Celtx

What is Celtx?

Celtx is screenwriting and production software for filmmakers, screenwriters, theater and documentary creators and other storytellers. The vendor says it has more than 7 million users in 140 or more countries.

Key features of Celtx

• Script editors: film and TV, theater, documentary and multi-column AV formats with automatic industry formatting.
• Story development: beat sheet, storyboard and script goals and insights.
• Pre-production: breakdown, catalog, shot list, schedule, cast and crew and script sides.
• Production tools: budgeting with cost reporting, call sheets and revision tracking.
• Collaboration: text-anchored comments, co-writer presence and a history of revisions and approvals.

How Celtx works

Writers draft in a formatted script editor, develop the story with beat sheets and storyboards, then break the script down into scenes, cast, locations and a shooting schedule. Producers build budgets and call sheets from that data, and collaborators comment directly on script text.

Who uses Celtx?

Celtx serves screenwriters and filmmakers, theater and documentary creators, students and educators, and business users producing media. The Education plan covers 10 to 700 seats.

Celtx pricing

Celtx has a Free plan for 1 seat and 1 project. Writer, Writer Pro and Team are paid plans with yearly billing that saves up to 25 percent; Writer is limited to 3 projects, Writer Pro adds unlimited projects and story development, and Team covers 3 to 15 members. Education and Student plans are priced through sales or discounted for school email holders. New accounts start with a 7-day trial of paid features.

Celtx integrations

The Celtx site does not name third-party integrations.

Celtx alternatives

ftrack is a production tracking and review suite for VFX and animation studios, which is a larger production management tool than Celtx. Setkeeper and SetHero are production management apps for scheduling and call sheets. Easy Redmine is a general project management tool. Celtx differs by starting from the script and carrying it through breakdown, scheduling and budgeting.