Drawstory vs Storyboarder.ai

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.

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.