When comparing rekordbox vs Serato DJ, the Slant community recommends Serato DJ for most people. In the question“What is the best DJ software?” Serato DJ is ranked 1st while rekordbox is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Serato DJ is:
Allows you to see the average tone/sound of the music without listening to it.
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Pros
Pro Easy to use
Pro iTunes-compatible
Allows you to arrange your music on iTunes so you can have one place to store and arrange your music collection.
Pro Export Mode
Allows you to export your tunes to a USB that can be used in any compatible Pioneer device with pre-loaded wave-forms, BPM, key and meta-data. Pioneer CDJs and Mixers are Industry / Club standard equipment.
Pro Free version and a 30-day trial for the Plus version available
Pro Colour wave-forms
Allows you to see the average tone/sound of the music without listening to it.
Pro Relatively simple to get mixing with
Pro Configurable display
Change your display to have 2 or 4 decks in either Vertical or Horizontal layout. Even have Library Only and Compact layouts.
Cons
Con Useless for other hardware than Pioneer hardware
Con No Spotify support!
Con Limited range of compatible controllers
Serato certification is available on a limited range of dj hardware. Although approximately 98 devices have this.