Format Factory vs Prism Video Converter

Format Factory is a free Windows program for converting and processing video, audio, pictures, discs, PDFs, and archives. Its video tools convert, clip, join, split, mux, crop, and remove logos; supported outputs include MP4, MKV, FLV, M3U8, 3GP, AVI, WMV, H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, and VVC/H.266. It supports batch conversion, hardware acceleration, output up to 4K, audio extraction, and repair of damaged video and audio. Audio functions include conversion, clipping, joining, splitting, and mixing. Picture tools handle WebP and HEIC conversion, zoom, rotation, flipping, and tags. It can rip Blu-ray, DVD, and Music CD content, join PDFs, convert them to text and office formats, and extract JPGs. It also decompresses Zip, RAR, and 7z archives and downloads video from sites including YouTube and Youku. The listed version is V5.22.0.0, with a download size of 162M, and it supports 62 languages. The official PC software and all functions are free; paid versions are described as pirated.

Prism Video Converter converts video files between formats and can compress them. It runs on Windows and macOS, supports batch conversion and can handle input video up to 4K resolution. Its output list includes video formats such as AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV and WEBM; audio formats including MP3 and WAV; and image outputs such as GIF and JPG or PNG sequences. Before conversion, users can trim, split, rotate, flip, crop or resize video, add text or image watermarks, and adjust color effects. The product page also describes direct sharing or uploading to YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Flickr and Twitter. Prism can burn converted videos using NCH Express Burn software. The maker’s page describes conversion as an offline process. The free version is for non-commercial use and converts to AVI, ASF and WMV without upgrading. It includes Prism Plus features for a 14-day trial after installation; those advanced features are disabled afterward unless a Plus license is purchased. Paid annual plans are $39.95+VAT/year for Home and $59.95+VAT/year for Plus.