Reelary vs Wideframe
Wideframe and Reelary agree on the important architectural choice - the AI runs on your own machine, not in someone's data centre. They disagree on three things that decide the purchase: what it costs, what hardware it demands, and whether you get a finished file.
| Reelary | Wideframe | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79 one-time (launch, normally $99) | $100 / month (7-day trial) |
| Cost over 3 years | $79 | $3,600 |
| Platforms | Windows 10/11 + macOS 12+ | macOS, Apple Silicon required |
| Where processing happens | On device | On device |
| Search | Visual semantic search across every frame and 2-second clip | Visual search |
| Produces a finished file | Yes - MP4, plus FCPXML / EDL if you want to finish in an NLE | Generates a Premiere Pro project, not a file |
Wideframe figures read from https://try.wideframe.com/ on 2026-08-01. Vendors change pricing - check theirs before deciding.
1. $100 a month versus $79 once
Wideframe's page states it plainly: "It's free for 7 days, then $100/mo." That is a real price for a tool that saves a working editor hours a week - but it is a recurring one. Over a year it is $1,200; over three, $3,600. Reelary Pro is $79, once, and the app keeps working whether or not you ever pay again.
This is not a promise a subscription vendor can match without damaging its own model, which is precisely why it is worth putting in a table.
2. Mac-only, Apple Silicon required
Wideframe's site carries the requirement twice: it is a Mac application and it "REQUIRES APPLE SILICON". If your edit bay is Windows, or your Mac is Intel, the comparison ends there.
Reelary runs on Windows 10/11 and on macOS 12 or later, on both Apple Silicon and Intel. It picks a vision model sized to the machine it finds itself on, so a modest laptop indexes more slowly rather than refusing to run. A single license covers both platforms, which matters if you cut on a desktop and log footage on a laptop.
3. A Premiere project versus a deliverable
Wideframe's output is a native Premiere Pro project. That is the right answer if Premiere is where you finish everything anyway - and Reelary can do the same thing, exporting FCPXML or EDL that references your original files.
The difference is that Reelary does not require it. For a social cut, a client selects reel or a rough assembly you just need to send someone, you can export an MP4 with captions burned in and the aspect ratio already set, without opening an NLE at all.
Pick Wideframe if you are on Apple Silicon, you live inside Premiere, and a monthly tool budget is easier for you to justify than a one-time spend.
Pick Reelary if you want to stop paying at some point, you need Windows, or you want the option of shipping a file without a second application.
Try it before you compare specs
Reelary is free to download and free forever for unlimited indexing and semantic search - no account, no card. Index a real project folder and judge it on whether it finds the shot you were thinking of.