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REAPER vs Cubase Comparison (2026)

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Overview

REAPER is an audio editing software that is designed for businesses in several industry fields, including education, non-profit, game development, broadcasting, sound design, and more. Organizations can handle processes related to overdubbing, graphical patchbay emulation, and musical articulations.

Cubase helps businesses produce new tracks, modify audio files, and implement custom workflows to streamline various operations across projects. The built-in quantize panel lets users manage pitch, tempo, distribution, and arrangement of audio across multiple tracks using warp markers.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

60

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

121.38

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

60

5

4

3

2

1

45

15

0

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
87%
would recommend this app

4.6

106

5

4

3

2

1

74

27

4

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
79%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The UI was a bit confusing at first, but there was plenty of online material to guide once I started looking.”
TC

Tyler C.

Project Lead

“Recently discovered the remote control feature, which comes in real handy when recording from behind the drum kit.”
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Brett C.

Producer

“The quakity of the output is great.”
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Gordon S.

Musician

Pros

“It's a mission and a half to program a beat there...”
XS

Xolani S.

Music Producer

“The Compression in Cubase offers a wide range of settings such as threshold, ratio, attack, release etc which can be adjusted to achieve the desired amount of compression.”
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Isaac A.

IT Specialist

“I love the Plugins, And it comes with beautiful graphics with helps the user to edit the project and encourage me to work more.”
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Tips a.

Richways

Cons

“Furthermore, there are some very counterintuitive functions, like using right-click to select audio clips (trying to change this in Preferences is a real headache that I could never resolve) that will cause headaches for new users.”
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Jeremy D.

Owner

“This can make it difficult to see and edit individual notes especially when there are a large number of notes in a track.”
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Isaac A.

IT Specialist

“Additionally, the piano roll can be difficult to use for editing the timing of individual notes.”
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Isaac A.

IT Specialist

Cons

“The newer versions of Cubase have kind of lost their way a bit with competitors, such as Studio One.”
SK

Sean K.

Technician

“The main view that is not truly engaging and simple as in other DAW”
SB

Simone B.

Priest

“It crashes often”
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Daria J.

Marketing Associate

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago
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  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features18
  • API
  • Audio Capture
  • Audio Editor
  • Audio Manipulation
  • Audio Mixing
  • Audio Recording
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compression
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Custom Development
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Management
  • Graphical Workflow Editor
  • Instrument Management
  • Mastering
  • Media Library
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Management
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Projects
  • On-Demand Recording
  • Plug-in Integration
  • Project Management
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Score Editor
  • Synchronous Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Video Editing
  • Video Management
  • Video Support
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features27
  • API
  • Audio Capture
  • Audio Editor
  • Audio Manipulation
  • Audio Mixing
  • Audio Recording
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compression
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Custom Development
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Management
  • Graphical Workflow Editor
  • Instrument Management
  • Mastering
  • Media Library
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Management
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Projects
  • On-Demand Recording
  • Plug-in Integration
  • Project Management
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Score Editor
  • Synchronous Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Video Editing
  • Video Management
  • Video Support
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
    • Total integrationsN/A