Autodesk ShotGrid vs. Markup.io

ShotGrid seems to be well suited for a video team for reviews and project tracking. It may not be well suited for Project managers who need to see the bigger picture of the project.

Incentivized

Scenarios where I find Markup.io appropriate: Sharing files with a client (as an agency) that are not approved but need to visually assessed. Sharing short-term files with external teams Housing client files short-term Scenarios where it is less appropriate: Long term storage of team files Sending approved files to a client

• Uploads videos efficiently
• allows annotation within the video
• setting custom filters
• creating Gantt chart with inputs from each editor and animator
• adding versions to shot/asset
• adding assets to a shot

Incentivized

• easy to use and appealing user interface
• Affordable packages
• Organized interface

• Ordering comments made by different people by timecode/frame number, instead by the time and date the comment was made
• Being able to move an uploaded video from shots to assets and vice versa. Right now we have to re-upload but lose any comments made already if they were in the wrong place
• Custom filters are great but they could get a little confusing with all the options. Might help with guidelines or a place we could ask what we want and someone could answer with the best way to achieve those specific filters we want

Incentivized

• Voice suggestions are useful for people who don't want to type
• You don't always see who has viewed the file
• Downloadable comments would be a good addition

For education, we can't see ourselves using anything else that comes at a cost

Incentivized

It's UI/UX is very robust. There's a lot of functionality but it's not very intuitive or intuitive. I spend time with new hires and contractors to overview ShotGrid for a day and revisit after a week or two. Questions always arise down the line

Incentivized

It's UI makes it super easy to use and it has the benefits that I need. I can share a tool with my clients that makes the process easier which makes my firm look good and the fact that the platform is so appealing also makes my firm look good by extension

Wipster had limitations on video uploads, which was a major drawback. One thing we liked with Wipster was how we can see comments made in order on the timeline while watching the video.

Incentivized

Figma: Harder to use, steeper learning curve monday.com: still use this and share items occasionally here but more in a back up, repository way. It was hard for clients to find the files Google Drive: not everyone uses Google and sometimes, we had difficulty with Microsoft users WeTransfer: too ephemeral, clients responsible for sending comments via email, gives them too much work which ultimately makes the process harder

• We spend less time going back and forth with different stakeholders on shots and assets
• We don't have to pay services that only provided trial versions
• There is unlimited video uploading which was not the case with wiz

Incentivized

• Better creative collaboration=increased client satisfaction
• Faster approval process= faster project closure
• Better and more complete annotations= increased client satisfaction