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Reaper

Published onMay 19, 2020
Reaper

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

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