Notes on the frame
The client comments on the timeline. The editor sees a marker in the edit, not a chat thread to decode.
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The Krock.io alternative that keeps the project money next to the review
Frame-accurate notes, versions and approvals, plus estimates, invoices, time tracking and a client portal. Priced per studio, not per seat.
The short answer
Krock.io is a good review tool: frame-accurate comments, drawing on the video, free guest reviewers and a DaVinci Resolve integration. Animators and motion designers like it for a reason.
But the estimate, the invoice, the hours and the finished case study stay outside it. And the Pro plan is $10 for every seat on the team.
Basalt PMS gives you the same frame-accurate review and versions, and puts tasks, money and the client around them. Priced per studio.
Basalt
Krock.ioComments and drawing on the frame
Included
Included
Versions and side-by-side compare
Included
Included
Client reviews without an account
Included
Included
Client portal under your brand
Included
Limited, or on a higher plan
Projects, tasks and deadlines
Included
Included
Estimates, invoices and per-project profit
Included
Not available
Editor time tracking
Included
Not available
Portfolio and public case pages
Included
Not available
Integration with your editing app
Included
Included
Mobile app
Included
Not available
Priced per studio, not per seat
Included
Not available
Free plan
Included
Included
Starting price
Free · then $19
Free · then $10 per seat
IncludedLimited, or on a higher planNot available
- Client portal under your brand.
- Krock.io lets you add your logo on the Pro plan. There is no separate space where a client sees all their projects and invoices.
- Integration with your editing app.
- Basalt has a panel inside Premiere Pro. Krock.io plugs into DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Creative Cloud and Final Cut Pro, so it covers more editors here.
- Priced per studio, not per seat.
- Krock.io charges $10 per seat on Pro. Guest reviewers are free, but every editor and producer on the team is a line on the bill.
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Moving from Krock.io
Comments do not move between tools. Krock.io lets you download sources and final cuts in original quality, so grab them for projects that are still live. Start new projects in Basalt and let the old ones live out their time on the Krock.io free plan.
Why studios choose Basalt. Review is where the project starts.
Version history
Every cut kept, with a date and an author. The approved one is marked and stays findable.
A client portal
Your logo, their projects, statuses and invoices. They go there instead of digging for an email.
Work becomes a portfolio
A delivered project turns into a public case page in a couple of clicks. No separate website.
A panel in Premiere Pro
Notes, versions and footage search inside the edit. No switching to a browser to see what changed.
A mobile app
Approve a cut and answer a note from your phone, on the days you are not at the workstation.
What people ask.
Straight answers.
The questions that come up when choosing between Basalt and Krock.io.
For approving an edit, yes: comments and drawing on the frame, versions and a client link with no signup. If you cut in DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro and want notes inside the app, Krock.io has the edge: our panel is Premiere Pro only for now.
Try it on a real project
Free plan, no card: two projects, timecode review and a client portal.
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