Comparison
Get vs Movie Magic
Movie Magic Budgeting is the desktop standard for budgeting film and TV. Get is web-based, collaborative, and goes beyond the budget: purchase orders, expense reports, and actuals in the same place, in Spanish and English, free to start.
If you are here, you know Movie Magic Budgeting is the historical standard for budgeting film and TV, and at the same time something bothers you: the per-seat price, the desktop app, the English, the lack of AI, or the fact that the budget stays in the budget while cost control lives in another system. The honest question is not which one is better in the abstract. Movie Magic earns its place in its world. The question is which one fits the work you do.
| Get | Movie Magic | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Commercials, branded content, production companies, agencies, and creative studios, especially in Latin America | Large-scale film and TV with studio, network, and bond company workflows |
| Platform | Web and iPhone app, nothing to install | Desktop app for Mac and Windows with cloud-synced libraries |
| Languages | Spanish and English | English |
| Price | Free with 3 budgets. Pro from USD 35 per month, includes 1 user, USD 19.99 per extra user | USD 42.99 per month or USD 299.88 per year per seat, no free plan or trial |
| Offline work | ||
| Real-time collaboration | Yes, the team edits the same budget | No, one user per license |
| Budgeting | Industry templates (including AICP for commercials) and your own, fringes, taxes and withholdings for 24 countries, multi-currency | Decades of depth: accounts, globals, fringe and cutoff rules, custom reports |
| AI | Builds the budget from a brief, bulk edits, analyzes and charts (Pro plan) | |
| Budget phases | Yes, side-by-side versions with locking and diff | Budget and location comparison |
| Purchase orders, expense reports, and actuals | Yes, in the same grid as the budget | No, handed off to production accounting |
| Invoices and bank | SII connected (Pro plan) and reconciliation with Chile's main banks | EP SmartAccounting integration |
| Client delivery | PDF editor with your brand, link with confirmed views, and Get Sign for signatures | The standard PDF studios and bond companies expect |
| Industry-standard format | ||
| Mobile app | Yes, Get for iPhone | |
| Connect other tools | MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT on every plan |
Where Movie Magic is the best
Movie Magic earns its place as the industry standard. It has decades of depth for large-scale film and television budgets: numbered accounts, globals, fringe and cutoff rules, location comparison, and custom reports. It works fully offline, which still matters on location. And its output is the format studios, networks, and completion bond companies are used to reviewing. The current version syncs libraries and budgets to the cloud and integrates with EP's production accounting. If your work runs through that ecosystem, Movie Magic remains the safe choice.
Where Get is different
Get starts from a different question: not only how much it will cost, but how much is left while the production is happening.
- Everything in the browser, with the team. Nothing to install, always the latest version, and anyone you invite edits the same budget in real time with the access level they should have.
- The budget does not end at the budget. Approve a purchase order and the amount leaves the available balance that day. The crew reports receipts from set through a link, no account needed. Every expense lands on its line and you see the variance during production, not weeks later.
- Phases. The original quote, the approved one, and the rebalance as side-by-side columns, with locking and diff.
- AI that works the budget. Describe the project or attach your previous budget and the agent drafts categories, items, and totals; then ask for bulk changes and analysis.
- Built for Latin America. Spanish and English, VAT, withholdings, and Chile's boleta de honorarios for 24 countries, several currencies, and in Chile a connection to the SII and the main banks.
- What the client receives. A visual PDF editor with your brand, a public link with confirmed views, and Get Sign to sign by email.
- From set. Get for iPhone carries the budget, receipts, and expenses in your pocket.
Try it today
The web-based, collaborative alternative to Movie Magic
Free plan, no install, no card. Build the budget with the agent, approve purchase orders, and track actuals in the same grid.
Price and collaboration, plainly
Movie Magic Budgeting is sold by subscription only: USD 42.99 per month or USD 299.88 per year per seat, with no free plan, no trial, and no one-time license (a common confusion). It syncs to the cloud, but it remains a single-user-per-license application and does not open in the browser. Get has a Free plan with 3 budgets, 3 boards, and 2 members; Pro starts at USD 35 per month with the first user included and USD 19.99 per extra user, with a free trial, and the whole team works on the same budget live.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Movie Magic if you work on large film or television productions that need its depth, its offline reliability, and the standard format studios and bond companies expect. Choose Get if you make commercials, branded content, or agency and studio work, want to collaborate in real time, control purchase orders and actuals in the same place as the budget, use AI, hand the client a branded PDF, and work in Spanish with Latin American taxes and currencies, all starting free.
FAQ
Also comparing with