Asset approval software, tied to the version.
yeses is asset approval software where every yes is attached to the file and the version it was given against, so an approval on v1 never quietly counts for v3.
- Free plan, no time limit
- No credit card
- Reviewers don't need an account
“Which one did they actually approve?”
The file has been through four rounds and the yes came back somewhere in the middle of them. Nobody can say whether it covered the version that shipped, because the approval was an email and the email does not know what a version is. So the safe thing happens: you ask again, and the client wonders why.
How it works
An asset approval workflow with the version built in.
- 01
Upload the assets
Images and PDFs, at full size. Each one is its own thing to be decided on.
- 02
Send a round
Pick who sees it. They get a link, not an invitation to make an account.
- 03
Collect the decisions
Approve or request changes, each one stamped with the version it was given against.
- 04
Replace and repeat
A new version supersedes the old. The earlier approval stays on the record, marked stale.
Features
What the asset carries with it.
An approval is only useful if you can still tell, later, exactly what it was for.
Versions
A yes that goes stale instead of drifting.
Each send is a numbered round that freezes the files it covered. When new work lands, the earlier approval is shown standing against the older version rather than quietly carrying forward. Most asset review and approval breaks here, and it breaks silently.
Decisions
Two answers, both permanent.
Every reviewer approves or requests changes, and a request needs a comment, so a no always arrives with its reason. Both are stored against the reviewer's name, the time, and the version in front of them, and neither can be edited or deleted afterwards.
Stages
An asset approval workflow you reuse.
When work has to clear people in a fixed order, name the stages and who signs off on each, then attach that flow to any project. Only the open stage is asked, and it moves on by itself once everyone in it has decided.
Scope
This is not a place to keep your assets.
Worth saying plainly, because two of the tools ranking alongside this page are digital asset managers.
yeses has no library, no tagging and no search across everything you have ever made. It does not hold your finished work, and it is not where your team goes to find last year's campaign.
It does the round before that: the part where a specific file, at a specific version, gets looked at by the people who have to agree to it, and their answers are written down somewhere they cannot later be argued with. If you need the library as well, keep the library and use this for the deciding.
Questions
Asset approval, answered.
Is this a digital asset manager?
No. yeses has no library, no tagging, no search across a back catalogue and no storage of finished work. It handles the round where an asset gets decided on. If you need somewhere to keep and find every asset your company has ever made, a DAM is the right tool and this is not.
What happens to an approval when the asset changes?
It stays on the record and is marked stale, showing the version it was given against. Passed stages stay passed and nobody is re-asked automatically, but a yes on v1 never quietly counts as a yes on v3. That is the single most useful thing here.
Can different assets in one round get different answers?
Yes. Decisions are per asset, so one file can be approved while another is still in changes, and the round does not wait for the slowest item in it.
Do reviewers need an account?
No. Each reviewer gets their own link and decides straight from it, with no sign-up and no password. The link identifies them, so the decision is still recorded against a named person.
What file types and sizes does it take?
Images up to 25 MB and PDFs up to 50 MB. Both take comments pinned to a spot, and a PDF takes them page by page. Video is not supported.
Can I see who approved what, months later?
Yes. Every decision keeps its author, its timestamp and its version, and none of it can be edited or deleted after the fact. An asset review and approval trail is only worth keeping if it is still true later.
How long do our review rounds actually spend waiting?
Longer than most teams guess, and the waiting is the part nobody plans for — the days between sending the work out and the last person replying. Put your own numbers in and see it per project. Try the revision cost calculator.
What does it cost?
There is a free plan, and it runs a whole review from start to finish: one project at a time, unlimited reviewers, the full decision record. Paid plans start at $63 a month billed annually, or $79 monthly, and buy volume rather than the basics. Every account opens with a 30-day trial of Business, takes no card, and never turns into a payment by itself. See the plans.
Know exactly what was approved, and on which version.
Run a round on the free plan and see what the record looks like when it is finished.