Lumiqa vs Frame.io: video review for creative agencies in 2026
Frame.io has been the default video review platform for post-production for over a decade. Adobe acquired it in 2021, and today it lives bundled inside Creative Cloud — which makes it the obvious choice if your team already pays for Premiere Pro and After Effects. So why would an agency look elsewhere?
The honest answer: Frame.io is excellent at one thing — frame-accurate video review with proxy playback. It is not a content calendar, not an editor queue, not a brand asset library, and not a place to plan your client's social posts. If your agency only needs review, Frame.io is hard to beat. If you also need to plan, schedule, brief, and deliver — you end up bolting Frame.io to Notion, Trello, Slack, Google Drive and a spreadsheet.
This is where Lumiqa enters. Lumiqa is built for the entire creative production pipeline of an agency or studio — content board, editor queue, video review with timecode comments and drawings, posting calendar, multi-brand workspaces, public share links and approval workflow. It is not a Frame.io clone with extra screens; it is a different category of tool: an all-in-one production workspace.
Below, we compare both honestly. Frame.io has clear advantages in the Adobe ecosystem and in 4K/HDR proxy quality. Lumiqa wins on transparent pricing and on doing all of agency production in one place. Pick the one that matches the actual shape of your work — not the one with the louder marketing.
Quick verdict
Choose Frame.io if your team lives inside Adobe Creative Cloud and you only need pure video review with the highest fidelity proxy playback. The Premiere Pro panel is genuinely useful and the 4K/HDR support is best-in-class.
Choose Lumiqa if you run an agency or studio managing multiple clients/brands and you need video review plus a content calendar, editor queue, brand assets and public client share links — without stitching four different tools together. Transparent flat pricing, 14-day trial, no credit card.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Lumiqa | Frame.io |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free 1ws/2 seats/5 GB. Starter €29 (5 seats / 250 GB). Pro €79. Agency €179. Flat team pricing. | Free tier with limits. Pro/Team plans on Frame.io's pricing page; bundled in select Adobe Creative Cloud plans. Per-seat billing means cost climbs as the team grows. |
| Video review with timestamps | Yes — frame-accurate timecode comments, drawings on frame, threaded replies, public share links. | Yes — best-in-class. Frame-accurate, drawings, annotations, integrations with Premiere panel. |
| Content calendar | Yes — monthly editorial calendar with drag-to-reschedule, brand filter, status tags. | No — Frame.io is review-only. You have to use Notion, Trello or Asana on the side. |
| Editor queue | Yes — each editor has a personal task list sorted by deadline. Native to the workspace. | No — review platform, not a project management tool. |
| Multi-brand workspaces | Yes — up to 10 workspaces on Agency plan. Per-brand permissions, isolated assets, separate clients. | Projects exist but no native multi-brand structure for agencies juggling 10+ clients. |
| Public share links | Yes — magic link, no client login required, password optional. | Yes — review pages with public links and presentations. |
| Approval workflow | Yes — built-in approval states sync with the production board automatically. | Yes — review workflow with stages and approvers. |
| Built for creative production | Yes — designed end-to-end for agencies: brief → edit → review → schedule → deliver. | Designed for review only. Production workflow happens in other tools. |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card. Free tier forever. | Free trial available, but full power requires Adobe CC subscription. |
When to choose each tool
When to choose Lumiqa
- You run an agency with 3+ client brands and need workspaces per client
- You need content calendar + review + editor queue in one tool
- You want flat team pricing instead of per-seat math
- Your editors don't all live inside Adobe CC
- You spend too much time switching between Notion, Trello, Drive and Frame.io
When Frame.io is the better choice
- Your editors live in Premiere Pro or After Effects all day
- You only need review, no scheduling or planning
- You work in 4K HDR or theatrical-grade footage where proxy fidelity matters
- You're already paying for Adobe CC and want to use included credits
- You need deep Premiere panel integration for one-click ingest
The honest takeaway
Frame.io and Lumiqa solve different problems even if they overlap on the "video review" line. If review is 90% of your job, Frame.io's depth is hard to beat — especially if Adobe CC is already in your budget. If review is one of five things your agency does daily, Lumiqa exists so you can stop paying for and switching between four separate tools.
Try Lumiqa free for 14 days — if it covers your full pipeline, you cancel three other subscriptions. If not, no harm done. Frame.io is also worth trying alongside if your work is review-heavy.
More reading: Lumiqa homepage · Production workflow blog