ShotPut Pro alternative: verified offload with MHL and reports, for less

ShotPut Pro has offloaded camera cards for a long time, and a lot of crews trust it. If you’re looking at alternatives, it’s usually about one of two things: price, or wanting a little more of the DIT chain in one tool. Here’s how Olycen compares.

What ShotPut Pro gives you

ShotPut Pro ($169) does the core job well: offload media cards to destinations, verify with checksums, and produce PDF transfer reports. It’s a familiar, dependable offloader.

Where Olycen differs

Olycen is built around the same core — copy, verify, prove — with a few deliberate choices:

• $129 once, two Macs instead of $169 for one. Your main machine and a backup are both covered.
• ASC MHL v2 included, so the proof travels with the footage and post can re-verify without your software. (What ASC MHL is.)
• Multiple checksum algorithms — xxHash, MD5, SHA-256, C4 — for whatever a facility’s spec asks. (Checksum verification explained.)
• PDF, CSV and ALE reports for production and editorial.
• Two numbers, never one — copied and verified shown separately, and the card is only offered for formatting once every file is verified on two physical drives.

Which to choose

If you already own ShotPut Pro and it does everything you need, there’s no reason to switch for its own sake. If you’re buying fresh, want ASC MHL and multiple checksums included, two seats, and a one-time price under $169 — that’s the trade Olycen is built for.

Run them side by side on a real card first. If they ever disagree on a checksum, that disagreement is the most useful thing you can find — catch it while the card still exists.

See the pricing or join the beta.

Prices are the vendors’ published figures as of mid-2026 and change often — check both sites before you buy.

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