An honest comparison
None of these is wrong. They’re built for different jobs.
Here is DISKO next to the tools people already use to find footage: the file browser on your computer, Premiere Pro’s own search, Frame.io, and two media asset managers built for teams, iconik and ShareBrowser. Job by job, including the jobs where DISKO isn’t the right pick.
Side by side
The jobs, one by one.
| Job | Finder or File Explorer | Premiere Pro | Frame.io | iconik | ShareBrowser | DISKO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Finder or File ExplorerYour computer’s file browser | Premiere ProA video editor, with its own search | Frame.ioCloud review and collaboration | iconikA cloud media asset manager | ShareBrowserThe media asset manager in SNS EVO storage | DISKOA media asset manager on your machine |
| Where the footage lives | Finder or File ExplorerYour drives | Premiere ProYour drives, imported into a project | Frame.ioUploaded to Frame.io | iconikYour storage, on site or in the cloud | ShareBrowserEVO storage, and other storage it indexes | DISKOYour drives, where it already is |
| What one search covers | Finder or File ExplorerFiles it can see, by name and date | Premiere ProMedia inside the open project | Frame.ioWhat is uploaded to your account | iconikEverything connected to it | ShareBrowserThe storage it indexes | DISKOEvery drive you add, unplugged ones included |
| Find a line by what was said | Finder or File ExplorerNo | Premiere ProTranscripts in the open project | Frame.ioTranscripts of uploaded files | iconikAI transcription | ShareBrowserNot listed | DISKOEvery word, with speaker labels |
| Find a shot by what’s in it | Finder or File ExplorerNo | Premiere ProYes, on your machine, in the open project | Frame.ioVisual search on its higher plans | iconikAI tags | ShareBrowserAI auto-tagging through a connector | DISKOEvery clip described moment by moment, on your machine |
| Name a person once, find them everywhere | Finder or File ExplorerNo | Premiere ProNot listed | Frame.ioNot listed | iconikNot listed | ShareBrowserNot listed | DISKOYes, by face and by voice |
| Works with no internet | Finder or File ExplorerYes | Premiere ProYes, for its own search | Frame.ioNo | iconikNo, it runs in a browser and its apps | ShareBrowserOn your local network | DISKOYes. DISKO Cloud only if you use it |
| Many people at once | Finder or File ExplorerOn a shared drive | Premiere ProProductions on shared storage, with project locking | Frame.ioYes, built for it | iconikYes, with permissions | ShareBrowserYes, unlimited users | DISKOOn a network drive for the whole team; one editor at a time |
| Client review | Finder or File ExplorerNo | Premiere ProThrough Frame.io | Frame.ioYes, it’s the core | iconikReview and comments | ShareBrowserThrough SNS Outpost | DISKOWith DISKO Cloud: review links and portals |
| Price | Finder or File ExplorerBuilt in | Premiere ProA Creative Cloud subscription | Frame.ioFree for 2 GB; Pro from $15 per member a month | iconikFrom $9 per browse user and $65 per standard user a month | ShareBrowserIncluded with EVO storage; no per-seat fees | DISKO$99 once; DISKO Cloud optional |
| Runs on | Finder or File ExplorerMac (Finder) or Windows (File Explorer) | Premiere ProMac and Windows | Frame.ioA browser, plus apps | iconikA browser, plus Premiere Pro and Resolve panels | ShareBrowserMac, Windows and the web | DISKOApple Silicon Macs; Windows in beta |
Each column comes from its maker’s own pages, or an article about the feature, linked at the bottom. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find it on those pages; it may still exist. Prices are the published starting prices.
Which one
Where each one wins.
01
Finder or File Explorer
Free and already on your computer. If you can still find any shot in a minute by folder and file name, keep using it.
02
Premiere Pro
Its own search runs on your machine and already sits inside your editor. If everything you need is in the project you have open, it may be all you need.
03
Frame.io
Built for teams that upload, review and share in the cloud all day, with clients and collaborators in the same place.
04
iconik
Built for teams that need many people in one library from anywhere, with permissions, storage on site or in the cloud, and panels in Premiere Pro and Resolve.
05
ShareBrowser
If your team already edits off SNS EVO shared storage, it comes with it: unlimited users on your network, with panels for Premiere Pro, Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Avid.
06
DISKO
A filmmaker or a team with footage on drives, sharing one library over the network, who wants every shot, word, sign and face searchable without a server, and pays once.
Part of DISKO
See it on your own footage.
Point DISKO at a folder tonight. In the morning every shot is described, every word transcribed, and anyone you’ve named is found across every drive. Nothing uploads unless you send it.
For an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later), and Windows in beta
Sources
Where the facts come from.
- Adobe: Media Intelligence and the Search panel in Premiere Pro (via Larry Jordan)
- Studio Network Solutions: Adobe Productions in Premiere Pro
- Frame.io: Pricing
- Frame.io: Transcription overview
- Frame.io: Enhanced search with media intelligence
- iconik: Plans
- iconik: Features
- Studio Network Solutions: ShareBrowser
Checked in November 2026. If something has changed, tell us at [email protected] and we will fix the page. Finder, Windows, File Explorer, Premiere Pro, Creative Cloud, Frame.io, Lightroom, iconik, ShareBrowser, EVO and Outpost are trademarks of their owners. DISKO is not affiliated with any of them.
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