StudioBinder Alternatives for Breakdowns and Call Sheets

StudioBinder still works. It is a browser-based production tool that covers screenplays, script breakdowns, stripboard schedules, shot lists, storyboards and call sheets. Its pricing page on November 6, 2026 lists a free plan and six paid tiers, starting at $29 a month for one user.

The free plan is why most people search for a replacement. StudioBinder's help center caps it at one project, active or archived, and free call sheets can only be sent to yourself. Adding a second person to Starter costs another $25 a month, according to the Starter plan article.

The eight picks below cover the same jobs, from all-in-one planners to single-purpose apps for call sheets, shot lists or storyboards. If you need to read and mark up script revisions on a tablet, our Scriptation alternatives page fits better.

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Quick comparison

Celtx

Celtx is the nearest one-for-one match. A project starts at the script and carries through breakdown, cast and crew lists, a schedule, a budget, call sheets and production reports. Budgeting is the main thing it adds, since StudioBinder's plan comparison has no budget module.

Plan choice matters more than with most tools. The free plan and the Writer plan are writing tools only. Writer Pro adds beat sheets, storyboards, shot lists and talent sides, with production planning sold on top. The Team plan bundles both for 3 to 15 members and adds private projects, per the pricing page. Celtx is now part of Backlight.

Best for: Small teams that want the script, schedule, budget and call sheets inside one browser project.

Pricing:

• Free: 1 seat, 1 project, no story development or production tools
• Writer: $14.99 a month, up to 3 projects (25% off billed yearly)
• Writer Pro: $24.99 a month, or $18.74 a month billed yearly; unlimited projects; production planning is an optional add-on
• Team: priced by member count from 3 members; the page showed $59.99 a month for 3, or $44.99 a month billed yearly

Watch out for:

• The pricing table marks breakdown, schedule, budget and call sheets as an optional add-on for Writer Pro, and the free and Writer plans have none of them.
• The Team price moves with the seat count you pick on the page, so get a quote for your exact crew size.

Official site: Celtx. Our listing: Celtx.

Filmustage

Filmustage reads an uploaded script and tags it with AI, then builds a shooting schedule with day out of days reports, a budget, call sheets, shot lists and storyboards from it. It runs in the browser and exports PDF, Excel and Movie Magic files (MMS and MMB). An October 2026 release roundup added Movie Magic import and a no-script project type.

For the free-alternative search, this is the strongest answer. The free plan keeps one active project with manual breakdown, scheduling with conflict checks, call sheets and location management. The AI tags only a fifth of the scenes until you pay, so you do the rest by hand.

Best for: Indie producers who want a free plan that still produces a schedule and call sheets.

Pricing:

• Free: $0, 1 active project, AI breakdown on 20% of scenes, 100 welcome coins
• Director's Cut: from $49 a month, or $408 a year billed annually; 1,000 coins per billing cycle; unlimited active projects
• Enterprise and Academic: contact sales

Watch out for:

• AI features spend coins, and a project built with full AI breakdown needs an active Director's Cut plan to open again, per the pricing page. Manual projects stay open on Free.

Official site: Filmustage.

Studiovity

Studiovity is the cheapest paid all-in-one here, and the only all-in-one in this list with iOS and Android apps next to the web app. The Productions plan bundles screenwriting, AI script breakdown, scheduling with DOODs, a call sheet generator, budgeting, shot lists, storyboards, a production calendar and department management.

Commitment changes the price a lot. Month to month it is $20. Six months works out to $14 a month and a full year to $10 a month, both through promo codes printed on the pricing page.

Best for: Two-person crews who want breakdowns, schedules and budgets on a phone as well as a laptop.

Pricing:

• Monthly: $20 a month, no commitment
• Semi-annual: $84 for 6 months ($14 a month) with code STUDIO-6M
• Annual: $120 a year ($10 a month) with code STUDIO-12M
• Each plan lists 2 team members

Watch out for:

• Every Productions plan on the pricing page lists 2 team members, so a bigger crew needs to ask about seats.
• The $14 and $10 rates are labelled special offers tied to promo codes and could change.

Official site: Studiovity.

Yamdu

Yamdu covers more of a production than StudioBinder does. Next to AI-suggested breakdowns, stripboard scheduling, DOOD reports and tracked call sheets, it adds budgeting, CO2e budgeting, time cards and a shared media space with watermarking and permissions. The site also lists an API, an MCP server and Zapier, Slack and Google Calendar integrations, and says the platform is GDPR compliant on Microsoft Azure.

For one person it is pricey. Flex is $45 a month for 1 user and 1 project. A company running several shows gets more from Studio, which includes 10 users and unlimited projects.

Best for: Production companies that want budgets, media files and call sheets in one shared workspace.

Pricing:

• Flex: $45 a month, 1 user (+$22 per extra user a month), 1 project (+$45 per extra project), 25 GB
• Studio: $199 a month billed annually, 10 users (+$9 per extra user a month), unlimited projects, 25 GB
• Signature: price on request
• Free trial; sponsored plan for students

Watch out for:

• Each extra project on Flex adds $45, per the pricing page, so three short films at once cost as much as three subscriptions.
• Studio includes the same 25 GB of storage as Flex, which is thin for a company sharing media files.

Official site: Yamdu.

Movie Magic Scheduling

Movie Magic Scheduling from Entertainment Partners is the long-running standard for stripboard schedules. The new version, which users on EP's forum call MMS 10, adds a split calendar and board view, real-time collaboration, sub-boards for second units, multi-episode schedules and a Red Flag Manager for conflicts.

It is desktop software for Windows or macOS, and it schedules. Breakdown elements link to script revisions and can flow into Movie Magic Budgeting, but call sheets, shot lists and storyboards need another app. Filmustage can import its schedules, and SetHero can export its data to Excel.

Best for: ADs and line producers who schedule on a desktop and hand elements to Movie Magic Budgeting.

Pricing:

• New Movie Magic Scheduling: $42.99 a month, billed monthly
• Annual plan: $24.99 a month, billed yearly ($299.88) with a 12-month commitment
• Movie Magic Scheduling 6: $489 one-time fee

Watch out for:

• On EP's Production Lot forum, a working assistant director says MMS 10 is "Nothing like MMS 6" and complains about rigid formatting.
• The store pages list no browser version. You pick a Windows or macOS download after purchase.

Official site: Movie Magic Scheduling. Our listing: Movie Magic Scheduling.

SetHero

SetHero takes one job from StudioBinder's list and goes deep on it: call sheets. You build them, send them by text, email or PDF, and track delivery. Cast and crew contacts and production reports sit alongside. There is no script breakdown or stripboard, and its only scheduling feature is a Movie Magic export to Excel.

Billing is per company or per project, never per user, says the help center. Subscription tiers scale by people and shooting days per project, and a single project can be paid for once instead. Students enrolled at a school can use it free.

Best for: Commercial and corporate producers who schedule elsewhere and want tracked call sheets.

Pricing:

• First project free: up to 75 cast and crew and 5 shooting days
• Starter: $19 a month (5 projects a year, billed monthly), up to 30 people and 4 days per project
• Pro: $49 a month, up to 65 people, 8 days and 5 admins per project
• Studio: $129 a month, up to 125 people, 12 days and 12 admins
• Yearly billing saves 25%; extra capacity is $1 per person and $8 per day

Watch out for:

• Starter caps each project at 30 people and 4 shooting days, per the pricing page. A 10-day short already needs Studio or paid extra days.

Official site: SetHero.

Shot Lister

Shot Lister replaces the shot list and shooting order part of StudioBinder and puts it on an iPhone, iPad or Mac. Pro adds unlimited projects, crew sync for up to 10 people, storyboards, script import, episodes and Apple Watch support.

Pro also syncs with Scriptation, which helps if your director or cast mark up scripts there. Our Scriptation alternatives page covers that side of the job. Studio tiers raise crew sync to 80 people and add video boards and enforced two-factor sign-in.

Best for: Directors and 1st ADs who want the day's shots on a phone during the shoot.

Pricing:

• Free download with limits
• Pro: $15.99 a month or $99.99 a year
• Studio: $24.99 a month for 10 users, $44.99 for 20, $64.99 for 40, $94.99 for 80

Watch out for:

• Paid tiers are in-app subscriptions only. The site lists "create more than two projects" as a Pro feature, which suggests the free version stops at two.
• The download links on the site point to the App Store for iOS and macOS.

Official site: Shot Lister.

Boords

Boords is a storyboard tool. Scripts and boards sit side by side, frames can be generated with AI, and every paid plan allows unlimited storyboards and scripts. Higher tiers mostly add seats and AI image credits.

Use it in place of StudioBinder's storyboard and mood board work, not the whole app. Its plan list has no breakdowns, schedules or call sheets. Paying yearly cuts the price by about a third.

Best for: Agencies and directors whose main deliverable is the storyboard.

Pricing:

• Free: 5 active storyboards, 3 active scripts, 8 sample AI image credits
• Solo: $39 a month, or $26 a month billed yearly; 1 user; 250 AI images a month
• Pro: $75 a month, or $50 billed yearly; up to 5 users
• Team: $125 a month, or $85 billed yearly; up to 10 users
• Agency: $250 a month, or $165 billed yearly; up to 30 users
• 30-day money-back guarantee

Watch out for:

• The free plan stops at 5 active storyboards and 3 scripts, per the pricing page.
• Call sheets, breakdowns and schedules need a second tool.

Official site: Boords.

How to choose

When to stay with StudioBinder

Keep StudioBinder if you use most of it. Few tools here put a screenplay editor, two-column AV scripts, breakdowns, shot lists, storyboards and call sheets under one login, and the Professional plan at $99 a month covers 4 users and unlimited projects. It holds 4.6 stars from 8 reviews on Capterra, though an August 2026 review mentions lag when dragging items.

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