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MyStdio vs Filestage

The Filestage alternative
built specifically for video studios

MyStdio bundles timestamped video review, a branded client portal, quotes, and invoices into one workspace built for video production studios. Plans start at $19/month. Filestage proofs video alongside documents, images, and web pages, useful for marketing teams, but it has no quotes, invoices, or studio billing built in.

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Is MyStdio a good Filestage alternative?

Yes, if you run a video production studio that bills clients and only needs to proof video. MyStdio replaces Filestage's video-review layer plus the tools studios build around it: a separate invoicing tool, Dropbox for delivery, a generic client portal. If you regularly proof documents, images, and web pages alongside video for a marketing team, Filestage's broader content-type coverage is still the better fit.

Pick MyStdio if

You're a 1 to 15 person video production studio that wants review, quotes, invoices, and file delivery in one tool, with clients who log into a portal carrying your logo, not a generic proofing tool's.

Stick with Filestage if

You proof multiple content types (video, images, documents, web pages) for a marketing or creative team, and don't need studio billing or a video-specific client portal.

Where Filestage is still the better choice

Honest take. Three cases where Filestage wins. Worth knowing before you switch.

  • Multi-content-type proofing

    Filestage reviews video alongside images, documents, and web pages in one tool. MyStdio is video-only: if your team proofs mixed content types for the same client, Filestage covers more ground.

  • Role-based approval workflows

    Filestage's step-by-step approval flow lets you route a review through specific people in sequence. MyStdio's review is comment-and-approve, without configurable multi-step routing.

  • Built for marketing and creative agencies

    If your team proofs campaign assets, brand documents, and video together for clients, Filestage is purpose-built for that mixed workflow. MyStdio is purpose-built for video production studios specifically.

Outside those three cases, the rest of this page is for you.

What MyStdio has that Filestage doesn't

Built specifically for video production

MyStdio review, versioning, and comments are frame-accurate and video-first. Filestage proofs video as one content type among documents, images, and web pages, not the primary focus.

Quotes and invoices in the same tool

Send a quote, collect a deposit, and lock final deliverables until the invoice is paid. Filestage has no quotes, invoices, or studio-side billing.

Payment lock on deliverables

Require an invoice to be paid before the client can download finals. MyStdio holds the gate until payment confirms.

A client portal with your logo, not a proofing widget

Free custom branding on every account. Studio unlocks portal.yourstudio.com and every paid plan removes the "Powered by MyStdio" badge.

Flat-rate team pricing, no per-seat charges

Solo includes 3 team seats for $19/month flat, Studio includes 10 team seats. No per-seat charges within your plan's allowance.

File delivery built into the same review flow

Final deliverables sit in the same portal where the client reviewed them. No separate delivery tool, no expiring links.

MyStdio vs Filestage at a glance

Feature
MyStdio
from $19/month
Filestage
Not price-compared
Timestamped video review
Reviewers comment without an account
Multi-content proofing (video, images, documents, web)
Purpose-built for video production studios
Quotes
Invoices
Payment lock on final delivery
4K playback

Filestage pricing is not shown: we don't have an independently verified, current figure for it. Every row above is a feature comparison, not a price comparison.

Switching from Filestage: what it takes

Only the video-review side moves. Non-video proofing can stay right where it is.

  1. 1

    Wrap up any open proofing rounds on Filestage

    If you're mid-review on a project, finish it out on Filestage. New projects can start fresh in MyStdio.

  2. 2

    Upload active video cuts to MyStdio

    Drop your in-flight cuts into MyStdio projects. Timestamped review, versioning, and approval apply immediately.

  3. 3

    Send clients the new portal link

    Each client gets a portal at yourstudio.mystdio.com (or your own domain on Studio) for future review rounds and deliverables.

  4. 4

    Keep Filestage for non-video content

    If you still proof documents, images, or web pages for other client work, Filestage remains the right tool for that. MyStdio only replaces the video-review, billing, and delivery side of your workflow.

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Filestage vs MyStdio: Common Questions

We can't give a confident price comparison. Filestage's current pricing isn't independently verified as of this writing, so we won't quote a number for it here. What's fixed on the MyStdio side: plans start at $19/month (Solo), covering video review, quotes, invoices, and a branded client portal as one workspace, not just proofing.
Filestage is a multi-content-type proofing tool built for marketing and creative agencies: video, images, documents, and web pages all move through the same review flow. MyStdio is a video production studio's client portal: video review plus quotes, invoices, and file delivery, with nothing to proof outside video. If your team only ever proofs video for clients who also pay you, MyStdio is the tighter fit.
Yes. You share a review link (public, password-protected, or private) and clients comment with their name and email on the first comment. Filestage offers a similar no-signup review flow, so this one is close to a tie. Where MyStdio pulls ahead is everything after the comment: quotes, invoices, and delivery live in the same portal.
No. MyStdio is video-only: uploads are video files, and review, versioning, and approval are all built around a timeline and timestamped comments. If you need to proof mixed content types (brand documents, static creative, web pages) alongside video for the same client, Filestage's broader scope covers that and MyStdio doesn't.
MyStdio does, Filestage doesn't. Send a quote, collect a deposit, and lock final video delivery until an invoice is marked paid, all in the same tool your client already reviews video in. Studios using Filestage for proofing typically run a separate tool for billing.
Free shows a small "Powered by MyStdio" badge in the portal footer. Any paid plan removes the badge entirely, and Studio also lets you connect a custom domain like portal.yourstudio.com, so your clients only ever see your brand.
Wrap up or export any in-progress proofing rounds on Filestage first if you need the comment history. Upload your active video cuts to MyStdio and send clients the new portal link for future review rounds. If you still proof documents, images, or web pages for other client work, keep Filestage running for that: MyStdio only replaces the video-review, billing, and delivery side of your workflow.

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