Blackmagic Cloud launched in 2023 with a pitch aimed directly at DaVinci Resolve users: collaborative project hosting with integrated cloud storage. The original pricing was $15 per month for 500 GB — steep at $30 per terabyte. But in November 2024, Blackmagic slashed cloud storage prices by 50%, bringing the rate down to $15 per terabyte per month.

That changes the math significantly. Here is what the service looks like now and how it compares.

What Blackmagic Cloud Actually Offers

Blackmagic Cloud is not just raw storage. It is a project hosting service built around Resolve's collaboration features. There are two pricing components:

The project library backs a Blackmagic Cloud database, which allows multiple Resolve users to work on the same project simultaneously with live syncing. The collaboration layer is the product. The storage is a supporting feature.

For teams that need real-time Resolve collaboration, this fills a gap that no combination of Dropbox and shared drives handles well. Resolve's collaboration has always required a shared PostgreSQL database, and setting that up remotely is not trivial. Blackmagic Cloud abstracts all of that away.

The ecosystem has also expanded beyond Resolve itself. Blackmagic Cloud now integrates with Blackmagic cinema cameras (PYXIS, URSA Cine, URSA Broadcast) and the free Blackmagic Camera app on iPhone and Android, enabling camera-to-cloud workflows where proxies upload in real time from set.

How the Pricing Compares

At $15 per terabyte, Blackmagic Cloud is no longer the outlier it once was. Here is how it stacks up:

Dropbox Business uses per-user pricing ($18-24/user/month depending on tier) with pooled team storage, making a direct per-TB comparison misleading.

If all you need is a place to park finished projects, B2 at $6/TB is still the cheapest option by far. If you need Resolve-specific collaboration, Blackmagic Cloud remains the only option that does it natively without server configuration — and at $15/TB it is now price-competitive with general-purpose cloud storage.

Who This Is For

Blackmagic Cloud makes sense for a specific workflow: small to mid-size teams using DaVinci Resolve who need to collaborate on the same project from different locations. Colorists working with remote editors. Post houses with satellite freelancers. DIT teams pushing projects to editors in another city. Camera teams shooting on Blackmagic cameras who want proxies in the cloud before they wrap for the day.

For these users, the alternative is setting up a VPN, configuring a PostgreSQL server, and managing the infrastructure yourself. Blackmagic Cloud replaces all of that with a login and a monthly bill.

Who This Is Not For

Solo editors do not need collaborative project hosting. If you are the only person touching your Resolve projects, Blackmagic Cloud solves a problem you do not have.

Editors who primarily use Premiere, Final Cut, or Avid will find nothing here. The service is Blackmagic ecosystem-specific by design.

And anyone looking for pure archival storage should not be paying $15/TB for it. That money still goes further with B2, Wasabi, or even a physical drive rotation.

The Storage Question Behind the Price

Regardless of which cloud service you use, the cost scales with how much data you store. And for video editors, the gap between "media I actually need" and "media I am paying to store" can be enormous.

Render files, unused takes, orphaned clips from early cuts. They all count toward your storage total, and on a per-terabyte pricing model, they all cost the same as your hero footage.

The Clip Sweeper storage calculator lets you compare monthly costs across providers and model what happens when you trim the dead weight from your archive. At $15/TB, every unnecessary terabyte on Blackmagic Cloud costs $180 per year. Knowing what you actually need to store is not just organization. It is budgeting.