I came to Kreatli looking for a Frame.io alternative that could hold a whole production in one place, and for the most part it delivers. Frame-accurate comments, version stacking, deliverables with statuses, chat, and storage all in one workspace is exactly what I wanted, and for a lifetime deal the value is hard to argue with. The founder also actually responds to people, which counts for a lot with an early product.

I ran a real project through it, evaluating two videographers at the same time, and that is where I hit a few walls worth flagging:

Everyone you add as a member basically has the same control you do. They can upload, delete, edit text, edit your spaces, and change deliverables. There is no viewer or commenter role, so I can't bring a fellow producer in to quietly watch a project without handing them the keys.

Member emails are visible to everyone, and it even shows a different email than the one I used when I pitched the project. I would love to be able to hide that or choose what people see.

When you remove a member, their email still shows to others. It does not feel like a clean removal.

No way to download everything at once. One of my videographers asked for all the assets in one go and I had to package it up outside Kreatli and send a Google Drive link instead.

You can move assets between folders but not copy them, and there is no duplicate-project option. To keep my two videographers separated I had to rebuild a second project by hand, folder by folder, and re-upload everything.

None of this is a dealbreaker for the core job, and honestly a lot of it will not even matter if you are a solo editor sending a client a review link. But as a producer working with other producers and outside collaborators, permissions and privacy are the big ones for me. If they add real roles (a silent viewer especially), email privacy, a download-all, and project cloning, this goes from a great deal to a no-brainer. Rating it on where it is clearly headed.