SeriousPixel Studio

Launch pricing

Finish for free.
License the full pipeline.

Every post-production workspace is free. Indie, Pro and Studio unlock pre-production and production — Develop, Script, Design, Boards and Shoot. Pick the plan that fits your team size. All paid plans are billed annually; there is no month-to-month option.

Plans

Free

For editors, colorists and finishing work on footage you bring in.

$0forever

All six post-production workspaces. No license, no seat fee.

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Includes

  • Media, Cut, Edit, Color, Sound, Deliver
  • Multi-track timeline, trims, titles, captions
  • LUTs, grading and scopes on a color-managed viewer
  • Mixer, ducking, stems and loudness presets
  • Masters, captions and delivery checks
  • OpenTimelineIO, FCPXML and EDL handoff
  • Versions, Alternates and Save Points
  • Media Volumes, verified backup and restore
  • License Ledger for every track

Cloud services you connect (such as transcription) are billed by those providers.

Full pipeline

Indie

For independent filmmakers and two-person teams.

$99/ month

Billed annually at $1,188 per year. Up to 2 seats.

Get Indie

Everything in Free, plus

  • Develop, Script, Design, Boards, Shoot
  • Spark, treatments and book or story adaptation
  • Screenplay, beats and scene breakdown
  • Story Bible, Look Packs, cast / location / prop sheets
  • Shot lists, board frames and animatic
  • Shoot and dailies: circle, compare, Match previous
  • Reshoot region and Add handles
  • Stale-work tracking across every stage
  • Writing Check and the Showrunner assistant
  • Queue estimates and spend caps
  • Roles, sync and review between your seats

A third person on the team? See Pro.

Pro

For small production teams of three or four people.

$179/ month

Billed annually at $2,148 per year. Up to 4 seats.

Get Pro

Everything in Indie, plus

  • Up to 4 seats on one license
  • Roles, sync and review across the whole team
  • Shared media store on your NAS, Git host or S3 bucket

Five or more people? See Studio.

Studio

For production companies, series teams and post houses.

$59/ seat / month

Billed annually. 5-seat minimum — from $295/month ($3,540/year).

$3,540 per year (5 seats, billed annually)
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Everything in Pro, plus

  • 5 seats and up, added any time
  • Seat and admin management
  • Offline license activation for locked-down networks
  • Priority support and onboarding
  • Annual invoice billing

Larger deployments and render boxes: talk to us.

Engine usage is yours. Hosted engines and services are billed by each provider directly to your own account. SeriousPixel never marks up or resells model access.
Open weights are free. Open-weights engines are downloaded by you from their publishers, under their licenses. They are never bundled or resold.
Launch pricing. Prices are in USD and exclude applicable taxes. SP Studio is in partner beta; plans and features may change before general availability.

Compare plans

What’s in each plan.

FeatureFreeIndieProStudio
PriceFree$99/mo, billed annually$179/mo, billed annually$59/seat/mo, billed annually
SeatsNo seat fee1–23–45 or more
Pre-production
Develop — Spark, treatment, adaptation
Script — screenplay, beats, breakdown
Design — Story Bible, Look Packs, sheets
Boards — shot list, frames, animatic
Production
Shoot — takes and dailies
Reshoot region and Add handles
Continuity checks across shots
Stale-work tracking across stages
Writing Check, Showrunner assistant
Queue estimates and spend caps
Post-production
Media, Cut and Edit
Swap take among existing takes
Color — LUTs, grading, scopes
Sound — mixer, stems, loudness
Deliver — masters, captions, checks
OTIO, FCPXML and EDL handoff
License Ledger
Projects & storage
Versions, Alternates, Save Points
Media Volumes and external drives
Verified backup and restore
Local-only mode, keys in OS keychain
Teams & licensing
Roles — Owner, Editor, Reviewer
Team sync and reviewJoin as editor or reviewerUp to 2 seatsUp to 4 seatsWhole studio
Seat and admin management
Offline license activation
SupportDocsEmailEmailPriority & onboarding
Billing—AnnualAnnualAnnual, by invoice

FAQ

Licensing questions.

Why is post-production free?

Because a project should never have to leave the app to be finished. Editors, colorists and mixers can work on any SP Studio project — or on footage from anywhere — without a license. You pay when you develop, write, design, board and shoot inside SP Studio.

Is the price monthly or annual?

Every paid plan is an annual license, paid up front. We show the monthly equivalent so plans are easy to compare, but there is no month-to-month option. Indie is $99 a month, billed as $1,188 per year. Pro is $179 a month, billed as $2,148 per year. Studio is $59 per seat per month, billed as $708 per seat per year, with a 5-seat minimum.

What counts as a seat?

A seat is one named person using the paid workspaces. People who only work in post-production don’t need a paid seat. We’re finalizing the exact seat rules with our partner studios and will publish them before general availability.

Do I pay SeriousPixel for engine and API usage?

No. You connect your own accounts with hosted providers, and they bill you directly. Open-weights engines that run on your own hardware cost nothing beyond your hardware and electricity. SP Studio shows an estimate before every batch and supports spend caps per project.

What does the license pay for?

One platform for the whole production, from the first Spark to delivered masters, instead of a separate tool for writing, boards, shooting, editing, color and sound. SP Studio is built first for SeriousPixel’s own productions and licensed to other studios. You also choose where every job runs: open-weights engines on your own hardware at no usage cost, or hosted engines on your own accounts when you need them. That choice keeps your production spend in your hands.

Are open-weights engines really free for my studio?

The engines are free to download, but each publisher sets its own terms. For example, LTX-2.5 is free for commercial use by organizations under $10M in annual revenue; larger studios need their own agreement with the publisher. SP Studio checks these terms against your organization profile and warns before a job runs.

What if my team grows during the year?

Upgrade any time and pay only the prorated difference for the rest of your license year. Moving from Indie to Pro, or from Pro to Studio, doesn’t change your projects — every version already records who made it. Each organization holds one plan, so seats from different plans can’t be combined.

Does the license work offline?

Licenses activate online or offline, so studios on locked-down networks can use SP Studio. A license check never blocks work on an external drive or interrupts a render in progress.

What happens to my projects if I stop paying?

They’re yours. Projects are plain folders in open formats — Fountain, YAML, OpenTimelineIO and standard media files — with full history. The post-production workspaces stay free, and you can always hand off to another editor.

Can I use SP Studio today?

SP Studio is in a partner beta with a small group of studios and filmmakers. Apply for the beta or request a demo.

Quoting for a team?

Tell us your seat count, your hardware and what you’re producing, and we’ll put together a Studio quote.

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