Comparison
ClipGrid vs Frame.io
Frame.io is a good tool with a big company behind it. It is also priced per member, and its DaVinci Resolve integration is — in Adobe's own documentation — a legacy one that won't be fixed. That's the gap ClipGrid was built in. Here is the honest version, including where Frame.io wins.
The short version
| ClipGrid | Frame.io | |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | The workspace. Flat. | Each member. Pro $15/member/mo, Team $25/member/mo. |
| A 4-editor studio | One price. Adding an editor costs nothing. | 4 × the per-member price. |
| Clients who only review | Free, unlimited, no account. | Free on a share link. A client added into the workspace with comment-only rights is a paid seat. |
| DaVinci Resolve | Notes arrive as markers on the exact frame; renders go up as the next version. | A Blackmagic-built integration, Resolve Studio 16/17 only, filed as Legacy — Frame.io's own help page says bugs "will likely not be addressed." |
| Premiere / After Effects | No panel. Upload from the browser. | First-class, Adobe-built panels. |
| Where your footage sits | Your own instance, EU servers, nightly backups. | Adobe's cloud. |
| Phone review | The review room is built phone-first. | Web and mobile apps. |
Frame.io figures from frame.io/pricing and help.frame.io, checked 12 July 2026 — plans change, so check theirs before you decide. If anything here goes out of date, email us and we'll fix it.
Where the money actually goes
Frame.io charges per member: Pro is $15/member/month (up to 5 members) and Team is $25/member/month (up to 15). That is fine for one person. It is a different conversation once you're four editors and a producer — the bill grows with your team, every year, whether or not the fifth seat opened the app that month.
ClipGrid charges for the workspace. Storage is the only meter. Put your whole team on it, put your clients on it, put your clients' clients on it — the price on the invoice doesn't move.
Being fair: reviewers on a Frame.io share link are free, same as ours. The per-seat difference bites on your team, and on clients you pull into the workspace itself.
The Resolve thing
If you cut in Premiere, Frame.io's panel is excellent and you should probably use it. If you cut in Resolve, read Frame.io's own help article on the Resolve integration: it's built by Blackmagic, it only runs on Resolve Studio 16 and 17, it's filed under Legacy, and it states that bugs and feature requests "will likely not be addressed in the future." Resolve doesn't appear on Frame.io's current integrations page at all.
ClipGrid's Resolve script is the feature, not an afterthought: client notes land in your timeline as markers on the exact frame, and the render you just made goes up as the next version without leaving Resolve.
Where Frame.io is the better buy
Genuinely — pick Frame.io if:
- You live in Premiere or After Effects. Their panels are first-class and Adobe-built.
- You need Camera to Cloud, transcoding at scale, or enterprise admin, SSO, and audit trails.
- You already pay for Creative Cloud — a Frame.io tier is included with qualifying plans.
- You want a big vendor with a support org behind it. ClipGrid is one person in Lithuania who answers his own email.
Where ClipGrid is
You cut in Resolve. You're one editor or a small studio. Your clients review on their phones and shouldn't have to make an account. And you'd rather pay a flat price for the room than a monthly toll for every person in it.