Strada Connect lets editors drag remote files into Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut and start cutting immediately — no cloud upload, no file transfer, no per-terabyte storage fees. The peer-to-peer system mounts any local hard drive as a network volume accessible from anywhere.
Launched at NAB 2026, Strada Connect builds on the company's existing agent software (Mac and Windows) that turns any computer into a private cloud node. The new feature eliminates the transfer step that previously required editors to wait for files to move between machines before working.
How Peer-to-Peer Editing Works
A producer installs the Strada agent on their computer. Any connected drive — internal, external, RAID, NAS — becomes available through Strada. A remote editor installs the agent on their machine, gets invited to the appropriate folder with Editor or Admin permissions, and the remote drive mounts in Finder or File Explorer.
The editor drags files directly into their NLE timeline. No download, no upload, no cloud intermediary. Strada streams the data peer-to-peer between the two machines, caching intelligently in the background to optimize playback.
Austin Case, Strada's Director of Engineering, demonstrated the workflow at NAB: "You just drag them into your favorite editing application, start editing, no transfer required. It will start caching in the background to optimize it for you."
Bandwidth determines resolution, not compatibility. With gigabit connections on both ends, editors can work with large raw files. On constrained bandwidth — Case demonstrated from an airplane — Strada's real-time compression algorithm decodes and re-encodes footage to match available bandwidth, similar to how a GPU ultimately renders any codec to screen pixels. The system supports all file types including BRAW, ProRes, and any raw codec.
Pricing That Doesn't Punish Storage
Strada's pricing model avoids the per-terabyte charges that define cloud storage competitors. Basic plans start at $8 per month per user for 250GB of transfer, and the Unlimited tier runs $24 per month. Storage is whatever the user already owns.
"Other companies are on average like $50 to $70 per terabyte per month. People are constantly [paying that]," Case said. "We leave everything in place. We bring the software to it, we open up a secure cloud connection to your computer."
The transfer quota only applies when physically moving files between machines. Streaming and editing remote files doesn't count against the data allocation. A two-person team pays $8 per month each to edit remotely.
Folder-Level Permissions and Upload Links
Access controls work at the folder level with four roles: Viewer, Downloader, Editor, and Admin. Producers can grant view-only access to an entire drive while reserving edit access to specific project folders. Each person invited doesn't automatically consume a paid seat — Strada separates access from licensing, recognizing the freelance-heavy nature of media production.
Upload links provide a no-login file intake system. A producer generates a link, optionally protects it with a password and expiration, and sends it to anyone. Recipients upload files directly into the specified folder on the producer's drive. It works on mobile for quick field transfers, with support up to 10GB per file.
Real Production at NAB
Strada's own team used the system during NAB 2026. Their content team shot footage at the show, offloaded camera cards to their home studio storage via Strada transfer, then edited the footage from the convention center — without bringing a single hard drive to Las Vegas.
The transfer feature includes XXHash64 checksum verification on every copy, maintaining the file integrity standards that production workflows require.
Availability
Strada Connect is available now as part of the Strada agent for Mac and Windows. A free tier supports basic review and limited use, with paid plans at $8/month (Basic) and $24/month (Unlimited).
