Clapshot vs ClearView Flex
Clapshot
github.com
ClearView Flex
sohonet.comSide by side
| Figure | Clapshot | ClearView Flex |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $638/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Video Review Software | 8.9 (#4) | 8.5 (#11) |
| Intended users | The project advises users who do not need local hosting or are not comfortable with networking and Linux to consider commercial cloud services instead. | Sohonet describes Flex as built for creatives and presents use cases spanning pre-production, on-set review, editorial, VFX, and colour review. |
| Purpose | Clapshot is an open-source, self-hosted tool for collaborative video and media review and annotation, aimed mainly at organizations that cannot or will not put media in commercial cloud services. | ClearView Flex is a real-time collaboration platform for securely streaming video review sessions and sharing feedback with creative teams and clients. |
Plans
ClearView Flex
- Starter$638 a month
- Pro$1,413 a month
- Pay as you goPriced on request
In their own words
Clapshot
Clapshot is a self-hosted tool for teams reviewing video, audio, and image files, including subtitle tracks. It is aimed at organizations that want to keep media outside commercial cloud services. Reviewers can watch together with synchronized playback and seeking, share review links, and discuss time-coded comments in threads. The browser player includes frame-by-frame navigation, loop controls, editable SMPTE timecode fields, waveform visualization for audio, timeline pins, and drawing annotations with seven colors.
Media can be uploaded through the web interface or read from a monitored folder, which can assign users based on file ownership or folder names. FFmpeg handles transcoding, thumbnails, and metadata extraction; custom scripts and hardware acceleration are supported. Authentication can connect through a reverse proxy to OAuth, LDAP, Kerberos, or SAML, and notification hooks can connect to email, Slack, or other systems. Deployment options include Docker Compose and a Debian package for Debian 12 or 13. The server and client are GPLv2 licensed. Clapshot is free at free. Mobile browser support is limited, and desktop Chrome or Chromium is recommended.
ClearView Flex
ClearView Flex has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.