UPM software that keeps up with the day.
Saturation is film budgeting and cost tracking software for unit production managers, built by producers. Schedule crew lines, calculate overtime and raise purchase orders against the budget as the day unfolds.
Trusted by 17,700+ producers managing $2.7 billion in production spend.
Run the production, not the paperwork
Purchase orders, approvals and actuals flow through one system, so the cost report is always current.
Budget Engine 2.0
Your budget, your cost report and every export run on one engine.
Smarter purchase orders
Raise it, then three-way match the order, the invoice and the receipt before anything is paid.
Flows
Branch it, delay it, dry-run it.
Rate packs
Verified union rates, versioned.
Auto-Actualize
Transactions count toward actuals as they land.
Schedule payments
Pay now or pick the send date.
Activity timeline
Who changed what, and when, on every record.
The day will not wait for the budget.
A vendor needs a purchase order and a department wants overtime, often in the same hour. Saturation puts the budget line in front of you, so you can answer on the spot.
- Purchase orders as you type
- Overtime worked out for you
- Crew lines on a calendar
Overtime, worked out before you approve it.
Set base hours and overtime tiers on a line, and the estimate updates as you type.
Explore budgetingFrom ask to committed cost.
Price it, route it, track it.
Price the line
Type a slash in a line to pull a rate from the rate packs you turned on.
Route the request
Flows send each ask to the right approver by amount, project or vendor.
See it committed
Approved purchase orders count as committed, beside estimate and actual.
A purchase order, built as you type.
Name it, add line items and pick the vendor, project and account. The document updates beside it.
Explore purchase ordersOne day, three checkpoints.
Before call, during the day and at wrap.
Start the day knowing what is left.
Check each department line against budget before the first request lands.
- Department lines against budget
- Dated crew lines on a calendar
- Open purchase orders in one list
Say yes or no with the line in front of you.
When a department asks for more, see what it does to their budget.
- Purchase orders raised on the spot
- Overtime calculated per line
- Requests routed by amount, project or vendor
Close the day while it is fresh.
Receipts and orders from today are already against the budget.
- Receipts matched to transactions
- Approved orders shown as committed
- A current budget for the morning
Questions UPMs ask
Straight answers, before you start.
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See how Saturation works for other roles and production types.
Keep the day moving and the budget intact.
Put your next production through it and see for yourself.
14 days free. No credit card required.