A Vimeo alternative
DropYourFiles and Vimeo, side by side.
Both let your client leave notes on a film at a timecode, with no account. Here is where they differ, from each one’s own pages, with the date we read them.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Read on each one’s own pages on October 21, 2026.
What you and your client get.
| What | DropYourFiles | Vimeo |
|---|---|---|
| Price a month | Free; Solo $20 ($220 a year); Studio $59; Enterprise from $149 | Creator $9.50 and Professional $70, the new plans Vimeo is moving accounts to in 2026. Its pricing page still shows Starter $12 billed yearly ($20 monthly), Standard $25 ($41) and Advanced $75 ($125) |
| Room | Free 5 GB and 1 h of video; Solo 1 TB and 15 h of video; Studio 2 TB and 50 h of video; Enterprise 6 TB and 150 h of video. Add 100 GB for $5 a month | Private and embeddable video: Free 3 GB (1 GB in Vimeo’s FAQ), Creator 50 GB, Core 300 GB, Professional 7 TB. Public video has no limit |
| Photos for your client | Yes, beside the films on the same page | Not on the review page |
| Your client’s notes at a timecode | Yes | Yes |
| Your client’s pins on a photo | Yes, with drawing | No |
| Your client’s notes on a PDF | Yes, pins on pages | No |
| How your client approves | Your client presses Approve and confirms once | A reviewer can set Approved |
| Approval opens the downloads | Yes. The review mark comes off and the full-size downloads open, on the same link | No. Downloads are a setting on each link |
| Your client needs an account | No | No, a name and email |
| Your branding | Your logo, name and colors at the top of your client’s page, on every plan. The link is on dropyourfiles.com | Your logo on the review page, on paid plans |
| Your client’s notes in your editor | Final Cut Pro, as to-do markers. Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve not yet. A spreadsheet on every plan | Vimeo’s pages name Premiere Pro |
Vimeo’s side was read on its own pages on October 21, 2026, and prices are in US dollars. Plans change: check theirs before you decide, and tell us at support@dropyourfiles.com if a line here is out of date.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.
Vimeo may suit you better if
- You mostly need to host and play films on your website and elsewhere, more than to run a client job.
- Your clients review film and nothing else, and you work in Premiere Pro.
DropYourFiles may suit you better if
- You deliver photos and film to the same client and want them on one page.
- You want your client to pin a spot on a photo or a PDF page, as well as a second of a film.
- You want your client’s approval to open the final downloads, on the link they already have.
- You cut in Final Cut Pro and want your client’s notes as to-do markers.
Sources.
- Vimeo new individual plans, read October 21, 2026
- Vimeo pricing, read October 21, 2026
- Vimeo help: video review page, read October 21, 2026
- DropYourFiles pricing and Final Cut markers, today
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Try it on your next client job.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Your client never makes an account.