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Saturation

One link. Every vendor, papered.

Saturation Vendor Onboarding replaces the email chain, the PDF packet, and the spreadsheet of who-sent-what with a single secure link. Vendors fill out their own info — contacts, tax documents, bank details, signed agreements — and everything flows directly into your production contacts.

Features

Bring your team together

Production budgeting, expense tracking, credit cards, approvals, and cost reporting in one cloud platform for video production teams.

Real-Time Collaboration

Collaboratively build budgets with line items, rates, fringes, and actuals. Start from industry-standard templates — feature film, TV, commercial, and more.

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Contacts# QtyUnit$ Rate
Kelcy Moore3DAY30,065.24
Freddy Trowill1WEEK10,000
Jens Jacob1DAY0.00
Brooke Dimsdale2HOUR50.00
Alfredo Poulsum2DAY1,000.00
Abbe Evers5DAY2,000.00

All Your Productions In One Place

Group projects into folders, switch between workspaces, and stay on top of multiple productions without losing context.

Horizon Pictures
Horizon Pictures
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The Atom Splitter

The Atom Splitter

Edited 20 minutes ago

Sand Kingdom

Sand Kingdom

Edited 1 hour ago

Something Somewhere

Something Somewhere

Edited 3 hours ago

Centurion Rising

Centurion Rising

Edited 5 hours ago

White Smoke

White Smoke

Edited 1 day ago

Comments

Comment directly on line items or expenses, so context never gets lost.

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Access Control

Control who can see, edit, and approve, so clients, vendors, and your team only access what they should.

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steps from link to papered

Type selection, contact info, tax docs, document signing, bank details, invoice — vendors complete the full packet in one sitting.

8,000+

producers on Saturation

The same production finance platform used for budgeting, actuals, expense management, and vendor payments.

3 types

vendor types, one link

Company, Independent Contractor, or Employee — vendors self-identify and see only the fields that apply to them.

Built for how productions actually hire.

Every production runs the same gauntlet in week one: dozens of vendors who need to be papered up before cameras roll. The tools most productions use for this are email, a shared folder, and a manual tracker. Saturation replaces the gauntlet with a link.

AUTOMATED COLLECTION

Stop chasing W-9s before day one.

Send one link. Vendors complete their own packet — contact info, tax documents, bank routing numbers, signed agreements — without any back-and-forth. Your dashboard shows who is done and who still needs to submit.

Automated completion trackingNo manual data entryReal-time dashboard

CONFIGURABLE REQUIREMENTS

The right paperwork for every type of worker.

Set different requirements for companies, independent contractors, and employees. Vendors self-identify and see only the fields that apply to them. One link, configured once, works for your entire crew list.

W-9 for contractorsCustom per vendor typeNDA and startwork forms

WORKSPACE CONTACT DATABASE

Every vendor you paper is a contact you keep.

Completed onboarding flows into your workspace contact database with payment details, tax docs, and signed agreements attached. Bring back the same DP next production — their bank info is already there.

Persists across projectsACH details storedDocuments attached
How it works

How vendor onboarding runs today

Productions collect vendor info through email threads, PDF attachments, and manual data entry — then spend the first week of production doing HR work instead of prep work. Saturation replaces all of it with a single link.

The old way

Email vendors individually for W-9s, bank forms, and NDAs — then chase each one downCritical
Track completion on a spreadsheet that is always a day behindCritical
Manually enter routing and account numbers into payroll or accountingCritical
Signed documents live in a shared folder nobody can find at wrapCritical
Rebuild your vendor contact list from scratch for every new productionCritical
Week one burns on paperwork instead of prep, actuals, and cost reportsCritical

With Saturation

Send one link to every vendor — they complete the entire packet on their ownSolved
Completion dashboard shows exactly who is done and who still needs to submitSolved
Bank and ACH details collect automatically and connect to Saturation PaySolved
Signed documents attach to each contact record, searchable by nameSolved
Workspace contacts persist across projects — returning vendors are already thereSolved
Accounting has clean, complete records before production even startsSolved
Google Sheets
Microsoft Excel
Email
Purchase orders
Invoices
Receipts
Petty Cash
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One link, all requirements

Configure what each vendor type needs — W-9s, direct deposit forms, NDAs, startwork agreements. Everyone gets the right paperwork and nothing falls through.

Vendors drive themselves

Each vendor works through six steps at their own pace: type selection, contact info, tax docs, document signing, bank details, and invoice submission. You track completion from the dashboard.

Contacts build themselves

Completed vendor records land in your workspace contact database automatically. Payment info, tax docs, and signed agreements attached. The record carries forward to every production.

WHY PRODUCTIONS SWITCH

Crew paperwork without the production tax.

Every hour spent emailing vendors for W-9s, manually entering bank routing numbers, or hunting for signed NDAs at wrap is an hour not spent prepping the show. Saturation takes the tax off so your team can focus on what matters.

CORE CAPABILITIES

Secure link-based onboardingW-9 and tax document collectionBank and ACH detail collectionCustom document signingNDA and startwork formsCompletion tracking dashboardWorkspace contact databaseInvoice submission built-in

Built to connect vendor onboarding, contacts, and payments in one platform.

That is the difference between a form tool and a production operations system.

What makes Saturation Vendor Onboarding production-native.

These are the workflows that matter when thirty vendors all need to be ready before day one — and accounting needs clean records from the start.

Tax document collection
W-9s and other required tax forms are collected as part of the onboarding flow. Vendors upload PDFs, JPGs, or PNGs. Documents attach to their contact record and stay accessible for accounting at wrap.
Bank and ACH details
Vendors enter routing and account numbers directly in the secure onboarding form. Bank info stores to their contact record and connects to Saturation Pay for direct payment processing — no re-entry required.
Custom document signing
Add NDAs, startwork agreements, and any contract vendors must review and sign before submitting. Paste document content into StartWork fields and require signature before the onboarding is considered complete.
Completion tracking dashboard
See who has finished and who has not from the Contacts dashboard. Follow up with incomplete vendors without digging through email threads. Know your crew is papered before cameras roll.
Secure vendor data storage
Vendor information — including bank details and tax documents — is stored securely and accessible only to authorized workspace users. Saturation is SOC 2 compliant, meeting the standards studios and networks require.
Persistent workspace contacts
Every completed onboarding builds your workspace contact database. Contacts and their attached payment details carry forward across every project. If a vendor worked your last production, their record is already there.
SATURATION PAY

Payments start where onboarding ends.

Vendor Onboarding is part of Saturation Pay — the built-in payment infrastructure for productions on Saturation. Once vendors submit their bank details and invoice through onboarding, your workspace can process payments directly. No third-party payroll software, no routing numbers on sticky notes, no week-late checks.

Over 8,500+ integrations

Connect spending, payments, and downstream reporting to the accounting, banking, and workflow tools your team already depends on.

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Google Sheets logoGoogle Sheets
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Vendor Onboarding FAQs.

The questions production accountants, coordinators, and line producers ask when they are evaluating whether to move vendor onboarding into Saturation.

Paper your crew before production starts.

One link. Every vendor type. All the documents. No email chains, no missing W-9s, no routing numbers on sticky notes. Get your first crew onboarded today.

Free tier available. No credit card required. SOC 2 compliant.