Review and approval

A Dropbox Replay alternative
for editors who do not live in Dropbox.

Full Replay is sold as an add-on, priced per user, and it sits on top of a Dropbox Plus plan or higher. That is a good deal if your team already works out of Dropbox. If you do not, it means two subscriptions to get one review link. Here is what Replay does well, who should stay with it, and how the review room here works without an add-on.

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Video hosting for filmmakers · 5 GB free · Paid plans from USD 9/month

By uncompressed.io · Updated September 2026

How Replay is sold

A Dropbox plan first,
then an add-on per user.

Replay is switched on for every Dropbox user, but in a limited form. The full version is an add-on, and Dropbox prices it per user.

On the Replay page we were served, the add-on costs CA$13 a month per user billed annually (CA$156 a year), or CA$16 a month per user billed monthly. Dropbox showed us that price in Canadian dollars, so we print it that way and do not convert it. Your page may show another currency.

Three conditions come with it. A Basic user has to move to Plus or higher before buying it. An account on a trial cannot buy it. And, per the help center, a team that works with a Dropbox account manager has to buy at least ten add-ons. Without the add-on, Replay is limited to four or ten file uploads depending on your plan.

None of that is a problem for a studio that already pays for Dropbox and keeps its projects there. For a freelance editor or a small shop whose files live on local drives, it means a Dropbox plan plus a per-user add-on, for every editor who needs it, just to send a review link.

Side by side

What each tool includes,
and where each one stops.

Dropbox Replay

How youget it

Limited on every Dropbox plan;full version is a per-user add-onon Plus or higher

Included on every plan,free included (5 GB,one film at a time)

Price

Add-on: CA$13/user/month billedannually, CA$16 monthly,plus the Dropbox plan

Paid plans from USD 9/month(Lite); the room isnot billed separately

Withoutpaying

Four or ten file uploads,depending on plan

5 GB and one film at a time

Who paysper person

Each user of the add-on

Team seats only: 2 on Max,5 on Studio, extra seats$15/month; clients are free

Notes

On the timeline, with drawingson video, images and PDFs

At a timecode, with drawingson the frame, threaded replies

Editorintegrations

Premiere Pro, After Effects,Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve,LumaFusion, Avid Pro Tools

DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro,Final Cut Pro (notes as markers)

Captions

Transcription and captionsin the add-on

20 minutes a month free,10 hours on Lite, more on higher plans

Only onReplay

Live review sessions, due dates,LumaFusion and Pro Toolsintegrations

Not offered

Replay figures from dropbox.com/replay and the Dropbox help center, fetched 16 September 2026. Replay's add-on price was shown in Canadian dollars; uncompressed.io prices are in US dollars, so the two are not directly comparable. Dropbox plan prices are not included.

Credit where it is due

Replay reaches more editing tools
than we do.

Dropbox lists Replay integrations for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro (with version sync), DaVinci Resolve (where comments sync to the frame), LumaFusion and Avid Pro Tools. We cover three editors: Resolve, Premiere and Final Cut. If you mix sound in Pro Tools, cut on an iPad in LumaFusion, or take notes on motion work inside After Effects, Replay goes where we do not.

Dropbox also advertises what it calls “frame-accurate edit notes”, hosts live review sessions for audio, video and images, and lets anyone leave a quick reaction without a Dropbox account. The add-on adds due dates, password-protected links, watermarking with IP tracking, version comparison, editor-only comments and archiving back to Dropbox.

Stay with Replay if your files live in Dropbox

You already pay for Plus or a team plan, your projects sync there, and archiving reviews back to Dropbox is what you want.

Stay if you need Pro Tools, LumaFusion or After Effects

Those integrations are on Dropbox's list and not on ours.

Stay if you run live review calls

Replay hosts live review sessions for audio, video and images. Our room is built for notes clients leave on their own time.

The review room here

One link for the client,
and no add-on to buy.

The review room is part of the product, on every plan, the free one included. There is nothing separate to switch on and no per-reviewer charge.

Upload the review export

Up to 5 TB per file, within your plan's space. Browser playback uses your uploaded export without another platform re-encode. Codec, device and connection requirements still apply.

Share it with a named client

Each client gets their own share link. The link is their access, with no sign-up.

Collect notes and a verdict

Clients type notes at a timecode, draw on the frame, reply in a thread, and mark each version approved or not under their name.

Pull the round into your timeline

Run the Resolve script, click the Premiere panel, or drag the Final Cut bundle. Each note becomes a marker at its timecode, red open, green done.

A few details that matter once the rounds pile up. A new note on a version withdraws that version’s approval, so a sign-off always refers to the cut the client last saw. Versions for 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 live in the same room, with the original upload as V1. Replacing a film’s file keeps its link and its timecoded notes and approvals. You can set how many revision rounds are included, and the room counts them; it never charges anyone.

Viewing is not metered: unlimited video streaming is included, with no per-view or bandwidth overage charges. Storage and team-seat charges are separate.

What we will not claim

Notes here are stored by time in seconds, and the editor tools place each marker at the note’s timecode. We do not call that frame-accurate. The analytics show where and on what device a film was watched and how far viewers got, not the names of the people who watched. See the plans for storage, seats and caption minutes on each tier.

Moving a project over

Try it on one cut,
without leaving Dropbox.

Keep Dropbox for the files

Project folders and footage can stay where they are. Only the review export moves.

Export for the client's browser

Pick a codec your client's browser can play. The NLE page has free export presets for the review upload.

Send one client one link

Start on the free plan: 5 GB, one film at a time, no credit card.

Set up one editor tool

Install the free Resolve script or Premiere panel from the NLE page, or build the Final Cut bundle from your workspace, then pull the first round of notes.

If the round goes well and you need room for more films or more editors, the paid plans start at USD 9 a month for Lite. Max includes 2 seats and Studio includes 5, with extra seats at $15 a month or $180 a year. The full ladder is on the pricing page, and the editor tools are on the NLE page.

Questions

Frequently asked

Do I need a paid Dropbox plan to use Replay?

To use all of it, yes. Dropbox says Basic users get Replay with limited features, and that Basic users must upgrade to Plus or higher before buying the Replay add-on. Its help center lists the eligible plans as Plus, Professional, Essentials, Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus and Enterprise, and says accounts on a trial cannot buy the add-on.

How many files can I put in Replay without the add-on?

Dropbox says Replay is on by default for all users with limited access and a limit of four or ten file uploads, depending on the plan. The add-on removes that limit. Dropbox does not make the split by plan clear enough for us to repeat it, so check your own account.

Do my clients need an account to leave notes here?

No. A per-client share link is the client's access: they open it in a browser, type notes at a timecode, draw on the frame and approve or reject a version without signing up. Clients are not seats, so inviting more of them does not change what you pay.

How do the notes get into my editing software?

A free script for DaVinci Resolve places one marker per note on the open timeline, red for open and green for done, and refreshes in place when you run it again. A signed panel does the same in Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro takes a one-drag bundle. All three are free on every plan.

Can I keep my project files in Dropbox and review here?

Yes, and for many editors that is the sensible split. Dropbox keeps the project folders and footage. You upload only the review export here, share one link, and pull the notes back into the timeline.

Send the next cut through the review room

The review room comes with every plan, the free one included: 5 GB, one film at a time, no credit card. Clients open a link, leave notes at a timecode, and approve a version. The notes come back to Resolve, Premiere or Final Cut as markers.