Blackmagic Cloud Storage Service – Monthly Fees Drop by 50%

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by Jakub HanToday

Blackmagic Cloud storage service just got a 50% price reduction. From the previous monthly fee of $30 per 1TB, the price went down to $15 per 1TB. It seems like this is a permanent price drop, which, according to Blackmagic Design, has been made possible by improvements in their data center backend.

The Australian company Blackmagic Design is known for frequent price reductions – this time, they are cutting down the price of Blackmagic Cloud’s monthly storage fee. What does this mean?

Blackmagic Design price reductions

We have seen Blackmagic Design reduce the prices of their gear and services quite regularly. Sometimes, the price reduction is time-limited, as in May 2024 with the $1,000 discount on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K or later in June 2024 with the Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2, which got a massive $3,000 discount. Some price drops are permanent – this happened in the past with the Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K, for example. While these price drops are good news for potential buyers, they do reduce the resale value of used gear, so keep that in mind.

This time, the Blackmagic Design price reduction seems to be a permanent one, but it is a bit different because it applies to a subscription service – Blackmagic Cloud storage. Let’s take a look at the details.

Blackmagic Cloud storage price reduction

The price reduction of the Blackmagic Cloud storage results in a 50% discount on the monthly fee for storage. From $30 per 1TB of storage previously, the service will now cost $15 per 1TB of storage per month. As Blackmagic Design states, the company hopes this will allow many more people to use the cloud workflows.

According to Blackmagic Design, this price reduction has been made possible by improvements in their data center backend and the Blackmagic Design engineers.

First introduced in 2022, Blackmagic Cloud is a service designed for team collaboration and camera-to-cloud workflows with DaVinci Resolve. Sharing projects with other team members and collaborating in real time is possible. The cameras can also sync files to the cloud as they record, so post-production can start while still shooting.

The files can either be stored locally if you own one of Blackmagic’s hardware solutions, or you can pay for storage on the company’s server – this second option is now discounted.

It is worth noting, however, that the Blackmagic Cloud is not yet available in every country. Hopefully, Blackmagic Design will continue to expand their availability across more regions.

For more information, please visit Blackmagic Design’s website.

Do you use Blackmagic Cloud for your post-production workflow? How satisfied are you with it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section underneath the article.