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Frame.io is the reference.
We are the European alternative.

Frame.io defined video review as a product category and is the standard for many teams. If media and project data stored in EU data centres, a German contract partner and live review with built-in conferencing matter to you, dfine.io Review is an alternative built for exactly that.

DPA per Art. 28 GDPRMade in Germany
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To be fair

When Frame.io is the right choice

  • Your team lives inside the Adobe ecosystem: Frame.io is built into Premiere Pro and After Effects.
  • You need Camera to Cloud: footage straight from set to cloud is a Frame.io specialty.
  • You want the established market standard with the largest ecosystem of workflows and guides.

The alternative

When dfine.io Review fits

  • Data location is a contract requirement: media and project data stored in EU data centres, a DPA with a German GmbH.
  • You review live with clients: conferencing, frame-accurate comments and AI translation in one session.
  • Color matters: reference monitoring on SDI/HDMI via dfine.io Studio, plus WHIP livestreaming with 1:1 passthrough up to UHD.
  • You want a vendor who answers personally, prices in euros and invoices from Germany.
  • You want a say in the product: feature requests go straight to the people who build it, and our Slack community is open to you.

Side by side

The factual comparison.

Both products solve the same core problem. The difference is jurisdiction, live collaboration and focus.

dfine.io ReviewFrame.io (Adobe)
Review & files
Frame-accurate comments✓✓
Versions✓ stacks✓
Guest links, no account✓✓
Control per share link✓ personal link and password per recipient, location lock, audit trail as PDFrecipient check on Enterprise only
Adobe integration–✓ built in
Camera to Cloud–✓
Live sessions
Conferencing✓ AI translation–
Livestreaming up to UHD✓–
Reference monitoring (SDI)✓ Studio–
Company & data
VendorBerlin, EUAdobe, USA
Data locationprimarily EUUS cloud
US CLOUD Actpossible via US sub-processorsmay apply
DPA per Art. 28 GDPR✓ German partner✓ US partner
Pricing
Pricefrom 29 €/month · live from 59 €via Adobe

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