OTTOMATIC

What OTTOMATIC does

OTTOMATIC GmbH is a privately held Swiss software company headquartered in Winterthur that builds niche productivity tools for professional film production crews. It was founded by working film professionals, led by a DIT who has been active in the field since 2012, and operates with a six-person team. Its portfolio is anchored by three core products: o/PHANTOMFUSE, a macOS FUSE-based virtual file system driver that mounts Vision Research Phantom CineMags as external storage and supports high-speed transfers above 1 GB/s with defect pixel correction and Codex HDE workflows; o/DAILIES, a cloud-and-mobile platform for on-set dailies review, metadata sync with Pomfort Silverstack, permission management, and shooting day reporting; and o/PARASHOOT, a free safe memory-card eraser with backup verification and reversible fake formatting, recently rewritten (Version 2, December 2025) and now extending to Windows.

The business model mixes freemium and modest subscription pricing: o/PARASHOOT and rsv.repair (Sony .RSV recovery) are free and donation-supported to drive community adoption, while o/PHANTOMFUSE sells at US$599/year (US$399 renewal) and a US$89 seven-day project license, and o/DAILIES charges US$82/week or US$296/month per project. Supporting products include ALE-x, an ALE metadata editor, and Pixel Cube, a managed remote DIT backup service. Distribution is direct via the company website, mobile app stores, and the odailies.com web service, with no resellers; go-to-market relies on industry word-of-mouth, a free-tool funnel, and tight integrations with Vision Research, Pomfort, Codex, ARRI, Sony, and Hedge OffShoot.

OTTOMATIC is bootstrapped, founder-owned, and has not raised external capital. Its customer base consists of Digital Imaging Technicians, camera assistants, and high-speed camera operators, with named clients including Abel Cine, C Films, Hugo Film, Kamerawerk, Love Highspeed, Ludwig, Tellfilm, Turnus Film, and Zodiac. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, and the company reports no subsidiaries, parent, or acquisition history.

Name

OTTOMATIC

Legal name

OTTOMATIC GmbH

Website

https://ottomatic.io

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

OTTOMATIC GmbH, a bootstrapped six-person Swiss software firm, builds niche productivity tools — o/PHANTOMFUSE, o/DAILIES, and the free o/PARASHOOT — for Digital Imaging Technicians, camera assistants, and high-speed camera operators in professional film production.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Production Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Endpoint & Mobile Asset Management (UEM/MDM Asset Controls) (BPAEAOAI)

Keywords

• Film production software
• High-speed camera workflow
• On-set dailies management
• MacOS media management
• Memory card erasure tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Winterthur

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses - o/PHANTOMFUSE: Annual subscription (US$599/year, renewal US$399) and 7-day project license (US$89). Includes automatic updates and free email support.
2. Software Licenses - o/DAILIES: Weekly license (USD 82) and monthly license (USD 296) per project. Includes Silverstack link integration and unlimited users/storage.
3. Free Software - o/PARASHOOT: Free memory card eraser tool supported by donations. No direct revenue from the product itself.
4. Remote DIT Services - Pixel Cube: Remote DIT station and service for automated on-set backups and media management (separate product/service).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OTTOMATIC GmbH develops and sells a suite of professional software applications for film production workflows, including a macOS virtual file system driver for Vision Research Phantom high-speed cameras (o/PHANTOMFUSE), a cloud and mobile platform for on-set daily footage review (o/DAILIES), a safe memory card eraser with backup verification (o/PARASHOOT), and supporting tools for metadata editing and Sony .RSV file recovery. The company was founded by working film professionals and sells software licenses directly to film crews, DITs, and production companies.

Product overview

OTTOMATIC develops a suite of professional apps for film production workflows, organized as flagship products plus complementary tools. The three core products are o/DAILIES (on-set dailies review and management), o/PHANTOMFUSE (macOS driver for Vision Research high-speed cameras), and o/PARASHOOT (safe memory card eraser, free). Supporting products include ALE-x (metadata file editor), Pixel Cube (remote DIT backup service), and rsv.repair (Sony .RSV recovery tool). The portfolio is anchored in practical, workflow-specific utilities designed by working film professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• o/DAILIES: Smart solution for crew and clients to review daily footage during movie production.
• o/PHANTOMFUSE
• o/PARASHOOT
• ALE-x
• Pixel Cube
• rsv.repair

Products and services

• o/PHANTOMFUSE macOS virtual file system driver for Vision Research Phantom high-speed cameras and CineMags. Automatically mounts CineMags as external storage, enables high-speed file transfers (up to 1GB/s via 10GbE), defect pixel correction, and safe CineMag erasure. Integrates with Pomfort Silverstack and major color grading software including DaVinci Resolve, Assimilate Scratch, Edit Ready, and Silverstack Lab. Targeted at film productions using high-speed cameras.
• o/DAILIES Cloud and mobile platform for on-set dailies review, workflow management, and shooting day reporting. Includes web app, native macOS/Android/iOS apps, Silverstack Link metadata sync, permission management, auto slate detection, LUT/waveform viewing, and GIF previews. Pricing: USD 82/week or USD 296/month per project. Targeted at film productions, crews, producers, and directors who need to review daily footage.
• o/PARASHOOT Free safe memory card eraser for macOS and Windows (beta). Verifies backup by file name and size, then performs reversible fake-format to signal cards are downloaded. Supports batch erase, Prep Mode, OffShoot integration, Stream Deck plugin, CLI/API for automation, and specialized workflows for ARRI HDE, Sony AXSM, and Sony .RSV files. Targeted at DITs and camera assistants on film productions.
• ALE-x Modern ALE (Ascend Log Export) file editor for reviewing and editing clip metadata. Built for post-production workflows with fast, visual editing capabilities. Hosted at ale-x.app.
• Pixel Cube Remote DIT station and managed service providing automated on-set backups and media management for film crews.
• rsv.repair Free browser-based tool that recovers interrupted Sony .RSV recordings. Runs 100% locally in the user's browser with no uploads required. Built using untrunc.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transfer speeds over 1GB/s on high performance workstations using 10GbE connections
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Pomfort SilverstackcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership with Pomfort Silverstack for .cine file management. o/PHANTOMFUSE enables Silverstack to perform checksum verification and data acquisition from CineMags. o/DAILIES includes Silverstack link for metadata sync, shooting day reports, and transcoding job notifications.
• Hedge (OffShoot)majorTechnology or IntegrationOffShoot by Hedge integrates with o/PARASHOOT to automatically erase cards after successful backup jobs. Starting with OffShoot version 24.4, renamed files are communicated to ParaShoot for verification before erasure.
• Codex Device ManagercoreTechnology or IntegrationCodex Device Manager handles High Density Encoding (HDE) through virtual volume system. o/PARASHOOT automates connection between physical media and HDE-encoded files for seamless offload experience with ARRI cameras.
• Vision ResearchcoreTechnology or IntegrationVision Research manufactures Phantom high-speed cameras and CineMags. o/PHANTOMFUSE is a macOS driver specifically designed for Vision Research Phantom cameras (Flex4K, VEO, v2640) and CineStation IV/B recording systems.
• Sony Creative Software (AXSM)majorTechnology or Integrationo/PARASHOOT supports Sony AXSM media with AXS-AR1 and AXS-AR3 readers. Requires AXSM Drive Utility v3.3.0 or later. Company also provides rsv.repair tool for Sony .RSV interrupted recording recovery.
• ARRImajorTechnology or Integrationo/PARASHOOT supports ARRI cameras including ALEXA 35 and Mini LF with standard ARRIRAW and HDE workflows. Handles automatic filename translation for codec identifiers.
• Awesome PixelsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partnership for o/PARASHOOT. Acknowledged on CLI help documentation as collaborator alongside OTTOMATIC.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Colorfront: Colorfront makes color and dailies/handoff tools (Colorfront On-Set Dailies, Express Dailies) for productions using ARRI and other cinema cameras. Its on-set dailies capabilities overlap with OTTOMATIC's o/DAILIES in serving DIT-led daily review workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Sohonet: Sohonet operates media collaboration, transfer, and review platforms (ClearView Flex, FileRunner) widely used in film and post. Its managed services and review tools overlap with the audience OTTOMATIC addresses via o/DAILIES and Pixel Cube.
• Codex (Think Fantastic): Codex manufactures high-density encoding (HDE) workflows and Device Manager for ARRI cameras and other cinema formats. OTTOMATIC's o/PARASHOOT integrates tightly with Codex Device Manager for HDE handling, putting both companies in the same on-set media management value chain.
• Adobe (Frame.io): Adobe acquired Frame.io in 2021 to add cloud review and collaboration for video, overlapping with o/DAILIES' on-set review functionality. Adobe also owns Premiere Pro, a downstream tool that OTTOMATIC customers may use.
• Avid Technology: Avid's Pro Tools, Media Composer, and NEXIS storage dominate film and broadcast post-production. While Avid is not a direct DIT utility competitor, it sits inside the same on-set-to-finish pipeline OTTOMATIC serves.
• Blackmagic Design: Blackmagic Design ships cameras, DaVinci Resolve, and storage/media products that are used across film and broadcast. OTTOMATIC specifically supports Blackmagic camera card formats in o/PARASHOOT and works with DaVinci Resolve as a downstream tool, making Blackmagic an incumbent ecosystem peer.

Direct peers

• Pomfort: Pomfort develops Silverstack and Silverstack Lab, the dominant on-set DIT and media management tools for film productions. OTTOMATIC's o/DAILIES and o/PHANTOMFUSE compete directly with Silverstack's clip management, checksum verification, and transcoding workflows, while also integrating with it.
• Assimilate: Assimilate builds Scratch, a high-end dailies, conform, and DI tool used by DITs and post-production facilities. OTTOMATIC's o/PHANTOMFUSE supports direct transcoding to Scratch, putting both inside the same on-set-to-post pipeline.
• Hedge (OffShoot): Hedge builds OffShoot, a leading on-set backup and DIT utility for macOS and Windows. OffShoot and o/PARASHOOT sit in adjacent slots in the DIT backup workflow and have an explicit integration partnership that lets OffShoot invoke OTTOMATIC for safe card erasure.

Others

• Vision Research: Vision Research manufactures Phantom high-speed cameras and CineMag storage. OTTOMATIC's flagship o/PHANTOMFUSE is built specifically for Vision Research hardware, making it both the most important ecosystem partner and the camera vendor whose roadmap most directly affects OTTOMATIC's product strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/ottomatic.io

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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