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Collabre and Filestage compared
Filestage is online proofing software where teams upload files once, gather feedback and annotations from internal and external reviewers, track versions and collect approvals in one place. This page compares the published capabilities of the two products. Every Filestage cell comes from Filestage's own pricing or product pages, carries a link and a date, and reads "not verified" when no official page settles it. Last reviewed September 25, 2026.
Capabilities
| Capability | Collabre | Filestage |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign holds Deliverables, assets and approvals | Yes The brief, Deliverables, Content Slots, assets, tasks, approvals and results sit on one Campaign. | Not verified |
| Multi-stage Approval Workflows | Yes | Yes1 Approval stages are set up as reviewer groups, and files move to the next reviewer group automatically when a stage is approved. |
| Approval deadlines with escalation | Yes Pending approvals past their deadline are escalated automatically. | Partial2 Deadlines and reminders, no escalation described. Due dates and reminders are listed from the Starter plan up. |
| Approvals on media assets | Yes Media assets run through the same Approval Workflows as posts and Content Slots. | Yes2 Reviews cover videos, images, designs, documents, PDFs, websites, interactive HTML and audio files, with annotation tools. |
| Digital asset management | Yes | Not verified |
| Asset version history | Yes Each asset keeps its versions with an active-version pointer, so posts keep working when a file is replaced. | Yes3 New versions stack on a file, and collaborators can switch between previously uploaded versions. Version comparison is listed from Starter. |
| Social publishing | Yes | Not verified |
| Website and CMS publishing | Yes WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and Ghost. | Not verified |
| Email campaigns | Yes The Campaign's email piece covers audience segments, AI-written copy, sending and the figures each send returns. | Not verified |
| AI copy generation | Yes | Not verified |
| AI Agents with approval rules | Yes AI Agents work under approval gates, and every action is written to the audit log. | Partial4 Review Agents analyze each newly uploaded file against rules you set and leave comments. They do not submit approvals. Only account admins can enable them. |
| AI spending caps | Yes Caps per agent run, per agent per day and per Workspace per month. | Not verified |
| Audit log | Yes | Yes2 Audit logs are listed on the Enterprise plan. |
| Cross-source metric verification | Yes Compares a connected analytics source, Google Analytics 4 or PostHog, against the delivery records Collabre holds. | Not verified |
| Attribution models | Yes | Not verified |
| White-label reports | Yes | Not verified |
| SAML single sign-on | Yes Configured per Workspace against the identity provider's endpoint and certificate. A Workspace can require it. | Yes5 SSO supports identity providers including SAML2, OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect and LDAP. It is available on Enterprise upon request. |
| Public API | Yes REST API with scoped API keys. | Yes2 Webhooks and API access are listed on the Business plan and above. |
Where Filestage is stronger
- Filestage lets teams review a wide range of file types in one viewer, including videos, designs, PDFs, live websites, interactive HTML and audio files.
- Filestage moves files through approval stages automatically, sending each file to the next reviewer group once a stage is approved, with due dates and reminders.
- Filestage offers Review Agents that check files for grammar, tone and style and verify QR codes, barcodes and mandatory images before human review.
- Filestage lists compliance controls on Enterprise, including audit logs, SSO, data residency in Germany and verified approval for FDA 21 CFR Part 11.
Where Collabre is different
- Collabre keeps the brief, the Deliverables, the Content Slots, the assets, the tasks, the Approval Workflow and the performance data on one Campaign.
- Tasks link to Campaigns, Deliverables and Content Slots, so production work is traceable to the content it produces.
- Assets carry version history with an active-version pointer, so replacing a file does not break the posts that use it.
- Assets run through the same Approval Workflows as posts and Campaign Content Slots, so a new version is signed off before it ships.
- Approvals are configurable multi-stage workflows with deadlines and automatic escalation, not a comment thread.
Filestage published pricing
| Tier | Monthly price (USD) | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0.002 | 1 active project, 5 new files per month, 10 team members |
| Starter | $199.002 | per month, 10 team members included, more added in bundles of 5, yearly billing gives two months free |
| Business | $329.002 | per month, 10 team members included, more added in bundles of 5, yearly billing gives two months free |
| Enterprise | Not published2 | tailored pricing, talk to an expert |
Sources
- https://filestage.io/document-approval-software/, verified September 25, 2026
- https://filestage.io/pricing/, verified September 25, 2026
- https://help.filestage.io/en/articles/2211321-manage-different-versions-of-a-file, verified September 25, 2026
- https://help.filestage.io/en/articles/9465074-how-to-get-started-with-review-agents, verified September 25, 2026
- https://help.filestage.io/en/articles/5318196-set-up-2-step-verification-in-filestage, verified September 25, 2026
This comparison was last reviewed on September 25, 2026. A cell without a source reads “not verified”.
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