Cirkus vs Kitsu
Cirkus
cirkus.comKitsu
cg-wire.comSide by side
| Figure | Cirkus | Kitsu |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $35/mo | €1.67/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 9 |
| Spec score · Creative Project Management Software | 8.4 (#10) | 9.0 (#6) |
| Founded | 2018 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Paris, France |
| Integrations | Cirkus lists Zapier integration and REST API access, and its support material describes creating projects, tasks, and bookings through Zapier. | Official developer documentation lists Blender, Toon Boom Harmony, Unreal Engine, Slack, Discord and Mattermost integrations. |
| Privacy | The legal notice says farmerswife applies the GDPR and does not sell personal information or use it for profiling or automated decisions. | CGWire says it will never sell personal data and is willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement when required. |
| Purpose | Cirkus is a project management platform for video production teams, covering crew scheduling, resource management, and task tracking from pre-production to final delivery. | Kitsu is a collaboration and production-tracking platform for animation, VFX, and game studios. |
| Support | Pro includes email support, Enterprise includes priority support, and Cirkus provides a support knowledge base and ticket submission. | The pricing page lists support tiers with response times under 48, 24, or 12 hours for Agency, Production, and Studio plans respectively. |
Plans
Kitsu
- Self-hostedFree
- Agency€20 a month
- Agency€20 a year
- Production€30 a year
- Production€30 a month
- Studio€35 a month
- Studio€35 a year
- Artist Schools€3,999 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Kitsu
Kitsu is a collaboration and production-tracking platform for animation, VFX, and game studios. Teams can schedule tasks, assign work to artists, balance workloads, and follow production progress through dashboards and an activity feed for subscribed tasks. Its review tools arrange shots and assets into playlists and keep preview versions available for comparison. Kitsu also tracks asset versions, related tasks, and progress, with a library for reusing assets. Budget forecasting and artist time tracking cover assets and shots. Access options include web, Linux, API, and self-hosting. The REST API has Python and JavaScript tools and a command-line interface; listed integrations include Blender, Toon Boom Harmony, Unreal Engine, Slack, Discord, and Mattermost. The self-hosted AGPL edition requires customers to manage infrastructure, backups, monitoring, security, and upgrades. Paid cloud plans start at €20/user/mo (annual), and the 14-day trial includes all features and unlimited users, but uses low-end hardware unless a stronger setup is arranged.