FreeFrame is an open-source platform for reviewing video, image, and audio assets, available as a hosted service or for self-hosting. Video reviews support HLS adaptive streaming and frame-accurate comments; image and audio reviews provide annotations, with waveform visualization for audio. Teams can organize discussion with comment threads, mentions, reactions, and attachments, while approval workflows track reviewer status. Guests can comment through share links without an account, with controls for permissions, passphrases, expiration, and watermarking. Timecoded comments can be exported for DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, or as CSV. Version comparison and NLE comment export are included with self-hosting; social preview and custom project statuses are hosted-plan features. Self-hosted deployments use Docker Compose on a server or cloud VM. Hosted Free includes 5 GB storage and up to five members. Hosted costs 5.00 USD per month and shows 100 GB storage and unlimited members. A card-less Premium trial lasts seven days, or 30 days for existing supporters, with one trial per workspace.
Who it is for
FreeFrame suits creative teams reviewing video, image, or audio work with internal reviewers and guests. It may also fit teams that want to deploy the open-source application on their own server or cloud VM.
What is good
- Supports frame-accurate video comments.
- Guest reviewers can comment without accounts.
- Approval workflows track reviewer status.
- Exports comments for listed editing applications.
- Self-hosting is available without a license key.
What to know first
- Hosted Free is capped at five members.
- Hosted Free includes 5 GB storage.
- Social preview and custom project statuses require hosted plan.
Verdict
FreeFrame brings review discussion, approvals, guest access, and editor-oriented comment exports together for media projects. Teams can use the hosted service or self-host, with different feature availability between them.
FreeFrame plans and pricing
All plansCompared on video review software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Time-coded comments
- Yes
- Approval workflows
- Yes
- Version comparison
- Yes
- Guest reviewers
- Yes
- Reviewer roles
- custom
- NLE integrations
- Yes
