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Kodiak vs Mitti
Two native Mac tools, both fluent in fill and key, both on a first-name basis with the ATEM. Only one keeps a second Mac holding a live, one to one copy of the whole show that cuts itself to air when the first Mac dies. The difference is how much show each one is willing to carry.
Updated July 2026.
Choose for the job you run
Choose Kodiak if
A native macOS editor and broadcast playout deck in one app: layered slides, fill and key over dual SDI, and a hot-backup Mac that takes over on its own. $200 once, perpetual, two computers.
- Slides are layered pictures, not one clip at a time
- You want a backup Mac that takes air on its own
- You want the editor inside the playout deck
- You want the media checked and the SDI watched, frame by frame
Choose Mitti if
A mature, focused cue player for the Mac: one clip per cue, played very well, with genuinely good ATEM control. From $399 plus tax, perpetual, two computers, with a cheaper rental license also offered.
- Single clips, one at a time, cover the whole show
- MTC or LTC timecode drives your playback
- You want a lean, trusted cue player from $399 for two computers
- NMC keeps a second machine following in step
What Kodiak adds on show night
Five capabilities built around the program feed, beyond the native Mac playback, fill and key output, and ATEM control both products provide.
A live backup, not a synced follower
- Import on the primary and the backup has it
- Edit a slide or move a timer and both machines match
- The whole show stays mirrored cue for cue, media and all
- If the primary dies, the backup cuts itself to program on the ATEM within seconds
- No operator action once automatic takeover is armed
Mitti can sync a second Mac in step, master-driven; putting that Mac on air is still a manual cut.
A full editor in the same app
- Builds the layered slide and airs it, one app
- Video and image objects are composited as one picture
- The fix before doors happens in the app already on program
Mitti has no editor by design; content is built elsewhere and brought in finished.
Bad media caught before it airs
- Every file checked in the background
- Corruption flagged off the air path, before it goes to program
Mitti can flag audio decode errors when a cue loads. Kodiak checks the files in the background before they enter the air path.
The output watched frame by frame
- DeckLink frame confirmations are monitored while output is live
- If DeckLink stops confirming frames, Kodiak raises the alarm within seconds
Licensing that can never dark the SDI
- No license state has a path to the output
- Never-block-go-live is structural, not a promise
Kodiak, up close
The parts that matter, shown instead of listed.
The editor and the deck, one app
Kodiak's editor lives inside the deck that airs the show.
The fix two minutes before doors happens in the same app that takes it to program.
The fix goes straight from the run sheet to the SDI output.
Live sync, then takeover
The whole show mirrored one to one, cue for cue, media and all.
If the primary dies, the backup cuts itself to air on its own.
The backup is already current when it needs to take over.
Fluent ATEM
Tally cues the take, the downstream key is watched, and Kodiak cuts on cue end.
A dropped link reconnects on its own, mid show.
The switcher stays in the loop from take through cue end.
Fill and key, by the book
External keying only, and Kodiak verifies the device can key before the show.
The SDI locks and stays locked once the output format is set to the switcher's standard, 1080p29.97 by default.
The device and format are checked before the output goes live.
NDI on a slide
Drop a network source onto a slide and it plays like any other layer.
Sources on the network show up on their own.
Network sources stay in the same run sheet as every other cue.
Built to keep the switched show on air
Kodiak is not trying to replace a focused, one-clip cue player. It is the native Mac editor and playout deck for the whole program feed. It builds layered graphics, checks media before air, watches SDI while the show runs, keeps the ATEM connected, and holds a synchronized backup ready to take over. If those are the risks your room needs covered, choose Kodiak.
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Bring the whole show across
The trial is the full app for 21 days. No account, no card. When it ends, Kodiak keeps running free, everything but NDI, the ATEM link, and hot-backup sync.
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