Mixed-platform teams pay a tax every day. The editor is on a Mac, the assistant is on Windows, the producer is on a locked-down corporate laptop, and the NLE only runs on one of them. Adding a freelancer means a machine spec, an install, a license, and a version match before they can open a single clip.
Sequence runs in a web browser. There's nothing to install, no per-machine license to provision, and no operating system to standardize on — sign in and you're working, on macOS or Windows, on whatever hardware your team already owns. A new collaborator opens a link and edits; they don't wait on IT.
Why the browser holds up for professional work#
The reason a browser can carry a professional edit is that the heavy work doesn't happen on your machine. Each project runs on cloud compute you choose — from a light single core up to ten cores when you need playback and rendering headroom — so decoding, effects, and rendering happen in the cloud and stream back to your tab. Your laptop drives the same editor interface whether it's a maxed-out workstation or a thin travel machine.
Nothing to install
Open a browser, sign in, edit. No app download, no per-seat install, no OS requirement — getting started is a sign-in, not a provisioning ticket.
Mac and Windows, one project
Keyboard shortcuts and controls work across platforms — the docs list Mac and Windows keys side by side — so a Mac editor and a Windows assistant work in the same editor, not two different builds.
Compute in the cloud
Playback and rendering run on project compute you set, not your local CPU, so an underpowered machine still drives a real edit.
Reviewers need even less
Send a screening link and a director or client watches and comments without opening the project — or installing anything at all.
Workflow fit#
Sequence doesn't replace the machines your finishing happens on — it removes the machine as a gatekeeper for everyone upstream of it. A distributed team cuts in the browser, then hands off cleanly to the tools your facility already trusts through standard interchange and Shuttle. Bringing a freelancer onto a project is an invite and a role, not a workstation build, so you staff up for a deadline without a hardware plan.
Who it's for#
- Mixed Mac/Windows teams who are tired of maintaining two toolchains
- Post supervisors staffing freelancers fast, without per-machine installs or license juggling
- Producers and clients who need to review from a corporate laptop they can't install software on
- Distributed teams collaborating across cities on the same project