FunctionFox vs Kitsu
FunctionFox
functionfox.comKitsu
cg-wire.comSide by side
| Figure | FunctionFox | Kitsu |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12.75/mo | €1.67/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 9 |
| Spec score · Creative Project Management Software | 8.8 (#8) | 9.0 (#6) |
| Company size | LinkedIn lists FunctionFox as a privately held company with 11–50 employees. | LinkedIn lists CGWire as a privately held information-technology company with 2–10 employees. |
| Founded | LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 2001. | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Paris, France |
| Integrations | The company says teams can connect FunctionFox to other tools through Zapier integrations. | Official developer documentation lists Blender, Toon Boom Harmony, Unreal Engine, Slack, Discord and Mattermost integrations. |
| Praise: usability | Reviewers commonly praise straightforward time entry, quick onboarding and an interface that is easy to learn after setup. | AlternativeTo displays six five-star comments praising Kitsu as simple, lightweight, efficient and easy to use. |
| Purpose | FunctionFox provides web-based tools for creative teams to improve productivity and profitability. | Kitsu is a collaboration and production-tracking platform for animation, VFX, and game studios. |
| Support | FunctionFox reports an average support response time of less than one hour and provides free customer support and onboarding. | The pricing page lists support tiers with response times under 48, 24, or 12 hours for Agency, Production, and Studio plans respectively. |
| Time tracking | Users can record billable or non-billable time with a stopwatch or manual timesheet entry. | Artists can record time, with aggregated time views for assets and shots. |
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
FunctionFox
FunctionFox is a web-based work and financial management platform for creative teams. It brings together time tracking, budgets and billing, retainers, reporting, project management, and resource forecasting. Users can record time with a real-time stopwatch or manual entry. Project tools include to-do lists, Gantt charts, board views, calendars, recurring tasks, and automated reminders; resource and campaign planning are also listed. The mobile app runs on iOS and Android, and web access is available. Zapier integrations connect FunctionFox with other tools. Its In-House platform adds custom request forms that create projects automatically and can send email notifications. Plans include 10GB of file management storage, with additional storage available at extra cost. FunctionFox offers free customer support and onboarding, and reports an average support response time of less than one hour. It has a free trial but no free plan. Listed monthly prices are Classic at $12.75 a month, Premier at $19.25 a month, and In-House at $44 a month; each has a three-user minimum and unlimited clients and projects.
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.