Storyboarder.ai (often searched as Storyboarder AI) is a web platform from The FilmAI GmbH in Dortmund, Germany, that turns an uploaded script into a scene breakdown, a shot list, storyboard frames and an animatic. It has a free trial with watermarks; paid plans start at $89 a month, or $49 a month billed yearly. ScreenWeaver covers the same boards but starts one step earlier, with the screenplay itself.
The verdict: pick Storyboarder.ai if your script is written elsewhere and you mostly need boards and pitch decks for clients. Pick ScreenWeaver if you write, board and generate video in one project, or if your script is longer than 10 pages.
Every Storyboarder.ai fact below comes from storyboarder.ai (home page, about page, pricing page in its web app), IBC, Cartoon Brew and G2, all read on 9 November 2026.
What Storyboarder.ai is
First, a name problem. Storyboarder.ai is not Storyboarder, the free open-source drawing app made by Wonder Unit. They share a name and nothing else: Storyboarder is a desktop app where you draw the boards yourself, Storyboarder.ai generates them with AI from your script. If you came for the Wonder Unit app, our Storyboarder alternative page compares that one.
Storyboarder.ai calls itself an "AI-powered pre-production platform for filmmakers, agencies, and creative professionals". Its about page says it did not come out of a tech incubator but "came off the set": the co-founders, Dustin Steinkühler (CEO, a director and producer) and Zeyd Taha Candan (CTO, a producer), say they have worked on more than 500 film projects. Cartoon Brew, writing about it in 2023, traced it to Fynal, a production company in Dortmund and Essen. No funding round is mentioned on its own pages.
How it works, from its FAQ: you "upload your script (PDF, FDX, Fountain, Word, or TXT), import a shot list via Excel, or just type your idea", and it builds the breakdown, the shot list and the frames, with consistent characters and locations, custom art styles and a sketch-to-image mode. Frames become clips with "Image-to-Video Animatics", and you export a PDF, an MP4 animatic or a pitch deck. Storyboarder.ai says it does not use your scripts to train AI models.
What is new: IBC reported on 14 August 2026 "its biggest release cycle to date", with an Enterprise tier for studios, agencies, brands and universities, Video 2.0 with clips of up to 15 seconds, and a 3D camera angle tool that turns one frame into a scene you can move around in. The pricing page now also lists Video 2.5, for multi-cut sequences of up to 30 seconds.
Prices on the pricing page on 9 November 2026, before tax, marked "Limited Time, Until Nov 30":
- Trial: free, 2 projects, 6 shots per project, 30 image generations, 3 video generations, watermarked exports, no commercial use.
- Starter: $89 a month, or $49 a month billed yearly (list price $119). 5 projects a month, stories up to 10 pages, 80 shots per project, 10 video generations.
- Pro Unlimited: $129 a month, or $79 billed yearly (list $179). Unlimited projects, stories up to 30 pages, 250 shots per project.
- Production Unlimited: $499 a month, or $249 billed yearly (list $649). No story length limit.
- Enterprise: quote only, with SSO and custom branding.
Two numbers the listings skip. First, the page limit: a feature screenplay runs 90 to 120 pages, so boarding a whole feature in one project takes Production Unlimited, at $249 to $499 a month. Second, video is mostly extra: beyond the few included generations, a video add-on costs $49 to $849 a month on top of the plan, or credit packs from $10.
On user numbers, the site says "250K+ creators" on its home page and "350K+ Users" on its pricing page. The home page also says "Rated 4.7/5 on G2"; the G2 page itself showed 4.4 out of 5 from 30 reviews when we read it.
Storyboarder.ai vs ScreenWeaver, side by side
| Storyboarder.ai | ScreenWeaver | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | The FilmAI GmbH, Dortmund | ScreenWeaver |
| Can you use it? | Yes, open sign-up, free trial | Yes, open to everyone |
| Price | $89 to $499/mo, or $49 to $249/mo yearly | Writing free, Auteur $39.99/mo, Studio $149.99/mo |
| Free option | Trial: 30 images, watermark, no commercial use | Screenwriter plan, free forever |
| Starts from | A script you upload, a shot list or an idea | A blank page or your script (PDF, Final Draft, text) |
| Screenplay editor | Partly, it can draft from an idea | Yes, a full script editor, free |
| Storyboard | Yes, its core job | Yes, generated from the script, scene by scene |
| Script length | 10 pages on Starter, 30 on Pro | No page limit in the plans |
| Animatic | Yes, image-to-video clips | The sequencer plays your shots like a rough cut |
| AI video | Up to 15 s (Video 2.0), 30 s (Video 2.5), add-on | Yes, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Veo 3.1 and more, in plan credits |
| Export | PDF, MP4 animatic, pitch deck | Video, plus scripts to PDF and .fdx |
| Collaboration | Enterprise tier with SSO | Studio plan, real-time, Owner/Editor/Viewer roles |
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Start FreeWhat ScreenWeaver does that Storyboarder.ai does not
The script lives in the same project. Storyboarder.ai boards a script you bring. ScreenWeaver includes a full screenplay editor, free forever on the Screenwriter plan, so a rewrite of scene 12 and its boards stay together instead of being uploaded again.
No page cap. ScreenWeaver plans list no script length limit. A 100-page feature does not push you into a $249 plan.
Video in the plan. Auteur at $39.99 a month includes 6,000 credits for images and video, and you choose the model per shot. The AI storyboard generator page shows the steps from script to frames to clips.
Free to start, for real. The Screenwriter plan has no expiry and no project cap; boards and video come with Auteur.
What Storyboarder.ai does better
Storyboarder.ai is built for agencies as much as for filmmakers, and it shows: pitch-deck export, Excel shot-list import, a 3D camera angle tool for one frame, an Enterprise tier with SSO and custom branding, and onboarding that IBC says takes 14 days from contract to first boards. If you board ads and client pitches from scripts written in Final Draft or Word, it fits that job well, and the founders' production background is real.
Which one fits you?
- An agency boarding short scripts for clients: Storyboarder.ai, on Starter or Pro, as long as your scripts stay under 10 or 30 pages.
- A writer-director working on a short or a feature: ScreenWeaver, where the screenplay, the boards and the video share one project. Our film pre-production guide covers what comes after the boards.
- Comparing the board-only tools: see our Boords alternative page, or the Spark Story comparison for 3D previs. To sketch a board layout by hand first, try the free storyboard template generator, then compare the plans and credits.
FAQ
Is Storyboarder.ai free? There is a free trial: 2 projects, 6 shots per project, 30 image generations and 3 video generations, with watermarks and no commercial use. Paid plans start at $89 a month, or $49 a month billed yearly.
Is Storyboarder.ai the same as Storyboarder? No. Storyboarder is Wonder Unit's free, open-source drawing app. Storyboarder.ai is a paid AI platform from The FilmAI GmbH in Germany.
Which script formats does Storyboarder.ai import? PDF, FDX (Final Draft), Fountain, Word and plain text, plus shot lists from Excel, according to its FAQ.
Can Storyboarder.ai board a feature-length script? Only on Production Unlimited ($499 a month, or $249 billed yearly) or Enterprise. Starter stops at 10 pages and Pro Unlimited at 30.
Is Storyboarder.ai better than ScreenWeaver? For agency boards, pitch decks and short scripts written elsewhere, it is a strong pick. For writing the script, boarding it at any length and generating video in one place, ScreenWeaver does more for less.
Sources: Storyboarder.ai, about page, pricing, IBC, 14 August 2026, Cartoon Brew, 2023, G2. Read on 9 November 2026.
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