Comparison · Screenwriting

StoryboardCanvas vs. Arc Studio

Arc Studio is a modern screenplay editor with nice outlining tools. StoryboardCanvas is a modern screenplay editor inside a full production suite.

Arc Studio has a beautiful outline and beat-sheet workflow. StoryboardCanvas has a beautiful screenplay editor plus the apps the rest of your crew also needs.

Feature-by-feature

Side by side.

Feature
Arc Studio
StoryboardCanvas
Screenplay editor
Yes
Yes - with full revision mode
Outline and beat sheets
Yes
Yes
Dual dialogue and scene locking
Basic
Full
Breakdown
No
Yes
Schedule
No
Yes
Call sheets
No
Yes
Storyboard
No
Yes
Starting price
$9/mo
£19/mo - outline + script + the production it feeds

Pricing and feature comparison verified November 2025 from each vendor's public pricing page. We refresh whenever a vendor publishes a new tier. Arc Studio pricing: $9-$19/mo.

The verdict

"Arc Studio is cheaper if you only outline and write. StoryboardCanvas is cheaper if your beat sheet ever turns into a shoot - the breakdown, schedule, call sheet, and storyboard all read the same stable scene IDs as the script, so a rename in /script flows everywhere instead of breaking the chain."

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See it for yourself

Step inside a real production, completely free.

Open the actual software on Origin: Ascension, a finished short film, and explore every app exactly as the crew left it. Read the script, walk the boards, open the budget, print the call sheet. Fully read-only, with no sign-up. Nothing you touch is saved.

Try the free demo20 apps · one project file · 0 seconds of setup
No sign-upNo cardNo downloadFully read-onlyNothing you touch is saved
Live demo · Origin: Ascension
The AI Artist app in the free demo, generating an Origin: Ascension storyboard frame in the project's locked house style.
The Draw studio in the free demo, painting over an Origin: Ascension storyboard frame on the GPU canvas.
The Animate app in the free demo, playing back the timed Origin: Ascension animatic.
The Call Sheet app in the free demo, showing a finished Origin: Ascension shoot-day call sheet.

Script · breakdown · boards · animatic · call sheets · budget

The demo is a view-only copy shared for exploration. Some features need a paid subscription to run.

Storyboard Canvas · the complete production suite

The complete script-to-screen suite - start free

Twenty synchronised apps, one project file. Every app on every plan - pick a tier by team size, not features.

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