Sequences + Smart Filters
Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.
Local vs cloud-indexed search
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.
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
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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Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.
Find exact spoken or visual moments without cloud upload delays.
Pay once for the current major version, get all updates in that major version, and avoid monthly subscription drag.
Why switch
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…
FrameQuery says AI indexing uses cloud compute, while resulting indexes and search live locally.
Planned pricing starts at $19 monthly for 10 indexed hours; collaboration and hosted review begin on higher plans.
FrameQuery offers shared indexes, review workflows, cloud proxies, and a developer API that Focus does not position as core features.
Choose Focus if…
Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.
Find exact spoken or visual moments without cloud upload delays.
Pay once for the current major version, get all updates in that major version, and avoid monthly subscription drag.
Compare
See where Focus removes the drag FrameQuery leaves behind.
Short answer
Use these points to decide whether Focus is the right FrameQuery alternative for your workflow.
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.
FrameQuery says AI indexing uses cloud compute, while resulting indexes and search live locally.
Use the same files, queries, and final handoff in both trials.
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Switch cleanly
Move over without rebuilding your workflow from scratch.
Index one representative folder in both products.
Compare speech, scenes, people, and known shots.
Measure time to a usable timeline or deliverable.
Decision path
Run a quick trial if you need proof, or buy now if your team already feels the retrieval bottleneck.
No card for trial. Paid access includes a 14-day refund guarantee.
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The trial indexes 30 videos so you can compare before buying.