Video, graphic & marketing project management tool
4.7/5 (20 reviews)Filestage is a cloud-based workflow management software that helps manage and centralize file review and approval processes. Designed for freelancers, small, midsize and large businesses, it enables advertising, film, design, sound, creative and media professionals to share videos, images, and PDFs with co-workers and clients to receive real-time feedback and reviews.
Key features of Filestage include commenting, real-time work collaboration, client feedback, file versioning, approval management, workflow monitoring, creation of annotations, to-do lists, and archiving and exporting comments for future use. It also provides an integrated documentation system for users to keep track of feedback and versions. Businesses can personalize Filestage with their brand logo to ensure a consistent and professional look with clients during file sharing.
Filestage stores user data on a centralized platform, which is protected with AES 256-bit encryption, providing a secure work environment. Additionally, it allows integration with tools such as Slack, Trello, and Basecamp to share review links directly in a browser. The software also provides multi-channel support through email, phone and in-app chat.
Pros
- Easy interface
- Easy feedback
- Documentation
- Great customer service
Easy interface, especially for customers. My clients can provide me with detailed feedback on the spot. They just click into the video and write a comment. They don't need to send timecodes, need to make lists, write an email. Revision became much more efficient.
Once my customer reviewed my videos, pdf's etc. I get a notification and have an easy to do list.
It's possible to brand the software and fit it into your company.
You also have a clear documentation and approval from your customers, which can be handy when things get complicated at a later point.
Filestage is easy reachable and help with everything.
Cons
Features for sorting projects: The interface improved a lot since I started, but there are small things, for which I use workarounds.
Projects in the overview can't be sorted in an easy. I think it's only date and alpha-numerical. I rename my projects therefore with 00.. 01.. etc.
But the team is listening and I hope the will add this feature soon!
Thanks for the review!
Read my review!
Pros
We have a creative studio where we design and paint graphics, and Filestage has been a game-changer for getting projects from concept to the real world quickly, with very happy clients (and us). We usually start off with a draft document, send a link to the client, have the client comment directly on the draft with questions/feedback, and then we can respond and/or add a new draft, then repeat the whole process until everyone's happy. We like how easy it is to get a client to respond on Filestage, and that our clients aren't forced through a weird UI or made to sign up for the app themselves. We love not having to send giant PDFs through email or dropbox, and forcing document download after document download until you can't remember which version is the most recent or how many times you have the same document draft saved in your "downloads" folder. That said, you can still enable each Filestage doc to be downloadable, so if our clients do want to download files, we like that it's an option for them.
Cons
Clunky to use on mobile, an app would be great eventually, for even more on-the-go quick response ability. Price is a bit steep too, but you get a lot, so understandable.
Thanks a lot for your valuable feedback!
Best,
The Filestage Team
Our first tool to give reviews to our creators was our intranet email. This was very stressful and unorganized. With filestage we had the opportunity to improve this project from zero to 100 in a short time. Now its much more organized, you can communicate well with your employees and tell exactly what u want to change. Thats it!
Pros
The tools to mark in the content of our creators and that you can have many projects of your organization in one place. And there are different options: For departments, projects, internal projects,... its so helpful to have them all in one place
Cons
there is really nothing I can tell. It improved our processes very well and there's nothing that I can tell right now
Close cooperation with customers from all industry sectors.
Project support and execution from pre-production to cutting
Pros
fast integration of complex film projects.
fast and easy communication with the customer.
Shortening the correction time
Cons
There is no competitive product.
There is no negative review
Lukas, thanks a lot for your review! We really appreciate your feedback. If there's anything you need help with, just let us know.
Best, Max
Happy clients! Easy to use, and very intuitive :)
Pros
-Very easy to comment the document
-Very User friendly: we see bullets and the comment appears
-Amazing to be able to see different versions of one document
-One online link, one pop up to invite reviewers to see the document
-Easy to create projects and invite a team to share projects
-Possibility to upload pdf or images into the comments themselves (great!)
-The email is customized with our logo, which is a great idea for our image
-And, the best: my clients are happy to receive this link, and see the comments
Cons
-We could have different colors for bullets points
-All the team members should have access all the projects, without inviting them to see the projects?
Starter: $99/month
Pro: $249/month
Enterprise: Tailored to your needs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Filestage.
Filestage offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$99,00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Starter: $99/month
Pro: $249/month
Enterprise: Tailored to your needs
Filestage offers the following features:
Filestage has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business
Filestage supports the following languages:
English, French, German
Filestage has the following pricing plans:
Subscription
We do not have any information about what devices Filestage supports
Filestage integrates with the following applications:
Basecamp, Slack, Trello
Filestage offers the following support options:
Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials
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