Ark vs. Frame.io
A Frame.io alternative that covers more than review
Frame.io is a good tool, and for some teams it is the right one. Here is what an agency still has to set up around it, what Ark ships with, and how to tell which fits.
Video review
What Frame.io does well
The best-known tool for reviewing video: frame-accurate comments, versions and fast playback. If review is your only pain, it is the right answer.
For an agency
Where it gets heavy
- Review is where it stops. Briefs, scripts, shoot days, tasks and contracts live elsewhere.
- You pair it with a project tool, and the two never quite share a picture of the work.
- Scripts are approved somewhere else, before a video even exists to review.
Stay with Frame.io if
the only thing slowing you down is review, and the rest of your process is solid.
Choose Ark if
you want review, planning and approvals in one place, with the client in it.
Out of the box
Ark and Frame.io, on the work an agency does every week.
| What an agency needs | Ark | Frame.io |
|---|---|---|
| A board with a stage and an owner for every taskThe thing every project tool does well. | Built in | Needs setup or an add-on |
| Written procedures for each step of client workOnboarding, approvals, publishing, the monthly report. | Built in | Not what it is for |
| Clients comment on and approve copy line by lineSuggest, accept, decline, in the script itself. | Built in | Not what it is for |
| Comments pinned to a moment in the video“0:42, cut this earlier.” | Built in | Built in |
| Post dates, shoots and meetings, synced with Google CalendarEveryone invited, nothing double-booked. | Built in | Not what it is for |
| Client logins that only see their own workNo seat to buy for every client. | Built in | Needs setup or an add-on |
| Contracts signed inside the same placeE-signature, kept next to the client. | Built in | Not what it is for |
- Built in
- Needs setup or an add-on
- Not what it is for
Scored on each product as it comes, with no add-ons or custom building, as of October 2026. Where we were unsure we gave Frame.io the benefit. If we got something wrong, tell us at support@ark-agency.app.
Ark next to every tool at once: the full comparison. Or see Ark vs. ClickUp, Notion, Trello and Asana.
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