Published by Film Logic · Competitor pricing checked 16 September 2026
A StudioBinder alternative
that does not count your editors.
One price for the production, however many people are working on it. Every feature in every plan, no Advanced tier to reach for, and the whole thing editable from a phone. US$19.99 a month, free for thirty days.
Most people arrive here because of seats
StudioBinder's paid plans are sized by how many people can edit. Their pricing FAQ puts it plainly: "Our plans are priced per user (teammates)." Starter is 1 user at $29 a month, Indie 2 at $49, Professional 4 at $99, Agency 10 at $199, Studio 20 at $299.
A production with a producer, a first AD and a coordinator all changing the same schedule is three teammates. Film Logic is US$19.99 a month with as many as the production needs.
What you get
The whole run, from screenplay to shoot day
Import the .fdx or PDF and the scenes, headings and characters come across. Tag the breakdown scene by scene. Drag strips into days, with banners for meals and company moves, page counts and day totals moving as you go, and cast and location availability visible while you schedule rather than in a document you check afterwards. A conflicts report flags what a move disturbed.
Thirteen reports come off that same board: the one-liner, the Hollywood one-liner, the shooting schedule, Day Out of Days, daily category totals, a shooting calendar, breakdown and element reports, cast, set and location directories, and the conflicts report.
Then the shoot day, which is where most prep tools stop. Build tomorrow's call sheet from the day already on the board, send it for approval, distribute it as a PDF and track each recipient through delivered, opened and confirmed. On the day the AD dashboard runs the floor, and Crew Live gives the crew the current scene on a phone with no login and no app.
No tier to reach for
Everything above is in every plan, including the thirty-day trial. There is no Advanced version of the stripboard, no Advanced call sheet, and no feature that appears once you spend more.
On StudioBinder, Stripboards and Call Sheets are in Starter, and the Advanced versions of both begin at Indie. Worth knowing which tier the feature you are testing actually lives in before you compare the two.
The production, on a phone
Not a viewer. The script, the breakdown, the board, availability, the reports, the call sheets and the AD dashboard all run on a phone and are all editable, against the same project. Script Supervisor is the one module that stays on desktop.
StudioBinder's own support centre says they have no iOS or Android app, that the platform is "mobile-responsive on the recipient side", and that "for full project management, we recommend sticking to your computer", naming breakdowns and shot lists specifically.
| StudioBinder | Film Logic | |
|---|---|---|
| People who can edit | Sized by seat: Starter 1, Indie $49 for 2, Professional $99 for 4, Agency $199 for 10, Studio $299 for 20. | Unlimited collaborators on every plan, with roles. |
| Paid entry point | Starter, $29/month, 1 user. | Individual Production, US$19.99/month or US$199/year. |
| Features by tier | Starter includes Stripboards and Call Sheets; the Advanced versions of both start at Indie. | Every feature is in every plan, including the trial. |
| On a phone | No iOS or Android app; mobile-responsive on the recipient side, with a computer recommended for project management. | The production app itself, editable, with Script Supervisor the one desktop-only module. |
| People who only need to look | Collaborators view and comment on specific pages by link, with no account and no seat. | Crew Live is a read-only shoot-day link that opens on a phone with no login. |
| Free option | A Free plan, $0 and described as free forever. | A 30-day trial of everything, no card. No free tier after that. |
| Annual saving | 15% off when billed annually. | US$199/year against US$19.99/month. |
| Breadth | Wider: storyboards, lookbooks, task boards, production calendars and a contacts CRM alongside scheduling. | Narrower and deliberately so: script, breakdown, board, reports, call sheets, AD dashboard, Crew Live, Asset Library. |
| Budgeting | Not included. | Not included. |
| Runs in | A browser. | A browser. |
Try Film Logic if
- Three or more people need to edit the same production and the seat count is what is driving your bill.
- Scheduling is the job, and you want the stripboard, the DOOD and the call sheets without choosing a tier for them.
- You want the shoot day covered as well as prep: tracked call sheet distribution, an AD dashboard and a crew view.
- Someone needs to change the schedule from a location rather than from a desk.
- You want the crew to see the day on a phone without accounts being created for forty people.
- You are shooting episodic and want per-episode scene pools inside one production.
Stay with StudioBinder if
- You want storyboards, lookbooks and task boards in the same tool. We do not have them.
- One person does all the editing, in which case the seat model costs you nothing.
- You need a genuinely free tier rather than a trial.
- You already have projects in it. Nothing here is worth a migration mid-shoot.
Run it yourself
One script, one change, one hour
Both products have a free way in, so do not take either vendor's word for it. Do the same five steps in each and time yourself.
- Bring in a short script with two locations and three characters.
- Break down one scene with a prop, a costume note and an exterior.
- Build two shooting days and produce a cast Day Out of Days.
- Move one scene to the other day, then look at availability, day totals and every report.
- Produce the revised call sheet and share it with one other person who has to be able to change something.
Step five is the one that separates them, because that is where the seat question stops being theoretical.
Before you start: your screenplay imports, your breakdown does not. There is no import path for another application's tagged elements, so a move means redoing the breakdown. On a feature, allow an afternoon, and test on a finished production rather than a live one.
Film Logic
Test it against your own production
Thirty days, every feature, unlimited collaborators, no card. If the seat count is what brought you here, invite three people on day one and see what changes.
Start your free trial →StudioBinder plans, prices and tier contents were read from their public pricing page on 16 September 2026, including the collaborator and teammate definitions in the FAQ on that page, which states: "Our plans are priced per user (teammates)." The mobile quotations come from their support centre article "Is there a mobile or tablet app available?", dated 18 September 2025 and read on 16 September 2026. Prices and features change; check theirs before deciding. Film Logic pricing is on our pricing page.
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