Free tools for production teams
Open to everyone, no sign-up. Built by Tubes because the decisions behind a production deserve better data than a spreadsheet and a hunch.
Free Production Health Check
A free 45 minute review of how your production company handles budgets, actuals, forecasting, approvals and reporting. Practical findings and three concrete improvements, no sales pitch.
Film Budget Builder
Free film budgeting software in your browser: start with a template, import an existing budget or start from scratch. Add your costs and the totals stay up to date. Download as Excel, CSV or PDF. No account needed. Prefer a spreadsheet? Get the free film budget template.
Film & TV locations in Europe
Places to shoot and studio space to hire across Europe. Search by what you need, see everything on a map with photos and links, and put up to three locations side by side. Or browse them by country and type of place.
Film & TV budget comparison tool
Load two versions of a budget and see what changed per line, per section and in total, with charts and filters. Nothing is uploaded: the page runs entirely in your browser.
Incentives per country
Production incentives of 32 European countries and regions side by side: headline and net value on your own spend, minimum spend, caps, funding risk and when the money arrives.
Film funds and investors in Europe
Public film funds, regional funds, private film financiers, lenders and tax shelter investors across Europe: what they fund, which kind of money and how to apply, on a map and side by side.
Festival, tradeshows and events
Film festivals, markets, series events and film & TV technology shows across Europe: dates, focus, industry programme and submissions, on a map and side by side.
Studios, production and post-production companies
Hireable studios, production companies and post-production houses across Europe: specialism, services, facilities and credits, on a map and side by side. Find a co-producer, a service company or a grading suite.
Software for media companies
Production management, budgeting, scheduling, accounting, asset management and post-production tools, compared on published facts only. Tubes is in there like everyone else.
The Daily Tubes
The latest film and television headlines, and interesting public posts from across the industry that we come across on LinkedIn. Budgets and financing, streaming, AI in production, festivals and markets.
Plan the production behind the decision
Tubes brings budgeting, planning and cost control together, so a location or country choice becomes a working budget instead of a guess.