farmerswife vs Gorilla Scheduling

farmerswife is production management software for media, broadcast, and post-production teams. It combines scheduling, resource management, project tracking, budgeting, time reporting, and invoicing. Teams can schedule people, rooms, equipment, and other shared resources while tracking availability. Financial tools forecast costs and revenue, set rates and discounts, generate invoices, and create customizable reports. Optional modules cover budgeting, media management, equipment tracking, divisions, advanced personnel management, Cirkus collaboration, and third-party financial integration. Listed integrations include Okta, Entra ID/Active Directory/Azure, Octopus, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Navision, QuickBooks, Xero, and SAP. A REST API is available as a licensed paid feature for systems running version 6.4 or later. Its AI assistant can find available people, flag scheduling risks, and answer questions using production data; the maker says data stays in the customer’s environment and permissions are respected. Subscription pricing depends on user count; on-premises purchase pricing is available by contacting farmerswife. The software was founded in 2000, and the maker lists headquarters in Palma de Mallorca and Los Angeles.

Gorilla Scheduling is film production software for screenplay breakdowns, stripboards, shoot days, cast and crew, and production reports. Its online version runs in a browser, supports collaboration, and requires no desktop installation. It can import Final Draft and PDF screenplays, import Movie Magic Scheduling data, and handle Final Draft .fdx imports and exports and Movie Magic .sex exports. Reports include shooting and one-line schedules, Day Out of Days, cast and crew lists, element reports, breakdown sheets, stripboard reports, and calendar reports. Breakdown Assistant AI helps identify and organize screenplay elements for review in the scheduling workflow. Koala Call Sheets uses information in Gorilla Scheduling to create, customize, PDF, email, and distribute call sheets. Online Work Offline mode supports selected breakdown and scheduling edits, which sync when online. The free Online plan has limited features; collaboration and certain reports and exports require a paid plan. Paid offerings include desktop scheduling and budgeting plans. Supported projects can move between Desktop and Online without rebuilding them.