StudioBinder covers pre-production, from the script to the call sheet. ProProduction covers the same ground and carries it onto the set and into the budget. Here’s where each one is stronger.
You want pre-production paperwork in one subscription: a full script writer with two-column AV scripts, lookbooks and task boards, a call sheet builder with templates and texting built in, and a tool many crews have already used.
You want the plan to carry onto the set: a live board everyone follows, takes and clip names, check-in and camera control. You also want a budget, lighting setups and frames drawn for your camera, at a lower price for a small team.
| Area | ProProduction | StudioBinder |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Yes Imports PDF, Word, Final Draft, Fountain and plain text. Write new drafts with revision colors, break down with the usual 8 categories plus your own, print sides, a lined script and breakdown sheets, and export Final Draft or Fountain. No two-column AV scripts, and no dual dialogue when writing. | Yes Imports PDF, Final Draft, Fountain and text (Free imports half a script). A writer with revision colors and a title page designer, two-column AV scripts with run times, breakdowns with custom categories, and sides. Scripts export as PDF or StudioBinder’s own file; Final Draft or Fountain export isn’t listed. |
| Shot list and storyboards | Yes List, Board and Grid views. Frames drawn, built from a reference library or shot on your phone, on the gate of your actual camera (108 bodies, 268 lens series). Up to 4 cameras a shot. CSV in and out, and PDF. | Yes Shot lists with size, movement, lens, frame rate and angle, storyboards from uploaded images, and an image editor for text, shapes and arrows (Indie and up). CSV and PDF out. Freehand drawing isn’t listed. |
| Setups and floor plans | Yes Top-down lighting plans with each camera’s real field of view, 269 fixtures and 129 modifiers, buildings and set pieces to scale, and a gear list PDF. | No Overhead diagrams and floor plans aren’t listed. Setups are groups of shots within a shot list. |
| Scheduling and strips | Yes Days planned against a 12-hour day, a stripboard, units, day types, a one-liner and shooting schedule, and a cast day out of days. No import from Movie Magic or other schedulers. | Yes Stripboards with day breaks, banners and auto-scheduling, schedule versions (Professional), a one-liner and day out of days. PDF and CSV. |
| Call sheets | Yes A personal sheet for each person, sent by email or link, now or scheduled. Opened and Confirmed for each person, updates only to the people whose details changed, attachments, and Text from your own phone. Weather and the nearest ER are US only, and there are no saved layouts. | Yes Email and text with no text fee from StudioBinder (texting isn’t in every country). Viewed, confirmed or dropped for each person. Attachments up to 10 MB a sheet on paid plans. Templates and autofill from the schedule on Professional. |
| Crew and contacts | Yes Crew and cast never pay and don’t need an account. CSV and vCard import, holds and pencils, rates, deal memos signed from a link, and job posts. No timecards. | Yes Collaborators are free and don’t need an account. They can’t create or send call sheets, and they can edit only on Professional. Contacts with rates, and messaging on Indie and up. |
| Locations and scouting | Yes Script places tied to real locations, with permits, parking and the nearest ER. Scout photos from a phone record where you stood and which way you faced. | Yes Locations with addresses, parking, contacts, scouting notes, lookbooks and approvals. Phone scout photos with where they were taken aren’t listed. |
| Budget and expenses | Yes Templates or your own chart of accounts, labor from bookings, fringes, purchase orders, approvals, floats, and costs and receipts logged from a phone. Reports and CSV for the accountant. Paid plans only, with no link to accounting software. | No Not built in. Their help center offers a Google Sheets budget template. |
| On set | Yes A live board with ahead or behind and a wrap estimate, takes with clip names and circled takes, QR check-in, and day reports. Camera control for 31 ARRI, RED, Canon and Blackmagic bodies through a Mac on set. | Partly Check off shots from a phone as you go. Live timing, a take log, check-in and camera control aren’t listed. |
| On a phone | Partly Everything opens in a phone browser, and crew need no app or account. There’s no app to install, a page has to be open to keep working offline, and Strips and schedule editing are for a computer or tablet. | Partly Call sheets and shot lists in a phone browser. No app found in the App Store or Google Play. |
| Teams and permissions | Yes Studio for up to 10 people, and Organizations with teams, leadership access, 7 roles plus custom roles, view as, share links and your own web address. Single sign-on with Microsoft, Google, Okta or any OpenID Connect provider on Organization and Enterprise. | Yes Admins and members. Enterprise adds workgroups, an admin console, SSO on request, your own subdomain and branding. |
| Imports, exports and connections | Partly Calendar feeds for Apple, Google and Outlook. CSV, PDF, Final Draft, Fountain and Avid ALE files. No public API, Zapier, Slack or cloud drive connections. | Partly PDF nearly everywhere, and CSV for contacts, shot lists, storyboards, the stripboard and elements. Calendar feeds, Zapier and a public API aren’t listed. |
| Free plan | Yes One project with up to 50 shots and no time limit. Call sheets go by link only, with no PDFs or camera control. | Partly Free with no time limit: 1 project, 10 shots, 10 contacts, 5 locations and half an imported script. Call sheets go only to yourself. |
| Your data and leaving | Partly PDFs and CSVs of most things, plus a project archive file you can restore here (paid plans, and it doesn’t hold images). No one-click export of everything. Cancel and you’re on Free with nothing deleted. Deleting your account is self-serve, and it’s kept for 30 days in case you change your mind. | Partly Export document by document as PDF or CSV. A whole-account export isn’t listed. Deleting your account means emailing support. Their terms leave you owning your content and give StudioBinder a perpetual license to it. |
| AI | Partly Off unless you add your own Anthropic key, and we don’t train AI on your work. Today it suggests a day’s shot order. | No None listed. |
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StudioBinder prices by teammate: each plan includes a set number of users, and collaborators are free. ProProduction includes one person on Individual, three on Studio and five on Organization, and cast and crew are always free.
As listed on October 27, 2026. See StudioBinder's current prices. Yearly billing saves 15%. Extra users on Starter, Indie and Professional are $25 a month each, per their help center.
US dollars, plus sales tax where it applies. Crew and collaborators join free on every plan. Compare our plans
StudioBinder exports most things as PDF or CSV. Here’s where each one goes.
Comparisons are based on public information as of October 27, 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us.
It's free for one project, from the script to the live board, and you don't need a card. Crew never pay.