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What each one costs
| Plan | StudioBinder | Users and storage |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Test-drive of pre-production |
| Starter | $29 a month | 1 user, 50 GB |
| Indie | $49 a month | 2 users, 75 GB |
| Professional | $99 a month | 4 users, 100 GB |
| Agency | $199 a month | 10 users, 200 GB |
| Studio | $299 a month | 20 users, 400 GB |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
Billed monthly, checked November 2026. StudioBinder saves 15% billed annually.
Cutvey plans: Solo $49, Pro $99 and Studio $199 a month, or $29, $59 and $119 a month billed yearly. Every plan has every stage of the job. Plans differ by people, projects, storage and limits.
Set side by side, Cutvey Pro at $99 a month has 5 people and 500 GB, and Cutvey Studio at $199 a month has 20 people and 2 TB. Both include the client side StudioBinder leaves to other tools.
Where StudioBinder is strong
Writing and prep. It has a real screenplay editor with revision colors, AV scripts, script breakdowns, stripboards, sides, storyboards and lookbooks, and call sheets that can fill from the schedule. It is built with narrative film and episodic TV in mind. Its blog and free templates are where a lot of people first learn what a call sheet is.
If you are shooting a 40-day feature with scene-level breakdowns, that depth is the reason to pay.
The gap: it plans productions and stops at the business
For a commercial company the shoot sits in the middle of a business transaction. Somebody inquired, got a proposal, signed it and paid a deposit before anyone wrote a shot list. Somebody has to review cuts, invoice the balance and deliver files after wrap. StudioBinder's plans include a contacts database, messaging and documents, and none of that sends a proposal or takes a payment.
That is why a studio on StudioBinder also pays for HoneyBook or Dubsado, Frame.io and a delivery tool, and types the same project into each.
Cutvey's premise is that the hand-offs are the product. The signed proposal opens the project, the call sheet fills from the crew you booked, the approved cut raises the final invoice, and the delivery opens once it is paid.
Side by side
| Job | StudioBinder | Cutvey |
|---|---|---|
| Screenwriting | Yes | No, import Final Draft, Fountain or PDF |
| Shot lists and storyboards | Yes | Yes |
| Script breakdown and stripboard | Yes, deep | Yes: eleven categories, stripboard, day out of days |
| Call sheets | Yes, with tracking | Yes, with one-tap confirm, and new copies only to people whose sheet changed |
| Moodboards | Lookbooks | A canvas with client reactions and approval |
| Production contacts | Yes | Crew roster with rates, unavailable days and W-9s |
| Crew timecards and overtime | No | Yes (not payroll) |
| Proposals and e-signature | No | Yes |
| Invoices and online payment | No | Yes, on your own Stripe |
| Timecoded client review | No | Yes |
| Delivery held until the balance is paid | No | Yes |
| Project budget, cost report, margin | No | Yes |
Prices checked November 2026 on each seller's own pricing page. Features checked November 2026 where a source is named, and from their published pages otherwise. Their sites are the source of truth.
One shoot day, both ways
The call sheet is where the two are closest, so start there. Both fill a sheet from your plan. Both send it, and both show you who has seen it. StudioBinder gives you more control over the layout, and more templates to pick from.
Where they split is the day before and the week after. A location moves at 9 PM. In Cutvey you change it and press send, and only the people whose sheet changed get a new copy, so the camera department does not lose sleep over a catering note. After wrap, the same crew list becomes the cost on the job: each day's booking counts as a cost until that person's invoice is approved, and timecards with overtime land on that invoice.
In StudioBinder the call sheet is the end of the line. The crew's rates, their invoices, what the job actually cost and what the client still owes live somewhere else. If a production accountant runs that side for you, this does not matter. If the person making the call sheet is also the person chasing the deposit, it matters every week.
When to choose StudioBinder
- You write scripts in it. Cutvey has no screenwriting.
- You run scripted features or episodes, where a long board and revision colors matter every day.
- Your money runs through a studio or a production accountant, and you only need prep.
- A free plan covers what you need.
Where Cutvey falls short
The stripboard is built for commercial and documentary schedules. There are no sides and no revision colors, so a long narrative shoot will outgrow it. There is no free plan for a studio, though crew are free. Most crew will not have seen its call sheet yet, though it opens from a link with no account.
Using both, or moving over
Add your crew, set their rates, and build one project. There is no crew CSV import, so the roster goes in by hand, once. If you have a scripted job on StudioBinder, let it finish there. Import the script for your next job from Final Draft, Fountain or PDF.
Frequently asked
Can Cutvey replace StudioBinder for call sheets?
Yes for most commercial work. Sheets carry the schedule, the location, contacts, the forecast, sunrise and sunset and the nearest hospital, and each person confirms with one tap. How the call sheet works.
How does pricing compare?
StudioBinder's Professional and Cutvey Pro are both $99 a month on monthly billing. Cutvey has 5 people to StudioBinder's 4 and five times the storage, and it adds the client and money side. StudioBinder has screenwriting and deeper scripted scheduling.
More on this: StudioBinder alternatives, call sheet software.