Line producer software that knows where the money is.
Saturation is film budgeting and cost tracking software built by producers. See estimate, committed and actual side by side, and tie every purchase order to its budget line.
Trusted by 17,700+ producers managing $2.7 billion in production spend.
Tools that keep the budget honest
Rates, fringes, phases and incentives computed by one engine, with purchase orders and payments tracked against every line.
Budget Engine 2.0
Your budget, your cost report and every export run on one engine.
Rate packs
Verified union rates, versioned.
Fringes and markupsRebuilt
Stack them, cap them, and see the split on every line.
PhasesRebuilt
Every column knows its type.
Tax incentive packs
Programs, rates and rules per jurisdiction, kept current.
Smarter purchase orders
Raise it, then three-way match the order, the invoice and the receipt before anything is paid.
Schedule payments
Pay now or pick the send date.
The day moves fast. Now your numbers keep up.
A rental extends, a department asks for another day, a purchase order goes out. Saturation shows what each one does to the budget while you can still say yes or no.
- Estimate, committed and actual
- Purchase orders on every line
- Answers while the ask is live
See what is committed before it is spent.
Approved purchase orders roll into a Committed column beside your estimate and actuals. Click a total to see the orders behind it.
Explore purchase ordersFrom rate to approval.
Build the line, route the request, make the call.
Build the line
Rates fill in as you type, from the rate packs you turned on.
Route the request
Flows send each ask to the right approver by amount, project or vendor.
Make the call
Approve or reject in Tasks. The decision stays on the record.
A purchase order, from draft to approval.
Open the order beside its document, submit it, and the status updates for everyone.
Explore approval flowsOne budget, three kinds of pressure.
The department ask, the contingency and the call to the producer.
Answer while the crew can still use it.
Another move, another day, another rental. See the department line before you answer.
- The department line, current
- Fewer yeses you regret later
- A no you can explain
Know how much room is left.
See the cushion as approvals and actuals land, not a week later.
- Contingency against live spend
- Small variances seen before they grow
- The right moment to call the producer
Escalate with the answer ready.
Bring the line, the variance and the request, not a recollection.
- Requests arrive with the details attached
- Less back and forth on overages
- The decision stays on the record
Questions line producers ask
Straight answers, before you start.
Explore related solutions
See how Saturation works for other roles and production types.
Your budget should move as fast as your day.
Put your next production through it and see for yourself.
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