Media Production Company Consolidating Frame IO and Cloud Storage

The company operates within the media production industry, managing multiple large-scale video projects. Their team includes editors and producers who often work remotely across different cities. Each project typically involves managing substantial volumes of video data, sometimes reaching 30 terabytes or more, with workflows spanning archival research, editing, and final production phases.

Currently, the company relies on physical hard drives—both large capacity spinning drives and solid state drives—for storing raw footage and project files. Collaboration between editors and producers in different locations involves transferring large files back and forth, often using third-party services like Frame IO to facilitate review and notes. Proxy files for editing are created manually, which requires additional resources. The company also employs a transfer service to move data, and editors spend significant time waiting for file transfers to complete.

- High hardware costs due to purchasing multiple large-capacity drives for each project. - Inefficiencies and delays caused by transferring large files between remote team members. - Additional costs and time spent on creating proxy files for editing workflows. - Ongoing expenses for third-party collaboration tools like Frame IO, which add up significantly at scale. - Editors’ productivity impacted by wait times during file transfers, translating into higher labor costs.

Shade offers an integrated cloud-based solution that combines storage, database search capabilities, and instant access to project files. By centralizing data in the cloud, Shade eliminates the need for physical drives and reduces the complexities of file transfers between remote collaborators. The platform automatically generates proxy files at no extra cost, simplifying the editing process. Shade’s pricing structure is competitive, potentially reducing overall costs by up to 50% compared to existing tools like Frame IO, while also cutting down on labor overhead related to file transfers.