Frame.io is the best pure video review tool ever made. OneCast gives working studios 90% of that review workflow, plus the quotes, invoices, galleries and bookings Frame.io will never build.
Frame.io (now part of Adobe) owns high-end video collaboration: frame-accurate comments, camera-to-cloud ingest and deep Premiere integration. It is also only that. There are no quotes, no invoices, no galleries, no bookings and no client payments, so a studio running on Frame.io is running three or four other subscriptions beside it. OneCast Studio bundles a genuinely good review workflow (frame comments, versions, transcripts, approvals) into the same product that quotes the job, books the shoot, delivers the photos and collects the money. Post houses inside an Adobe pipeline should stay on Frame.io. Client-facing studios usually do not need to.
What each platform actually ships today. Where Frame.io is stronger, we say so.
| Feature | OneCast Studio | Frame.io |
|---|---|---|
| Frame-accurate video review | Frame-accurate comments, version compare, transcripts, per-video revision budgets | The category leader: annotations, version stacking, internal comments |
| NLE integration | No Premiere or Resolve plugin; comments live in the browser | Comments sync to Premiere timeline markers; After Effects round-trip |
| Camera-to-cloud ingest | C2C with Canon, RED, Fujifilm, Nikon, Panasonic and more | |
| Client portal | Branded portal per project: timeline, files, quotes, messages, payments | Branded share links with passphrase and expiry; not a project portal |
| Photo gallery delivery | Password-protected galleries, client selections, pay-to-download gate | V4 handles photos and PDFs, but no client proofing or delivery store |
| Quotes & proposals | Multi-option quotes approved in the portal, auto-converts to an invoice | |
| Invoicing & payments | Deposits via Stripe, pay-by-card links, retainer invoicing, overdue reminders | No business tooling of any kind |
| Xero integration | Native: invoices push on send, contacts import, GST handled | |
| Calendar & bookings | Bookings, multi-day shoots, Google Calendar two-way sync | |
| Transcription | Auto transcripts on review videos, karaoke follow and caption downloads | Transcription plus AI semantic search on higher tiers |
| White-label / custom domain | Studio Pro plan: custom domain, your branding end to end, white-label PDFs | Custom-branded shares on Pro; no custom domain |
| Mobile | Installable web app, full mobile UI; no App Store app yet | Strong native iOS app |
| Storage | 500GB on Starter, 2TB on Studio, 5TB on Studio Pro | 2TB per member on Pro |
| Pricing model | Flat per studio, unlimited clients on Studio Pro | Per member per month; cost scales with team size |
Feature availability checked against public Frame.io documentation and pricing pages, July 2026. Spot something out of date? Email [email protected] and we will fix it.
Vendor pricing from frame.io/pricing, July 2026, USD. OneCast prices are AUD and include GST.
Credit where it is due. If these are your priorities, Frame.io may fit you better today.
Here is how studios usually move in. Most are done inside an afternoon.
Start a free OneCast trial, set your branding, and create a project for one in-flight edit.
Upload your current cut to the review player and send the client the link; comments and approvals work immediately, no client accounts.
Bring quotes and invoicing across as jobs close: build your packages once and OneCast generates quotes and invoices from them.
Keep Frame.io through any active agency projects that require it; many studios keep a seat for agency work and run everything client-facing on OneCast.
Export or archive old Frame.io projects before downsizing seats. Note Adobe retires the legacy Frame.io API on 1 December 2026, so old integrations are worth auditing anyway.
“This is a game changer. All in one platform for Photo and Video creatives, even production agencies! You’ve gotta give this a try!”
Yes. Comments pin to the exact frame, versions can be compared side by side, and each video carries its own revision budget so scope stays visible to the client.
No. Comments live in the browser review player rather than syncing to your NLE timeline. If marker sync is essential to your edit workflow, that is a real Frame.io advantage and we say so above.
Yes. Review links open straight in the browser with optional passcode protection, and approval is one click that timestamps who approved which version.
Everything around the edit: quotes, bookings, calendars, invoices with Stripe payments, Xero sync, photo galleries and a client portal. Frame.io is review only.
Usually, yes. Hybrid studios are where one platform makes the most sense: the same project holds the gallery, the review link and the invoice, and the client sees one portal instead of two tools.
Open the live sandbox, click around a real studio, and decide in ten minutes. No sign-up, no card.