Simian vs. Wiredrive
Modern Workflow vs. Legacy Platform
Wiredrive helped define online media sharing, but creative workflows have changed dramatically. Simian gives production and post teams a modern platform for media management, review & approval, reel creation, analytics, mobile access, AI-powered search and continuous product improvements.
Media Management
Search Experience
Search across AI tags, metadata, credits, tags and custom fields.
Organizing Media
Organize with categories, credits, tags, custom metadata and smart filters.
Finding Visuals
AI automatically identifies 500+ visual concepts.
Presentations
Presentation-Specific Thumbnails
Choose a different thumbnail for each reel presentation without changing the original asset.
Presentation Scene Trimming
Adjust where each spot begins and ends within a reel presentation without modifying the source media.
Native iPhone App
Build and send reels from a native iPhone app designed specifically for building reels.
Microsite Builder
Create fully customizable, multi-page websites to showcase your work.
Analytics & Reporting
Viewer Analytics
Track views, watch time, engagement graphs and viewer heatmaps for every presentation.
Reel Performance Dashboard
Monitor Today’s Reels, Trending Reels, Hot Reels and Zombie Reels to identify presentations gaining momentum or re-engaging after inactivity.
Performance Reports
Analyze most sent, most viewed, least sent and least viewed presentations to understand what’s working.
Category & Credit Reporting
Measure performance by category, client, director, editor, DP or other credits.
Reel Insights Benchmarking
Compare your presentations against Reel Insights to better understand engagement trends and presentation performance.
Review & Collaboration
Review Platform
Complete project-based review with approvals, teams, versioning, media sharing and client collaboration.
Timestamped Feedback
Add timestamped comments, time-range comments, annotations and approvals directly on images & video.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Review, import comments and send new versions directly from Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Teams
Organize collaborators into teams for streamlined project access and review workflows.
Media Library Integration
Easily move media between review projects and your Media Library without re-uploading or duplicating assets.
Version Management
Upload new cuts, organize revisions into version stacks and compare versions side by side.
Integrations & Platform
Developer API
Integrate Simian with internal systems, automate repetitive tasks or build custom applications around your workflow.
Reel.io Integration
Automatically turn shared reels into tracked sales opportunities in Reel.io.
Zapier
Connect Simian with hundreds of third-party applications without custom development.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Authenticate users with your organization’s identity provider.
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Protect user accounts with an additional layer of security beyond passwords to help safeguard your media and client data.
Infrastructure
Storage Efficiency
Upload original media once, automatically generate optimized proxies, and avoid storing duplicate files when using RTVE.
Private Cloud Instances
Customers can deploy Simian within a dedicated private-instance environment with advanced configuration options.
Switching is Easier Than You Think
Import your existing media library
Keep your team productive during the transition
Get help from real people every step of the way
Start seeing the benefits immediately