CELTX ALTERNATIVE
The visual, AI-native way
to plan a production.
Storyflow is a free Celtx alternative built as an infinite AI canvas. Instead of moving between separate script, breakdown, and schedule tabs, you plan the whole production on one board, and the AI builds each piece from a prompt or your script. No download, no credit card.
Free plan
No credit card
One infinite canvas
Used by creative professionals at:
Artlist
Pixar
Nike
Red Bull
The North Face
Porsche
Start from a ready-made template
Pick a board to see what you can build, then let AI fill it in. Every template is a real, editable starting point on the same infinite canvas.
Pre-Production
Pull the brief, script, shot list, and moodboard into one pre-production hub so the whole shoot is planned in one place.
Looking for a Celtx alternative?
Celtx is a long-running, cloud-based pre-production suite. It bundles screenwriting, script breakdown, storyboards, shot lists, scheduling, call sheets, and budgeting into one app, organized as a set of linked documents and tools. For a lot of students and indie crews it is the default all-in-one, but the experience is a stack of separate editors rather than a single visual space, and the fuller features sit behind paid tiers.
People look for a Celtx alternative for a few reasons: they want a genuinely free plan, they want the pieces of pre-production visible together instead of in separate tabs, or they want AI that actually drafts the plan rather than a blank template to fill. That is the gap Storyflow fills for the planning side of a production.
Storyflow is a free AI-native infinite canvas. You describe a project or paste a script and the AI lays out a structured plan, then builds the breakdown, storyboard, shot list, and schedule on the same board, each connected and aware of the others. The whole production is one surface you can see and rearrange, not a folder of documents.
One honest note on scope: Storyflow is a planning and organizing tool, not a screenplay page-formatter or a budgeting spreadsheet. If you need industry-standard script formatting or a full budget, keep a dedicated tool for those. For visual pre-production planning, Storyflow is the faster, free, AI-first option.
HOW IT WORKS
Plan a production in four steps.
No stack of tabs. The AI builds the plan on one canvas.
01
Open a free canvas
Sign up in seconds, no credit card. Your infinite canvas opens in the browser.
02
Describe the project or paste a script
Give the AI a prompt or a screenplay and it lays out a structured plan.
03
Build the pieces
Generate the breakdown, storyboard, shot list, and schedule on the same board.
04
Share and shoot
Invite the crew, share a view-only link, and export any part as a PDF.
One canvas, not a stack of tabs.
The pieces Celtx keeps in separate editors sit together on one board, built and connected by AI.
AI builds the plan from a prompt or script
Start from a real draft
Describe the project or paste a script and the AI lays out the plan, then builds the breakdown, storyboard, and schedule. No blank template to fill.
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Everything on one infinite canvas
See the whole production at once
The breakdown, storyboard, shot list, and schedule live side by side on one board, so you never lose context switching between separate tabs.
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The AI keeps your whole board as context
Change once, stay coherent
Ask the AI to expand a scene or tighten the schedule and it works from the full project, so a change flows through instead of breaking the plan.
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Free plan with no credit card
Genuinely free to plan
Plan as many productions as you want on the free plan, with unlimited boards and no expiry. Paid plans add more AI usage.
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Plan as many productions as you want on an unlimited canvas, with no credit card.
Unlimited boards on an infinite canvas
Basic AI usage to build plans, breakdowns, and storyboards
3 starter frameworks built in
20 file uploads for scripts, PDFs, and references
WHY SWITCH
What Storyflow does that a document suite does not.
Storyflow is an AI-native canvas, so pre-production is visual, connected, and drafted for you.
Visual instead of a set of documents
Plan on a canvas, not in tabs
Everything side by side: The breakdown, storyboard, shot list, and schedule sit together on one board.
Rearrange by dragging: Move scenes, reorder shots, and regroup the schedule visually instead of editing rows.
References in place: Pin moodboard images and frames from YouTube or Vimeo next to the scenes they inform.
AI that drafts, not just stores
The AI builds the plan for you
From a prompt or a script: Describe the project or paste a screenplay and the AI lays out a structured plan.
One piece from another: Build a shot list from the storyboard or a schedule from the breakdown by asking.
Whole-board context: The AI works from your entire project, so changes stay coherent across the plan.
Free and collaborative
A real free plan and shared boards
Free with unlimited boards: Plan as many productions as you want on the free plan, with no expiry.
Real-time collaboration: Invite the crew to work the same board instead of passing files around.
View-only links: Share the plan with clients and stakeholders who should see it but not edit it.
Honest about scope
Where each tool fits
Storyflow plans: It owns visual pre-production planning: breakdown, storyboard, shot list, and schedule.
Keep a formatter for the script: For industry-standard screenplay formatting, use a dedicated writing tool alongside it.
Keep a budgeting tool: Storyflow is not a budget spreadsheet, so pair it with budgeting software when you need one.
Explore templates for your project
Every template opens as a real, editable board on the infinite canvas. Pick the closest fit and make it your own.
Pre-Production
Pull the brief, script, shot list, and moodboard into one pre-production hub so the whole shoot is planned in one place.
HOW WE COMPARE
Storyflow vs Celtx, StudioBinder, and Yamdu.
A fair look at where each fits. Storyflow is the free, AI-native visual canvas for planning.
Storyflow
Recommended
Free plan with unlimited boards
AI builds the plan from a prompt or script
AI uses your whole canvas as context
Storyboard, shot list, and schedule on one canvas
Infinite visual canvas
200+ built-in frameworks
Celtx
Free plan with unlimited boards
AI builds the plan from a prompt or script
AI uses your whole canvas as context
Storyboard, shot list, and schedule on one canvas
Infinite visual canvas
200+ built-in frameworks
StudioBinder
Free plan with unlimited boards
AI builds the plan from a prompt or script
AI uses your whole canvas as context
Storyboard, shot list, and schedule on one canvas
Infinite visual canvas
200+ built-in frameworks
Yamdu
Free plan with unlimited boards
AI builds the plan from a prompt or script
AI uses your whole canvas as context
Storyboard, shot list, and schedule on one canvas
Infinite visual canvas
200+ built-in frameworks
What creators are saying
Join early creators getting structured workspaces and AI that remembers their projects
“Storyflow has sped up my workflow by at least 3x, which means more flow state and more projects I can actually ship. It truly changed the way me and my team create.”
Reilin Joey
Director & YouTuber
“One prompt gets me a structured board. But the tactics are my favorite. I run my YouTube scripts through them and my intros and retention got better. It's amazing.”
Justkay
YouTuber & Freelance Filmmaker
“I used to juggle five apps to plan a project. Now I describe what I am making and get boards, lists, and a schedule. All in one place.”
George
@fernwehchronicles
Celtx alternative, answered.
What filmmakers ask about switching to Storyflow.
For visual pre-production planning, yes. Storyflow puts the breakdown, storyboard, shot list, and schedule on one AI canvas and drafts them from a prompt or script. It is not a screenplay page-formatter or a budgeting tool the way Celtx also is, so if you need those, keep a dedicated tool for them and use Storyflow for the planning.
Plan your production on one AI canvas.
Open a free canvas, paste a script, and let the AI build the plan. Free plan, no credit card.