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VidGate · the approval gate for YouTube channels

Let your editor upload —
without letting them publish.

VidGate gives your editor a workspace instead of your channel. They upload and draft; only your click reaches YouTube.

We onboard new channels in batches while the beta stays invite-only. Already invited? Connect your channel.

Watch it work62 seconds · no sound

One video, start to finish: reviewed, approved, published — then its title changed through the gate.

Free during the beta. Your editor never gets a login to your channel.

Premiere shortcuts — Oct uploadPending review

Your editor proposes

Proposed thumbnail: “Edit 2x faster”

I Edit 2x Faster With These 5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts

New title · new thumbnail

Live on your channel

Current thumbnail: “5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts”

5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts for Faster Editing

Unchanged until you approve

Held at the gate. Try it — nothing reaches YouTube until you approve.

The gapThe reviewThe approvalThe diffThe habitWhat it doesTrustIt takes two

VidGate is an approval-gated collaboration workspace for YouTube channels.

  1. 01

    Your editor drafts and uploads

    Inside VidGate — never on your channel.

  2. 02

    You see what would change

    Their version, beside what is live now.

  3. 03

    Only your click reaches YouTube

    And every push can be rolled back.

YouTube has no “upload, but don't publish” setting.

Every role that can upload can also publish — and can retitle a video that is already live.

Check all seven roles in Google's own table →
What each YouTube role can do without the owner's approval, compared with an editor working through VidGate
Can they…ManagerEditorIn VidGate
Publish a video without asking youYesYesNo
Change a live title or thumbnail without asking youYesYesNo
Delete your published videosYesNoNo
See how much the channel earnsYesYesNo

Sit in your editor's chair.

Pick the access they were given, then press what they could press.

Alex has the Editor role on your channel. Press what an Editor can press.

ARAlex, your editor

Signed in to your channel as an Editor.

This login can

  • Publishyes
  • Edit live videosyes
  • Delete publishedno
  • See revenueyes

Your channel, live on YouTube

  • 5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts for Faster EditingLive
  • Ripple Trim to the Playhead: Q and WLive
  • Ripple Delete, No Gap Left BehindLive

seen on r/youtubers

“Asked whether any permission lets a manager upload videos without being able to publish them — and found out it doesn't exist.”

seen on r/NewTubers

“Revoked a rogue editor's manager access — but too late. The videos were already deleted.”

seen on r/editors

“Their entire approval process: type “REVIEW” into the title, upload unlisted, and hope everyone remembers the rule.”

Paraphrased from public posts in creator and editor communities, quoted as problems — not endorsements.

Feedback with a timecode, not a voice note.

vidgate.vsaasify.com
The cut paused at 0:03 on its title card, with one note from the owner beside it: “Intro runs long — cut straight to the first shortcut.”
The cut paused at 0:33 with a circle drawn around a misspelt caption, and a note: “Typo in the caption: Riple → Ripple.”
The cut paused at 0:52 with three notes in the panel and three markers on the timeline
The same thread with the editor's reply under the first note: “Fixed both in v2 — the intro is two seconds now.”
The second cut selected, paused on the same caption, which now reads “Ripple trim to the playhead”
Five moments of one real review, in the order they happened. The second is the recording.

One approval, for the cut and everything around it.

Your approval locks the exact file, its title and thumbnail, and the privacy setting together. Only that package can go out.

How it works

  1. Editors proposeTitles, thumbnails and cuts — drafted in VidGate, never on your channel.
  2. You review the diffEvery change, side by side with what is live today.
  3. One click pushes liveOnly your approval reaches YouTube, and it can be rolled back.
VidGate's approval panel reading “Release approved — package locked”, naming the exact cut, the title and that it goes live unlisted
A frame of the approved cut

The cutpremiere-shortcuts-v2.mp4

Unlisted

Goes liveUnlisted

5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts for Faster Editing

Title5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts for Faster Editing

The approved thumbnail: “5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts”

ThumbnailAs you approved it

The real approval panel, and the four things it locks.

After it is live, every change is a diff.

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The owner's review screen: the live title in red beside the proposed one in green, description and tags marked unchanged, the live and proposed thumbnails side by side, and two buttons — Approve & Push, and Request changes
The same project after approval, marked Live, showing the new thumbnail, a revision history entry marked Pushed with a “Roll back to this” control, and the activity log
The real review screen for a change to a live video, and the same project after the push.

A review that fits in a train ride.

Your editor submits, you get an email, you approve from your phone.

Approve from your phone

An email when your editor submits. One tap to review it.

The proposed title beside the live one, on a phone-width screenThe same project after approval, marked Live with the new thumbnail

VidGate nowAlex submitted “Premiere shortcuts” for your review

Feedback lands on the frame

Not in a voice note about “that bit around the middle”.

The cut paused at 0:33, with a circle drawn around a misspelt caption0:33“Riple” → “Ripple”

Every push is a rollback point

One click back to any earlier version.

The record builds itself

Who did what, and when.

  1. Pushed to YouTube18:39
  2. Drafted by Alex Rivera18:37
  3. Project created18:37

What VidGate does.

  • Title

    5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts for Faster Editing

    I Edit 2x Faster With These 5 Premiere Pro Shortcuts

    Description (unchanged)

    Tags (unchanged)

    1 change · 2 fields untouched

Google will show you one alarming sentence.

On Google's consent screen
“See, edit, and permanently delete your YouTube videos, ratings, comments and captions.”

That is Google's wording for the narrowest permission that can change a title — YouTube offers no edit-without-delete option. VidGate never calls YouTube's delete endpoint, and you can revoke its access at any time.

What VidGate never does

  • Never gives editors channel access.
  • Never writes to YouTube without your approval.
  • Never touches your revenue, analytics, subscribers, or comments.

The details are in our Privacy Policy.

It takes two. Here are the words for the other one.

VidGate needs both of you, and you are only one. Send the note that fits.

You run the channel — send this to your editorEmail it
I'm trying VidGate for our uploads. You upload the cut and draft the title and thumbnail there; I approve, and it publishes to my channel. You won't need access to the channel, and it's free for editors. https://vidgate.vsaasify.com/?for=editor
You edit — send this to your clientEmail it
I work through VidGate — you keep your channel, you approve everything, and it's free for both of us to start. I upload the cut and draft the title and thumbnail there. Nothing reaches YouTube until you click approve, and I never need access to your channel. https://vidgate.vsaasify.com

For editors: never ask a client for channel access again.

You upload and draft in your own workspace. Your client approves, VidGate publishes. You never touch their channel, and they never have to wonder about you.

Working with a client already? Editor sign-in

  • An email link to sign in. No Google account.
  • Your submissions and approvals, on the record.
  • Free for you, and free for your client to start.

  • Now

    Free during the beta

    The whole pipeline, including video review and publishing.

  • Always

    Titles and thumbnails stay free

    The approval gate for metadata is free forever.

  • Editors

    Editors never pay

    Unlimited editors, none of whom need a Google account.

See what comes after the beta →

Give your editor a workspace,
not your channel.

Join the betaWatch it work62 seconds · no sound

One video, start to finish: reviewed, approved, published — then its title changed through the gate.

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