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.
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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“I can't picture our video process without Boords. It makes sharing and collaborating on storyboards feel simple and polished for both first-time clients and experienced team members.”
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. A webhook can tell your own tools the moment a board is approved.
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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 comment. The conversation can happen anywhere. The record stays on the version, where you can still find it in March. How Slack DMs 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.
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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Creative projects shared with clients for review, feedback, and approval
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Comments captured in context so feedback stays clear and actionable
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Independent software built by creative professionals since 2015
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
No. You send one link. Clients open it, comment on the exact frame, set a status, and approve the version, all without creating an account or remembering a password. No login is the point: the fewer hoops a reviewer jumps through, the faster the sign-off comes back. More in the sharing links guide.
Every storyboard version carries a status: Draft, In Progress, Review Needed, Changes Required, or Approved. Signed-in teammates and no-login guests can both set it, and every change is logged with a name and a timestamp. When someone asks who approved what, on which version, the answer is one click, not a search through email. More in the activity guide.
Yes. Send the board by email straight from the share panel and every recipient gets their own link. Boords records when each person first opened it and what they did next, comments included, so you know whether to chase or to wait. More in the sharing links guide.
A team admin installs the Boords Slack app once, then each teammate connects their own account. Mentions, replies, comment completions, and comments on storyboards you follow arrive as direct messages with a link straight back to the storyboard. Nothing posts to channels, and the approval record stays in Boords, where you can still find it in March. More in the notifications guide.
You create a new version. The approved version stays on record, untouched, so the sign-off you collected still stands, and the next round starts from a clean board. Individual frames work the same way: every image change is saved as a revision, and you can lock the one the client approved. More in the frame revisions guide.
Yes. The same share link plays the timed animatic, so pacing and timing get signed off before anyone opens an editor, on the same record as the board itself. More in the animatics guide.
Yes. Roles and project-level permissions let you give a teammate or a freelancer access to specific projects only. Guests on share links can comment and set statuses, but they can never edit the work. More in the team users guide.
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.
