Review, scope, stages, and sign-off in one client flow

The review platform built for agency work.

Pin feedback on live sites, scope projects before work starts, manage revision stages, and collect client sign-off.

portal.arkwrightstudio.com/review

Homepage review

Round 2
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Client feedback was never designed for how studios work.

48 emails for one revision round.

Feedback scattered across threads, each person replying to a different version. No audit trail. No resolution tracking.

Screenshots of screenshots of screens.

A senior partner photographing their laptop and texting it to the account manager. Nobody knows which page.

Feedback on the wrong version of the page.

The client annotates the homepage from last Thursday. You shipped three iterations since then. Now you have to reconcile.

Scope that grew because nothing was written down.

Nobody agreed to those extra pages. Nobody wrote down what was agreed. Now it is your problem to absorb or fight.

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Pin Feedback

Clients click the live page. Feedback lands on the exact element.

Pin feedback on any live URL, staging site, or password-protected page. Each pin is anchored to the specific element clicked, timestamped in the reviewer's local timezone, auto-translated for your team.

  • Works on staging sites and password-protected pages
  • Comments in any language, auto-translated for your team
  • Audio pins for feedback that is faster to speak than type
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Honest note

Clients who leave one comment a month won't feel a difference. Dais is built for studios where client review is a daily operational rhythm, not an occasional event.

Real feedback

"We were drowning in email threads and annotated PDFs. Dais replaced all of that with a single link. Our clients figured it out in two minutes."

Maren Lindqvist · Design Lead, Arkwright Studio

Scope · Project Alpha

Draft

Primary goal

Increase conversion above fold

Key deliverables

Homepage, Pricing, 3 landing pages

Revision rounds

3 stages: concept, build, polish

Timeline

6 weeks from kickoff

Out of scope

CMS migration, SEO audit

Lock Scope and Notify Client
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Scope Wizard

Lock scope before work begins. Both sides see the same agreement.

Send a collaborative questionnaire before any work starts. Client fills it in. Both sides sign off. The locked scope becomes the shared reference — nothing can be added after the fact without a formal change.

  • Build reusable templates for every project type
  • Client fills it in without a call or back-and-forth emails
  • Locked scope becomes the contract reference for the team

Honest note

The Scope Wizard works best when your client has a clear brief. If they don't, it will surface that early — which is also useful, but is a different kind of work.

Real feedback

"We sent the scope link before the kickoff call. By the time we got on the call, the client had already filled it in. The call was 20 minutes instead of 90."

Tomás Ferreira · Creative Director, Pineapple Creative

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Revision Stages

Stages close revisions. You control exactly when.

Each project moves through defined stages. Clients comment only in the active stage. When you close it, feedback stops. Each gate requires client approval before the next stage opens.

  • Stage-locked commenting prevents scope creep
  • Desktop, tablet, and mobile viewports per stage
  • Approval sign-off required at every stage gate

Project Stages

In Review
Concept ReviewApproved
Build Round 1In Review
Build Round 2Upcoming
Take LiveLocked

Honest note

If your client doesn't respect stage gates, Dais can't fix that relationship problem. But it gives you a clear record of what was agreed and when — which does help.

Real feedback

"We closed our first project three weeks early. Stages forced everyone to stay in scope. When the client asked for changes after a gate closed, the record was right there."

James Whitfield · Founder, Redline Digital

Who We Serve

Built for studios that run serious client work.

Review presentations the way your clients actually think.

Your clients are principals, design directors, and project managers. They need to comment on mood boards, spatial layouts, and concept PDFs without learning a new tool. Dais gives them a link. Nothing more.

  • Pin feedback on PDF presentations and renders
  • Auto-translate between offices across continents
  • Scope deliverables before a single drawing begins
  • Stage-based review from concept through DD
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What studios say

"We were drowning in email threads and annotated PDFs. Dais replaced all of that with a single link."

Maren Lindqvist

Design Lead, Arkwright Studio

"The auto-translation alone saved us. We have a team in São Paulo and clients in Germany. Before Dais, every review cycle involved manual translation."

Tomás Ferreira

Creative Director, Pineapple Creative

"I've used Markup.io, Pastel, BugHerd. They all require my clients to install something or create accounts. Dais doesn't. That one difference changed everything."

James Whitfield

Founder, Redline Digital

"Stage gates stopped the endless revisions. We closed our last project three weeks ahead of schedule. The client had clear expectations from day one."

Anya Brennan

Studio Lead, Structural Collective

How We Compare

Three things no competitor offers together.

FeatureDaisOthers
No reviewer accounts required
Auto-translation between languages
Timezone-aware timestamps
Native dark mode
Project scoping tool
Audio feedback pins
Retainer client portals
Free tierPartial

Pricing

One seat. Unlimited clients.

Your clients and reviewers never pay. Every plan includes unlimited guest reviewers. You pay for your team's seats.

Starter

Free
  • 2 active projects
  • Unlimited reviewers
  • Live website proxy
  • 3 stages per project
  • 3 magic links
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Solo

$19/mo
  • 10 projects · 2 seats
  • Unlimited reviewers
  • Unlimited stages
  • Audio feedback pins
  • 10 AI actions/mo
  • Full scope with line items
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Pro

$49/mo
  • Unlimited projects · 10 seats
  • Unlimited reviewers
  • 100 AI actions/mo
  • Scope sign-off
  • Retainer client portals
  • Slack & Asana
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Team

$99/mo
  • Unlimited projects · 25 seats
  • Unlimited reviewers
  • 500 AI actions
  • Full white-label
  • SAML SSO
  • 4h SLA support
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FAQ

Common questions, straight answers.

No. Share a link. They click and start reviewing. No signup, no extension, no friction.

Yes. Dais captures the page state you're reviewing, so feedback works on protected environments and staging.

Three things no competitor offers together: automatic translation, local timezone display, and native dark mode. Reviewers never install anything.

A built-in project scoping questionnaire. Create questions about goals, deliverables, and timelines. Client fills it in. Lock scope before you start.

Yes. Dais connects with Slack, Jira, Trello, Asana, Linear, and more. Feedback becomes tasks in your existing workflow.

Enterprise-grade 256-bit SSL encryption. SOC 2 ready. GDPR compliant. Your unreleased designs are protected by the same standards used by financial institutions.

Every comment shows the timestamp in the viewer's local timezone. Your Copenhagen office at 9am CET, your Dubai partner at 1pm GST — everyone sees times that make sense to them.

When a reviewer writes in any language, others see it auto-translated. The original text is always preserved.

Your next client review can start today.

Free to start. No credit card. No reviewer accounts. Cancel any time.