Two intakes: M Studio and Storyboarder.ai

M Studio and Storyboarder.ai read differently at three of the six checkpoints: length, languages and billing. They read the same on formats, extraction and editing. From 3 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Fig. 1 Filled: the vendor's pages answer the checkpoint. Hollow: nothing stated, or not read.

M Studio and Storyboarder.ai, reading by checkpoint, checked 2026-09-25.
Checkpoint	M Studio	Storyboarder.ai
Accepted formats	File types named	File types named
Length ceiling	Not stated	Pages stated
Input languages	Not stated	Any language
Automatic extraction	Scenes or shots	Scenes or shots
Editable before generation	Before generation	Before generation
Re-parse billing	Plan allowance	Parsing not charged

Inclusion rule. The six checkpoints every intake record is read on. Order. The order the checkpoints appear on every record.

1Where the two intakes part

Two screenplay-import routes. M Studio names PDF; Storyboarder.ai names PDF and four more. M Studio counts breakdowns in films on its Starter plan; Storyboarder.ai counts projects and pages and says it has no credits.

Length ceiling

M Studio: not stated.

Stories up to 10 pages
Storyboarder.ai, pricing

Input languages

M Studio: not stated.

Import any script language
Storyboarder.ai, pricing

Re-parse billing

5 films AI Script & Shot Breakdown
M Studio, pricing page (workflow and plans)

No credit system. No pay-per-image.
Storyboarder.ai, home page FAQ

2The lines on file

Length, plan limits
Stories up to 10 pages on the lower plan and 30 pages on the nextStoryboarder.ai, pricing / recorded 2026-09-25
Languages, plan features
Scripts in any languageStoryboarder.ai, pricing / recorded 2026-09-25
Billing, Starter plan
The Starter plan lists AI Script & Shot Breakdown for 5 filmsM Studio, pricing page (workflow and plans) / recorded 2026-09-25
Billing, unlimited iterations
Plans count projects and pages; the home page says there is no credit systemStoryboarder.ai, home page FAQ / recorded 2026-09-25
Formats, step 01: start a film
A one-line brief, or a screenplay imported as PDFM Studio, pricing page (workflow and plans) / recorded 2026-09-25
Formats, FAQ: how does it work
PDF, FDX, Fountain, Word or TXT scripts, or a shot list imported from ExcelStoryboarder.ai, home page FAQ / recorded 2026-09-25
Extraction, step 02: add your script
Scenes, action and dialogue laid out shot by shotM Studio, pricing page (workflow and plans) / recorded 2026-09-25
Extraction, FAQ
A scene breakdown, shot list and storyboardStoryboarder.ai, home page FAQ / recorded 2026-09-25
Editing, step 02
The script is editable line by line before anything rendersM Studio, pricing page (workflow and plans) / recorded 2026-09-25
Editing, features
Everything is editable at each stage, before frames become animaticsStoryboarder.ai, home page FAQ / recorded 2026-09-25

3A novel-to-episodes intake beside M Studio and Storyboarder.ai

SceneMixer's intake on the checkpoints where M Studio and Storyboarder.ai differ, read 2026-09-25.
Checkpoint	SceneMixer	Source
Length ceiling	About 300,000 characters of English per project; longer books are split into volumes	SceneMixer, novel to video guide
Input languages	Chinese and English sources	SceneMixer, novel to video guide

Inclusion rule. Checkpoints on which the two intakes differ and SceneMixer's pages state its own. Order. The order checkpoints take on every tool page.