An alternative non-linear video editor option is Blender. People like @gdquest use it for all their videos (and GDQuest has a lot of videos, including video tutorials on the Blender video editor and Power Sequencer ;)). GDQuest is even developing an add-on called Blender Power Sequencer that adds a lot of features to the default user experience (that might be a bit off-putting, to be honest). Nathan (the mind behind GDQuest) is working with the Blender team to include Power Sequencer as an official add-on (that means it would be included by default in any new version of Blender, you would just need to activate it in the Add-Ons section).
Pros to using Blender as a video editor:
- Very stable (even on Windows ;))
- Very powerful, since it’s based on Blender (you can basically add 2D videos in a 3D environment, which opens up quite a lot of doors in terms of creativity)
Cons:
- Learning curve (even though projects like Power Sequencer helps a lot, you still have to learn the process, keyboard shortcuts, etc.)
- Until recently, the video editor was a bit left behind in the Blender project, but there is now a new maintainer, so it should improve
As a side note, I recently used Olive (v0.1-alpha…) for a little project involving a lot of cuts, and it performed remarkably well. However, as mentioned by another user earlier, it’s too early to be used in production.
If you manage to get rid of proprietary solutions, you could try to convince your company to invest a bit of that money into the development of the software you’re going to end up using. Developers and communities can always use a buck or two to improve their software!