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Skybase is project management with client approvals built into each job: free for up to 5 users, then $39.90 per user per year. Here is every Filestage plan beside it, in euros as Filestage lists them.

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Every plan, side by side

Filestage sells each plan as one price for a team. Skybase bills per user. Both are shown for a year, billed yearly, in each company's own currency, and each Filestage figure links to the page it comes from.

Skybase

Free
A year
Free
Your team
Up to 5 users
Storage
2 GB
Reviewers and clients
Single-project guests free
Pro
A year
$39.90 per user$3.32 per user a month, billed yearly
Your team
Every user billed, no minimum
Storage
100 GB
Reviewers and clients
Single-project guests free

Filestage

Free
A year
Free
Your team
Up to 10 seats, 1 active project
Storage
2 GB
Reviewers and clients
Reviewers free, no account needed
Starter
A year
€2,388.00€199.00 a month on the yearly plan
Your team
10 seats includedMore in bundles of 5, price not listed
Storage
1 TB
Reviewers and clients
Reviewers free, no account needed
Business
A year
€3,948.00€329.00 a month on the yearly plan
Your team
10 seats includedMore in bundles of 5, price not listed
Storage
3 TB
Reviewers and clients
Reviewers free, no account needed
Enterprise
A year
Contact sales
Your team
Contact sales
Storage
10 TB
Reviewers and clients
Reviewers free, no account needed
  • Skybase: free for up to 5 users with every feature. Pro bills every user once a team passes 5, in US dollars.
  • Filestage lists its prices in euros, so this page doesn't convert them or work out a difference. Each is the month figure its yearly plan shows, and a year is 12 of them.
  • Every Filestage plan includes 10 team members: “This plan includes 10 seats. Need more? Add them in bundles of 5.” The price of a bundle isn't listed.
  • Its free plan allows “1 active project” at a time and up to “5 new files each month”.

What your team would pay in a year

Skybase Pro against each of Filestage's self-serve plans, up to the users each plan includes. Pick a team size, or move the slider.

A year’s cost by team size, billed yearly, excluding tax, each in its company’s own currency
Plan 5 users 10 users 20 users
Skybase FreeFree plan $399.0010 users billed $798.0020 users billed
Filestage Starter €2,388.0010 seats included €2,388.0010 seats included Not listedOver 10 seats: not listed
Filestage Business €3,948.0010 seats included €3,948.0010 seats included Not listedOver 10 seats: not listed

Skybase, a year

$399.00

10 users billed

Filestage Starter, a year

€2,388.00

10 seats included

Filestage Business, a year

€3,948.00

10 seats included

  • The two sides are in different currencies, so the table sets them side by side and works out no difference.
  • Each Filestage plan covers 10 team members. Past that, more seats come in bundles of 5 at a price Filestage doesn't list, so the slider shows Not listed.
  • Skybase costs nothing up to 5 users. Past 5 users, Pro bills every user, not just the extra ones.
  • Billed yearly, excluding tax. Checked on 20 October 2026.

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How each asks for sign-off

Both send work to named people and keep what they decide. Filestage's side is from its own pages.

Skybase

Ask for approval on any job: choose the files, name who approves and set a due date. Each approver reviews from their own link in the email without signing in, pins comments on images, PDF pages and video, and chooses Approve, Approve with changes or Request changes. Reminders go out on their own, a new version asks again, and your team can check the work before the client is asked.

Filestage

Reviewers get a link, and “They don’t need to make an account to give feedback.” Its pricing page lists reviewer groups “for each stage of your project” and, on Starter and up, the option to “Send automated email reminders as the due date approaches”.

The approval sits on the job

In Skybase, files are signed off on the job they belong to, beside its tasks, comments and due date, so nothing is copied between a proofing tool and a project tool. Everything is on every plan, the Free plan included.

What reviewers and clients cost

Neither charges for the people who only review. The difference is what they join.

Skybase

An approver from the client joins your workspace as a single-project guest, free on either plan, and reviews from the link in each email. They see that project and the people on it, and can comment, upload and approve the work they're asked to approve. Add the same person to a second project and they count as a user.

Filestage

Its pricing page lists unlimited reviewers on every plan, and says “They don’t need to make an account to give feedback.” The 10 seats each plan includes are for your own team.

What Filestage does that Skybase doesn't

A dedicated proofing tool goes further on review. If your team relies on any of these, Skybase isn't the right fit today.

  • A free plan with 10 seats, where Skybase's Free plan has 5 users. It allows “1 active project” at a time.
  • Review without joining anything: “They don’t need to make an account to give feedback.” On Skybase, a client approver joins your workspace, free, as a single-project guest.
  • Review of websites, interactive HTML and audio: “Upload videos, images, designs, documents, websites, interactive HTML, and audio files”. Skybase previews images, PDFs and video for review, and other files can be downloaded.
  • Adobe integrations, such as “Share sequences and collect feedback inside Adobe Premiere Pro.”
  • Automated review agents on Business and Enterprise: “Our agents check grammar, tone, and style while verifying QR codes, barcodes, and mandatory images.”
  • More than two review stages: “Create reviewer groups for each stage of your project”, saved “as a template” on Business and up. Skybase has two at most: a team check, then the client.
  • Signed approvals for regulated work on Enterprise, which turn the approve button into “Approve and sign”.
  • Single sign-on, an add-on on Business and included on Enterprise, to “authenticate your team with your own identity provider via SSO”. Skybase has Sign in with Google, and no SAML.
  • Your own logo: “Add your own logo to the Filestage dashboard so your brand always shines through.”
  • More storage: 1 TB on Starter and 3 TB on Business, where Skybase Pro has 100 GB.

Starting with your next project

There's no importer for Filestage, so you start fresh. Finish the reviews already running there, and start the next piece of client work in Skybase.

  1. 1 Create a project for the client, and add the work as jobs with due dates.
  2. 2 Invite your team as team members.
  3. 3 Invite the client to the project as a single-project guest. It's free.
  4. 4 On a job, ask for approval: choose the files, name the approvers and set a due date. Each approver gets their own link by email.
  5. 5 When the next version is ready, add it to the same approval, and everyone is asked again.

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FAQ

Common questions

Billing questions are on the pricing page. Anything else, email support@skybase.it.

How does Skybase compare with Filestage?
Filestage is a dedicated review tool, sold as plans for a team with 10 seats included. Skybase is project management with approvals built into each job, billed per user: free for up to 5 users, then $39.90 per user per year. Filestage lists its prices in euros and Skybase in US dollars, so this page sets them side by side without converting either.
Do reviewers and clients cost extra?
Not on either. On Skybase, a client on one project is a free single-project guest, on either plan, and reviews from the link in each email. On Filestage, its pricing page says reviewers “don’t need to make an account to give feedback”.
How do approvals work in Skybase?
Choose the files on a job, name who approves and give it a due date. Each approver reviews from their own link in the email without signing in, pins comments on images, PDF pages and video, and chooses Approve, Approve with changes or Request changes, with a note for the last two. Upload a new version and everyone is asked again, with earlier versions and their decisions kept.
Can I import my files and reviews from Filestage?
No. There's no importer for Filestage, so you start with your next piece of client work. Finish the reviews already running there, and start the next one in Skybase.
What does Filestage do that Skybase doesn't?
It reviews websites, interactive HTML and audio, works inside Adobe apps, has review agents that check files, runs more than two review stages, offers signed approvals on Enterprise, single sign-on and more storage. Its free plan has 10 seats, where Skybase's has 5 users. If your team relies on any of these, check which Filestage plans include them on its pricing page.
Are these prices in my currency?
Filestage lists its prices in euros, and Skybase in US dollars, both billed yearly and excluding tax. This page never converts one into the other, so it works out no difference between them. Tax and any discounts differ.

Sources and notes

Every Filestage figure on this page comes from Filestage's own pricing page or help centre, linked beside it. Checked on 20 October 2026.

  • Plan prices for a team, on the yearly plan: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • In the pricing page FAQ: “If you choose one of our yearly plans, you’ll automatically get two months free compared to our monthly pricing.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • The Free plan: “You can have 1 active project at a time.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • The Free plan: “Upload up to 5 new files each month”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • The Free plan: “This plan includes 10 seats. Upgrade to a paid plan to add more.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Starter, Business and Enterprise: “This plan includes 10 seats. Need more? Add them in bundles of 5.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • The Storage row of the plan table, which lists 2 GB, 1 TB, 3 TB and 10 TB: “Securely store your AES-256-encrypted files on ISO 27017 certified servers.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Unlimited reviewers, on every plan: “Invite people to add comments and approve your files, or simply send them a link. They don’t need to make an account to give feedback.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • All file types, on every plan: “Upload videos, images, designs, documents, websites, interactive HTML, and audio files, all in one platform.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Reviewer groups: “Create reviewer groups for each stage of your project, then invite different reviewers to each group to make sure all your files get approved by the right people.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Project templates, on Business and Enterprise: “Save your reviewer groups as a template, so you can set up new projects with the same approval process in a couple of clicks.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Automated reminders, on Starter and up: “Send automated email reminders as the due date approaches”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Review agents, on Business and Enterprise: “Our agents check grammar, tone, and style while verifying QR codes, barcodes, and mandatory images.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro, one of its Adobe integrations: “Share sequences and collect feedback inside Adobe Premiere Pro.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Verified approval, on Enterprise: “Transform the “Approve” button into “Approve and sign”.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • SSO: an add-on on Business, included on Enterprise: “authenticate your team with your own identity provider via SSO”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.
  • Custom branding, on Starter and up: “Add your own logo to the Filestage dashboard so your brand always shines through.”: filestage.io/pricing. Checked on 20 October 2026.

Filestage lists its prices in euros, and Skybase's prices are in US dollars, both billed yearly and excluding tax. Prices are never converted, and other currencies, tax and discounts differ.

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