Reaper
Summary
A complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.
Parent organisation: Cockos
Type of organisation: Privately-owned company (or group)
Market share: Very niche
Pricing: One-time license payment of $60-$225
Factors driving pricing: Customer size
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Parent organisation: Cockos
Type of organisation: Privately-owned company (or group)
Market share: Very niche
Pricing: One-time license payment of $60-$225
Factors driving pricing: Customer size
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Pros
Open Source alternatives available
Releases new features regularly
Transparent pricing model
Cons
Unclear data policies
Lacks accessibility statement
Does not share diversity data
Full Product Data Collection
Data collected January-February 2020
| Product name | Reaper |
| Product URL | http://reaper.fm/ |
| Parent organisation | Cockos |
| Workflow category | Production & formats |
| Date product founded | 2006 |
| Product description | A complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset. |
| What type of company or organisation is the product owned by? | Privately-owned company (or group) |
| Is the company profit-making? | Cannot determine |
| How is this product funded? | Investment by parent co. or groupo |
| What market share does the tool have? | Very niche |
| Is there an Open Source alternative in this product space? | Yes. Qrdour, Rosegarden, QTractor, Radium, Zrythm |
| When did the company last release new features? | Jan-2020. FX Plugin Embedding, MIDI CC Envelopes, Auto-stretch Timebase, Routing Diagram, Retina/HiDPI support |
| Have they shared details of the product roadmap? | No |
| Is there talk of the product raising further investment? | No |
| Is there talk of the product being acquired? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy business issues or challenges in the last 12 months? | No |
| Is there a pricing model listed on the website? | Yes |
| How clear & transparent is this pricing model? | Very: full pricing listed |
| What is the range of prices offered? | Personal Use – $60 one-time license payment Commercial Use – $225 one-time license payment |
| What factors drive higher pricing? | Customer size |
| What skills are needed to get this tool set up & usable? | Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it) |
| What skills are needed to USE this tool day-to-day? | Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it) |
| Does this tool use proprietary file formats for saving documents & outputs? | Has proprietary file formats but offers open options |
| Is the product reliant on 3rd-party APIs or interoperability to function? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy technical issues in the last 3 years? | No |
| How clear is the Terms of Service for users (i.e. publishing customers)? | No public TOS available pre-purchase |
| Does the product have a data collection & usage policy on its website? (Can be a GDPR statement)? | No (or cannot find) |
| Is their data policy “GDPR everywhere”? | GDPR N/A |
| Does the product require your audience to sign-in to use it? | N/A not an audience-facing tool |
| IF SIGN IN REQUIRED: Does audience sign-in use 3rd party platforms? | N/A not an audience-facing tool |
| Does the public product website mention how to export or transfer your data to another service? | No / cannot tell |
| Does the public product website mention how to delete your data? | No / cannot find |
| Have there been any newsworthy security breaches with this product in the last 3 years? | No |
| Does the company have an accessibility statement on its website? | No / cannot find |
| Does the company release information on the diversity of the workforce? | No |