What is the difference between Shootsta and 90 Seconds?

Shootsta and 90 Seconds solve different parts of the global video problem. 90 Seconds is a marketplace that matches brands with vetted local crews in over 100 cities for on-location shoots. The unit of work is a discrete shoot. Shootsta is a subscription editing service where customer teams film footage themselves and Shootsta editors return brand-locked videos in 48 hours. The unit of work is the edit. Choose 90 Seconds when the project requires a local crew on the ground in a specific city. Choose Shootsta when the bottleneck is editing throughput and brand consistency at volume.

Is 90 Seconds more expensive than Shootsta?

On a per-video basis, 90 Seconds is meaningfully more expensive because each project requires a paid local crew, on-site direction, and per-project editing. Pricing varies by location and crew rate but typically lands at agency-equivalent levels per finished video. Shootsta is a subscription with a predictable monthly fee that covers 10-50+ videos depending on plan, putting per-video cost in the $200-$1,500 range. The right comparison is not unit price but fit: 90 Seconds is buying a local shoot, Shootsta is buying ongoing editing capacity.

Should I use Shootsta or 90 Seconds for global video?

If the project requires same-week shoots across multiple cities (Tokyo, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo) where you do not have local teams, 90 Seconds is built for that. The marketplace handles crew matching, local logistics, and on-site direction. If the project is ongoing weekly content from teams who can film themselves and the bottleneck is editing capacity rather than crew presence, Shootsta is built for that. Many global enterprises use both: 90 Seconds for periodic on-location shoots, Shootsta for the ongoing video engine in between.

Does 90 Seconds operate in my market?

90 Seconds maintains a network of vetted creators in over 100 cities globally, with strong coverage across APAC, North America, and Western Europe. Coverage in smaller cities and tier-2 markets varies. The model works best in major commercial cities where the creator pool is deepest. Shootsta operates editors across 5+ regions on a 24/7 schedule from offices in Sydney, London, Singapore, and San Diego, which fits the editing-centric multi-region workflow more directly than the local-shoot use case.

Can I use Shootsta and 90 Seconds together?

Yes, and many global enterprises do. The pattern is 90 Seconds for periodic on-location shoots that need professional local crews (events, location storytelling, customer-site visits) and Shootsta as the ongoing editing engine for everything in between (internal comms, training, marketing, social). Footage from a 90 Seconds shoot can be uploaded to the Shootsta platform for brand-locked editing if that consolidates the post-production stack.

How does brand consistency compare between the two?

Brand consistency is harder for marketplace models than for service models. With 90 Seconds, each project is delivered by a different local crew, so brand consistency depends on the brief and the specific creator assigned. Customers report a wide range of outcomes between projects. Shootsta enforces brand consistency at the editor level on every output: the brand kit (logos, fonts, colors, lower thirds, music, intro and outro) is locked into the editing pipeline, so every video runs through the same brand template regardless of which editor handles it. For high-volume programs where consistency cannot rely on per-project review, editor-level enforcement holds tighter.

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Shootsta vs 90 Seconds

By Shootsta Editorial Team · Updated May 2026

Two global video partners that solve different parts of the same problem. 90 Seconds is a marketplace that matches brands with local crews in 100+ cities. Shootsta runs subscription editing at volume from editors in 5+ regions. Here is the honest comparison.

How do Shootsta and 90 Seconds compare?

Dimension

90 Seconds

Shootsta

Model

Marketplace matching brands with vetted local crews

Subscription video editing service with platform

Pricing

Project-based, varies by crew and location

Monthly subscription, predictable cost

Turnaround

2-4 weeks per shoot

48-hour first cut

Monthly output

1-3 shoots per project

10-50+ videos at brand-locked quality

Who films

Marketplace-matched local crew

Your team, with Shootsta kit and guided prompts

Methodology

Match-and-shoot per project

You Shoot, We Edit: brand-locked editing at scale

Best content type

On-location shoots, event coverage, location storytelling

High-volume marketing, internal comms, training, social

Regional coverage

Vetted creators across 100+ cities

Editors in 5+ regions, 24/7 coverage

Brand governance

Per-project; quality varies by crew assigned

Brand-locked at editor level, every output

Notable customers

Google, Mastercard, Zendesk

Starbucks, LinkedIn, Qantas, PwC, Schneider Electric, AstraZeneca

When to choose 90 Seconds

On-location crews in many cities

90 Seconds operates as a global creator marketplace, with vetted crews in over 100 cities. Customers include Google, Mastercard, and Zendesk. The model fits projects that need a professional crew physically present in a city where the customer does not have local teams: location storytelling, event coverage, customer-site visits, and brand campaigns that require on-the-ground filming.

Choose 90 Seconds when the project unit of work is a discrete shoot, the deliverable depends on local crew presence, and you can absorb 2-4 week project timelines per shoot. The model fits periodic shoot programs more than weekly content cadence.

When to choose Shootsta

Brand-locked editing at enterprise volume

Shootsta is a subscription editing service for marketing teams producing 10+ videos per month across regions. Customer teams film footage with the Shootsta kit or their own equipment, and a regional editor returns a polished first cut in 48 hours. Brand kit is locked at the editor level on every output, so consistency holds across hundreds of videos without team-level review chasing.

Choose Shootsta when the bottleneck is editing throughput rather than crew presence, weekly content cadence matters, and brand consistency across hundreds of videos compounds more than custom production on each one. See the full ranking on our best outsourced video editing services for global corporate teams guide.

Which one should you choose?

If you need on-location shoots in cities where you do not have local teams and the unit of work is a discrete project, 90 Seconds is built for that. The marketplace handles crew matching and local logistics.

If your team can film footage themselves and the bottleneck is editing capacity, brand consistency, and turnaround per video, Shootsta is built for that workflow. The 48-hour first cut, multi-region editor pool, and editor-level brand governance compound across hundreds of videos in ways marketplace models do not.

Many global enterprises use both. 90 Seconds for periodic on-location shoots that require local crews. Shootsta for the ongoing video editing engine in between. See our full list of comparisons or explore Shootsta pricing.

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