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By the toolist.ai editors. Read from Final Cut Pro's pricing page, not hands-on tested by toolist.ai. Updated November 3, 2026.
Final Cut Pro pricing
Final Cut Pro's cheapest paid plan is Apple Creator Studio at $12.99 a month billed monthly, or $10.75 a month billed yearly.
Free plan: none
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly, per month | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Creator Studio | $12.99 | $10.75 | $129 a year billed yearly, or $12.99 a month; one month free for new subscribers (three months with a new Mac or qualifying iPad); Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad, Motion, Compressor, Logic Pro, MainStage and Pixelmator Pro, with premium content and AI features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Freeform; subscriber-only titles, transitions and graphics in Final Cut Pro; Family Sharing with up to five others; projects open only with an active subscription |
| Final Cut Pro for Mac (one-time purchase) | not listed | not listed | $299.99 once on the Mac App Store, Mac only, with free updates; includes the AI tools (Visual Search, Transcript Search, Beat Detection, Generate Captions, Auto Mask, Edit Detection, Magnetic Mask); no iPad app and none of the subscriber-only premium content; no free trial; Motion and Compressor are $49.99 each |
| Apple Creator Studio for Education | not listed | not listed | $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year after a one-month free trial, for verified college students and educators, with students reverified every year; the same apps as Apple Creator Studio, without Family Sharing; Apple calls the price a limited-time offer |
| Cost per finished minute | Not measured by us, and the vendor does not publish an allowance we can divide by. |
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Prices last checked: 2026-11-03 on Final Cut Pro's pricing page.
Price history
No price change since we first recorded these prices on November 3, 2026. We re-check them every week and list each change here.
To price your own month on Final Cut Pro and the tools like it, use the AI cost calculator.
Before you pay
- Projects made in the Creator Studio apps stay on your devices, but Apple's FAQ says you need an active subscription to open or edit them. After cancelling you keep the files and can work on them again by resubscribing or, on the Mac, by buying the one-time app; Final Cut Pro for iPad has no one-time version.
- The one-time Mac app is $299.99 up front with no monthly option and no trial of its own since Apple retired its 90-day trial page around January 2026; Creator Studio's one-month trial (three months with a new Mac or qualifying iPad) is the only way to try it. Apple says owners keep getting updates, but some premium content is for subscribers only, and its October 27, 2026 announcement describes the MotionVFX content coming in November as giving subscribers access.
- New customers get Final Cut Pro for iPad only through Creator Studio: the $4.99 and $49 single-app purchases still listed on the App Store are, by MacStories and Six Colors, kept only for people who already subscribed, and Apple stops them renewing once you start Creator Studio (with a prorated refund on request). PCMag's review still quotes that old iPad price. The iPad app needs iPadOS 26.6 and an iPad Pro or iPad Air with M1 or later, an iPad (A16) or an iPad mini (A17 Pro or later).
- The AI tools have limits: Visual Search, Transcript Search and Generate Captions need Apple silicon and work in US English only (Apple has announced 23 more transcription languages for November); Auto Mask and the new Match Color are Mac only and Montage Maker iPad only. Iain Anderson found that Auto Mask detects subjects frame by frame, so masks can flicker, an eyes mask drops for a frame or two when someone blinks, and small subjects are missed more often. There is no generative video, which PCMag counts against it.
- Final Cut Pro 12.4 needs macOS 26.6 or later (by the Mac App Store listing and Apple's Creator Studio support page), 8 GB of memory (16 GB recommended) and 7.2 GB of disk, although the Final Cut Pro page still says macOS 15.6; Cinematic mode editing in 12.4 needs macOS 27.
- The education price ($2.99 a month or $29.99 a year) is for verified college students and educators (a student working toward a degree, or an educator at an accredited institution of higher education), checked through SheerID; it cannot be shared with family, students must reverify every year or the plan renews as a standard subscription, and Apple marks it a limited-time offer.
- Creator Studio's terms let you use its content royalty-free in your own personal and commercial projects, but not as standalone files, in a logo or trademark, or to train AI; Apple may remove content without notice, and if it removes an item after a rights claim, you are expected to stop using it in your projects.
- Moving work out of Final Cut Pro can take extra tools: Scott Simmons could not export an AAF for Logic Pro without going through DaVinci Resolve (Simmons points to the paid X2Pro), and going from the Mac to the iPad needed the third-party Transfer Toolbox. The subscription and one-time apps can be installed on one Mac but not run at the same time.
- The cited tests are uneven: Simmons tested version 12.0, before 12.3's Auto Mask, captions and Edit Detection, and quotes Apple's reviewer guide; MacStories tried Apple's pre-release builds and could not get the AI search to work on the Mac; Anderson, who covers 12.3, develops Final Cut Pro add-ons; PCMag links to the App Store through sponsored buttons and has the old iPad price.
See the full Final Cut Pro review and how we research.
Sources
- Final Cut Pro - Apple (prices in the FAQ; also read as a US visitor through r.jina.ai) (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Creator Studio - Apple (plans, trials, Family Sharing and FAQ) (checked 2026-11-03)
- Final Cut Pro - Mac App Store (US): price, version history and requirements (checked 2026-11-03)
- Final Cut Pro: Create Video - App Store (US): iPad app, in-app purchases and ratings (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple iTunes lookup for the Mac and iPad Final Cut Pro apps (US store): prices, versions and rating counts (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Support: About Apple Creator Studio (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Support: About the intelligence features in Apple Creator Studio (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Support: If your Final Cut Pro for iPad or Logic Pro for iPad subscription is no longer active (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Support: Get an Apple Creator Studio college student or educator subscription (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Support: Final Cut Pro release notes (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Newsroom: Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps (January 13, 2026) (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Newsroom: Apple Creator Studio gets smarter, faster, and more connected (June 30, 2026) (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Newsroom: Apple Creator Studio adds powerful new AI features and even more creative tools (October 27, 2026) (checked 2026-11-03)
- Apple Creator Studio Terms and Conditions (PDF, read through r.jina.ai) (checked 2026-11-03)
- Final Cut Pro for Mac - Free Trial - Apple (Internet Archive copy of October 10, 2025; the page now redirects) (checked 2026-11-03)
- ProVideo Coalition: Review: Apple Creator Studio, by Scott Simmons (checked 2026-11-03)
- MacStories: Creator Studio Review: Redefining Pro for the Modern Era, by John Voorhees (checked 2026-11-03)
- Six Colors: Hands on with Apple Creator Studio: A bittersweet bundle, by Jason Snell (January 28, 2026) (checked 2026-11-03)
- ProVideo Coalition: Surprise! It's Final Cut Pro 12.3, by Iain Anderson (checked 2026-11-03)
- PCMag: Apple Final Cut Pro review, by Michael Muchmore (read through r.jina.ai) (checked 2026-11-03)