ClipLogger base app$0to browse, log, search and keep your work.
Use your Mac and existing storage. Local AI has no per-clip service fee. Rush and Your API are optional.
Start a free logging sessionFree, or 12 months of Pro at $15/member/month
Team at $25/member/month totals $300 for 12 months. Annual billing advertises a discount.
Free includes 2 members, 2 GB and 2 projects. Paid plans include more storage; compare your existing Adobe entitlement too.
Check Frame.io pricingWhat ClipLogger adds
Start in ClipLogger when your assistant is still identifying people, tagging the shoot and finding useful ranges. You can put that work into a log and NLE handoff before anyone has a rough cut to review. Add Frame.io when clients and collaborators need a shared place to comment on the work.
Search and prepare the source footage before the review link.
Use the roster to name people, the palette to describe the shoot, and suggestions to reduce repetitive typing. Filter the reviewed log, mark a useful range and collect selects in a reel. Your editor gets source decisions before the first review link exists.
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GameDay_Maya-Torres_Celebration_004.movGameDay_Maya-Torres_Celebration_004.mov.logger.jsonCompare the capabilities
✓ Supported · ✕ Not offered · ◐ Different scope · ? Not documented. Unknown does not mean absent.
| What you can do | ClipLogger | Frame.io |
|---|---|---|
| Search, browse and log without a paid subscription | YesFree base app, including native log search. | Partial / different scopeFree tier with storage/project limits. |
| Work with footage on existing drives | YesUse readable folders on your Mac, attached media or mounted storage. | Partial / different scopeUpload or supported storage workflow; not general local-folder logging. |
| Define typed fields and reusable logging controls | YesSingle / multi-select, subjects, flags, ratings, text and more. | Partial / different scopeMetadata in the workspace; different logging controls. |
| Use a roster and code replacement for known names | YesMap your codes to subjects and field values. | Not documentedRoster code replacement not established. |
| Suggest values using your own logging vocabulary | YesLocal, Your API or Rush; review the proposed log. | Not documentedEquivalent palette-driven vision logging not established. |
| Discover footage by meaning or visual similarity | YesSearch by meaning, use a prepared text-to-image model, or Find Similar. | Partial / different scopeTranscription/search capabilities vary; visual discovery parity not established. |
| Turn suggested ranges into virtual clips | YesInspect suggested spans; keep the useful range without duplicating the original. | Not documentedSource virtual clips from AI-suggested spans not established. |
| Carry useful ranges and markers into an editor | YesSupported NLE exports; check the fields and timing each format carries. | Partial / different scopeTimecoded comment exports; not the same source log. |
| Copy and verify camera media | YesIngest with verification and a result you can inspect. | Partial / different scopeCamera to Cloud; different from verified local card backup. |
| Turn your reviewed log into actual filenames | YesPreview field-based names, then rename files on disk. | Not documentedReviewed metadata-to-source-disk naming not established. |
| Keep readable metadata beside the media | YesEnable .logger.json output; retain written sidecars with the originals. | Partial / different scopeComment exports; not a full per-source ClipLogger-style log. |
| Run vision-based logging on your own editing Mac | YesUse a supported model that fits your Mac; no per-clip local service fee. | NoHosted service; no standalone local vision-logging route. |
| Share browser review links and collect team approvals | NoNo hosted video review or approval portal. | YesReview links, comments, versions and delivery. |
From the folder to the edit
Browse nested folders together. Reuse supported XMP values or learn a palette from existing filenames. Name people, items and places, review AI suggestions, then search the log by words, meaning or the values in your directory.
Filmstrips, Reel, markers and virtual clips help you collect useful moments. Write reviewed fields into filenames and sidecars, then export supported selects to your NLE. See the workflow.
What you keep after cancelling
Frame.io supports comment exports. Preserve the relevant version and timestamps with them; a comment export does not recreate the full review project. ClipLogger’s written source log and filenames stay with your archive, and the free base remains usable after Rush ends.
What the full workflow costs
Frame.io already has a free tier, so ClipLogger is not the only $0 option. The advantage is a free source-logging workflow on your Mac, without using cloud storage allowances for the camera archive. Keep paying for review when the collaborators and controls justify it.
ClipLogger’s base app stays free. Local models use your Mac’s memory and time; start a batch overnight to work through an old shoot. Pro is $20/month with 150 Rush credits ($240 over 12 months); one eligible clip uses one credit. Your API requires eligible paid access plus your provider’s usage bill. Plans and submission limits.
Choosing the right combination
You need browser review links, timestamped comments, versions and delivery controls for collaborators or clients.
ClipLogger fits when: You need a free footage workbench for organization, subject lookup, AI-assisted logging and source selection before the cut.
ClipLogger currently requires an Apple silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later. It has no hosted video-review portal, and native RED R3D playback is not supported. Format and setup details.
If you use both
Prepare source names, fields and selects in ClipLogger; share the edit in Frame.io. Keep source markers with the source clip and review comments with the correct edit version, because their timestamps can refer to different things.
Try the work on one shoot
What can the assistant deliver before the rough cut is ready?
Log one shoot, collect five ranges and open the handoff in the editor. Then share the resulting cut through Frame.io. Compare whether the editor spent less time identifying source footage, rather than treating the number of review comments as logging work.
Bring your current workflow into ClipLogger. ClipLogger does not recreate Frame.io review links, version stacks or approvals. This guide adds the source workflow beside your existing review process.
Sources & scope
Checked September 14, 2026. Comparisons use vendor documentation; we have not benchmarked the products against each other.
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