SIMPLE STORYBOARDING TOOL
You do not need
to draw.
Storyboarding tools come in two unhelpful shapes: production suites with scene numbering, script import and a week of setup, or drawing apps that assume you can draw. Most people who need a storyboard need neither. They need to describe a sequence and see it laid out in order so they can move things around. Plans start at $7.99 a month billed annually.
From $7.99/month annual
200+ Tactics
Free plan coming 2026
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.
Mind Map
Branch one central idea out into themes and sub-points, then drag the connections around until the structure makes sense.
What is a simple AI tool for storyboarding?
One that gets you to frames in order without a production pipeline. The point of a storyboard is to test whether a sequence works before it costs anything to find out, and that test only needs enough visual specificity to see the shape. Anything past that is production tooling, and for a two-minute video or a pitch it is overhead that stops the board getting made at all.
The two common tools both fail this in different ways. Full production suites are built for crews and carry scene numbering, script import, shot metadata and export formats you will not use, which is correct for a feature and wrong for a social spot. Drawing apps assume the bottleneck is rendering, when for most people the bottleneck is that they cannot draw and will not learn to for one video.
The honest limit of the AI version is worth stating. Generated frames are for blocking a sequence, not for a finished board a crew shoots from. They are good enough to see that a scene needs two shots rather than four, and not good enough to be an art department's reference. If you need beautiful frames, hire a storyboard artist, and use this to work out the sequence first.
Storyflow lays frames out on an infinite canvas so reordering is dragging, keeps your own reference images beside generated ones, and includes 200+ Tactics with shot and sequence structures. The AI reads the whole active board plus up to three attached Tactics, five documents and three boards, so it can draft from a script you upload. Image generation is on the Pro and Max plans. Plans start at $7.99 per month billed annually, with a free plan before the end of 2026.
HOW IT WORKS
Describe, lay out, reorder, share.
Four steps, and none of them are learning a suite.
01
Describe the scene
In ordinary language, or upload the script. Nothing needs to be formatted first and there is no scene numbering to set up.
02
Get frames in order
The sequence laid out on the canvas as cards, which is the thing you actually need in order to judge whether it works.
03
Reorder by dragging
Move a frame and read the sequence again. Testing a cut by rearrangement is the entire reason storyboards exist.
04
Share it read-only
A view-only link to a client or a director, who can see the sequence without an account and without moving anything.
Four things that keep it simple.
Mostly by leaving things out.
No drawing needed
Describe it instead
Frames from a description or a script, so the board gets made by the person who knows the sequence rather than by whoever can draw.
See the AI storyboard generator →
Reordering is the feature
Drag to test a cut
An infinite canvas means the sequence has no page breaks, so moving a shot and rereading the flow costs nothing.
See the storyboard maker →
Mix in real references
Your frames beside generated ones
A photograph, a still or a location shot can sit in the sequence, which is often clearer than anything generated.
See moodboarding →Nothing to set up
No suite to learn
No scene numbering, no shot metadata schema and no export pipeline. For a short piece those are the reasons boards never get made.
See text to storyboard →Plans from $7.99/month annual. Free plan coming late 2026.
Unlimited boards and 200+ Tactics on Plus, Pro and Max. AI image generation on Pro and Max. Free plan before the end of 2026.
Unlimited boards on an infinite canvas
200+ tactics including shot and sequence structures
AI image generation on Pro and Max
View-only links for clients and directors
WHY BOARDS DO NOT GET MADE
Four reasons a sequence goes unstoryboarded.
Every one of them is a setup cost rather than a creative problem.
Reason one
The tool is built for a crew
Correct for a feature: Scene numbering, script import and shot metadata are genuinely needed when thirty people shoot from the board.
Overhead for a short: For a two-minute video the setup exceeds the value, so the board gets skipped and the sequence is worked out on the day.
Start with nothing configured: Open a canvas and describe a scene. No project structure to define before the first frame exists.
Reason two
Drawing is the wrong bottleneck
The sequence is the thinking: Knowing you need a wide then two closes is the decision. Rendering it is a separate skill and often a separate person.
Non-artists skip the step: People who cannot draw usually do not storyboard at all, so the sequence is never tested before it is shot.
Rough frames are enough: Blocking only needs enough specificity to see the shape, which is exactly what generated frames provide.
Reason three
Boards that cannot be rearranged
Fixed grids fight the edit: A board locked to a page layout makes reordering a rebuild, so the sequence is rarely tested more than once.
Moving is how you judge: Whether a cut works is answered by putting the shots in a different order and reading it again.
No page breaks: On an infinite canvas the sequence is continuous, so a frame can move without anything else being redrawn.
Reason four
Expecting a finished board
Two different artifacts: A blocking board tests the sequence. A presentation board sells it. Confusing them makes the first one never get made.
Generated frames are for blocking: They show that a scene needs two shots rather than four. They are not an art department reference, and should not be sold as one.
Then hire the artist: If you need a beautiful board, work out the sequence here first so the artist draws the right shots.
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.
Mind Map
Branch one central idea out into themes and sub-points, then drag the connections around until the structure makes sense.
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
Simple storyboarding, answered.
Including what generated frames are not good for.
Storyflow lets you describe a scene, or upload a script, and get frames laid out in order on an infinite canvas where reordering is dragging. There is no scene numbering, shot metadata or export pipeline to configure, which for a short piece are the reasons a board never gets made. Image generation is on the Pro and Max plans.
Get the sequence down today.
Describe the scene, see the frames, drag them into order. Plans from $7.99 a month billed annually.