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 Vimeo Review alternative for client approvals
Timecode notes, versions and approvals, plus tasks, estimates, invoices and a client portal. Keep Vimeo for publishing and run the project here.
The short answer
Vimeo is best-in-class hosting: a great player and publishing to your site and social media. Review with timecode comments and versions is built into the same account from the Standard plan.
But Vimeo is still hosting: it has no tasks, estimates, invoices or client workspace. Review is a feature of the player, not a way to run the job.
Basalt PMS gives you timecode review and versions, and puts the project, the money and the client around them. You can start free.
Basalt
Vimeo ReviewComments pinned to a timecode
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
Not available
Estimates, invoices and per-project profit
Included
Not available
Editor time tracking
Included
Not available
Portfolio and public case pages
Included
Limited, or on a higher plan
Panel inside Premiere Pro
Included
Included
Mobile app
Included
Included
Hosting and a player for your site and social
Limited, or on a higher plan
Included
Starting price
Free · then $19
$25 · Standard plan
IncludedLimited, or on a higher planNot available
- Client portal under your brand.
- Vimeo lets you swap in your logo on the review page. There is no space where a client sees all their projects and invoices.
- Portfolio and public case pages.
- On Vimeo you can make videos public and build a channel showcase. There are no case pages with the brief and the result, built from your projects.
- Hosting and a player for your site and social.
- Vimeo wins here. Basalt plays video for the client and in your portfolio, but it is not a hosting service for embedding and streaming.
Vimeo details checked against vimeo.com in September 2026, price shown billed annually. Found something out of date? Tell us and we will correct the page.
Moving from Vimeo
You do not have to move everything. If you publish to your site through Vimeo, keep it for that, and move client approvals and the project itself to Basalt. Upload new cuts to us, and send the final master to wherever you publish once it is approved.
Why studios choose Basalt. Approval, not just playback.
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.
Tasks and deadlines
Stages, assignees and due dates next to the video they belong to.
Work becomes a portfolio
A delivered project turns into a public case page in a couple of clicks. With the brief, not just a player.
A panel in Premiere Pro
Notes, versions and footage search inside the edit. No switching to a browser to see what changed.
What people ask.
Straight answers.
The questions that come up when choosing between Basalt and Vimeo.
For client approvals, yes: timecode comments, versions, a link with no signup and a Premiere Pro panel. As hosting for your site and social media, no, and we are not trying to be. Many studios keep Vimeo for publishing and run the project in Basalt.
Try it on a real project
Free plan, no card: two projects, timecode review and a client portal.
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