Honest comparison · updated July 2026
Celtx has been around for two decades and is, first and foremost, a scriptwriting platform that added pre-production planning. If your center of gravity is writing — drafting, revising, collaborating on the screenplay itself — Celtx is built around that.
Production Slate starts where the script is finished: import the screenplay, break it down, schedule it, budget it, crew it, and shoot it. If your day is call sheets and cost reports rather than dialogue passes, that difference matters.
Free plan (2 projects, core features) · Pro $12/mo or $99/yr · Team flat $20 per user/mo, no base fee, no minimums. Freelancers invited to a single project are always free.
Individual plans roughly $22–$45/month with production tools on the higher tiers; a Team plan covers small groups at a bundled monthly price (as of July 2026 — see their pricing page). Annual billing discounts around 25%. Their pricing →
| Team size | Production Slate | Celtx |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $12/mo (Pro) | ~$22–45/mo depending on tier |
| 5 people | $100/mo (Team) | bundled Team pricing — see their page |
| 15 people | $300/mo (Team) | requires larger plan — see their page |
| Feature | Production Slate | Celtx |
|---|---|---|
| Full scriptwriting editor | Import + read + tag (no editor) | |
| Script breakdown | ||
| FDX + Fountain import | ||
| In-app breakdown tagging from the script reader | — | |
| Script supervision log + lining | — | |
| Stripboard scheduling | ||
| Day-out-of-Days report | — | |
| Call sheets (generate + email + read receipts) | — | |
| Budget tracking | ||
| Itemised actuals, globals & fringes, Movie Magic import | — | |
| Crew management + payroll | — | |
| Equipment management + sharing + accounting | — | |
| Locations with maps, weather, hospitals | — | |
| Art & props tracking | — |
Feature availability as of July 2026; both products ship regularly. Spot an error? Email hello@prodslate.com and we'll fix it.
Export your script from Celtx as a .fountain or .fdx file and import it into Production Slate — scenes, characters, and locations come across automatically, and breakdown tagging continues in our script reader.
Keep writing in whatever editor you like; re-import safely at any time — our merge matches scenes by content and never deletes your shot list.
For production planning — breakdown, scheduling, call sheets, budgets, crew — yes, and it goes considerably further than Celtx does. For writing the screenplay itself, no: Production Slate imports scripts but is not a screenwriting editor. Many producers write in Celtx or Final Draft and run production in Production Slate.
Yes. Export your script from Celtx in Fountain format (or FDX) and import it directly — scenes, characters, locations, and forced elements are parsed, including #22A# scene numbering.
Production Slate starts free and Pro is $12/month; Celtx individual plans run roughly $22–$45/month as of July 2026. For teams, Production Slate is a flat $20 per user with free single-project freelancers. Check both pricing pages for current numbers.
The free plan is a real plan — budgets, schedules, call sheets, and crew for 2 projects, no credit card.
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