MakeStoryboard

What MakeStoryboard is

MakeStoryboard is a web-based storyboard tool for creating, organizing, reviewing and sharing storyboards. Users can sketch with its drawing tool or add images from a computer. Frames can be customized, reordered or duplicated, with automatic frame and version numbering. The feature page lists 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 aspect ratios. Storyboards can be organized in nested folders, and users can keep multiple versions or backups.

For team reviews, people can work on storyboards at the same time, comment on and annotate frames, and receive comments and approvals in real time. A review link can be sent for client feedback, while final work can be shared as a PDF. Share links can use built-in passphrase protection. PDF exports are customizable, and company branding can appear on shareable links and PDF cover pages. Listed export formats are PDF, MP4 and PNG.

MakeStoryboard has a free plan, and the site invites people to start creating without a credit card. The Individual plan is $12 a month on the yearly plan, for one user and space for 10 storyboards. Team costs $48 a month on the yearly plan, includes 10 seats and allows unlimited storyboards; extra people cost $6.64 each. The Team plan also includes priority support. The maker is MakeStoryboard UG. Its listed users include storyboard artists, cartoon creators, agency owners, producers, animators, illustrators, filmmakers and students.

Who it suits

MakeStoryboard suits storyboard artists, animators, filmmakers, illustrators and cartoon creators who need to build and organize visual sequences. Its simultaneous collaboration and review links also suit agencies, producers and teams gathering client feedback or approvals.

Limits

The Individual plan provides one user and space for 10 storyboards. The Team plan includes 10 seats and unlimited storyboards; extra people cost $6.64 each.

Getting started

1. Open the MakeStoryboard website.
2. Start creating on the free plan without a credit card, or choose a paid plan.
3. Sketch frames with the drawing tool or add images from your computer.
4. Organize storyboards in folders and arrange or duplicate frames.
5. Invite collaborators to comment and annotate, or share a review link.

Verdict

Choose MakeStoryboard if you need a browser-based workspace for creating storyboards and collecting comments or approvals. The free plan offers a way to begin without a credit card, while Individual and Team plans add defined user and storyboard capacity. Look elsewhere if you need a platform beyond the web.