Celtx vs ftrack Studio

Celtx is cloud-based software for writing, planning and managing media-production projects, including film, television, commercials, documentaries and interactive media. Script editors cover film and television screenplays, stageplays, multi-column audiovisual scripts and game scripts. Story development includes Beat Sheet, Storyboard and Script Goals & Insights; production planning tools cover breakdowns, catalogs, shot lists, scheduling, cast and crew, sides, budgets, call sheets and reports. Users can collaborate in real time with comments, presence awareness, permissions and shareable read-only links. Script revisions, feedback and approvals have a history. The cloud product runs in a browser, while Celtx Screenplay is listed for Windows computers and Android devices; mobile browsers include iPhone Safari support. The free plan allows one project, and the Writer plan supports up to three. Paid Writer billing is $11.24 a month when billed yearly, and a seven-day trial is listed. The maker is based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and was founded in 2000.

ftrack Studio is a platform for shot management, production tracking, scheduling, and media review. Its cloud-based interface supports team management, planning thousands of shots, and creating reports. Teams can map milestones and task dates on timelines and schedule people with a calendar. Configurable views, dashboards, kanban boards, time tracking, comments, and to-do notes support production tracking. For review, users can examine dailies, sketch ideas, and share real-time feedback with colleagues or clients. Publishing an asset with a name already in use creates a new version, and media can be converted to HTML5 video for internal review. Integrations include creative applications such as Foundry Nuke, Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Autodesk Maya, and Cinema 4D. The API supports Python, JavaScript, and cURL. Studio includes 250GB of storage for review media, thumbnails, and metadata. The Studio plan costs $30 a month, billed monthly, with the first 14 days free; no free plan is listed.