Comparison · Screenwriting

StoryboardCanvas vs. WriterDuet

WriterDuet is a great collaborative screenplay editor. StoryboardCanvas is a great collaborative screenplay editor - plus 19 more apps that turn a screenplay into a production.

WriterDuet's real-time collaboration was ahead of its time. StoryboardCanvas brings that same real-time presence, comments, and versioning - but across the entire pre-production pipeline, not just the script.

Feature-by-feature

Side by side.

Feature
WriterDuet
StoryboardCanvas
Real-time co-writing
Yes
Yes - with presence awareness
Revision mode
Basic
Full - industry colors, alphanumeric inserts
Breakdown
No
Yes
Schedule
No
Yes
Storyboard
No
Yes
AI assistant
Limited
Yes - Dolly across every app
Starting price
$11.99/mo
£19/mo - script + 19 sibling production apps in one synchronized suite

Pricing and feature comparison verified November 2025 from each vendor's public pricing page. We refresh whenever a vendor publishes a new tier. WriterDuet pricing: $11.99-$15.99/mo.

The verdict

"WriterDuet wins on price for pure screenwriters who never touch production. For everyone who has to also break down, schedule, and shoot the script they just wrote, StoryboardCanvas is one project file from first draft to wrap."

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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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