Visual feedback built for client work

CobaltCapture is a free, browser-based way to collect client feedback without making the client learn a tool. You walk the build, narrate the decisions you want a reaction to, and publish a review at a public URL. The client clicks the link, reads the screens with your questions next to them, and replies. No account, no install, no per-seat pricing.

Client review is where most feedback tools break. The client is busy, in a different timezone, and unwilling to sign up for one more dashboard. So feedback scatters into an email thread, or dies in a Loom the client watched at 1.5x and answered in three vague sentences. The friction is the tool. Every layer of "you have to sign up, install, or configure" costs you response time and depth.

The workflow for handing off a build

Open the staging site or the deployed build in your browser. Click Capture screen, pick that tab, and crop to the screen you want the client to react to. Hit dictate and narrate the actual question: "Does this hero copy speak to your audience? Should the CTA say Get started or Book a demo?" Repeat for each decision point, then publish.

Send the client the link. They open it, see each screen paired with your question, and answer. Because the artifact is self-contained, they can act on it without booking a call to clarify what you meant. That is the difference between asynchronous client feedback that saves a meeting and feedback that turns into one.

Why this fits agency economics

Agencies and freelancers run on margin and turnaround. A tool with per-seat pricing taxes every reviewer you add. A tool the client has to learn taxes every round of review. CobaltCapture removes both: it is free for your whole team, and the client side is just a link.

When the client is doing one round and then going quiet, a comment tool locked behind a client account is the wrong shape, the email reply they actually send never lands in the tool. CobaltCapture holds the review URL as the record and lets the client reply wherever feels natural. If your work runs through multi-round agency review platforms, the Markup.io alternative comparison covers where a lightweight link wins and where a full project tool earns its keep.

What the client receives

A public review URL that opens on phone or desktop with no auth. Each screen carries your cropped screenshot, any numbered pins pointing at the exact spot, and your spoken note as a caption. You can also export the same review as a PDF or Word doc for the stakeholder who wants a file, or as markdown for the developer who builds the changes.

Walk a staging site review the same way before launch, and the pre-launch pass and the client handoff use the identical flow.

Get started

cobaltcapture.com, no install and no signup needed to publish your first client review.

Frequently asked questions

Does my client need an account to leave feedback?

No. You publish a public review URL and the client opens it in any browser. They read the screens and your questions and reply however they already talk to you, by email, text, or Slack. The review URL is the canonical record of what was asked.

Is there per-seat pricing for my team?

No. CobaltCapture is free to use, with no per-seat plan. Every reviewer on the team can capture and publish without a paid seat.

Can I hand a clean version to a client and a detailed one to a developer?

Yes. Every review has a clean stakeholder URL at /s/<slug> with the editing chrome stripped, for the client, and the full /r/<slug> page with export tools for your developer. Same review, the right surface for each audience.