45Drives Launches Beta for On-Premise Video Collaboration Platform Challenging Cloud Services
TL;DR
45Drives' new on-premise collaboration platform gives video professionals a cost-effective, secure alternative to cloud tools like Frame.io, reducing third-party dependencies and scaling costs.
45Drives' platform operates through self-hosted infrastructure, allowing direct team collaboration without cloud latency, security risks, or ongoing subscription fees for video projects.
This open-source platform empowers creative professionals by providing faster, more secure collaboration tools that evolve through direct user feedback, enhancing creative workflows globally.
45Drives is beta testing a self-hosted video collaboration tool developed with industry experts, offering professionals a chance to shape its development through real-world testing.
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Open-source storage leader 45Drives announced the beta launch of a remote collaboration platform using on-premise storage for video professionals, developed by its creative technology division, 45Studio. Currently in active beta testing, this new platform serves as a powerful, self-hosted alternative to Frame.io and other cloud-based collaboration tools, designed to give post-production teams a faster, more secure, and more cost-effective way to work together on video projects.
Through this beta program, 45Drives is inviting professional editors, colorists, and production teams to test the platform in real-world workflows and provide feedback that will directly guide product development. Dr. Doug Milburn, President of 45Drives, emphasized the company's collaborative approach, stating that the best tools come from working hand-in-hand with the professionals who rely on them daily.
The platform addresses significant pain points that modern production teams face with proprietary cloud collaboration platforms. These challenges include cloud dependency that introduces latency, long upload times, and bandwidth constraints; security risks from third-party exposure of mission-critical creative content; cost scalability issues where pricing tends to scale steeply with storage, usage, and sharing activity; and pay-per-share limitations that can require costly higher-tier plans when inviting clients or collaborators.
This yet-to-be-named platform, built by 45Studio, takes a fundamentally different approach by being on-premise, allowing teams to collaborate directly over their own infrastructure. This delivers the same seamless review and approval experience professionals expect but without the delays, ongoing fees, or data control tradeoffs associated with cloud-based solutions.
45Drives and 45Studio are partnering with industry expert Nicholas Wiczynski, Founder of NGW Post, an award-winning boutique post production company specializing in offline editing, re-recording mixing, color grading, and network delivery. Wiczynski is working directly with the 45Studio team to ensure the platform fits the real-world workflows of professional editors and post facilities.
Professionals interested in joining the beta program and helping shape the future of video collaboration can sign up at https://45drivesstudio.com/beta. The launch exemplifies 45Drives' open, community-driven philosophy of working side by side with users to refine and advance technology through collaboration and transparency, whether in enterprise storage, homelabs, or media production workflows.
Curated from NewMediaWire
