What is Saturation? Product Demo (2026)

Start your free trial: https://next.saturation.io/signin?cta=getstarted&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=full_product_tour&utm_content=description_free_trial See how your production budget connects to expenses, payments and reports in Saturation 3.0. CHAPTERS 00:00 What is Saturation? Film budgeting and expense management 00:21 Production workspace, search and keyboard shortcuts 01:08 Create your production company workspace 01:31 Budget templates and Movie Magic, CSV and Hot Budget imports 02:01 Project Library: reusable production budget data 02:24 Crew rate packs and custom labor rates 02:54 Set up payroll fringes and employer costs 03:30 Budget globals and reusable formulas 04:04 Multi-currency production budgets 04:25 Film tax credits, rebates and incentives 04:46 Feature film budget: top sheet and chart of accounts 05:11 Budget phases: estimates, versions and comparisons 06:32 Budget line items, dates, rates and fringes 07:47 Crew overtime calculations 08:09 Budget markups and agency fees 08:46 Budget tags, filters and saved views 09:29 Commercial budgets and episodic production budgets 10:17 Custom budget columns and production types 11:00 Track actual costs against your budget 11:23 Collaborate with budget comments and shared views 11:54 Export your production budget 12:06 Transaction tracking and connected bank accounts 13:24 Code transactions and attach receipts 14:06 Create purchase orders and track committed costs 15:31 Saturation Pay: production funds and banking 16:26 Production credit cards and account controls 17:10 Issue crew expense cards and set spending limits 17:38 Vendor payments, invoices and payment requests 17:54 Build cost reports, hot costs and EFC reports 18:34 Contacts: import vendors, crew and W-9s 18:49 Vendor onboarding, tax documents and signatures 19:40 Vendor portal: payment requests and expense cards 20:18 Production documents and Smart Folders 20:36 Approval flows for payments and purchase orders 21:03 Tasks, approvals and notifications 21:33 Integrations: Plaid, QuickBooks, Zapier and Slack 23:02 Connect AI tools with Saturation MCP 23:21 Team permissions, API keys and partner access 23:58 Organize production projects and project details 24:18 Upcoming features and next steps Build a budget from a template or import an existing file. Set up crew rates, payroll fringes, globals, currencies and tax incentives, then compare budget phases and track actual costs. Follow transactions, receipts and purchase orders into approvals, expense cards and vendor payments. The tour also covers vendor onboarding, cost reports, documents, approval flows and integrations. Streamline your production budgeting, payments and actualization with Saturation. Not movie magic. Actual magic. 🎬 💻 Book a demo: https://saturation.io/demo?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=full_product_tour&utm_content=description_book_demo 🎉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saturation.io 🎉 Follow on X: https://twitter.com/saturation_io 🎉 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saturation 🎉 Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saturation.io Whether you're a producer, line producer or production accountant, Saturation is a collaborative budgeting and production management platform built for the entertainment industry. Create budgets, track actuals and manage production expenses in one workspace, so your team can focus on bringing its vision to life. #Saturation #FilmBudgeting #Producer