Strada Connect lets remote editors drag media directly from local drives into their NLE without having to route via the cloud.
Strada Connect is a new peer-to-peer remote editing platform that lets distributed creative teams access media directly from what is Strada's key USP: local storage with no cloud upload, no file transfer, and no pre-caching required.
The technology builds on Strada Agents, the peer-to-peer networking platform the company first unveiled at NAB 2025. Where Agents focused on remote access and review, Connect extends that into a full editing workflow, though Strada is positioning it less against specialist post tools and more as a replacement for the entire stack of cloud storage that people tend to juggle during the post phase.
It operates through a computer's Finder window, meaning an editor anywhere in the world can drag and drop files from a remotely connected drive directly into their NLE, DAW, or photography application and begin cutting immediately. Remote editors mount Strada and shared drives appear on their desktop. The media being worked on never moves; it stays on the original drive and is streamed over Strada's encrypted peer-to-peer network.
That network is designed to work over consumer-grade internet connections, which neatly addresses one of the practical barriers to cloud-free remote collaboration. Strada says storage support is broad: internal drives, direct-attached drives, NAS devices, and camera cards are all compatible. Direct access to camera cards in particular could definitely further speed up editing workflows. Access permissions can be set at the file and folder level, allowing teams to share specific assets without exposing entire volumes.
Strada Connect is currently available on macOS — hence the Finder terminology — with Windows support planned for later in 2026 (the underlying Agents technology is already available on Windows). The architecture supports import into any NLE, DAW, or photography tool.
Teams pay a fixed monthly subscription regardless of how much data they access, rather than accumulating cloud storage and egress fees as project sizes grow. Subscriptions start at $8/month, with a 7-day free trial available.