RivetAI is an AI software for the pre-production stage of filmmaking, officially positioned as "turning scripts into breakdowns, schedules, and budgets." Its core workflow revolves around the same script: from script editing, element tagging, and breakdown review to scheduling, budgeting, and collaboration, each stage is interconnected, and once the script is modified, downstream content can be refreshed synchronously.
Main capabilities
- Script editing: Provides a unified editor with industry-standard formatting, scene numbering, and revision tracking, shared for use by the entire production team.
- Script breakdown: AI organizes actors, stunts, locations, props, and other elements from the script to generate editable breakdown results, which are reviewed and confirmed by crew members. Officially described as "AI tags every element in your script, and your crew reviews every tag."
- Script coverage: Generates a one-sentence logline, summary, character analysis, and suggestions based on the latest draft.
- Shooting scheduling: Generates a shooting schedule based on breakdown results, presented in stripboard form, and can be quickly adjusted when plans change.
- Budgeting: Generates a comprehensive topsheet from script analysis, including detailed estimates, cost breakdowns, and qualifying tax incentive information.
- Collaboration and permissions: Provides fine-grained permissions at the workspace and project levels, as well as scoped share links, so only the team itself decides who can view a project.
- API and integrations: The Studio tier provides scoped API keys and a REST API, as well as MCP client integration.
Usage and tiers The platform offers Free Starter, Writer, Studio, and Enterprise tiers. The free tier allows drafting up to 5 scenes before purchasing a license (0 AI credits, 1 seat). The Writer tier is $49.99 per project, aimed at screenwriters, includes 30 AI credits and 2 seats, and provides a complete script workflow (tags, revisions, and snapshots), AI scene breakdown, character breakdown and coverage, share links, and export. The Studio tier is $150 per project, aimed at production teams, includes 100 AI credits and 9 seats, and provides stripboard, DOOD, and budget topsheet, AI schedule and budget re-runs, scoped API keys and REST API, and MCP client integration. The Enterprise tier is aimed at multi-show studios, provides SSO, bulk terms, and priority support, and includes custom AI credits and seats, SAML/OIDC SSO and custom workspace roles, multi-project bulk agreements, cross-show shared AI credit pools, dedicated security review and onboarding, and priority support.Channels. The official description states one-time payment per project with no subscription; Writer can upgrade to Studio in-app at any time and pay only the difference, and that project's AI credits increase by 70.
Security and privacy Officially stated, scripts are used only for processing the features requested by the user, are never used to train AI models (including RivetAI's own models), and are not routinely accessed by RivetAI personnel; the infrastructure uses AES-256 encryption; it provides role-based access control, MFA, scoped share links, enterprise-grade SAML and OIDC single sign-on, and audit logs (auditing support, security, and legal access).
Use cases and limitations Suitable for screenwriters, producers, first assistant directors, executive producers, and studio and network teams that need to scale pre-production across shows. The official emphasis is that AI is responsible for preparing the first draft, while the final decisions are made by the crew, and it does not replace producers, assistant directors, or executive producers. Details such as specific output formats, supported script formats, languages, refund policy, and the complete limitations of the free tier are not provided in the materials.
