ShotPut Pro, from Imagine Products, is one of the oldest names in card offloading and a genuine standard on professional sets. ShotGrab is younger and narrower in scope. This is an honest look at what each one is actually good at.
Side by side
| ShotGrab | ShotPut Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | macOS 13+ only | macOS and Windows |
| Price | €5 pass (30 days) · €29/yr · €39 lifetime (rises to €69) | $169 perpetual (first year of updates included) · project licenses available |
| Free tier | 128GB every 14 days, every feature unlocked | Trial version, feature-limited |
| Verification | SHA-256 while copying (single read of the card) | Checksum verification with ASC MHL sealing |
| Renaming & filtering | None — original filenames untouched | Token-based renaming presets; include/exclude file filters |
| Organization | Automatic subfolders from a template, same one every card | Configurable sub-folder nesting per preset |
| Workflow | Arm a project once, every following card imports on its own | Select or build a preset per offload session |
Where ShotPut Pro wins
Its token-based renaming and preset system is genuinely more powerful than anything ShotGrab offers — if a production needs specific per-camera, per-unit renaming schemes combined with wildcard file filtering, ShotPut Pro can express that directly. ASC MHL sealing and Windows support make it the safer default on a mixed-platform set or one that has to hand off a sealed manifest downstream. Over a decade of production use also means very few surprises.
Where ShotGrab wins
A ShotGrab lifetime license costs a small fraction of a ShotPut Pro license, and the free tier is a genuinely usable 128GB every two weeks rather than a crippled trial. The bigger difference in daily use is the workflow: ShotPut Pro is preset-driven per session, while ShotGrab is armed once for a project and then recognizes every card that follows on its own — which matters most for a solo shooter or small crew moving fast through a long day, rather than a DIT configuring presets between setups.
Who should pick which
Solo shooters and small crews on Mac
Fast, automatic, budget-friendly — set it once per project and keep shooting.
Larger productions and mixed-platform sets
Complex renaming needs, Windows machines on set, or a requirement to deliver ASC MHL-sealed media.