Software comparison

Storiara vs Yamdu

Yamdu covers a production from breakdown to time cards and payroll export. Storiara is narrower. It takes a script to a stripboard, a budget, and call sheets.

Written by the Storiara team, so read it with that in mind. Yamdu details were checked against its public website in September 2026.

Quick verdict

Pick Yamdu if you need time cards, payroll export, sustainability tracking, or integrations such as Slack and Movie Magic. Pick Storiara if you are a small team that wants the breakdown, stripboard, budget, and call sheets at a listed price.

Storiara at a glance

Pricing: $39.99/moProducer plan, listed on the site. Beginner is free for one story.
Breakdown: From the scriptAI fills in characters, locations, props, wardrobe, and music and effects after upload.
Funding: ~100 programsEstimate incentives from story locations and shoot days, then apply the figure to the budget.

Storiara and Yamdu, feature by feature

A check means the product has the feature; a dash means it doesn't. The notes matter more than the marks.

Script import

Storiara

PDF, Word (.docx), and Final Draft (.fdx).

Yamdu

Final Draft, PDF, Celtx, and Fountain.

Script breakdown

Storiara

AI pulls locations, characters, props, wardrobe, and music and effects from the script for you to review.

Yamdu

Breakdown with AI-assisted suggestions.

Schedule & day out of days

Storiara

Manual drag-and-drop stripboard. Day Out of Days covers cast only.

Yamdu

Shooting schedule and Day Out of Days reports.

Budgeting

Storiara

Calculated from the rates on your cast, crew, gear, and locations. Exports to Excel.

Yamdu

Budget linked to the schedule through Dynamic Globals.

Time cards & payroll

Storiara

Not offered.

Yamdu

Time cards with labor-agreement templates and payroll export.

Sustainability tracking

Storiara

Not offered.

Yamdu

CO2e tracking that works with calculators such as PEAR.

Funding incentives

Storiara

Estimates incentives from a built-in list of programs and applies the figure to the budget.

Yamdu

Not listed among Yamdu features.

Integrations

Storiara

Final Draft and Word import, Backstage cast import, and Google Calendar busy times.

Yamdu

Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal, Slack, Zapier, Movie Magic, Showbiz Budgeting, and others.

Storiara and Yamdu feature comparison
Feature	Storiara	Yamdu
Script import	PDF, Word (.docx), and Final Draft (.fdx).	Final Draft, PDF, Celtx, and Fountain.
Script breakdown	AI pulls locations, characters, props, wardrobe, and music and effects from the script for you to review.	Breakdown with AI-assisted suggestions.
Schedule & day out of days	Manual drag-and-drop stripboard. Day Out of Days covers cast only.	Shooting schedule and Day Out of Days reports.
Budgeting	Calculated from the rates on your cast, crew, gear, and locations. Exports to Excel.	Budget linked to the schedule through Dynamic Globals.
Time cards & payroll	Not offered.	Time cards with labor-agreement templates and payroll export.
Sustainability tracking	Not offered.	CO2e tracking that works with calculators such as PEAR.
Funding incentives	Estimates incentives from a built-in list of programs and applies the figure to the budget.	Not listed among Yamdu features.
Integrations	Final Draft and Word import, Backstage cast import, and Google Calendar busy times.	Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal, Slack, Zapier, Movie Magic, Showbiz Budgeting, and others.

The same prep, step by step

How each stage of prep gets done in each product.

Workflow comparison
Step	In Storiara	In Yamdu
Script breakdown	Extracted from the uploaded script	Tagged with AI suggestions
Schedule	Drag-and-drop stripboard	Shooting schedule with DOOD
Budget	Calculated from your rates	Linked to the schedule by globals
Time cards	Not available	Labor-agreement templates
In short	Script to call sheet for small teams	Broader production management

Where Storiara is different

Published prices
Beginner is free for one story. Producer is $39.99 a month, plus $19.99 for each extra collaborator.
On set day
Track the current scene, how far ahead or behind the day is running, and the meal clock, then file the daily production report and log takes.
Budget setup wizard
Choose the production type, union tier, shoot days, prep and post weeks, and contingency, then sync rates from the project.

Frequently asked questions

Is Storiara a Yamdu alternative?

For smaller productions it can be. Both do breakdowns, scheduling, budgets, and call sheets. Yamdu also handles time cards, hiring, watermarked file sharing, and CO2e tracking, which Storiara doesn't. Storiara lists its prices on its site and adds a funding incentive estimate.

Does Storiara integrate with Slack or Movie Magic?

No. Storiara's integrations are Final Draft and Word import, Backstage cast import, Google Calendar busy-time import, Google and Apple sign-in, and Mapbox maps.

Start with one script

Upload a PDF, Word, or Final Draft file and see the breakdown, stripboard, and budget it produces. Beginner is free for one story.

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