Timeliner vs Kreatli
Newer video collaboration tool - review and basic project organization. Light on PM and payment tracking.
Honest comparison for a 5-editor video agency. We list what they do better, where they fall short for our ICP, and the real monthly cost.
Kreatli is ≈ $45/mo for a 5-seat video team (Pro tier - entry pricing). Timeliner is $89/mo (Studio - 5 seats, review + full production pipeline), with extra seats at $10/mo and free unlimited client and guest reviewers on every plan.
Pick Kreatli if…
If you're a solo editor or 2-person team that wants review with a slightly nicer UI than the older tools at a low price, Kreatli is a reasonable starting point.
Pick Timeliner if…
You need what Kreatli leaves out:
- Project organization, not real PM - no task pipeline, no editor workload, no deadlines.
- No payment tracking or per-project revenue.
- No team output analytics or editor KPIs.
Real cost for a 5-seat video team
Posted prices, not list prices. The line item isn’t the whole stack - read the note below.
Kreatli
Pro tier - entry pricing
Timeliner
Studio - 5 seats, review + full production pipeline
Why the gap matters: Kreatli is the cheap entry point and it's honestly fine at that job. You'll outgrow it the moment a real production pipeline, workload planning, payment tracking or team analytics starts to matter - and migrating a live client roster mid-year is the expensive part, not the subscription.
Timeliner Studio - $89/mo
5 seats, 3TB, 1080p streaming. Frame-accurate review, the full production pipeline, the internal-then-client approval gate and branded client portals. Right for a small team replacing a review tool plus a PM tool.
Timeliner Agency - $199/mo
10 seats, 8TB, 4K streaming. Everything in Studio plus payment tracking, approval-bottleneck analytics, client intake forms, the social calendar and AI captions, titles and tags. Right once you're billing clients and publishing.
Extra seats are $10/mo each (+250GB). Clients and guest reviewers are free and unlimited on every plan - they never count toward your seat limit. See all plans.
Compare against any Timeliner plan
Pro tier - entry pricing. Switch tiers to see how seats, storage and features line up against what you’d actually pay.
| Kreatli | Timeliner Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | ≈ $45/mo | $89/mo |
| Seats | Not published | 5 included (up to 10) |
| Extra seat | Not published | $10/mo (+250GB) |
| Storage | Not published | 3TB |
| Streaming quality | Not published | 1080p |
| Client & guest reviewers | Not published | Free & unlimited |
What Timeliner Studio includes
- Transcript & timecode commenting
- Frame-accurate review & comments
- Unlimited projects & versions
- Client approvals via share links
- Branded client portals
- Internal supervisor approval
- Kanban, list & brand views
- Slack, WhatsApp & email alerts
- Locked downloads & watermarks
- Social scheduling for 1 brand
- Priority WhatsApp · 8h response
Where Kreatli genuinely wins
We’re not pretending Kreatli is bad. These are real strengths - pick Kreatli if any of them are central to how you work.
- Frame-accurate review with timestamped comments and drawing annotations.
- Clean, fast UI built specifically for video review.
- Lower entry price than the established players.
Where it falls short for a 5-editor video agency
- Project organization, not real PM - no task pipeline, no editor workload, no deadlines.
- No payment tracking or per-project revenue.
- No team output analytics or editor KPIs.
- No internal-then-client review gating.
- No multi-brand client portal.
The headache you’ll feel
Kreatli works for solo editors and small teams that need review plus a light folder structure. The first time you onboard a 3rd client and a 4th editor, you'll feel the gaps - there's no system for who owns what or what got billed.
Feature Comparison
Green = supported natively. Amber = partial / via add-on. Grey = not available.
Timestamped Video Comments
Side-by-Side Version Comparison
Drawing Annotations
Project & Task Management
Custom Task Workflows
Internal-then-Client Review Gate
Client Approval Portal (No Login)
Branded Client Portal (Logo + Colors)
Team Analytics & KPIs
Payment Tracking & Pricing Templates
Role-Based Permissions
When Kreatli is the right call
If you're a solo editor or 2-person team that wants review with a slightly nicer UI than the older tools at a low price, Kreatli is a reasonable starting point.
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