File Approved is client file approval software for video editors, motion designers, and creative agencies. Upload any file, share a secure review link, and collect timecoded feedback and a signed approval certificate. No client account required. No email chain needed.
File Approved is built for video editors, motion designers, creative agencies, and freelancers who send files to clients every week. If your current process involves emailing files, waiting days for vague replies, and arguing over what was actually approved, File Approved was built for you.
Frame.io by Adobe requires clients to create an account before reviewing anything. File Approved requires no client account at all. Frame.io starts at $15 per seat per month. File Approved has a free plan. Frame.io supports primarily video. File Approved supports video, PDF, audio, images, Office documents, and code files.
No. Clients receive a link and review instantly without creating an account or downloading any app. This removes the single biggest reason clients delay feedback: the friction of signing up for a new platform. Anyone with the link can open the review page immediately. For confidential projects, every plan can add password protection or require a named reviewer to proceed.
File Approved is client approval software for video editors, motion designers, and creative agencies. You upload a file, and the app generates a private review link. Clients open the link, leave timecoded comments or frame annotations, and click Approve or Request Revisions. Every action is logged and timestamped. Short links via fileslink.me make sharing easy.
Frame.io requires clients to create an Adobe account before they can review anything. File Approved requires no client account at all. Frame.io starts at $15 per seat per month. File Approved has a free plan that includes 1 review link and 10 GB of storage. Frame.io is built primarily for video. File Approved supports video, PDF, audio, images, Office documents, and code files. It is built for freelancers and small agencies who need fast, frictionless client approvals across all file types.
Yes. The Free plan includes 1 active review link, 10 GB of file storage, timecoded video and audio comments, page-specific PDF comments, frame annotations, password protection, client downloads, one-click approval, and the full approval certificate. No credit card is required. The Pro plan at $25 per month adds unlimited review links, 5 TB of storage, multi-file approvals, and custom branding with no File Approved branding on review pages.
When a client clicks the Approve button on a review page, File Approved generates a timestamped approval certificate recording the reviewer name, approval time, file name, and version number. This certificate serves as a written record of sign-off and can be used to resolve payment disputes or revision scope disagreements.
File Approved supports video files (MP4, MOV, WebM), images (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP), PDFs, audio files, Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and code and plain text files. Each file type gets a native viewer: video gets a timecoded player, PDFs get a page navigator, audio gets a scrubber with timestamp comments, Office files open in Google Docs viewer, and code files get syntax highlighting.
Yes. Each approval request is a separate review link with its own comment thread, approval status, and version history. The Free plan supports 1 active link at once. The Pro plan removes that limit entirely, so agencies managing many concurrent projects can create as many links as needed. Pro also supports multi-file requests, so one link can hold an entire deliverable set.
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October 6, 2026
