Cineboard vs ShotPro
Cineboard
cineboard.ioShotPro
shotprofessional.comSide by side
| Figure | Cineboard | ShotPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.90/mo | $6.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Storyboard Software | 8.3 (#7) | 7.8 (#14) |
| Exports | Users can export the Storyboard as a PDF and the shooting day as a Paper Schedule. | Users can export project or scene movies at resolutions up to 4K and frame rates of 24, 30 or 60 fps, and print storyboard frames with notes. |
| Purpose | Cineboard is a visual pre-production workspace for directors, cinematographers, and small creative teams. | ShotPro is a previsualization tool used by productions, schools, indie groups and individuals to plan stories and scenes. |
| Support | Support handles product, account, billing, refund, privacy, and safety questions by email and publishes no response-time promise. | The site directs users to contact [email protected] for help and inquiries, including educational discounts and template requests. |
Plans
ShotPro
- ShotPro S Monthly$9.99 a month
- ShotPro Standalone Single license$35, paid once
- ShotPro S 6 Month$44.99, paid once
- ShotPro Standalone Dual license$70, paid once
- ShotPro S Yearly$79.99 a year
In their own words
Cineboard
Cineboard is a web-based visual pre-production workspace for directors, cinematographers, and small creative teams. Moodboard collects reference images, notes, and links on a canvas that users arrange and connect. Storyboard Shot Cards keep images, actions, director notes, and technical details such as lens, camera, shot size, angle, movement, and FPS together. Shooting Plan schedules shots in shooting order while retaining the storyboard’s narrative order, with dates, locations, start times, buffers, and weather and daylight context. Frame Lab can generate and revise frames from character, location, and styling references, but it is optional. Storyboards export as PDF and shooting days as Paper Schedules. Cineboard is desktop-first, works best in current Chrome, Safari, or Edge, and supports iPad for review and light editing. Internet access is required for cloud saving, collaboration, and generation. Plans include a free tier and paid plans from $9.90 a month.
ShotPro
ShotPro is a previsualization tool for planning stories and scenes, aimed at productions, schools, indie groups, and individuals. Projects organize scenes into sequences that users can order, rename, annotate, and build from supplied or custom templates. A 2D mode sets character, camera, and prop movements; 3D mode helps refine a scene's appearance. ProCam controls include aperture, focus distance, ISO, shutter speed, lens size, depth of field, and camera shake. Users can import FBX objects, audio, 3D characters, and images, including images with alpha channels. The timeline supports camera movements and cuts, voiceovers, text, print markers, and face-capture tracks, though some tracks require expansion packs. Movies of projects or scenes can be exported up to 4K at 24, 30, or 60 fps, and storyboard frames can be printed with notes. An iOS-only AR expansion pack overlays 3D objects on a live camera view and records the result. Standalone Single costs $35, paid once for one Mac or Windows machine; ShotPro S Monthly costs $9.99 a month and includes expansion packs.