Saturation.io vs TillyBoard compared

What Saturation.io is for

Budgeting and cost-control software for productions that calls itself the financial operating system for production teams.

Saturation addresses producers and production teams from indie filmmakers and freelancers to production companies, studios and broadcasters — features, TV, documentary, commercials, music videos and live events.

Budgeting software reflects what was planned; it does not plan. The numbers are only as good as the schedule behind them: set the setups too optimistically and you get a formally correct budget for a schedule that does not work.

Saturation.io vs TillyBoard: feature comparison

The table only records what each vendor documents on its own site — "Not stated" means we could not evidence it there, not that it is missing.

As of October 2026. Source: saturation.io · TillyBoard: tillyboard.com

Saturation.io pricing compared

Saturation's plan cards show the annual and its comparison table the monthly prices; the page shows amounts in dollars. Pro and Team come with a 14-day trial.

TillyBoard bills per workspace, not per person: the Studio plan covers up to 25 members, and crew and clients confirm and comment via link without an account. All TillyBoard prices exclude VAT.

As of October 2026. Prices change — the vendor's pricing page is authoritative: saturation.io/pricing

Is Saturation.io free? Free plan and trial

Yes — the Creator plan is free with 1 seat, 1 active project, 2 GB and 1,000 items, no credit card needed. Pro and Team have a 14-day trial.

TillyBoard has a free-forever plan with no credit card: one own project, 1 GB of storage, Tilly AI on the standard quota and 10 AI images a month. That is enough to plan one real job end to end, from brief to call sheet, before deciding on a paid plan.

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Who Saturation.io is the better pick for

Put honestly — here Saturation.io is the stronger choice:

• Producers whose main job is budgets, actuals, cost reports and estimates to complete
• Productions that issue expense cards, purchase orders and multi-step spending approvals
• Teams that sync spending with QuickBooks and their bank

Who TillyBoard is the better pick for

And here TillyBoard is the stronger choice:

• Teams looking for the creative and logistical plan: concept, shot list, schedule, call sheet
• Crews who need the day plan and call sheet on set, offline in the iOS app
• Productions that want client review of cuts in the same project as the plan

Where TillyBoard takes a different route

Saturation tracks what the production costs; TillyBoard plans what gets shot — shot list, schedule and call sheet from the brief.

A brief becomes a shoot-ready plan: shot list, storyboard, schedule and call sheet that stay connected. Change a shot and the schedule, call sheet and packing list follow.

Saturation.io in practice: what to weigh

Not a star rating, but the points that follow from Saturation.io's design, pricing model and documentation and that make the difference on real jobs:

• Saturation's free Creator plan is a real starting point for one production: 1 project, 1,000 items.
• Seats matter on Team: three are included, each further one is $35 a month.
• Integrations reach into accounting — QuickBooks, bank sync — and into AI tools through an MCP server.

Switching from Saturation.io to TillyBoard

TillyBoard has no direct import from Saturation.io. The switch runs through an export and a fresh plan — ideally between two jobs, not mid-production:

1. Keep budgets and expenses in Saturation; nothing has to move.
2. Create a free TillyBoard account (no card) and a project for the production.
3. Let Tilly AI draft the shot list from the brief, or enter it by hand at about a minute per shot.
4. Build the shoot days and packing list; equipment day rates in the inventory show what the kit costs per day.
5. Send the call sheet from TillyBoard and keep the numbers in Saturation.