Comparison
LYNCE vs Filestage, honestly.
One routes the review, one performs the check. Compared on what each actually does, including where they complement each other.
What each product is built for.
Filestage is online proofing software: creative work is shared into review steps, stakeholders annotate directly on files, versions stay organised, and approvals land on due dates. It handles images and design files, PDFs and documents, video, audio and live websites, with a deep integrations list and enterprise compliance certifications. Its AI “Review Agents”, listed on its Business and Enterprise plans, add automated flags for spelling and grammar, forbidden terms, missing mandatory images and logos, barcodes and QR codes, and brand-guideline and compliance issues, including checks against context documents or rules you set up.
LYNCE doesn’t route reviews at all. It’s the check itself: images and multi-page PDFs read in full against briefs, price lists, approved copy, other versions and the master language, returning findings with severity, evidence and a suggested fix. The report shares as a link; your team stays the decision-maker. See what creative QA covers.
Two centers of gravity.
Proofing platforms route the review
Filestage’s core: files to reviewers, comments in context, versions, due dates and approvals. Review Agents flag typos, forbidden terms, missing mandatory images, brand-guideline and compliance issues along the way.
€45€40
Fix The signed brief approves €40. Source quoted.
Doors 20:00 / 21:00
Fix Two versions disagree; align both.
LYNCE performs the check
Before anyone reviews anything, the campaign is read against the brief, the price list, the other versions and the master language. The findings arrive as evidence, not opinions.
The facts, side by side.
| What | LYNCE | Filestage |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Automated creative QA: the software finds the issues | Online proofing: review and approval workflow for teams |
| Core job | Reads creatives against briefs, references, versions and translations; returns evidence-based findings | Routes files to reviewers; collects comments, versions and approvals with due dates |
| Automated checks | Deep content QA: reference comparison with the source quoted, cross-creative consistency, translation checks, typos. Every finding carries a severity and a suggested fix | Review Agents, listed on Business and Enterprise plans: spelling and grammar, forbidden terms, mandatory images and logos, barcodes and QR codes, brand guidelines, and compliance checks against context documents you upload or rules you write |
| Human review | Not a workflow tool; your team reviews the findings report | Core strength: approval workflows, reviewer roles, due dates, audit trail |
| Input files | Images (JPG, PNG, WEBP) and multi-page PDFs | Documents and PDFs, images and design files, video and audio, live websites and interactive HTML |
| Integrations | Share via report links; no third-party integrations listed | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, monday.com, Adobe InDesign, Premiere Pro and After Effects, Figma, Google Drive, Dropbox and more; Asana, Trello and ClickUp via Zapier |
| Compliance posture | — | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, AES-256 listed |
| Sharing | Report links that open without a login | Review links; reviewers don’t need an account to comment or approve |
| Free tier | No free tier · 7-day free trial on every plan | Free plan listed, plus a free trial of the paid plans |
| Paid plans | Capacity-based (1 image = 1 credit, 1 analysed PDF page = 1 credit). See pricing | Paid plans; see their pricing page |
Filestage details are taken from Filestage’s public website (filestage.io) as of 22 October 2026 and may change; verify current features and pricing with Filestage before deciding. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find the capability documented there, not that it’s impossible.
Who should pick which.
Plenty of teams run both: LYNCE first, so the factual errors are gone; then the approval workflow for sign-off. If you’re choosing one, choose by your bottleneck.
Choose LYNCE if…
- Reviewers keep missing factual errors inside the creatives: wrong prices, dates, claims.
- You want checks against briefs, price lists and approved copy, with the source quoted.
- Campaign versions and translations must be verified against each other, not just eyeballed.
- You want an automated findings report and a shareable no-login link, without adopting a workflow tool.
Filestage fits better if…
- Your bottleneck is the review process itself: routing, deadlines, approvals, audit trails.
- You proof video, audio, documents and live websites, not just static creatives.
- You need the integrations (Slack, Jira, Adobe apps…) and enterprise compliance posture.
LYNCE vs Filestage, answered.
The final check, before it goes live.
Give the finished creative one more QA pass before publish, send or print.
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