Polimake vs. Frame.io
Frame.io is excellent for video review. Polimake is excellent for the whole cycle: brief → planning → production → review → publishing → memory. If you only use Frame.io, you're missing what happens before and what happens after.
Where Frame.io is among the best
Video review is very well solved: frame-level comments, timestamps, drawing tools, version comparison. If your only problem is reviewing piece by piece with a client, it nails that specific part.
Where Frame.io falls short
It only covers the review stage, and almost only for video. You get no upfront planning, no cross-format DAM, no brand library, and no memory of past projects. And once your team also works with images, audio or documents, the tool stops applying.
Three gaps where your team keeps using something else
If Frame.io is your only creative tool, these three areas still live in spreadsheets, Drives and Slacks.
Content planning
Frame.io starts once the asset already exists. You get no editorial calendar, no capacity allocation, no pre-production workflows.
Image, audio, docs — not just video
It's built for video. Once your team also works with photos, copy and decks, Frame.io stops being the central hub.
Memory of past projects
Every review in Frame.io is an island. There's no brain that connects decisions, approvals and historical feedback to get ahead of the next project.
Same review, with AI on top
Polimake covers what Frame.io does for video —frame-level comments, timestamps, drawing— and extends it with AI that runs automatic cleanup and proposes changes painted right on the piece (review and approve).
And everything that comes before
Planning, briefs, capacity allocation and pre-approval — all in one place (plan and scale). The piece doesn't appear out of nowhere when it's time to review.
And everything that comes after
A DAM with natural-language search, a library searchable by video frame, and a creative memory that learns from every closed project. The asset doesn't end when it's approved — it goes into memory.
Preguntas frecuentes
- What is Frame.io among the best at?
- Video review is very well solved: frame-level comments, timestamps, drawing tools and version comparison. If your only problem is reviewing piece by piece with a client, it nails that specific part.
- Where does Frame.io fall short?
- It only covers the review stage, and almost only for video. You get no upfront planning, no cross-format DAM, no brand library, and no memory of past projects. Once your team also works with images, audio or documents, the tool stops applying.
- What gaps does Frame.io leave that your team keeps covering with something else?
- Content planning, because Frame.io starts once the asset already exists. Working with images, audio and documents, not just video. And the memory of past projects, since every review is an island with no brain that connects decisions and historical feedback.
- How does Polimake cover what Frame.io does and everything else?
- Polimake covers the same video review with frame-level comments, timestamps and drawing, and extends it with AI. It also adds everything that comes before (planning, briefs, capacity allocation and pre-approval) and everything that comes after (a DAM with natural-language search and a creative memory that learns from every closed project).
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