Comparison
FNSHD vs Shade
Shade is an AI-first system of record for creative teams — semantic search across footage, face and transcript search, mounted drives and review in one place. FNSHD strips that back to the review loop and charges $10 a seat for it.
- Entry paid seat
- Shade Growth $35/seat/mo ($29.75 annual) · FNSHD $10
- Storage model
- Shade 500 GB per seat · FNSHD 250 GB pooled on Pro
- Best for
- Teams who need approvals, not an AI media library
Pricing, side by side
Shade list prices as of 11 August 2026 — always verify on their pricing page. FNSHD prices are in USD and exclude tax.
| Plan | Price | Seats | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNSHD Solo | $0 forever | 1 member + unlimited free viewers | 10 GB pooled |
| FNSHD Pro | $10/member/mo + tax | Up to 5 members | 250 GB pooled |
| FNSHD Team | $20/member/mo + tax | Up to 15 members | 750 GB pooled |
| FNSHD Storage add-on | $10/mo or $100/yr | No seat change | +100 GB per block |
| Shade Growth (monthly) | $35/seat/mo | Up to 15 seats, 150 guests | 500 GB active per seat |
| Shade Growth (annual) | $29.75/seat/mo | Up to 15 seats, 150 guests | 500 GB active per seat |
| Shade Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited seats, 250 guests | 1 TB active per seat + BYOS |
Shade's storage scales with seats, so a big library and a small team is expensive; a big team and a small library means paying for storage you don't use. FNSHD keeps storage pooled and independent of headcount, and you buy exactly the extra you need.
Features that matter for getting work approved
Every row maps to one of the five things a review tool actually has to do: review, feedback, security, approval, delivery.
| Capability | Area | FNSHD | Shade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timecoded comments on every frame | Feedback | ||
| Drawn annotations on the frame | Feedback | ||
| Version stacking and comparison | Review | ||
| Share one link, no reviewer account to view | Delivery | ||
| Per-reviewer approvals and change requests | Approval | ||
| Passphrase + expiring share links | Security | Role-based permissions | |
| Static watermarking | Security | Pro and Team | Not published |
| Presentation mode for client delivery | Delivery | Pro and Team | Publish links |
| Custom branding on review pages | Delivery | Pro and Team | Publish links |
| Internal-only comments hidden from clients | Feedback | Team | Role-based access |
| Restricted projects and folders | Security | Team | Role-based access |
| Learn it without training or onboarding | Review | AI library plus review |
Choose FNSHD if…
- Approval is the bottleneck, not finding old footage.
- $10/seat versus $29.75–$35/seat is the difference that decides it.
- You want pooled storage that doesn't move when you add a person.
- You don't want to install a desktop app to work with clients.
- You want the review page to carry your brand, not a platform's.
Choose Shade if…
- You want AI search across faces, transcripts and scenes.
- You need automatic metadata and transcription on every upload.
- Mounted drives and a desktop app are part of your workflow.
- You're consolidating a whole stack into one system of record.
- You need SSO/SAML, SCIM and enterprise audit logging.
We'd rather tell you this up front than have you churn in month two.
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