Reaper

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)
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 nameReaper
Product URLhttp://reaper.fm/
Parent organisationCockos
Workflow categoryProduction & formats
Date product founded2006
Product descriptionA 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

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