Clapshot vs Filestage

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.

Filestage is a web and API platform for reviewing files and managing content approvals. It brings comments, annotations, version comparisons, approvals, and change requests into review workflows. Supported content includes videos, images, designs, documents, websites, interactive HTML, and audio. Review Agents can check grammar, spelling, brand assets, forbidden terms, compliance issues, and barcodes or QR codes. Integrations listed include Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, monday.com, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Figma, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Zapier. Approval workflows, unlimited version history, role permissions, guest comment-only access, and audit logs are listed. Filestage states that it is GDPR compliant and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II, and CSA STAR Level One credentials. It describes AWS EU hosting, TLS 1.2 and 1.3 in transit, and AES 256 encryption at rest. A free plan allows one active project and five new files monthly. Paid plans start at €199 a month, with a 14-day trial.