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Why choose Ziflow over Filestage?
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Filestage
 /5 (80 reviews) |
Reviews (Capterra) | 
/5 (404 reviews) |
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Allows review of different file types, but each asset is reviewed separately without campaign grouping.
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Multi-asset campaign reviews |
 Supports reviewing multiple asset types—like videos, images, websites, and documents—in a single canvas. Designed to streamline feedback across complex campaigns. |
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Provides basic version tracking with manual comparison and limited control.
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Version management |
Tracks all versions automatically with visual comparisons and full audit history. Prevents outdated feedback with auto-locking and notifications. |
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Handles major static and video file formats; lacks support for interactive media.
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Media types |
Supports 1,200+ formats including video, images, web pages, audio, HTML5, and 3D. Enables unified feedback on any type of creative asset. |
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Provides basic linear workflows without branching or conditional logic.
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Workflows & review stages |
Offers advanced workflow automation with parallel/sequential stages, logic-based routing, and SLA-based triggers. Scales easily across departments and projects. |
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No uptime SLA published; generally stable for most use cases.
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Reliability (uptime) |
Delivers 99.99% uptime with a global infrastructure and published SLAs. Designed for high availability across large teams. |
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Does not support branded intake or external submission forms.
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Intake forms |
Custom-branded intake forms route uploaded files directly into workflows with required metadata. External and internal users supported. |
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Offers limited reporting with basic status tracking.
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Reporting |
Provides dashboards, usage insights, review analytics, and workflow bottleneck tracking. Ideal for operational reporting and compliance. |
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E-signature and compliance workflows not supported.
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E-signatures & compliance |
Supports authenticated e-signatures, decision logs, permission-based access, and full audit trails. Trusted by teams in regulated industries. |
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Supports PM tool integrations via Zapier and some direct APIs.
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Creative & PM integrations |
Connects directly with Adobe CC, Asana, Monday.com, Wrike, Jira, Slack, Drive, Dropbox, and others. Enables end-to-end creative workflows. |
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No Adobe plugin support.
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Adobe plugins |
Native plugins for Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, and After Effects. Enables reviewers and creatives to stay inside their tools. |
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Independent but narrow in focus and extensibility.
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Standalone platform |
Fully standalone and platform-agnostic; does not require a bundled DAM or PM tool. |
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Does not support in-review checklists or structured inputs.
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Checklists |
Supports reusable, customizable checklists within reviews to ensure consistency and compliance. Ideal for regulated or multi-step teams. |
"The review system is seamless. Its workflow creation is easy to create and use."
Ariel B.
Creative Strategist at Overstock
"The Ziflow team is excellent to work with, quick to respond to new feature requests and the product is very robust."
Ben T.
VP of Operations at Jellyfish.
"Before Ziflow, we lost countless hours chasing after people. Now we have all that time to put back into actual marketing products."
Alan T.
CMO of MAC group
"Our speed to market has been massively improved by this platform. Relationships have been built as the result of being able to interact directly with clients on creative."
Luke Dennis
Head of Film at Linney
