Our studio runs on Boords. We can quickly draw up ideas, add in a script, receive real-time feedback and rapidly iterate changes. It's really a game changer.
Features / Feedback & Approvals
One link. No login. No lost sign-offs.
Boords is where preproduction sign-off lives. Send a share link, and clients comment frame by frame, set a status, and approve the version before production starts. Who approved what, when, on which version, all on record.
Where does approval actually live?
Feedback happens everywhere. Sign-off has to live somewhere. Right now, for most teams, it lives in a Slack scrollback.
Email, Slack, and PDFs
Boords
The approval is buried in a Slack thread from three Tuesdays ago.
Sign-off is recorded against the version, with a name and a timestamp.
Final_v3_REAL.pdf and its five siblings in the email chain.
A share link for every version, and every round on record.
The 11pm text: did the client actually sign this off?
Read receipts and first-view logging. You know who opened it, and when.
Notes arrive by email, WhatsApp, and a call, never on the frame.
Clients comment on the frame itself. No login, no account.
A second Slack thread, so the client does not see the internal debate.
Team-only comments, right next to the client feedback, hidden from guests.
Send for review
Know the moment the client opens it
Email the board to your client straight from the share panel. Every recipient gets their own link, and their first view lands in the Activity Log, so you see who opened it, when, and what they did next. How share links work
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Boords is an essential part of our workflow. The ability to share our storyboards with clients gives them the opportunity to visualise the project earlier, give feedback and be assured the project is heading in the right direction.
We tried all the storyboarding tools out there. Boords ended up as our preferred choice because of its straight forward approach, light weight interface and streamlined remote collaboration features.
Statuses and activity
Who approved what, when, on which version
Every version carries a status, Draft through Approved, and clients can set it without an account. The Activity Log keeps the receipts: every comment, share, status change, and sign-off, filterable by person, action, and time.
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Comments and mentions
Notes on the frame, not about the frame
Comments sit on the exact frame they are about. Tag a teammate with @, attach a reference, dictate a note, mark it complete when the work lands. Mentions, replies, and completions collect in your inbox, and you can follow the boards that matter.
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“Because multiple team members can work in Boords at once, and because clients can add their comments directly into the storyboards, we save a lot of time and reduce the chances of errors.”
Slack notifications
Client comments and mentions, straight to your Slack DMs
Mentions, replies, comment completions, and comments on boards you follow reach you as Slack DMs the moment they happen, each with a link straight back to the frame. The conversation can happen anywhere. The record stays on the version, where you can still find it in March. How notifications work
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Scripts
Sign-off starts at the script
Write scripts with your team in real time, with comments anchored to the line they are about. Clients review through a share link, no login, and the approved script becomes the storyboard in one click. More about Scripts
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Everything a review round needs
Real-time presence
Avatars show who is in the project and on the board right now, so nobody edits blind.
Frame revisions
Every image change saves as a revision. Lock the one the client signed off.
Animatic review
Clients review the timed cut on the same share link, so pacing gets signed off before the edit.
Roles and permissions
Give a teammate or a freelancer access to specific projects only. Guests can comment, never edit.
Activity Log filters
Filter the record by person, including guests, by action, and by time range.
Team invites
Bring teammates in with a link. Clients and guest reviewers never need an account.
Boords makes it easy to keep track of versions and makes the storyboarding process more collaborative. It's the type of tool that makes you wonder how you ever lived without it.
Easy to use, intuitive and flexible, Boords is the perfect tool for the biggest part of a video production. We can shape and collaborate on ideas then share them with our clients so they're fully understood.
Boords has become a vital part of our workflow. We love how easy it is to create storyboards, collaborate on them, and get feedback from clients. It has made our studio more efficient, more productive, and happier!
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The pre-production platform for video agencies
Most video teams run client review through tools that were never built to hold an approval. Feedback arrives by email, in a Slack thread, over a call, and in a marked-up PDF called Final_v3_REAL. Each round produces another file, another thread, another chance for a note to go missing. Then, weeks later, someone asks which version the client actually approved, and the answer is an archaeology project. The cost lands at the worst possible moment: after the shoot, after the edit, when a missed note means redoing finished work.
Boords keeps the whole preproduction record in one place. Clients review scripts, storyboards, and animatics through one link, with no account. Comments sit on the frame they are about, statuses are set per version, and every action lands in the Activity Log with a name and a timestamp. Studios like Mobula Design have closed every review round this way for years. When a client signs off, you can prove it.
Frequently asked questions
The sign-off, on the record
Get your next board signed off in Boords
Free to start. Send one link, and stop chasing approvals through Slack.
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Project Activity
Sarah changed the status of Explainer Script v3 to Approved
8 Jul
Dev commented on Explainer Script v3
8 Jul
Tom shared Explainer Script v3 with sarah@beacon.co, dev@beacon.co
7 JulTom created Explainer Script v3, a new version of Explainer Script v2
7 JulSarah changed the status of Explainer Video v2 to Approved
6 JulTom created Explainer Video v2 from Explainer Script v2
6 Jul
Amara marked a comment on Explainer Script v2 as complete
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Project Activity
Sarah changed the status of Explainer Script v3 to Approved
8 JulDev commented on Explainer Script v3
8 JulTom shared Explainer Script v3 with sarah@beacon.co, dev@beacon.co
7 JulTom created Explainer Script v3, a new version of Explainer Script v2
7 JulSarah changed the status of Explainer Video v2 to Approved
6 JulTom created Explainer Video v2 from Explainer Script v2
6 JulAmara marked a comment on Explainer Script v2 as complete
5 Jul