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Comparison · 3D Previs / Storyboarding

StoryboardCanvas vs. FrameForge

FrameForge builds camera-accurate 3D previs on the desktop. StoryboardCanvas gives you browser storyboards, an animatic and a shot list that feed the shoot day - no 3D modelling, no install.

FrameForge is camera-accurate 3D previs you build set by set on the desktop - brilliant for precise lens choices and blocking, heavy to learn, and it lives apart from your script, schedule and call sheets. StoryboardCanvas draws and AI-generates boards in the browser, animatics them with timing and audio, and carries them straight into breakdown, shot list and the shoot day.

Feature-by-feature

Side by side.

Feature
FrameForge
StoryboardCanvas
Platform
Windows / Mac desktop install
Browser, any device, nothing to install
Approach
3D set building + virtual camera
Draw + AI Artist boards + frame editor
Shot list
Export to CSV
Live shot list, synced to the board + shoot day
Schedule + call sheets
No
Yes - stripboard, DOOD, call sheets built in
Animatic
Basic
Full animatic with timing, transitions + audio
AI
No
DollyAI on every surface, style-locked frames
Starting price
$299-$899 license
£19/mo full suite

Pricing and feature comparison verified November 2025 from each vendor's public pricing page. We refresh whenever a vendor publishes a new tier. FrameForge pricing: $299-$899 desktop license.

The verdict

"FrameForge wins on camera-accurate 3D previs when a shot has to be technically exact. For everyone else - draw, board, animatic, then carry it through breakdown, schedule and the shoot day - StoryboardCanvas does the whole job in the browser for less."

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