Script & pre-production software for film and TV
Screenwriting, breakdowns, storyboards and the pre-production paperwork that follows a script. 4 products listed, each recorded from what the vendor publishes itself. Filter and put three side by side in the comparison tool.
How they are delivered
- Cloud 2
- Cloud + desktop 2
The products
Celtx
Celtx Inc. (a Backlight business), Canada · Cloud
Browser-based scriptwriting and pre-production platform (screenplay and AV script editors, story development, breakdowns, shot lists, schedules, budgets and call sheets) developed in St. John's, Canada, and owned by Boston-based Backlight.
Filmustage
Filmustage, Inc., United States · Cloud
Web-based, AI-assisted pre-production platform that generates script breakdowns, shooting schedules, budgets, VFX breakdowns, storyboards and call sheets from an uploaded screenplay, with team collaboration and exports to industry formats.
Final Draft
Final Draft, Inc. (Cast & Crew), United States · Cloud + desktop
Screenwriting software that formats screenplays and teleplays to industry standards, sold as the Final Draft 13 desktop application, the browser-based Final Draft Cloud and the Final Draft Go iOS app, with revision, outlining and collaboration tools.
Scriptation
Scriptation LLC, United States · Cloud + desktop
Script annotation app for film and TV productions that transfers notes and markings between script revisions, with element tagging, lining, sides creation, note layers and cloud syncing on iPad, iPhone and Mac.