Boords vs Storyboarder.ai

Boords is a web-based video preproduction tool that brings scripts, storyboards, animatics, and client approvals together. Frames can use original artwork, uploaded images, or AI-generated images with consistent characters. Its script editor supports free-form, audio/visual, and screenplay formats, and scripts can be turned into storyboard frames. Clients can use a shared link to comment on frames and approve them or request changes without an account. Storyboards can be timed to voiceover or music; boards export as PDF or image, while animatics export as MP4. Boords also offers a public API and signed webhooks, with Slack notifications, Dropbox, and Google Drive listed as integrations. The free plan is limited to five active storyboards and up to five team members. Paid pricing is listed from $26/user/mo annually. Boords says customer content is not used to train its AI models, and account administrators can disable AI features. It is designed for video and advertising agencies, creative directors, production managers, in-house brand teams, and animation studios.

Storyboarder.ai is a web-based AI pre-production platform for turning scripts or ideas into screenplays, shot lists, storyboards, and animatics. It accepts scripts in PDF, FDX, Fountain, Word, and plain text, and imports shot lists from Excel. The maker describes its AI as keeping characters, locations, and props consistent across storyboard frames. A 3D camera tool lets users orbit, pan, tilt, and zoom scenes to change framing. Exports include shot lists and storyboards as PDF, animatics as MP4, and storyboards as pitch decks. Video 2.0 supports clips up to 15 seconds, and Multi-Cut sequences include built-in audio. The platform is presented for film, commercial, animation, short-film, corporate-content, and documentary workflows. The company says customer scripts, inputs, storyboards, and outputs are not used to train AI models under contractual terms with model providers. Its Trust Center lists GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and SOC 2 Type 2 materials. The free trial limits users to two projects and six shots per project, with watermarked exports and no commercial use. Paid plans include Starter at $45 a month and yearly-billed Starter at $35 a year, billed monthly; the page also shows $69 and a limited-time price note until Oct 31.