Complete video workflow
Focus connects speech, visual, and people retrieval to source review.
Local vs cloud-indexed search
Focus vs FrameQuery: private local processing or cloud-powered team scale.
Focus processes and searches on your machine for a one-time price. FrameQuery uses paid cloud indexing, keeps search indexes locally, and adds shared indexes, cloud review, and API options.
Factual comparison. One-time price. Your media stays local.
Head-to-head
FFocusLocal video search
FFrameQueryAlternative reviewed
Focus vs FrameQuery
Verified selects v03
27 clips selected
Speech selects
SRT and markers synced
B-roll selects
Handles preserved
Premiere XML
Timeline handoff with clip timing
Resolve EDL
Clean conform and review exports
Final Cut / SRT
Metadata and subtitles included
Short answer
Should you choose Focus or FrameQuery?
Choose Focus when footage analysis must stay on-device and the workflow is local retrieval, selects, and editor handoff. Choose FrameQuery when cloud indexing, shared indexes, hosted review, broad codec support, or API access matters more.
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Selects and Sequences
Chosen moments become reviewable structures before delivery.
Explicit handoff
Focus lists its Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, SRT, and CSV formats.
Why switch
Where Focus and FrameQuery fit
Focus processes and searches on your machine for a one-time price. FrameQuery uses paid cloud indexing, keeps search indexes locally, and adds shared indexes, cloud review, and API options.
Choose FrameQuery if…
01
Cloud indexing
FrameQuery says AI indexing uses cloud compute, while resulting indexes and search live locally.
02
Usage-based plans
Planned pricing starts at $19 monthly for 10 indexed hours; collaboration and hosted review begin on higher plans.
03
Broader team surface
FrameQuery offers shared indexes, review workflows, cloud proxies, and a developer API that Focus does not position as core features.
Choose Focus if…
01
Complete video workflow
Focus connects speech, visual, and people retrieval to source review.
02
Selects and Sequences
Chosen moments become reviewable structures before delivery.
03
Explicit handoff
Focus lists its Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, SRT, and CSV formats.
Compare
Focus vs FrameQuery
Compare only published capabilities, then test the same final deliverable in both products.
7 criteria2026-07-27
AI analysis location
On device
Cloud compute
Search location
On device
Local index
Transcript, scene, object, and people search
Yes
Yes
Premiere XML, FCPXML, EDL
Yes
Yes
Hosted review and approvals
No
Pro and above
Developer API
No
Yes
Pricing
$89 one-time
Planned from $19/month
Short answer
Focus and FrameQuery: quick answers
These answers summarize published differences without an overall winner score.
Should you choose Focus or FrameQuery?
Choose Focus when footage analysis must stay on-device and the workflow is local retrieval, selects, and editor handoff. Choose FrameQuery when cloud indexing, shared indexes, hosted review, broad codec support, or API access matters more.
What is FrameQuery's clearest advantage?
FrameQuery says AI indexing uses cloud compute, while resulting indexes and search live locally.
How should you compare them?
Use the same files, queries, and final handoff in both trials.
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Switch cleanly
Run a fair workflow test
Keep files, queries, and deliverables constant to compare the complete workflow.
01
Run the same query
Use one representative folder and find the same moment in both products.
02
Verify the source
Play the result in context and confirm its source file and timecode.
03
Build Selects and Sequences
Keep verified moments and arrange them into a reviewable order.
04
Finish the NLE handoff
Export the Sequence to Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut and check the timeline.
Evaluation
Evaluate Focus alongside FrameQuery
Use one representative project before any purchase or migration decision.
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Test Focus on real footage.
The trial indexes 30 videos so you can compare before buying.