Celtx vs Talymo

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.

Talymo is production management software for AV and event teams, bringing job planning, gear tracking, crew access, and callsheet generation together. A job can contain dates, location, client brief, crew, equipment, checklist, and callsheet. The gear library records each item’s serial number, status, and location, and checks for overlapping job dates when gear is assigned. QR codes support equipment checkout and return through a mobile-friendly workflow. Callsheets are built from job data and can be shared by link or downloaded as PDFs. Reusable Smart Bundles group equipment into kits, with their contents checked for conflicts. Jobs show a live readiness status—Ready, Missing Items, or Not Ready—based on gear availability and checklist completion. Internal team members can edit; freelance crew can have view-only access. Talymo says it permanently logs every action on each asset. It is aimed at production companies, rather than equipment rental businesses, and runs on Android, iOS, and the web.