The closest like-for-like switch: staged reviewer groups for video, design and documents, with a free plan to start on.
Filestage moves each file through reviewer groups stage by stage, marking every version in review, needs changes or approved. Reviewers join with just an email address and leave time-stamped or drawn notes. The free plan allows one active project, five new files a month and 2GB; Starter is $199 a month on yearly billing with 10 seats.
Am besten für: Multi-stage brand approvals
- A free plan to start on
- A lower paid floor than PageProof
- Review video is scaled to 1080p
- Automations and the API start on Business
Enterprise proofing with automated approval stages, decision reasons and an audit trail.
Ziflow proofs video, design and documents with frame-accurate comments and markup, and routes each proof through stages where reviewers approve or reject with a reason. Outside reviewers need no licence, and plugins cover Adobe apps, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve Studio. The entry plan is $199 a month on annual billing with 15 users; the free plan allows 2 users and one stage.
Am besten für: Audited agency approvals
- A decision history for every proof
- Editor plugins including Resolve Studio
- Integrations start on the $329 plan
- Single sign-on is Enterprise only
Lightweight feedback on live websites and design files, billed by a monthly allowance with unlimited users.
Markup.io lets reviewers pin comments on a live web page or a design without signing up, and video comments pin to a timestamp. It tracks priorities and resolved comments. Pro runs $79 to $129 a month for 50 to 100 MarkUps, and each extra MarkUp costs $4. There is a 14-day trial and no free plan.
Am besten für: Website and design feedback
- Guests comment without signing up
- Unlimited users
- No editing-app integrations listed
- One workspace below Enterprise
Adobe's review platform, a better fit when most proofs are video edited in Premiere Pro.
Frame.io takes frame, range and pinned comments with drawing tools, and clients comment from a share link without signing up. A status field marks each version, and version stacks compare cuts. The free plan covers 2 members and 2GB; Pro is $13 per member a month on annual billing for up to 5 members.
Am besten für: Premiere teams reviewing with clients
- A free plan to start on
- Notes reach Premiere Pro through the Frame.io panel
- Priced per member, with seat caps
- No DaVinci Resolve support in the current version
Video review with a simple approve or reject step, at a far lower entry price.
Wipster pins time-coded comments to a point or a box on the frame, and each version is marked approved or not. Extensions bring notes into Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and After Effects. Light is $9.95 a month on annual billing for one user and Team is $19.95 per user a month, with unlimited reviewers; there is a trial and no free plan.
Am besten für: Client video approvals
- A low starting price
- Unlimited reviewers on every plan
- No free plan
- The Team plan is priced per user
Video review built on Dropbox storage, for teams whose files already live there.
Replay reviews video straight from Dropbox with time-coded and range comments, drawing and live sessions, and each file can be marked needs review, in progress or approved. It links into Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools and LumaFusion. The full add-on is $10 per user a month on annual billing and needs Dropbox Plus or higher.
Am besten für: Footage already in Dropbox
- Low cost for existing Dropbox teams
- Live review sessions
- Needs a paid Dropbox plan
- Review files count against Dropbox storage
A low-cost review space for video and animation studios, with storyboards beside the feedback.
Krock.io pairs video review with storyboard and animatic tools. Reviewers leave time-stamped comments and drawings, and a DaVinci Resolve Studio integration puts the notes on the timeline. Pro is $10 per user a month from 2TB; the free plan is one user and 2GB.
Am besten für: Storyboard to final review
- A far lower entry price
- Notes on a DaVinci Resolve Studio timeline
- The free plan is one user
- Pro is priced per user