Look like a 5-person studio. Stay a one-person operation.
One branded link replaces WeTransfer, WhatsApp feedback threads, and the invoicing spreadsheet. Built for solo editors and 2-person teams running 3–8 active clients at once.
Team
Solo editor (sometimes a 2nd editor for overflow)
Revenue
$3–12k / month - per-deliverable or hourly
Output
8–25 cuts across 3–8 active clients
Working with
Direct-to-client: founders, course creators, marketers
The numbers we hear most
From real onboarding interviews. Your mileage will vary - these are typical, not guaranteed.
minutes/day saved chasing feedback
fewer revision rounds with timestamped comments
faster invoice payment with built-in tracking
Sound familiar?
Feedback split across WhatsApp voice notes, email replies, Loom comments, and Drive notes - and you have to reassemble the truth before you can cut
Client approves on Tuesday in DMs, then asks for 'just one tiny fix' on Friday - no record of where round 1 ended
Payment terms say Net-15 but you actually get paid on day 38 because nothing in your system reminds anyone
You're sending 4GB exports through WeTransfer that expire before the client opens them
Looking like 'just a freelancer' costs you the next $5k retainer the client almost handed you
Before / after, in your typical week
Three concrete moments where Timeliner replaces a hack you’ve normalized.
Send WeTransfer link in WhatsApp; client replies in email two days later
Share one Timeliner link - client comments at 0:34 in 4 minutes
Re-export and re-upload for every revision; manually label v1, v2, v2-final, v2-final-FINAL
Upload v2; side-by-side diff shows the client exactly what changed
Open spreadsheet to check who paid; chase invoice on day 35
Dashboard shows what's outstanding; payment status logged on the project itself
How Timeliner helps
Branded review link, no account required
Send one URL on your domain. Client clicks, watches, leaves timestamped comments, hits approve. No 'create a Frame.io account' email to your client's marketing manager.
Payment status on the project itself
Mark per-deliverable pricing on each project. The dashboard shows what's outstanding by client, by month - so you can chase day-30 invoices before they become day-60 invoices.
Side-by-side version compare
Drop v3 next to v2. Client sees exactly what changed without you writing 'updated the lower-third at 0:14 and the music duck at 1:22.'
Project dashboard you can show your accountant
Active projects, deadlines, statuses, revenue per client. Replaces the Notion doc you keep meaning to update.
Studio at $89/mo is the right fit for a solo editor: 5 seats and 3TB, so there's room for an overflow editor without changing plans. You get frame-accurate review, version compare, the branded client portal your clients never log into, and 3TB of pooled storage. Clients and guest reviewers are always free, so invite every client you have. Payment tracking and revenue reporting live on Agency at $199/mo - worth the jump once you're billing enough clients that the spreadsheet is the bottleneck.
See full pricing breakdown“I used to spend the first hour of every day reassembling feedback from WhatsApp, email, and Drive comments. Now I open Timeliner and the comments are already on the timeline. I bill an extra 4 hours of cutting per week.”
- Solo editor, 6 active clients
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14-day free trial. Import a project, invite your editors, share with one client - see whether it replaces your stack.
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