Free
$0 / month
Buyer benefits: 50 searches per day · 20 HD downloads per month · 10 image searches per month · Up to 3 moodboards · Browse full catalog
Limits: Limits on searches, downloads, and image searches
FrameThrower
The world's largest film still library for inspiration, learning and faster filmmaking
FrameThrower is the world's largest library of film stills for inspiration, learning, and making movies faster. Find movie screenshots and cinematography references with AI-powered visual search. Explore lighting, composition, colour and shot size, then organise your references into lookbooks and export PDF boards for pitches and production. Built for filmmakers and advertising creatives, FrameThrower indexes frames by lighting, lens character, shot size, colour grade, time of day and who is in the shot, so you can search the way you would describe a shot out loud. Save references to lookbooks and export PDF boards or ZIP files. FrameThrower also offers a REST API, an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT, an npm SDK and a ComfyUI node for bringing cinematographic references into creative workflows. Built by senior filmmakers and advertising creatives.
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Category
- Design & Creative
- Community Upvotes
- Published
- Sep 12, 2026
Linxalium review
Reviewed Sep 12, 2026Independent editorial assessment
FrameThrower is best suited for filmmakers and creative professionals seeking expansive film still libraries accessible via API and SDK for visual reference and creative workflows. Its strongest verified quality is the comprehensive and functional API with detailed documentation supporting various creative applications. The most material limitation is the absence of localization beyond English, impacting multilingual user accessibility.
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Assessment overview
- Privacy policy
- Partially verified
- Pricing
- Confirmed
- Maker identity
- Confirmed
- SEO foundations
- Confirmed
- Product workflow
- Confirmed
Pricing confirmed · checked Sep 12, 2026
FrameThrower offers a free plan with limited usage and a 7-day free trial for the Pro plan. Paid tiers include Pro and Studio plans billed monthly or annually, plus metered API usage credits. Pricing and limits are clearly disclosed in USD.
Pro
$14 / month or $7/month billed annually
Buyer benefits: Unlimited searches · Unlimited downloads · 200 image searches per month · Unlimited moodboards · Bulk download (ZIP) · Priority support
Limits: 200 image searches per month
Studio
$115 / seat / year
seat
Buyer benefits: All Pro features per seat · Unlimited downloads per seat · 500 image searches per month per seat · Shared moodboards (coming soon) · Bulk download (ZIP) · Priority support
Limits: 500 image searches per month per seat · Requires minimum 3 seats
Important caveat: Enterprise pricing details and billing intervals beyond annual/monthly for Studio seats are not fully outlined.
Vendor pricing may have changed. Check official pricing.
Framethrower.ai performance
| PageSpeed | Performance | FCP | LCP | CLS | TBT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile | 61 | 3.56 s | 7.94 s | 0.076 | 1 ms |
| Desktop | 95 | 321 ms | 801.1 ms | 0.067 | 105.5 ms |
Lighthouse lab test · Mobile · Measured Sep 12, 2026, 17:18 UTC
Lighthouse lab test · Desktop · Measured Sep 12, 2026, 17:21 UTC
Only metrics returned by the Google PageSpeed test are shown.
Full assessment · 12 checks
Trust · 3 checks
- Maker identity
- Confirmed Observed
- Terms of service
- Confirmed Observed
- HTTPS & security
- Confirmed Observed
Terms of Service state FrameThrower is operated by FrameThrower, Inc., a Delaware corporation, confirming a registered company identity.
Full Terms of Service document is present, multiple sections and headings are visible and well structured for easy reading.
All provided pages are served over HTTPS with no reported certificate errors, indicating use of HTTPS and basic security measures.
Product experience · 5 checks
- Product workflow
- Confirmed Observed
- Language support
- Not found Observed
- Interface quality
- Partially verified Observed
- Image accessibility
- Not found Observed
- Documentation & support
- Confirmed Observed
The FrameThrower website clearly demonstrates a working product with REST API, SDK, and MCP Server, supporting creative workflows through described endpoints and example usage.
Localization was not found on the scanned pages.
Website navigation is clear and logically structured but missing explicit evidence on responsive behavior for different device types.
Most images on the homepage lack alternative text, with 11 out of 16 images missing alt descriptions.
Comprehensive developer documentation and API references are present with contact email and GitHub links for support access.
Privacy · 3 checks
- Privacy policy
- Partially verified Observed
- Cookie notice
- Not found Observed
- Personal data use
- Partially verified Observed
Privacy Policy is linked from Terms of Service but no full text was supplied, indicating presence but incomplete observed content to verify full readability.
No cookie notice or banner was detected on any scanned page, indicating absence of an explicit cookie notice mechanism.
Terms mention collection and use of personal data to operate the service and enforce limits, but detailed practices are in an unscanned Privacy Policy.
Discoverability · 1 check
- SEO foundations
- Confirmed Observed
Page titles, meta descriptions, headings, canonical URL, and internal links are consistent and well formed, supporting good SEO and navigation.
Review notes
Product experience
Onboarding is straightforward via sign-up with Google or email, API token creation, and guided quickstart instructions. Navigation across the homepage, pricing, and developer documentation is clear with logical content flow. Documentation is extensive, including detailed API endpoint references and example code, facilitating a smooth path to first successful API integration. However, without observed responsive testing, mobile usability remains uncertain.
Page quality & accessibility
The site exhibits visual consistency and professional layout with structured content and clear headings. Accessibility is partially addressed, but a majority of images lack alt text, reducing compliance with best practices. The presence of open graph and structured data indicates modern web standards. The well-structured legal and developer pages enhance perceived quality and trustworthiness.
SEO & discoverability
Titles and meta descriptions are well crafted and relevant to the content. Headings are properly used for semantic structure. The canonical URL points consistently to https://framethrower.ai. Robots.txt files and directives show crawlability is supported with no major restrictions. Internal links are numerous and logically placed. Overall, search readiness and indexing are supported, but no explicit sitemap was detected.
Privacy, terms & cookies
A detailed Terms of Service document is present outlining data use, but the full Privacy Policy was not available in the supplied pages, limiting assessment. No cookie notice is observed. The Terms state minimal personal data collection focused on operational needs, with no selling of user data. Contact information is provided for copyright claims. These factors indicate transparency though some privacy details are incomplete.
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