Final Draft is the screenplay editor most of the film and TV industry exchanges scripts in. It does one thing, the page, and it does it to a production’s standard.
Filmara is for the page and what comes after it. The script, its characters and places, and its storyboard live in one project, and the shots are rendered from the script, so you can see the film before you shoot it.
If you deliver scripts to a production that works in Final Draft files, Final Draft is the safer tool. If you are writing and planning your own film, Filmara does both in one place, and it is free to start.
Start your film| As of 21 October 2026 | FilmaraFree to startThe script and the film it becomes, in one project | Final DraftThe screenplay editor the industry exchanges scripts in |
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| Price | Free · Pro $7 a month | $199.99 once, or $16.99 a month |
| Desktop app | macOS (Apple Silicon) | macOS and Windows |
| Works in a web browser | ||
| Screenplay formatting as you type | ||
| Acts and beats on a structure board | ||
| Characters and places with reference images | ||
| A storyboard rendered from the script | ||
| AI assistant included | ||
| Image and video renders | Pay as you go | |
| Real-time co-writing | Sharing through Final Draft Cloud | |
| Tracked revisions | ||
| Opens Final Draft (.fdx) files | ||
| Opens Fountain files | ||
| Exports PDF | ||
| Start your film |
Filmara does not open .fdx files yet. Bring a Final Draft script across as Fountain: convert it in an app that reads both, such as Highland or WriterDuet, then open the .fountain file in Filmara.
Going the other way, Final Draft does not open Fountain files either. Its own help centre’s way in is to save the Fountain text as a .txt file and import that.
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