HopBack is a Frame.io alternative for agencies and studios that deliver video alongside websites, brand and print. Frame.io is a professional video review and collaboration platform from Adobe, priced per member ($15 or $25 a month), with camera-to-cloud, transcription, watermarking and deep Premiere integration. HopBack reviews video with a pin on the frame at a timestamp, no client account, numbered revision rounds and a recorded sign-off, and reviews the website and the packaging the same way, on flat plans from $19 a month.
Frame.ioFor video production, Frame.io is the standard for a reason. Camera to cloud, frame-accurate review, transcription and captions, watermarking, DRM on Enterprise, restricted folders, and it lives inside Premiere and After Effects. Its free plan gives two members 2 GB, and Pro includes 2 TB per member. If video is your whole business and you need post-production tooling, Frame.io is the right choice.
The brand film, the landing page it plays on, the social cut-downs and the packaging all live in one client folder with the same pins and the same approval.
Frame.io Team is $25 per member. Fifteen people is $375 a month. HopBack Agency is $99 for 12 seats, and client reviewers are never seats on either.
Round 1 of 3 on the cut, unresolved notes carry forward, Compare plays two cuts side by side, and approval records a name and a time.
Frame.io is built for the production team. HopBack is built for the client on the other side of the link, who wants to click a frame, type, and approve.
HopBack chases the client for the sign-off.
| HopBack | Frame.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 14-day Studio trial, no card | Free: 2 members, 2 projects, 2 GB |
| Entry | Starter $19/mo flat, 2 seats, 25 GB (video on Studio and up) | Pro $15 per member/mo, up to 5 members, 2 TB per member |
| Middle | Studio $49/mo flat, 5 seats, 100 GB, video review, reminders | Team $25 per member/mo, up to 15 members, 3 TB plus 2 TB per member |
| Top | Agency $99/mo flat, 12 seats, 500 GB, MCP | Enterprise, custom, SSO, DRM, forensic watermarking |
| Reviewers | Unlimited, no account | Unlimited via share links |
Prices and features checked on 1 November 2026 against Frame.io's pricing page. If something has changed, tell us and we will fix it.
Frame.io figures from frame.io/pricing, checked 11 September 2026. Frame.io storage is far larger; if you move raw footage, that matters. HopBack is for reviewing the cut, not storing the rushes.
Frame.io→HopBackStart your next project in HopBack. There is no import, and you do not need one: paste the URL or upload the file, set the rounds, send the link. Finished Frame.io projects can stay where they are.
Yes. They open the link, scrub to the moment, click the frame and type. The comment carries the timestamp.
MP4, MOV and WebM, up to 8 GB per file, on Studio and Agency plans.
Comments carry a timestamp and a position on the frame. For color grading and post-production review, Frame.io is the better tool.
Free for 2 members, then $15 or $25 per member a month, with a 13% annual discount. Checked 11 September 2026.