Best Video Color Grading Software in 2026

DaVinci Resolve

Resolve suits video creators who need editing, effects, color, audio, or photo workflows in one desktop application.

It suits content creators, colorists, engineers, studios and production companies preparing content for streaming services, networks or movie studios.

Baselight

Baselight S is described as an option for a single freelancer, while Baselight M is intended for facilities needing multi-user interconnectivity.

Colourlab Ai

Colourlab Ai is aimed at colorists, editors, filmmakers, and content creators.

Assimilate Live Looks

It suits production teams that need browser-based on-set review, live grading, camera-feed streaming, and transfer of looks into post-production workflows.

Colorfront Transkoder

It suits cinema, broadcast, and streaming teams handling mastering, format delivery, HDR finishing, QC, and remote review across local or cloud infrastructure.

ColourSpace

It is aimed at people doing display calibration and colour management in film, broadcast, medical, Pro AV, or home cinema settings.

It suits filmmakers, video editors, and colorists who want film emulation and cinematic looks in Resolve or Premiere.

Mistika Boutique

Mistika Boutique suits post-production teams working across conforming, VFX, grading, or immersive 360-degree and Stereo 3D projects.

Phoenix suits film archives, post-production facilities, restoration specialists, broadcasters, studios, and independent restoration artists.

It suits professional and amateur videographers working with difficult lighting who want SDR-to-HDR conversion and noise reduction.

It is aimed at professionals, including indie creators, studios and post-production facilities handling mastering and delivery.

Hance suits creators seeking film effects without an NLE, automation pipelines, and developers adding effects programmatically.

Livegrade suits DITs and DPs working on film and other production workflows that require live grading, monitoring, shot logging, and handoff metadata.

It suits post-production facilities, VFX studios, broadcasters and content creators needing a Linux-based system spanning finishing, conforming, colour, audio and stereoscopic or 360 work.

MIST

MIST suits post-production facilities and digital film labs handling mastering, QC, and transcoding for cinema, broadcast, or online delivery.