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 sessionper member for 12 months ($7 × 12)
Starter includes 100 GB per member. Business has a separate rate and storage allowance.
Starter extra storage is listed at $7 per 100 GB/month. Access and storage fees do not purchase a footage log.
Check LucidLink pricingWhat ClipLogger adds
LucidLink and ClipLogger can work together: one provides shared file access, while ClipLogger helps you understand, search and log the footage in that mounted folder. Use the same workbench for the SSD, camera card or local archive you keep outside the filespace.
Search the shoot from the mounted folder.
Open the footage through the filespace, then find a subject, combine logged fields or explore visually related clips in ClipLogger. Your team’s storage choice does not have to dictate how you describe and retrieve every shoot.
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✓ Supported · ✕ Not offered · ◐ Different scope · ? Not documented. Unknown does not mean absent.
| What you can do | ClipLogger | LucidLink |
|---|---|---|
| Search, browse and log without a paid subscription | YesFree base app, including native log search. | NoPaid filespace after trial. |
| Work with footage on existing drives | YesUse readable folders on your Mac, attached media or mounted storage. | Partial / different scopeMounts the shared filespace. |
| See footage across nested folders | YesDrill-down brings the directory into one view. | Partial / different scopeUses applications that browse the mounted filesystem. |
| Define typed fields and reusable logging controls | YesSingle / multi-select, subjects, flags, ratings, text and more. | NoStorage product; logging requires another application. |
| Use a roster and code replacement for known names | YesMap your codes to subjects and field values. | NoNo built-in roster logging workbench. |
| Suggest values using your own logging vocabulary | YesLocal, Your API or Rush; review the proposed log. | NoNo built-in vision-model shot logging. |
| Discover footage by meaning or visual similarity | YesSearch by meaning, use a prepared text-to-image model, or Find Similar. | NoNo built-in semantic footage index in the reviewed storage offering. |
| Combine metadata filters to narrow a shoot | YesPick from the indexed names and values in your directory, then combine conditions. | NoSource-log filtering requires another application. |
| Turn suggested ranges into virtual clips | YesInspect suggested spans; keep the useful range without duplicating the original. | NoSource range selection requires another application. |
| Copy and verify camera media | YesIngest with verification and a result you can inspect. | Partial / different scopeTransfers/stores files; not the same camera-offload verification workflow. |
| Turn your reviewed log into actual filenames | YesPreview field-based names, then rename files on disk. | Partial / different scopeFile operations available; no logging-palette naming workflow. |
| Keep readable metadata beside the media | YesEnable .logger.json output; retain written sidecars with the originals. | Partial / different scopeCan store sidecars another application writes. |
| Share browser review links and collect team approvals | NoNo hosted video review or approval portal. | Partial / different scopeShared access; not a timestamped video-approval portal. |
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
Download and retain the media and sidecars you want to keep before ending filespace access. A mounted file is not proof of an independent local backup. ClipLogger can continue to browse and log the retained files for free; it does not replace LucidLink’s remote access service.
What the full workflow costs
Five Starter members cost $420 for 12 months at the listed monthly rate, with 500 GB pooled storage. Additional footage can increase the bill. ClipLogger adds $0 in required base logging fees, but you still pay LucidLink for any filespace you keep.
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
Remote collaborators need LucidLink’s shared filespace and managed file access.
ClipLogger fits when: You want native metadata and visual search, subject matching and source selection over footage your Mac can access.
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
Use a mounted LucidLink folder for accessible media and keep ClipLogger’s log beside it where writes are supported. Test a small folder for reads and sidecar writes first. Analysis can trigger network reads even when you do not manually download the whole shoot. Finish naming before distributing NLE links when possible.
Try the work on one shoot
Can you find useful footage across the storage you already use?
Open a shoot from the mounted filespace and another from an SSD. Try the same palette, subject lookup and shot request in ClipLogger. Check media reads and sidecar writes on the mount, then hand a supported export to the editor.
Bring your current workflow into ClipLogger. ClipLogger does not replace LucidLink’s shared storage or migrate its permissions. Mounted-storage behavior needs a check on your own setup.
Sources & scope
Checked September 14, 2026. Comparisons use vendor documentation; we have not benchmarked the products against each other.
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