $29/mo (5000 credits/month)
Premium: $59/mo (7500 credits/month)
Nero Platinum Suite 2026: $44.95 (discounted from $59.95)
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦Target file-size or advanced bitrate compression settings
- ✦Support for 40+ video formats
- ✦Cloud-based processing with no software install
- ✦Automatic file deletion after processing
- ✦Companion tools: crop, trim, video-to-MP3, video-to-text
- ✦Credit-based monthly usage tiers
- ✦Nero Burning ROM disc burning
- ✦Nero Video editing
- ✦AI image and video upscaling
- ✦Media management (MediaHome)
- ✦Backup and duplicate management
- ✦Web-based AI tools
- ✦Screen recorder (ApowerREC)
- ✦Video editor and converter
- ✦Audio recorder
- ✦PDF editor and converter
- ✦Phone mirroring (ApowerMirror)
- ✦Watermark and background removers
- ✦Online and desktop tools, plus AI utilities
Use cases
- →Shrinking video files to fit email attachment limits
- →Compressing videos to meet Discord's upload size limit
- →Reducing storage costs for large video libraries
- →Preparing 4K footage for faster social media uploads
- →Burning CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray
- →Editing home videos
- →Upscaling photos and video
- →Backing up and organizing media
- →Record and edit screen/video content
- →Convert between media formats
- →Edit and convert PDFs
- →Mirror a phone to a computer
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