ShotPut Pro alternative for Mac
ShotPut Pro is the long-standing, familiar offloader, and plenty of crews have never had a reason to leave it. People look at alternatives for two reasons: what the licence costs over time, and wanting more of the DIT chain (proxies, dailies, delivery) in one app.
ShotPut Pro vs Olycen at a glance
| Olycen | ShotPut Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129 once, two Macs, 14-day full trial | $169 perpetual; 30-day rental $60 |
| Updates | Free minor updates, optional $59 major upgrade | Updates after the first 12 months need Extended Update Coverage, $59 per licence per year |
| Activation | Licence is a signed file; activation and checks work offline | Internet access required for activation; single-computer licence |
| Checksums | xxHash (XXH3, XXH64), MD5, SHA-256, C4 | xxHash64 by default; xxHash3 and C4 listed in the release notes |
| ASC MHL | ASC MHL v2, written and re-verifiable | Yes (ASC MHL seals) |
| Reports | PDF, CSV and ALE | PDF, TXT and CSV |
| Proxies and dailies | Proxies and LUT dailies after verification | not stated on the product page |
| Delivery | S3-compatible, SFTP and shuttle drives | Upload monitoring for Google Drive, iCloud and Dropbox |
| Platform | macOS 13+, Apple Silicon and Intel | macOS (Intel and Apple silicon) |
Sources: ShotPut Pro for Mac, Imagine Products. "Not stated" means the page did not say, not that the feature is missing. Vendors change prices often; check theirs before you decide.
Who should pick which
Stay with ShotPut Pro if
- You already trust it and your workflow, presets and muscle memory are built around it. Switching costs are real, and an offload tool is the worst place to experiment mid-job.
- Its release history is long, with a track record on feature films that a 2026 newcomer cannot match.
Pick Olycen if
- Total cost: $129 once includes two Macs and works offline, with no yearly update fee to keep getting new versions.
- ALE reports, proxies, LUT dailies and S3/SFTP delivery in the same app.
- A card is only offered for formatting when every file is verified on at least two physical devices.
Switching: what to expect
- Nothing to export: your footage and the MHL/PDF reports ShotPut wrote stay where they are and stay readable.
- Run the free trial next to ShotPut on a real card and compare the checksums it reports. If they ever disagree, that is the most useful thing you can send us.
- Point Olycen at the same destination drives. Reel names come from the camera, so the folder structure on your drives stays familiar.
Try it on a real card, next to ShotPut Pro.
$129 once, two Macs, no subscription, and a full 14-day trial. Run it beside what you use now and compare the checksums.