Cloud storage for freelance video editors
Stop shipping hard drives to clients. Keep rushes safe, edit anywhere.
Freelance editors drown in external SSDs
As a freelancer you accumulate client projects on a stack of 2 TB externals, each one a single failure away from a reshoot or an awkward email. Labels fade, cables wear out, and the one drive a returning client asks for is always the one that will not mount.
Storing everything on LucidLink or Frame.io is expensive once you are paying every month across many clients, and neither is built for cutting offline when you are on a train or a plane with no reliable connection.
A single cloud archive for every client
Sanbila Solo gives you 2 TB of cloud storage with proxies on your laptop SSD, for roughly the price of two Dropbox Pro seats. Every archive is redundant, cloud storage with an automatic backup copy, so a crashed drive never costs you a shoot, and a checksum confirms each file arrived intact.
You reach any project from any machine and cut offline on the light proxies, then stream the originals at full quality only when you export. A client who comes back a year later gets their recut without you hunting through a drawer of externals.
Solo plan at $49 a month
2 TB cloud storage, 50 projects, email support, no credit card to start.
Redundant storage
Cloud storage primary, backup copy, checksum verified. Safer than two external SSDs.
Edit from any machine
Pull proxies on your second laptop before a trip, keep cutting offline.
Client hand-off via URL
Share a link instead of mailing a drive.
Sanbila by the numbers
Real specs from the live Sanbila product, not marketing claims.
Frequently asked questions
How much does cloud storage for a freelance editor cost?+
The Solo plan is $49 a month for 2 TB, 50 projects and email support, with no egress fees. It is close to the price of two Dropbox Pro seats, and unlike a generic cloud drive it is built for offline proxy editing.
Is this safer than a stack of external SSDs?+
Yes. Every file sits in cloud storage with an automatic backup copy and a checksum, so a single drive failure never forces a reshoot or an awkward email to a client. Two cloud copies beat one external SSD.
Can I edit on a second laptop or while travelling?+
Yes. Pull the light proxies onto any machine before a trip and keep cutting offline; the originals stay in the cloud. The edit does not depend on carrying the right SSD with you.
How do I hand off to a client without mailing a drive?+
Deliver the review version or the master as a share link. The client downloads it themselves, so you stop couriering drives and waiting on them to come back.
Consolidate your external SSDs into the cloud
Solo plan at $49 a month covers a typical freelance workload.
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