Filmlocker

What Filmlocker does

Filmlocker Limited is a London-based, privately held B2B data-storage company founded in 2012 that supplies carbon-neutral, long-term digital-film archiving to the creative media industries. Its platform consolidates fragmented creative assets — film, music, graphics, masters and project folders — from production companies, agencies and brand owners into a single traceable archive accessible to global creative supply chains.

The technology stack combines an S3-compatible cloud layer used for an initial 90-day Archive Storage window with offline long-term storage on two LTO tapes written in LTFS format and physically held in separate geographic locations, delivering durability and disaster-recovery characteristics alongside a reported 99% reduction in carbon footprint versus cloud storage (30kg vs 1,500kg CO2e per 10TB over five years). The product is sold with unlimited seats and projects, no delete fees and no lock-ins beyond a six-month minimum contract, at $105 per TB per year with a 10TB minimum.

Filmlocker's go-to-market is sales-led with a self-serve layer via archive.filmlocker.com, targeting enterprise production buyers. Commercial traction is evidenced by named relationships with MGM, Adidas, British Airways, Wieden+Kennedy and Iris, alongside Sustainable Supplier accreditation from Albert, Ad Green and Ad Net Zero and DPP Security certification. No revenue, funding or ownership data is publicly disclosed; the company operates as an 11–50-person team out of England.

Name

Filmlocker

Legal name

Filmlocker Limited

Website

https://filmlocker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Filmlocker is a London-based, privately held B2B archival-storage company providing carbon-neutral long-term digital-film data storage to production companies, agencies and brand owners via LTO tape and short-term cloud tiers, at $105 per TB per year with a 10TB minimum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Media Archiving & Storage

NAICS

General Warehousing and Storage (493110), Other Warehousing and Storage (49319), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572), Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Media Archive & Cold Storage Services (MPAHAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Media Storage Infrastructure (On-Prem/NAS/SAN/Object Storage) (MPAHAGAE), Tape Storage Systems & Media (LTO, Libraries, Autoloaders) (HDACACAE), Vaulting & Secure Storage Services (Physical Vaults, Cold Storage, Secure Cloud) (MPADAMAK)

Keywords

• Digital-film data storage
• Low-carbon media archiving
• LTO tape archival
• Creative media storage
• Long-term film archive

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Storage Subscription: Annual subscription model at $105 per TB per year, billed monthly. Minimum 10TB storage requirement applies to all projects. Clients are billed for total TBs across entire archive at peak storage within a single month period.
2. Additional Archive Storage: For additional monthly fee, data can remain in Archive Storage on a rolling month-to-month basis beyond the initial 90-day period. Charged at peak storage for the single month within which it is billed.
3. Data Recall/Retrieval Fees: Fees apply per TB for data recalled from Long Term Storage. Data in Archive Storage cannot be downloaded but can be deleted.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Filmlocker supplies secure, carbon neutral digital-film data storage for the creative media industries. The platform provides a centralized archive combining S3-compatible cloud storage for an initial 90-day hold and offline LTO tape (LTFS) storage in two separate geographic locations for long-term archival. Customers create projects, invite global creative teams, and archive completed projects with one click, paying $105 per TB per year with unlimited seats and projects, no delete fees, and no lock-ins.

Product overview

Film Locker is a single unified digital-film data storage platform for creative media industries. It consists of Archive Storage (S3-based cloud storage for initial 90-day holding) and Long Term Storage (LTO tape offline archiving in two geographic locations). The platform enables creative teams to archive projects with unlimited seats and projects, no delete fees, and no lock-ins, all while maintaining a low carbon footprint.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Film Locker Digital-Film Data Storage Platform A secure, low carbon, digital-film data storage platform for production companies, agencies, and brands in the creative media industries. It provides a centralized, traceable archive for completed filmed projects, music, graphics, masters, and project folders, with unlimited seats and projects, no delete fees, and no lock-ins. Delivered as a subscription service combining S3-compatible cloud Archive Storage for initial 90-day retention with offline LTO (LTFS) tape Long Term Storage in two separate geographic locations.
• Historical Archive Digitization and Migration Service A specialist migration service through which the Film Locker team ingests a customer's existing historical archive of legacy hard drives drive-by-drive and project-by-project into the Film Locker online archive, enabling the customer's global organization and creative supply chain to access the legacy content.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% carbon reduction vs cloud storage (30kg vs 1,500kg CO2e per 10TB over 5 years)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AlbertcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlbert is a sustainability organization for the film and TV industry. Film Locker is an Albert accredited Sustainable Supplier, working together to provide low carbon archiving solutions for the media industry.
• Ad GreencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAd Green promotes sustainable practices in advertising production. Film Locker holds Sustainable Supplier accreditation from Ad Green for environmentally conscious archiving.
• Ad Net ZerocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAd Net Zero drives sustainability in advertising. Film Locker is an accredited Sustainable Supplier helping brands meet their net zero commitments.
• GreenshootminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreenshoot is a sustainability consultancy for the media industry. Partnership provides Film Locker with sustainability expertise and industry credibility.
• Green the BidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreen the Bid promotes sustainable practices in commercial production. Film Locker collaborates on sustainable archiving initiatives.
• ANZ (Advertising New Zealand)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANZ and Film Locker collaborated to launch the Hard Drive Pact, a groundbreaking effort aimed at promoting sustainability within the global commercial production industry.
• Wieden+KennedyminorOthersCreative agency Wieden+Kennedy is shown as a client logo on Film Locker's website, indicating their use of Film Locker's storage services.
• IrisminorOthersCreative agency Iris appears as a client logo on Film Locker's website, indicating their use of the storage service.
• AdidasminorOthersGlobal brand Adidas appears as a client logo on Film Locker's website, indicating their use of Film Locker's services.
• British AirwaysminorOthersBritish Airways appears as a client logo on Film Locker's website, indicating their use of the storage service.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Iron Mountain: Iron Mountain operates a global digital and physical records-storage franchise serving highly regulated industries. Its Iron Mountain Digital Services (including Iron Cloud) competes with Filmlocker for enterprise archive mandates at much greater scale.
• Amazon S3 Glacier: AWS Glacier and S3 Deep Archive are the dominant cold-storage offerings used by media companies for low-cost long-term retention. They represent the principal incumbent alternative Filmlocker is positioned against on cost and scale.

Direct peers

• Backblaze: Backblaze offers low-cost cloud backup and B2 cloud storage as alternatives to traditional cloud cold storage tiers. It competes with Filmlocker on per-TB economics for long-term archival use cases, though without media-vertical specialization.
• Spectra Logic: Spectra Logic builds enterprise LTO tape libraries and hybrid storage solutions used widely by media and entertainment for long-term archiving. It competes with Filmlocker on the underlying LTO archival infrastructure layer.
• Wasabi Technologies: Wasabi provides flat-rate S3-compatible hot cloud storage positioned against AWS S3 and Glacier for cost-sensitive archival workloads. It competes with Filmlocker on cloud archive economics, with similar subscription pricing models.
• Object Matrix: Object Matrix provides media-focused object storage (MatrixStore) for broadcasters, post-production houses, and content owners. It is the closest direct competitor to Filmlocker in serving creative-industry archival with specialized media workflow features.
• Pixit Media: Pixit Media provides data storage and management solutions specifically for media and entertainment workflows, including on-prem and hybrid cloud archive offerings. It is a comparable specialist competitor in the media archive vertical.
• Quantum Corporation: Quantum sells LTO tape solutions, object storage, and archive software targeted at media/entertainment, including the StorNext and ActiveScale platforms. It is a comparable direct competitor in media-grade archive infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Cantemo: Cantemo provides media asset management (MAM) software to broadcasters, production companies, and archives. It is an emerging player in adjacent media archive tooling rather than a primary storage competitor.
• CatDV / Square Box Systems: Square Box Systems' CatDV is a media asset management platform with archival capabilities widely used in broadcast and post-production. It overlaps with Filmlocker on archive workflows but is typically deployed alongside, not instead of, primary storage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/film-locker
• Xx.com/film_locker

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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