Spreadsheets can hold a production budget, but no free tool offers Movie Magic's fringes, globals and sub-budgets or opens its budget files.
$299.88 USDa year
≈$427.54 CAD a year (converted from USD)
Months for a small team
An editor’s estimate for a free tool that ranks Strong.
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The capabilities that keep people paying for Movie Magic Budgeting.
Fringes, groups and globals
Rates and percentages defined once and applied across accounts, with changes flowing through the budget.
Production account structures and templates
Sub-budgets, locations and versions
Import of Movie Magic budget files
Open budgets sent by line producers and accountants without retyping them.
Union and guild rate and fringe tables change with every agreement, and productions exchange budgets as Movie Magic files.
Each covers part of the job. None replaces Movie Magic Budgeting yet.
Partial: Spreadsheets can model a budget by hand; no fringe, global or sub-budget structure for productions.
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Last checked : an editor confirmed that no free alternative ranks Strong.
Price: Annual subscription, 12-month commitment, checked Oct 7, 2026. Price source. USD to CAD at 1.4257 as of Oct 7, 2026.
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Movie Magic Budgeting is a product of Entertainment Partners, named here for comparison only.