Anchorpoint vs Sourcetree

Anchorpoint is a version-control and digital-asset-management tool for projects involving video, real-time 3D graphics, animation, or still images. Its desktop application connects projects to Git and synchronizes metadata for file locks, assets, reviews, and notifications. Production files stay in a Git repository or shared storage such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or NAS; its cloud service stores metadata instead. Teams can protect binary assets with file locking and manage visual reviews with approvals, tags, statuses, and rich annotations, including frame-accurate notes. The product supports offline use through locally cached metadata and local version-control operations. Integrations include Git servers, creative tools, and game engines; a Python API and CLI support custom actions and integrations. Organizations can self-host the metadata server. Personal is free for non-commercial single users; Team costs €25 per user per month, and a 14-day trial is available. The desktop app runs on Windows and macOS, with macOS 12 or newer required.

Sourcetree is a graphical desktop client for visualizing and managing Git repositories on Windows and macOS, with Mercurial support as well. From its interface, users can create, clone, commit, push, pull and merge repositories, then stage or discard changes by file, hunk or line. The client supports Git Large File Storage for large assets, Git-flow branching, submodules, local commit search, interactive rebase and remote repository search and cloning. Sourcetree connects with Bitbucket Cloud, Bitbucket Server, GitHub, GitLab and VSTS. It is described for beginners and advanced users. The Windows Enterprise edition adds MSI deployment, silent installs, centrally managed updates and sign-in with existing Bitbucket Data Center credentials without another account signup. The Free plan costs nothing and includes the Windows and Mac desktop client for Git and Mercurial. Pull-request comments, approvals and repository access changes remain in the hosting service.