“Which PDF is the real one?”
There's one living script, and every revision is tracked.
Less firefighting. More filmmaking.
Pancake is where your story, schedule, and budget finally play nice. Make a change once and it's updated everywhere. Built for filmmakers who do it all.
Free for writers. Launching Late 2026.
Sound familiar?
“Who’s in charge of crafty?”
Every department, role, and task has an owner, so nothing falls through the cracks.
“Wait, did we pay the gaffer?”
Invoices, contracts, and payments sit next to the production they belong to, not buried in your inbox.
Pancake runs the show.
Everyone on the same page.
Your cast and crew work from the same script, breakdown, and schedule, and your team edits it together live. When something changes, everyone sees it, instead of it getting lost in a PDF or an email chain.
SCENE 14
EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - DAY
The sun is blistering. The heat haze shimmers off the asphalt.
SHAWN (20s, perpetually slouching, wearing a leather jacket and a vibrant, silk paisley ASCOTDuncan tied tightly around his neck) stands next to his MOTORCYCLEOliver
SHAWN
Maybe it's Tuesday. Or maybe it's yesterday.
CINDY (30s, leather-clad, holding a wrench) stomps over from the side of the road, looking exasperated.
CINDY
Shawn. The bike is leaning, the ice cream is on your sleeve, and why are you wearing an ascot in the middle of the Mojave?
Change it once.
Everything in Pancake is connected. Click a character's name in the script to see their shoot days, contract status, and dietary restrictions. Move a scene from day to night and the breakdown, schedule, department notes, and budget all update together.
Try it: click Shawn.
EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY — DAY
kicks the stand of his cherry-red motorcycle. It doesn't move.
S
Shawn
Played by Marco Reyes
- Shoot days
- Day 3, Day 4, Day 7
- Contract
- Signed
- Dietary
- Vegan, no tree nuts
Breakdown
LightingNatural + bounce
ArtPicture car: motorcycle
Schedule
Day 3 · Tue, Oct 14
Dept. notes
Grip4×4 flags, bounce boards
CameraND filters
Budget
$4,180
BYOC (Bring your own catalogue)
Every production starts with what you've already built. Your gear, locations, wardrobe, and go-to crew live in your account, ready for every show.
Try it: add from your catalogue.
New productionEp 13 · “Dust Devil”
Nothing here yet. Your stuff is one click away.
0 ready from day one
A PA for everyone.
Your (AI) Pancake Assistant keeps an eye on the script, schedule, and even the budget, catching conflicts before they cost you. Got a question? Your cast and crew get answers fast, so the cameras keep rolling.
Try it: ask the Assistant.
Built for the set you're on
Day, night, or on a stage. Pancake adjusts.
Full sun, a dark road at 2 AM, or a soundstage under work lights. Pancake has a mode for each: high contrast you can read in daylight, a low-glare dark mode that saves your night eyes and won't light up the shot, and a balanced studio mode for long days on stage.
Try it: switch the set, move crew call, then publish.
Crew call · Night 2
5:30 PM
Joshua Tree pull-off
CALL SHEET · EP 12 “ROARING TROUBLE”
NIGHT 2 · THU, OCT 16
CREW CALL 5:30 PM · JOSHUA TREE PULL-OFF
SUNSET 6:12 PM · 48°F
Draft · 2 of 3 confirmed
High contrast, readable in direct sun.
The schedule does the math
Move a scene. See what it costs.
Drag a scene to another day and Pancake re-adds the pages, hours, and budget on the spot. It flags overtime, day/night mix-ups, and cast conflicts before they reach the call sheet, so you can fix them while it's still just a strip.
Try it: get Day 2 out of overtime.
EP 12 · Roaring Trouble — Stripboard
Start free. Grow when your production needs it.
You only pay for the people running the show. Everyone else joins free, and one plan covers every production in your account.
How seats work
Production seats: for the people who shape the production. Add scenes, move shoot days, build breakdowns, invite crew, and approve payments.
Free collaborators: for everyone else, with no limit. Check the schedule, send invoices, upload paperwork, comment, and message the Pancake Assistant.
You choose when you invite someone, and you can switch anytime.
Price your crew
The people who run the show
$0
Everyone else, with no limit
Cast & Crew
Got an idea? Start it here. Every tool is included, so you can do it all yourself, and you can send invoices and get paid. Always free for one seat.
Scout
This is where sharing starts. Bring in a creative partner, invite your cast and crew, edit together live, and pay invoices right from your production. From $29/mo with 2 seats, and extra seats at $8.
Indie
For small teams with big plans. The Pancake Assistant helps with breakdowns and schedules, and casting comes built in, so everything's ready to go when you are. From $79/mo with 5 seats, and extra seats at $12.
Agency
Represent talent and rent out your gear, with e-sign, waivers, and COIs handled for you. From $169/mo with 10 seats, and extra seats at $18.
Company
For production companies running multiple shows. Budgets start from real rates for your region and union status, compliance is tracked as the day runs, and you can see spending across every production in one place. Includes full API and MCP access. From $299/mo with 20 seats, and extra seats at $25.
Studio
For studios and large productions with their own way of doing things. Get SSO, custom rules, and whatever your contracts demand. Seats and pricing are built around you.
Custom
let’s talk
Every plan: Unlimited productions, scripts, locations, episodes, and free collaborators.
- Monthly and prorated, with no annual contract
- Your plan covers your productions, and on someone else's show, their plan covers you
- Free to pause when your production's on hold
- Downgrading turns off automation, never your work
FAQ
Nope. You pay for the people running the show, and everyone else joins free. Cast and crew can check the schedule, send invoices, upload paperwork, and message the Pancake Assistant, all at no cost.
Plans cover the productions in your account. When you work on someone else's production, their plan covers you. You only pay to run your own shows.
Yes. What someone can see depends on their role, not their seat. Your 2nd AD can help run the schedule without ever seeing a fee, and the Pancake Assistant follows the same rules.
Pause your plan. There's no charge while it's paused, your work stays safe, and you can pick up right where you left off with no fees to come back.
Never. Payment fees are charged to the production, not the person invoicing. If you agreed to $850 a day, you get $850 a day.
Yes. The Pancake Assistant is AI built into Pancake to help you run your production. It flags conflicts across your script, schedule, and budget, helps with breakdowns and research, and answers questions about your production. It's there to help you make decisions, not make them for you. The creative calls stay yours.
Everyone on your production. Each person can ask about what their role lets them see, so your crew can check their scenes and locations while the budget stays with the people who manage it.
We understand shoot days get busy, so your assistant gives you a little extra to finish the day, on us. After that, it takes a rest until your credits refresh, or you can top up anytime. Your schedule, breakdowns, and everything else keep working no matter what.
No. The Pancake Assistant remembers details about your production so it can help you better, but that memory stays private to your account. Your work is never used to train AI models, and it's never shared or sold.
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