Frame.io vs Kitsu
Frame.io
frame.ioKitsu
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| Figure | Frame.io | Kitsu |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | €1.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 9 |
| Spec score · Creative Project Management Software | 9.2 (#4) | 9.0 (#6) |
| API | Frame.io exposes REST APIs for custom workflow solutions and application integrations, including a Camera to Cloud devices API. | Kitsu provides REST API access, a Python client, a JavaScript SDK, and a command-line interface. |
| Integrations | Official integrations include Premiere Pro, Lightroom, After Effects, LumaFusion, CuttingRoom, Eddie AI, Baselight, Telestream Vantage, Evercast, Make, Pabbly Connect, Zapier, and Workfront Fusion. | Official developer documentation lists Blender, Toon Boom Harmony, Unreal Engine, Slack, Discord and Mattermost integrations. |
| SDKs | Frame.io announced Python and TypeScript SDK updates; the Python SDK supports large uploads with retries, while the TypeScript SDK includes Adobe IMS OAuth 2.0 flows. | The developer documentation lists Gazu for Python, a JavaScript SDK and a command-line interface. |
| Support | Frame.io offers in-app chat support from its worldwide support team and English-language support at [email protected]. | The pricing page lists support tiers with response times under 48, 24, or 12 hours for Agency, Production, and Studio plans respectively. |
| What it does | Frame.io is a cloud platform for uploading creative files, managing projects, assigning tasks, collecting feedback, and sharing work. | Kitsu is a collaboration and production-tracking web platform for animation, VFX and game studios. |
Plans
Kitsu
- Self-hostedFree
- Agency€20 a month
- Agency€20 a year
- Production€30 a year
- Production€30 a month
- Studio€35 a month
- Studio€35 a year
- Artist Schools€3,999 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Kitsu
Kitsu is a collaboration and production-tracking platform for animation, VFX, and game studios. Teams can schedule tasks, assign work to artists, balance workloads, and follow production progress through dashboards and an activity feed for subscribed tasks. Its review tools arrange shots and assets into playlists and keep preview versions available for comparison. Kitsu also tracks asset versions, related tasks, and progress, with a library for reusing assets. Budget forecasting and artist time tracking cover assets and shots. Access options include web, Linux, API, and self-hosting. The REST API has Python and JavaScript tools and a command-line interface; listed integrations include Blender, Toon Boom Harmony, Unreal Engine, Slack, Discord, and Mattermost. The self-hosted AGPL edition requires customers to manage infrastructure, backups, monitoring, security, and upgrades. Paid cloud plans start at €20/user/mo (annual), and the 14-day trial includes all features and unlimited users, but uses low-end hardware unless a stronger setup is arranged.