Comparison
Get vs Saturation
These are the two most similar tools in this series: web-based, collaborative, with budgets, phases, purchase orders, and actuals. The difference is language and region, how money moves, and price.
If you got as far as comparing Get and Saturation, you already know the spreadsheet does not scale, and now the question is finer: both do budgets, phases, purchase orders, and actuals in the browser. What changes is where you produce, what language your team works in, whether you want the tool to also move the money, and what you pay per seat.
| Get | Saturation | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Production companies, agencies, studios, and creative freelancers in Latin America, in Spanish or English | US production that wants to budget and operate the money in the same tool |
| Platform | Web and iPhone app | Web and Wallet app for the cards |
| 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 | Free Creator plan with 1 project. Pro USD 32 and Team USD 79 per month, extra seats billed separately |
| Budgeting | Industry templates (including AICP for commercials) and your own, fringes, taxes and withholdings for 24 countries, multi-currency | Film, TV, and commercial templates, US rate and incentive library, 147 currencies |
| Import existing budgets | No, the agent builds a new one from your PDF or brief | Yes, from Movie Magic, Excel, PDF, and CSV |
| AI | Builds the budget from a brief, bulk edits, analyzes and charts (Pro plan) | Receipt scanning and fringe suggestions; budget-drafting agent announced |
| Budget phases | ||
| Purchase orders and approvals | Yes, on every plan | Yes, from the Team plan |
| Expense reports | Public link: crew and vendors upload the receipt without an account, you approve line by line | Receipts from the Wallet app, tied to Saturation cards |
| Actual vs estimate | Yes, per line, with committed and available | Yes, cost reports and EFC |
| Invoices and bank | SII connected (Pro plan) and reconciliation with Chile's main banks | QuickBooks and US banks through Plaid |
| Payments and cards | Yes, physical and virtual cards, ACH, wires, and payroll connections | |
| Client delivery | PDF editor with your brand, link with confirmed views, and Get Sign for signatures | PDF builder for reports |
| Mobile app | Yes, for budgets, receipts, expenses, and boards | Wallet, for card receipts and transactions |
| Real-time collaboration | ||
| Connect other tools | MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT on every plan | QuickBooks and Slack from Pro; API and MCP on Enterprise |
| Boards and file transfer |
Where they are alike
Both run in the browser, let the team edit the same budget in real time, and keep the estimate, the committed amount, and actual spend in the same grid. Both have phases, purchase orders with approval, industry templates, and a free plan to start. If all you need is a clean, collaborative budget, either one does the job well. The decision is made in what surrounds the budget.
Where Saturation is very good
Saturation calls itself the financial operating system for production, and the description is fair. Beyond budgeting, it moves money: it issues physical and virtual cards for the crew, pays vendors by ACH and wire, connects to payroll, and pushes every transaction into actuals. It syncs with QuickBooks and with more than 12,000 US banks through Plaid. It imports budgets from Movie Magic, Excel, PDF, and CSV, and ships a rate and tax-incentive library for the US industry. For large film, TV, and commercial productions in the United States that want to budget and operate the money in one place, that depth is real.
Where Get is different
Get solves the same triad of estimate, committed, and actual, but for teams that work in Spanish or across currencies and do not need the tool to be their bank.
- Built for Latin America. VAT, withholdings, and Chile's boleta de honorarios for 24 countries inside the same budget. In Chile, SII invoices come in on their own with the purchase order or budget line suggested, and the bank confirms what was paid.
- Expense reports without licenses. Send a link and anyone on the crew or a vendor uploads the expense with a photo of the receipt, with no Get account or card. The receipt is scanned and you approve line by line from the desktop.
- AI that builds the budget today. Describe the project, or attach your previous quote, and the agent drafts categories, items, and totals. Then ask for bulk changes, analysis, and charts.
- What the client receives. A visual PDF editor with your logo, colors, and terms, a public link with confirmed views, and Get Sign so they can sign by email.
- Purchase orders from the first plan. Approving a PO deducts the available balance that day. No plan upgrade required.
- A general-purpose iPhone app. Budget, receipts, expenses, boards, and chat with the agent from set.
- MCP included. Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your workspace from the Free plan.
Try it today
Budgets, phases, purchase orders, and expense reports, in Spanish and English
Free plan, no card. Build the budget with the agent, approve purchase orders, and receive the crew's receipts by link. Payments stay where they are.
Pricing, plainly
Saturation has a free Creator plan limited to one project and one seat. Pro costs USD 32 per month with one seat, and purchase orders and role-based approvals arrive with Team, at USD 79 per month with three seats; each extra seat is billed separately. 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 AI on every model, the SII connection, and 50 GB. It has a free trial and the per-member price drops as the team grows. Purchase orders, phases, and expense reports are on every Get plan.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Saturation if you produce in the United States and want the tool to also issue cards, pay vendors, and close in QuickBooks, or if you need to import Movie Magic budgets and use US industry rates and incentives. Choose Get if your team works in Spanish or across currencies, if you need Latin American taxes and withholdings, if you want SII invoices and bank payments to come in on their own, if you care that the client receives a branded PDF they can sign, and if you prefer purchase orders and phases without a plan upgrade.
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