Compare · Scriptory vs Final Draft
The industry format, with the whole room in the draft.
Final Draft is the long-standing desktop standard. Scriptory opens your .fdx files in a browser tab, lets everyone write in the same draft with live cursors, and sends them back out as .fdx.
Final Draft prices and features checked October 2026 from the Final Draft product and pricing page. Source. Competitor prices are list prices published by each vendor and subject to change; converted at ₹88 per US$. Scriptory bills in INR.
Side by side
| FEATURE | Scriptory | Final Draft |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free for one script · Pro ₹3,499/yr | US$199.99 once, or US$99.99/yr with Final Draft Cloud |
| Runs in a browser, no install | Yes — Windows, macOS, Linux | Desktop app for macOS and Windows; Final Draft Cloud writes in a browser on the subscription |
| Real-time co-writing | Live multi-cursor editing | Desktop sessions one writer hosts; Final Draft Cloud collaboration is asynchronous |
| Final Draft (.fdx) import & export | Import free · export on Pro | Native format |
| Hindi & Marathi formatting | Yes | Not advertised |
| Beat board & storyboard | Yes | Beat Board; no storyboard tool advertised |
| Generative AI diagnostics | 1 a month free · unlimited on Pro | Not advertised |
| Coloured revisions & scene-number locking | Yes | Yes — plus page locking and omitted scenes |
| Character & location breakdowns | Yes | Yes — reports and production tagging |
| Offline editing | An open script keeps working; edits held encrypted, sync on reconnect | Yes — desktop |
Final Draft details as published by the vendor; “Not advertised” means the vendor’s own pages don’t mention it. Scriptory plan limits are on the pricing page.
Bring the draft. Keep the page count.
Courier Prime 12pt, one-inch margins and proper (MORE)/(CONT’D) breaks — and the editor paginates exactly as the exported PDF does, so the page you quote is the page they read.
- 01Import your .fdx or Fountain file.fdx and Fountain come across element for element; PDF, Word and text are read back from their layout.
- 02Invite your co-writersWrite live together instead of passing a locked file back and forth.
- 03Export back to .fdx whenever you need toFor the producer or studio that still asks for Final Draft. .fdx export is part of Pro; PDF, Word and Fountain export on every plan.
Questions
- Can I use Scriptory and Final Draft together?
- Yes. Draft in Scriptory with live co-writing, then export to .fdx (on Pro) for a producer or studio that asks for Final Draft.
- Can Scriptory open Final Draft (.fdx) files?
- Yes. Scriptory imports .fdx on every plan, keeping scene headings, character cues, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions as the elements they were. Exporting back to .fdx is part of Pro.
- Does Scriptory paginate like Final Draft?
- Scriptory lays pages out in Courier Prime 12pt with one-inch margins and handles (MORE)/(CONT’D) at page breaks, and the editor and the exported PDF share the same page geometry.
- How does Scriptory’s price compare to Final Draft?
- Final Draft 13 is US$199.99 as a one-time purchase, or US$99.99 a year as Final Draft Suite, which adds Final Draft Cloud (list prices, October 2026). Scriptory is free for one script, and Pro is ₹3,499 a year, billed in INR.