Blackmagic Cloud Pricing (2026): What Is Free, What Costs Money, and What a Team Really Pays

Short answer: A Blackmagic Cloud account is free and includes 2 GB of storage and 20 Presentations. Extra storage costs $15 per TB per month, Blackmagic's price since November 2024. Project libraries and rented Resolve Studio licenses are billed monthly, and Blackmagic shows their price only in your account cart. Cloud Store hardware is a one-time purchase starting at $605 for the Cloud Pod.

Blackmagic does not publish a price table for its cloud services. Hardware and software prices below come from blackmagicdesign.com on November 10, 2026 (MSRP, excluding sales tax and shipping). The storage price comes from Blackmagic's own November 2024 announcement. The project library price is the uncertain number on this page. Blackmagic shows it only in the cart in your Blackmagic Cloud account, and the only public figure we found is $5 per library per month, the launch price reported in 2022. Check your cart before you budget.

What is Blackmagic Cloud?

Blackmagic Cloud is a web service tied to DaVinci Resolve. Blackmagic's help center describes four parts that matter for editing teams:

• Project libraries. Shared Resolve project libraries hosted on a Blackmagic server (you pick a region) or on a dedicated server you add for a monthly fee, so editors, colorists, sound engineers and VFX artists can work on the same timeline at the same time.

• Cloud Storage. An online space for personal files, cloud folders, media in shared project libraries and uploads from Blackmagic cameras.

• Presentations. A secure web link to a timeline or clip. Viewers can watch with synced playback, chat, and add markers, comments and annotations that appear on the Resolve timeline. They do not need a Blackmagic Cloud account.

• License Manager. Rent DaVinci Resolve Studio licenses by the month for a profile or organization.

The help center also covers Organizations, for managing teams and billing, and a Stream Router for live streams.

Separate from the web service, Blackmagic sells Cloud Store and Cloud Pod hardware that syncs media between sites through Blackmagic Cloud or, per Blackmagic's September 2026 Cloud Store manual, Amazon S3. Blackmagic's product page says there are no subscriptions to sign up for with the Cloud Store, though sync needs an internet connection and a Blackmagic Cloud ID.

What is free?

Blackmagic's help center says a new account starts on a free plan that includes:

Two more free pieces matter for budgeting. DaVinci Resolve itself is free, and Blackmagic's help center says Blackmagic Cloud is available in both the free and Studio versions of Resolve. And accepting an invite to someone else's library costs you nothing on the free plan. What you cannot do for free is create and host your own project library, or store much media.

What costs money?

You can add more storage, Cloud Project Libraries or Resolve rental licenses by purchasing them. Blackmagic's help center says the price appears in the cart as you choose a quantity, and that removals take effect at the end of the billing cycle.

The plain version for project libraries: the only public figure is the 2022 launch price of $5 per library per month. It may have changed. Check the cart.

What does Blackmagic Cloud hardware cost?

Cloud Store and Cloud Pod are one-time purchases (MSRP per blackmagicdesign.com, November 10, 2026):

The Pod and Docks do not include the disks. Hardware does not replace a cloud sync target: to share media between sites, a Cloud Store syncs through Blackmagic Cloud Storage or an Amazon S3 bucket, which are billed monthly.

What does Cloud Store sync to Dropbox, Google Drive or Amazon S3 cost?

Blackmagic does not charge a subscription for Cloud Store sync, but the service you sync to bills you on its own plan. The list of services has changed:

• Google Drive: Blackmagic's Cloud Store 1.5 update (January 2025) removed the option to create new Google Drive syncs, after Google ended its support.

• Amazon S3: added in Cloud Store 1.7.1 (July 2025). Blackmagic's manual notes that Amazon charges a small fee per 1,000 requests and that the Cloud Store makes requests in the background, so check your S3 storage class pricing.

• Dropbox: earlier Cloud Store versions synced to Dropbox. Blackmagic's current Cloud Store manual (September 2026) describes syncing to Blackmagic Cloud and Amazon S3 only, though the product page still shows a "Sync to Dropbox and Google Drive" graphic. Confirm Dropbox appears in Cloud Store Setup before you plan around it.

For each sync you choose the direction (one way or both ways) and whether to sync proxies only or proxies and originals. Syncing proxies only keeps the cloud storage bill smaller.

What would it cost a 3 person Resolve team?

These are examples with stated assumptions, not quotes. Prices exclude tax. The project library line uses the 2022 launch price because Blackmagic does not publish a current one; replace it with the figure in your cart.

Assumptions: 3 editors, 1 shared project library, 2 TB of shared media and proxies in Blackmagic Cloud Storage, and everyone already has Resolve (free or a purchased Studio license).

A Cloud Pod ($605, disks not included) adds fast local access at one site, but remote editors still get media through cloud storage, so it does not remove the storage line.

Over 3 years, the service-only route is about $1,260 and the Studio licenses add $885 once at list price.

What would it cost a 10 person Resolve team?

Assumptions: 10 editors, colorists and assistants, 2 project libraries (one per active show), 10 TB of cloud media, and Resolve Studio for everyone.

Adding hardware (example): one Cloud Store at the main facility (20 TB, RAID 5, from $15,065) plus 3 Cloud Pods for remote editors ($1,815, disks not included) plus 2 libraries ($120 a year) comes to about $17,000 in year one before disks and Studio. The sites still sync through Blackmagic Cloud Storage or Amazon S3, so you keep paying for cloud storage for whatever you sync, though syncing proxies only keeps that smaller. Choose hardware for local speed, not savings.

Renting instead of buying Studio: at $30 per license per month, 10 licenses cost $3,600 a year. Buying at the $295 list price pays back in about 10 months of rental, sooner when Blackmagic runs a discount.

What are the limits?

• Resolve only. Project libraries open in DaVinci Resolve. Blackmagic's library setup asks which Resolve version you use (the default is 18.1 and above). If part of your team cuts in Premiere Pro, Avid or Final Cut Pro, Blackmagic Cloud does not share their projects. See our guide to DaVinci Resolve for video production for how Resolve teams structure this work.

• Projects and media are separate concerns. A library shares the Resolve project. Media has to reach each editor by Cloud Storage, a Cloud Store sync, or your own storage, and links have to resolve on every machine. Plan this before you start.

• Free storage is small. 2 GB is shared across everything in the account, so any real library of footage needs a paid tier or hardware.

• Server location matters. On a Blackmagic server you choose a region near your collaborators to limit latency. A dedicated server, billed monthly, is available if security, performance or insurance rules require one.

• Review is Presentations, not a client approval tool. Presentations give synced playback, chat, and markers, comments and annotations that flow back to the Resolve timeline. Blackmagic's help pages do not describe version-to-version comparison or formal approval statuses.

• Rate cards and features change. Blackmagic cut storage prices by half in November 2024 and removed new Google Drive syncs in January 2025. Re-check before a long commitment.

When does another approach fit better?

Where does Shade fit?

Shade is a different kind of tool: a cloud drive for video teams. Editors mount it like a local disk, and it streams footage from the cloud. Shade's pages describe the drive, review and search; they do not describe hosting Resolve project libraries. So when several people need to work in the same Resolve timeline at once, Blackmagic Cloud project libraries are the right tool.

Where Shade helps is the media and review side. Resolve, Premiere Pro, Avid and Final Cut can all work from the mounted Shade drive, and the same files go to clients through review and approval with timestamped comments, which you can export to Resolve as an EDL. Search finds footage by scene description, face and transcript. A Resolve team could pair the two, with a Blackmagic project library for the timeline and the media on a Shade drive. Test how media links resolve on each editor's machine before you commit.

Shade does not publish its add-on storage price, so ask for a quote before comparing totals. See Shade pricing: Growth is $29.75 per seat per month billed annually ($35 month to month), up to 15 seats. Enterprise is custom, with 1 TB per seat, SSO, SCIM and bring-your-own storage.

Shade is not the right pick if all you need is shared Resolve timelines, if your team lives in Resolve and wants the cheapest cloud storage per TB, or if you need an on-premises box at a facility. For large archives, Blackmagic Cloud Storage at $15 per TB per month can cost less per TB than buying Shade seats for their included 500 GB each.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Blackmagic Cloud cost?

A Blackmagic Cloud account is free with 2 GB of storage and 20 Presentations. Extra storage is $15 per TB per month, Blackmagic's price since November 2024. Project libraries and rented Resolve Studio licenses are billed monthly at prices shown in your account cart. Project libraries launched at $5 per library per month in 2022, but Blackmagic does not publish a current price.

Is Blackmagic Cloud free?

Partly. The account, 2 GB of storage, 20 Presentations and access to libraries other people share with you are free. Creating and hosting your own project library, adding storage or Presentations, a dedicated server and renting Resolve Studio licenses cost extra.

How much is Blackmagic Cloud storage?

$15 per TB per month, down from $30, according to Blackmagic's November 26, 2024 announcement. Blackmagic's help center says the monthly cost updates as you move a slider in the buy storage window, so confirm the figure there.

Do collaborators on a Blackmagic Cloud project library pay?

Launch-era coverage says only the library owner pays and collaborators do not. Blackmagic's help pages we read do not restate this, and a collaborator on the free plan can open libraries shared with them.

Do I need DaVinci Resolve Studio to use Blackmagic Cloud?

No. Blackmagic's help center says Blackmagic Cloud is available in both the free and Studio versions of DaVinci Resolve, and the free Blackmagic Cloud plan includes access to shared libraries. Studio adds features such as the DaVinci Neural Engine and resolutions beyond 4K. Its list price is $295 one time (Blackmagic showed it at $236 on sale on November 10, 2026), or you can rent it for about $30 per license per month.

How much does a Blackmagic Cloud Store cost?

Cloud Store hardware starts at $605 for the Cloud Pod (disks not included). The Cloud Store Mini starts at $5,509 and the 20 TB Cloud Store at $15,065. Blackmagic says there are no subscriptions for the Cloud Store itself.

Can Blackmagic Cloud sync with Dropbox or Google Drive?

Not Google Drive for new syncs: Blackmagic removed that option in its Cloud Store 1.5 update (January 2025). Earlier Cloud Store versions also synced to Dropbox, but Blackmagic's current Cloud Store manual (September 2026) describes syncing to Blackmagic Cloud and Amazon S3 only, so check Cloud Store Setup before you rely on Dropbox. Any outside service bills you on its own plan.