What is Saturation.io?
Saturation.io is a cloud-based financial platform for film and video production teams that combines budgeting, expense tracking, and cost reporting. It supports productions ranging from independent features to studio projects by centralizing estimates, actuals, and card spending. A free tier limits users to one active project, while paid plans unlock multiple projects and additional account items.
What are the features of Saturation.io?
- Collaborative budgetingBuild budgets with line items, rates, fringes, and actuals using industry-standard templates or imports from Movie Magic, Excel, and CSV files.
- Real-time actualizationDisplay actuals beside estimates on every budget line, with rollup phases such as Estimate minus Actual to show remaining funds.
- Expense cardsIssue virtual or physical credit and debit cards that code charges directly to budget lines, with receipt uploads via Saturation Wallet.
- Approval routingSend invoices, payments, or other items through role-based approval flows that can be branched, delayed, or tested (Team plan and above).
- Project libraryStore reference data including rates, fringes, currencies, units, tags, and incentives for reuse across workspaces.
- Public API and MCP serverConnect external tools or point AI assistants at the workspace via an API and Model Context Protocol server.
What are the use cases of Saturation.io?
- Department-level budget sharingProducers save a scoped view of specific accounts and share it as a read-only link so department heads see only their allocation.
- Payroll import matchingImport payroll logs from providers like Wrapbook or Media Services as CSV or .ULT files, automatically matching rows to contacts and budget accounts.
- Multi-production oversightGroup projects into workspaces to switch between several active productions without losing context.
Saturation.io Pricing Information:
- CreatorFree; 1 active project, 1 seat, 1,000 account items, 2GB storage, budgeting and actualizing, and budgeting templates. No credit card required.
- Pro$32 per month billed monthly, or $384 billed annually; unlimited projects, 10,000 account items, 10GB storage, QuickBooks and Slack integrations, Saturation Pay expense management, viewers and commenters, cost reports, and EFC tracking. Includes a 14-day free trial.
- Team$79 per month billed monthly, or $948 billed annually; includes 3 seats, 100,000 account items, 100GB storage, project and workspace collaboration, purchase order management, role-based approval routing, priority support, and onboarding assistance. Additional seats are $336 per seat per year. Includes a 14-day free trial.
- EnterpriseCustom pricing based on seats, entities, and controls; SSO and SAML, unlimited account items, 1TB storage, API and MCP access, dedicated server, enhanced security, custom domain hosting, dedicated customer support, and onboarding assistance.

