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Frame.io vs Vimeo: which one for client review.

Frame.io is a review tool first. Vimeo hosts and plays films, with review links on top. Both take notes at a timecode with no account.

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Free up to 5 GB. No card. Read on each one’s own pages on October 29, 2026.

The short answer.

Pick Frame.io when review rounds are the daily work: comments at a timecode, editors and clients on the same cut, and comment export to Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Media Composer. It is priced for each member, $15 a month on Pro.

Pick Vimeo when you mostly need films hosted and played, on your website and elsewhere, and you send the odd cut for notes. Its review links take time-coded comments from a guest with a name and email, and a reviewer can mark a video Approved. Vimeo announced new plans on October 28, 2026, and its own pages don’t yet agree on two of the prices, so check before you buy.

Side by side, with a third option.

Neither one puts the stills from the same shoot beside the film for your client. If your job has both, here is where DropYourFiles sits.

Frame.io, Vimeo and DropYourFiles, compared on October 29, 2026
WhatFrame.ioVimeoDropYourFiles
Built forVideo review for editors and their teamsHosting and playing video, with review linksReview and delivery of photos and film on one link
Price a monthFree; Pro $15 a member ($156 a year); Team $25 a member ($264 a year)On its pricing page: Starter $20 ($12 billed yearly), Standard $41 ($25), Advanced $125 ($75). Its new plans, announced October 28, 2026, billed yearly: Creator $9 or $9.50, Core $24.50, Professional $71 or $70 (Vimeo’s two pages differ)Free; Solo $20 ($220 a year); Studio $59; Enterprise from $149
Who the price coversEach member: Free up to 2, Pro up to 5, Team up to 15Starter 1 user, Standard 5, Advanced 10. New plans: Core 1 seat (up to 3), Professional 10 (up to 20)Your studio, not each person: 1 login on Free and Solo, 3 on Studio, 10 on Enterprise, and more for $15 a month each on Studio and Enterprise
RoomFree 2 GB; Pro 2 TB plus 2 TB for each extra member; Team 3 TB plus 2 TB for each memberStarter 2 TB, Standard 4 TB, Advanced 7 TB. New plans: Free 3 GB, Creator 50 GB, Core 500 GB, Professional 7 TBSolo 1 TB; Studio 2 TB; Enterprise 6 TB
Files your client reviewsVideo, images including camera RAW, audio, PDF and Office filesVideo. Images aren’t covered on the review link help pageFilms, photos, PDFs, audio and Word documents, on one page
Your client’s notes at a timecodeYesYesYes
Your client needs an accountNo. A name and email on the first commentNo. A name and email before commentingNo. Your client types a name once, on their first note
How your client approvesA status field you can let reviewers changeA reviewer can mark the video Approved, when you turn on status changesYour client presses Approve and confirms once
Approval opens the downloadsNo. Downloads are a setting on each share; turning them off needs ProNo. Downloads are a setting on each review linkYes. The review mark comes off and the full-size downloads open, on the same link
On the free planShare for review, 2 GB and 2 projectsOne review link per video, and no password5 GB and 1 h of video, with every feature
Your client’s notes in your editorComment export for Final Cut Pro 10.4 and later, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Media Composer, or CSV and plain textNot on the pages we readFinal Cut Pro, as to-do markers. Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve not yet. A spreadsheet on every plan

Frame.io and Vimeo were read on their own pages on October 29, 2026. Plans change: check theirs before you decide, and tell us at support@dropyourfiles.com if a line here is out of date.

Which one suits you.

Frame.io may suit you better if

  • Review rounds with clients and editors are most of your week.
  • You cut in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Media Composer and want comments there.
  • You want restricted projects and internal comments for a team (Team plan).

Vimeo may suit you better if

  • You mostly host and play films on your website and socials.
  • You send a cut for notes now and then, and want an Approved status on it.
  • You want public video with no storage limit (the new plans).

DropYourFiles may suit you better if

  • Your client gets photos and film from the same job and should see them on one page.
  • You want approval to take the watermark off and open the full-size downloads.
  • You cut in Final Cut Pro and want your client’s notes as to-do markers.
  • Your studio would rather pay one price for its logins than a price for each person.

Questions.

Is Vimeo good for client review?

For films, yes: review links take time-coded comments from a guest with a name and email, and a reviewer can mark a video Approved. The free plan has one review link per video, and a password needs a paid plan.

Is Frame.io or Vimeo cheaper?

For one person, Vimeo’s new Creator plan is about $9 a month billed yearly, against $15 a month on Frame.io Pro. Frame.io charges for each member, and Vimeo’s plans include a set number of seats.

Can my client download from a Vimeo or Frame.io review link?

When you turn downloads on for that link, yes. In both, downloading is a setting on the link, separate from approval.

Sources.

Try it on a job with photos and film.

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