Cygnus vs Storyboarder.ai

Cygnus turns screenplays into video sequences with consistent characters across frames, supporting a workflow from initial concept through review and export. The stages cover concept, script, character and location references, storyboard, video, timeline, review, and export. Scripts can be imported from Final Draft, PDF, Fountain, plain text, treatments, or outlines. Reference images are used to maintain character appearances across storyboard frames and clips. Collaborators can comment, annotate, and approve work through shareable review links. Listed exports include Premiere Pro, After Effects, Frame.io, and PDF, plus Premiere XML and EDL. Video generation produces 1–15 second clips at 720p, while extensions add 2–10 seconds to a source video. Cygnus recommends projects of 1–5 minutes, 3–10 scenes, and 8–35 shots; longer work can be divided into acts or sequences. Browser access is available, alongside a notarized macOS app requiring macOS 14 or later. The free plan includes 200 credits per month, two projects, and watermarked 720p exports. Paid plans include commercial-use licensing for generated content.

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.