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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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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