MarkLayer for Remote Teams
Remote teams review web work over Zoom, with one person screen-sharing and three people pointing vaguely with their cursors at things nobody else can see. MarkLayer fixes that: open the page, share the link, everyone sees each other's cursor, draws on the same canvas, and comments thread on the page itself.
For remote teams, MarkLayer replaces "imagine I'm pointing at this thing" Zoom calls with a shared canvas where every cursor is visible. Annotations persist after the call so async teammates can pick up where the live session left off. No seat limits, no sign-up.
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The problem
Remote design and product reviews lose precision. "Make this thing here a bit smaller" doesn't survive the Zoom-call-to-Jira-ticket translation. Async review threads fragment across Slack, Notion, and email.
Why MarkLayer fits remote and distributed teams
- Live cursors with names. Everyone sees who's pointing at what.
- Same canvas for all participants. No screen-sharing needed.
- Annotations persist after the call. Review notes stay with the page.
- Free with no seat limits. Bring the whole team.
- Works async too. Drop annotations now, teammate reviews tomorrow.
How it works
- Pick the page. Whoever's leading the review opens the relevant page in Chrome.
- Activate and share. Activate MarkLayer, click "Share", and drop the link in your team channel.
- Everyone joins. Teammates open the link. Live cursors show up automatically.
- Annotate together. Draw, comment, point at things. Everyone sees each annotation as it appears.
- Pick up async. Notes and comments stay on the page. Anyone can come back later via the same link.
Frequently asked questions
- How many people can collaborate at once?
- MarkLayer supports real-time collaboration with multiple participants on the same page. There are no seat limits. Invite the whole team.
- Do all participants need the extension?
- Only people who want to create new annotations need the extension. Anyone with the share link can view annotations and reply to comment threads.
- Does it work for distributed teams across timezones?
- Yes. Annotations persist on the share link, so async review works the same as live. Live cursors light up when someone is currently on the page.
- How is this different from Figma multiplayer?
- Figma multiplayer works inside Figma. MarkLayer works on the actual live web product. Staging, production, internal tools, third-party sites. They're complementary.
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Try MarkLayer
Paste any URL at marklayer.app and annotate the live page in your browser. No install, no account, no sign-up. Recipients of your share links don't need to install anything either.
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