Run the whole film production
from one board every department reads.

On one board that follows the production in order: the script and development material, the breakdown and strip board, locations, cast and crew, daily call sheets, then the edit plan, review rounds and deliverables after wrap. In Storyflow the AI builds each document from what is already on the board, and every department opens the same link. The cut stays in an editor, and frame-accurate review in a tool such as Frame.io.

Start from the documents your production must produce and who reads them. Storyflow covers breakdowns, a stripboard and call sheets on one board the crew reads, built by an AI from the script. StudioBinder fits when call sheet distribution with confirmations is essential, Yamdu when an accountant needs time cards and payroll, and Celtx for budgets that track actual costs. Then check how the script gets in, how crew read the plan without accounts, and the full-crew cost.

It is software for the stretch between a greenlit script and the first shoot day: breakdown, schedule, casting, locations, crew, equipment, permits and call sheets. Storyflow handles it on one board, where the AI turns an attached script into breakdown tables, groups scenes into shoot days on a strip board and writes each day's call sheet. StudioBinder and Celtx run the same stages as modules. Production management goes further, into production reports and, in larger suites, payroll.

Budgeting, yes; payroll and accounting, no. Storyflow holds a budget table, not the books: line items with category and currency columns and a live total, which the AI can build from a schedule or a quote on the board. It does not track actuals, run payroll, issue time cards or produce cost reports. For those, Yamdu includes time cards and payroll export, Celtx tracks forecast against actual costs, and larger shows use Movie Magic Budgeting or a production accountant.

No. Frame.io is Adobe's platform for moving and reviewing footage: camera-to-cloud uploads, dailies, asset management, and frame-accurate comments and approvals on cuts. It can store scripts and shot lists as files, but it does not build a script breakdown, a stripboard schedule or call sheets. Productions use Storyflow, StudioBinder, Celtx or Yamdu for that and often run Frame.io alongside: the board holds the plan and the paperwork, and Frame.io holds the footage and the notes on it.

Attach a PDF with a text layer, a Final Draft file or a Fountain script. The AI reports the pages, scenes and speaking parts it read, then builds a scene index and a breakdown of cast, props, wardrobe, vehicles and effects. Ask for a strip board for your shoot days, grouped by location or in script order, and it builds one wall per day with a coloured strip per scene. Drag a strip to move a scene.

Yes. Invite the producer, first AD, department heads and editor to edit the board in real time, and anyone a paid member invites joins free. Day players, cast and location owners who only need to read open a view-only link in a browser with no account, which suits crew hired for a few days. Leaving a comment needs a sign-in. On the Max plan a production company gets a shared team workspace with roles and permissions.

Not yet. Storyflow is paid-only during early access, with plans from $7.99 a month billed annually ($9.99 monthly). A free plan launches before the end of 2026, and anyone a paid member invites to a board joins free, so department heads can edit the production board without each buying a plan. Day players who only read open a view-only link with no account. Compare tools on what each costs once the whole crew is on it.

No. Storyflow writes a Call Sheet PDF for each shoot day from the schedule, cast, crew and locations on the board, laid out to be read on a phone, with blanks wherever a phone number, address or the nearest hospital is missing. You share the PDF or the board link yourself. StudioBinder sends call sheets by email and text with confirmations, and Yamdu sends and tracks them too, so use one of those when every crew member must confirm.

Yes. The canvas is infinite and boards are unlimited, so organization is the limit, not length. Give a feature one board with regions for development, prep, shoot and post, and put large sets of material behind folders, each a board behind a tile. For a series, keep one board per block or episode, with shared locations and recurring cast in tables. The AI splits a long script's breakdown into one table per act or run of scenes.