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For teams to manage their content review process

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Filestage - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

What is Filestage?

Filestage is an online proofing tool for brands, agencies, and freelancers. It replaces the chaos of email reviews with a step-by-step approval process. This makes sure all assets go through the right people while speeding up the journey from v1 to approval.

In 2025, we’re helping our users cut feedback costs and further accelerate approvals with AI. Around 50% of creative reviews involve checking assets against brand guidelines and industry regulations. So we’re training our AI assistants to handle this, making them the first line of defense in a faster and more automated approval process.

Here’s what you can expect by switching from email reviews to Filestage:

• Reduce the risk of reputational damage – Adopt a standardized process to make sure every asset goes through the necessary stakeholders before you put it in front of your customers.

• Free up your staff to focus on more impactful work – By making feedback faster, your team can swap time spent reviewing files for strategic priorities like innovation, growth, and customer satisfaction.

• Beat competitors to market when it matters most – Filestage automates communications and admin tasks. This cuts delivery times for campaigns and product launches so you can maximize their impact in the market.

Benefits of using Filestage

• All major file formats supported – review designs, images, videos, documents, PDFs, websites, interactive HTML, and audio
• Project approval workflows – organize stakeholders into groups like Marketing, Product, and Legal to keep feedback focused and make sure every file gets approved by the right people
• Automations – set up triggers and actions to automatically move assets through your workflow
• Comment threads – share feedback, post replies, and tag people right alongside your files
• Visual feedback – add highlights, annotations, and attachments to make feedback crystal clear
• Version management – keep all your versions in one place so everyone knows which one is the latest
• Version comparison – view versions side by side and use auto-compare tools to quickly spot changes
• Integrations – connect Filestage with monday.com, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Drive, and more

Starting from

99

Per month

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Filestage's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Filestage users:

Collaboration Tools
File Sharing
Task Management
Project Planning/Scheduling
Reporting/Project Tracking
Client Portal

All Filestage features

Features rating:

Markup Tools
Multiple Projects
Prioritization
Progress Tracking
File Transfer
Project Planning
Project Tracking
Document Storage
Document Management
Real-Time Notifications
Secure Data Storage
Content Management
Communication Management
Commenting/Notes
Client Management
Status Tracking
Version Control
Workflow Management
Task Progress Tracking
Video Archiving
Asset Categorization
Access Controls/Permissions
Asset Sharing
Asset Library
Project Management
Workflow Configuration
Business Process Automation
Search/Filter
Task Scheduling
Multiple Format Support
Multimedia Support
Multi-Language
Mobile Access
Video Support
Milestone Tracking
Project Templates
User Management
To-Do List
Project Workflow
Third-Party Integrations
Projections
Publishing/Sharing
Templates
Real-Time Updates
Regulatory Reporting
Reminders
Reporting & Statistics
Role-Based Permissions
Rules-Based Workflow
Side-by-Side Comparison
Single Sign On
SSL Security
Template Management
Tagging
Task Planning
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Branding
Corporate/Business
Content Library
Configurable Workflow
Compliance Tracking
Categorization/Grouping
Campaign Management
Campaign Analytics
Bulk Uploading
Audit Trail
Audit Management
Archiving & Retention
Approval Process Control
API
Annotations
Alerts/Notifications
Agile Methodologies
Activity Tracking
Activity Dashboard
@mentions
Media Planning
Marketing Calendar
Inside the Video Search
Image Library
Graphical Workflow Editor
Goal Setting/Tracking
Full Text Search
For Creative Agencies
File Management
File Conversion
Due Date Tracking
Drag & Drop
Document Review
Document Capture
Display Ad Management
Discussions/Forums
Digital Asset Management
Deadline Management
Data Visualization
Data Import/Export
Customizable Templates

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Filestage pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

99

Per month

Flat Rate

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

Filestage integrations (22)

Integrations rated by users

We looked through 102 user reviews, to identify which products are mentioned as Filestage integrations, and what is the users perception.

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Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Filestage support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
Email/Help Desk
Chat

Training options

Videos
Webinars
Live Online
In Person
Documentation

Filestage reviews

Overall rating

4.7

/5

102

Positive reviews

98

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.07/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
It was so user friendly and very very organized. I was clear at what stage we were on at each stage of our approval processes.
Even my not so tech savvy clients are able to review videos and add comments with ease. And the ability to mark off and highlight specific areas of concern is very helpful.
Big enough to cope, small enough to care. A great company with a great solution.
Cons
I had a bit of trouble with the annotation feature early on. It turns out the google adblock plugin breaks some of the code so I just disabled it on filestage.io.
Client confusion: Some clients who aren't as tech-savvy struggle. But it's not Filestage's problem honestly.
No more emailing PDF files to the client, client adding comments, resending it back, then inquiring about what portion of the document the client was referring to etc.

Filestage FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Filestage offer?

Filestage has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: €279.00/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)

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Q. Who are the typical users of Filestage?

Filestage has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business


Q. What languages does Filestage support?

Filestage supports the following languages:
German, French, English, Spanish


Q. Does Filestage offer an API?

Yes, Filestage has an API available for use.


Q. What other apps does Filestage integrate with?

Filestage integrates with the following applications:
Dropbox Business, Jira, Adobe Premiere Pro, Discord, Zapier, Trello, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, Jotform, Adobe InDesign, Slack, Basecamp, monday.com, Adobe After Effects, ClickUp, Wrike, Asana, Figma, Smartsheet, Adobe Creative Cloud


Q. What level of support does Filestage offer?

Filestage offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Email/Help Desk, Chat

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