Short answer: StoryFlow and Draftt are close cousins: young visual workspaces that lean toward film, run on the web, connect to AI assistants through MCP and, for now, ask you to pay before a free plan arrives. Pick StoryFlow if you want its AI to lay out a board from a brief, generate images, and start from a big shelf of templates. Pick Draftt if your work runs on credited references from real commercials and music videos, ends in a real deck, and is made with a team in real time. The entry price is close; the difference is in what each one does for you.
This page is written by Draftt, so read it knowing that. We have tried to say plainly where StoryFlow is better, and its facts link to its own pages.
Pick StoryFlow if
- You want AI to do the first layout. StoryFlow's AI chat builds a board from a brief and can turn a moodboard into a storyboard or a campaign.
- You want to generate images. Its Pro plan adds AI image generation; Draftt has none.
- You like starting from a framework. StoryFlow has about 70 free templates in 25 categories and more than 200 "Story Blueprints".
- You plan with kanban boards, mind maps or tables next to your images.
- You want the lowest monthly price to get in: Plus is US$9.99 a month.
Pick Draftt if
- You look for references in commercials, music videos and films and want to know who made them. Draftt's Explore is a hand-picked catalog of frames with their director, cinematographer, production company and agency.
- Your board becomes a presentation. Draftt has real decks with present mode and PDF export, and imports Canva designs as editable decks.
- You save references from all over the web and need to find them again. Draftt's Chrome extension saves images and videos from any page, and every image is indexed so you search by what is in it, by color or by lookalike.
- You collaborate live without moving to a top plan: Draftt has real-time editing on Pro and Team, and people you invite to a board join free.
- Your team works in Spanish. Draftt works in Spanish and English.
Side by side
| StoryFlow | Draftt | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Creative teams, with a lean toward film | Film, advertising, music videos, fashion and branding |
| Free plan | Not yet, promised before the end of 2026 | Not open yet: a 7 day Pro trial; invited people join free |
| One person | Plus, US$9.99 a month or US$7.99 billed yearly. Pro, US$19 a month or US$14 billed yearly | Pro, US$12 a month or US$8 billed yearly (US$96) |
| Teams | Max, US$49 a month or US$39 billed yearly, with a Team Workspace and roles | Team, US$18 per seat a month or US$12 billed yearly; viewers and guests free |
| Real-time team collaboration | Team Workspace, on Max | Pro and Team |
| AI that builds boards | Yes, from a brief in its chat | Through AI assistants connected by MCP |
| AI image generation | Yes, from the Pro plan | No |
| Templates | About 70, plus 200+ Story Blueprints | A smaller set, from moodboards to shot lists |
| Reference catalog with credits | No | Yes, frames from commercials, music videos and films |
| Presentations | Export boards as image or PDF | Decks with slides, present mode, Canva import and PDF |
| Video | Video and GIFs on the board, frames from YouTube and Vimeo | Plays inline up to 100 MB, grab frames from it |
| Web clipper | None found | Chrome, saves images and videos |
| MCP connector | Claude and ChatGPT | Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini |
| Apps and offline | Web only, no offline | Web only, no offline |
Prices checked on October 31, 2026, on StoryFlow's pricing page and Draftt's pricing. StoryFlow offers discounts for several seats; check their page for how seats are counted on Max.
What StoryFlow does well
StoryFlow was started by a documentary filmmaker, and its story shows in what it builds: storyboards, lookbooks and blueprints for telling a story. It found an audience fast; it says 30,000 people joined in the first month of early access. Its strongest idea is the AI chat that turns a brief into a full board you then edit, next to image generation, kanban, mind maps and tables. It also grabs frames from YouTube and Vimeo links, handy when your references live there.
It is also candid about its limits. On its own comparison page it says its template library and community are smaller than the incumbents', its long-form writing trails Notion, its real-time editing trails Miro, and the AI's first pass needs trimming.
Where Draftt is different
References you can trace. StoryFlow helps you produce images and layouts. Draftt gives you Explore, a catalog of frames from published commercials, music videos and films, each with the people who made it. Search it by text, color or similar images, open a work to see all its frames, drag a frame to a board. When a client asks who shot a reference, the answer is right there.
A deck, not an export. StoryFlow pitches its image and PDF export for pitch decks and lookbooks. In Draftt a deck is its own thing: slides with text, images, charts and video, made from the same references, that you present, share by link or download as PDF. A treatment that started in Canva comes in as an editable deck.
A library that finds things. Everything you save from the clipper, an upload or a board is described and indexed. Type "foggy pier at dawn", pick a color, or ask for images like one you already have.
Collaboration on every paid plan. StoryFlow's help center says real-time team collaboration needs its Team Workspace, part of Max. In Draftt, live editing, comments pinned on the canvas and guests on a single board come with Pro and Team.
AI through the assistant you already use. Draftt has no AI chat of its own. Its MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Gemini search your library and the catalog and build boards, decks and docs with you.
Where Draftt falls short
- No AI image generation, and no built-in AI that lays out a board from a brief (in Draftt that runs through an outside assistant).
- Fewer templates, and no kanban, mind maps or tables.
- The monthly entry price is higher: US$12 against US$9.99. Billed yearly they are about even (US$96 against US$95.88).
- The catalog is young: curated by hand, smaller than dedicated reference libraries, focused on commercials and music videos.
- Like StoryFlow, Draftt is young, made by a small team, web only and without an open free plan yet.
Trying them before you pay
Neither has an open free plan today. Draftt's Pro starts with a 7 day free trial, and anyone you invite to a board joins free, so you can test it on a real job with a collaborator. StoryFlow's way in is Plus; its pricing page has the current terms. Both say a free plan is coming.
If you use both, they do not sync, but bringing references over is quick: paste images and links into a Draftt board or save them with the clipper.
FAQ
Is Draftt a StoryFlow alternative?
Yes, for visual pre-production. Both are canvases for moodboards, storyboards and lookbooks with an MCP connector. StoryFlow centers on AI building boards and images; Draftt on credited references, decks and live team work.
Is Draftt cheaper than StoryFlow?
At the entry level, StoryFlow is cheaper monthly (US$9.99 against US$12) and about the same yearly. Against StoryFlow Pro (US$19, or US$14 billed yearly), Draftt Pro costs less, though StoryFlow Pro includes AI images. For a team working together live, compare Draftt Team at US$18 per seat with StoryFlow Max at US$49.
Does StoryFlow have a free plan?
Not yet. Its pricing page says Free is not available during early access and is planned before the end of 2026. Draftt has none open either; Pro has a 7 day free trial.
Can Draftt generate images with AI?
No. Draftt does not generate images. StoryFlow does, starting with its Pro plan.
Can I make a pitch deck in StoryFlow?
You lay it out on a board and export it as images or PDF. Draftt has decks for that, plus treatment templates.