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StoryBoard vs Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

A professional-grade drawing, storyboarding, camera, and animatic application built for artists and studio pipelines.

The short answer

Choose Toon Boom Storyboard Pro when its specialist strengths match the work you need today. Choose StoryBoard when you want an existing screenplay to move through scene review, approved shots, cast references, live board generation, and coverage review.

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The workflow difference

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro
EON StoryBoard
Starting point
Draw or import thumbnails and develop authored boards inside a professional desktop application.
Upload or paste a screenplay, review the extracted scene map, then choose what to board.
Visual output
Artist-drawn boards and animatics with bitmap, vector, layer, effect, camera, audio, and 3D capabilities.
AI-generated storyboard frames created from approved shots and attached cast references.
Review model
Refine drawings, panels, timing, camera moves, effects, and animatics throughout pre-production.
Scene, shot, cast, generation, retry, coverage review, and PDF export in one guided flow.
Collaboration
Designed for professional artist and studio pipelines, including compact project files for remote collaboration.
Private-beta project workflow. Share links, frame comments, and real-time collaboration are not shipped yet.
Best fit
Storyboard artists and animation studios that need precise authored boards and animatics.
Directors and pre-production teams who want the screenplay and approved shot plan to remain attached to generation.
Choose Toon Boom Storyboard Pro when

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro's strengths are the job.

  • Professional drawing, thumbnailing, timing, and animatic craft are the core job.
  • Your artists need deep bitmap, vector, camera, audio, effect, and 3D tools.
  • You are working inside an established animation or studio pipeline.
Choose StoryBoard when

The screenplay should stay attached to every review step.

  • You need a quick AI-generated first pass from an existing screenplay.
  • Your team wants to approve scenes and shots before frames are generated.
  • You need cast-grounded boards and coverage status without professional drawing software.
Important context

StoryBoard is still a private beta.

StoryBoard currently ships whole-script scene mapping, scene selection, shot breakdowns, cast-reference setup, live board generation, retries, coverage-focused continuity review, and PDF export.

It does not yet replace precise 3D previs, a professional storyboard artist, mature client sign-off software, or a complete AI video-production suite. Visual consistency remains model-dependent and every important frame still needs human review.

Source note

Toon Boom describes Storyboard Pro 25 as a complete professional storyboarding solution for thumbnailing, visual storytelling, pitching boards, and timing camera moves in animatics.

Verify on Toon Boom Storyboard Pro's official site ↗Last reviewed June 15, 2026. This comparison is based on public product information, not a sponsored placement or independent performance benchmark.
Try the workflow

Start with the script.
Decide every important shot.

Request private-beta access and test StoryBoard on a sample project or a sequence from your own screenplay.

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