Drawstory vs Shai

Drawstory is a web-based AI storyboard tool for scriptwriters, directors, and creative professionals. It can turn a story into a storyboard, comic, or animation, and users can upload scripts and shot lists without writing prompts. Its assistant director analyzes scripts for shots, characters, locations, and camera angles; scripts up to 100 pages are supported. Users can upload characters or choose and customize characters generated from script descriptions. An object remover can remove a selected object or character while preserving the scene. Exports include high-resolution images and MP4, and team collaboration is supported. The free plan provides 10 image generations per month. Top-up costs $16 a month for 50 monthly image generations, while Director is $50 a month for 500. Unlimited costs $150 a month. Enterprise pricing is custom. Drawstory says files are encrypted in transit and at rest, and that scripts and storyboards are not used to train AI models. Users can delete accounts or projects. Paid plans include priority support.

Shai is an online pre-production tool for film and advertising creatives, from script breakdown and storyboards to AI video generation. Upload a script or creative document to generate a storyboard with AI-made images and production details. Shai can also extract a shot table with timing, cast, locations and other details. Users can upload their own images, edit generated outputs, and adjust the breakdown and planning. A storyboard can become a video animatic where users experiment with actions and camera movements; AI video is for premium users. Shai says it connects with different video-generation models. The free access plan covers the first nine storyboard scenes and includes 200 Shai credits for creating and editing images, with no credit card required. Shot lists can be downloaded as PDF or Excel files. Shai says uploaded material, including storylines, characters and dialogue, is not used to train its models or generate similar narrative content, and its terms say users own content created with the service. The web tool requires no local download, but the terms do not guarantee uninterrupted access.