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SmartBreakdown compared with Xakto
Detail SmartBreakdownXakto logo Xakto
What it doesA private screenplay production workspace for film and television Inspect and edit any website like a design tool, then hand the changes to your coding agent
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inDE NZ
Pricing modelFree trial Freemium
PricingNot given Free: $0 forever, no card or account required. Pro: $59 a year (about $4.92 a month billed yearly), or monthly subscription available. Lifetime: $149 once, for the first six months or 200 buyers, includes every 1.x version and version 2 at half price. Team: $12 a seat, a month, from three seats, com
Key features
  • Scene recognition and parsing in four heading conventions
  • OCR for scanned PDF screenplays
  • Department markup with colour-coded text highlighting
  • Cost estimation per scene and department
  • Running time and story day tracking
  • Reference images and notes per scene
  • Revision history with coloured page markers
  • PDF and Excel export with filtering
  • Semantic search across the screenplay
  • Sync across Mac, iPad and iPhone
  • Inspect CSS, Tailwind, React and HTML
  • Edit the live page like a design tool
  • Check WCAG 2.2 AA and usability heuristics
  • Clone pages to React, Figma, PDF or HTML
  • Extract design system as DESIGN.md and W3C design tokens
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other coding agents
  • Full site scan
  • Annotations and reports
  • Page export to Figma, PDF, HTML, CSS, PNG, JPG
What makes it different
  • Completely on-device with no cloud or account required
  • Designed specifically for department crew, not production management
  • Handles real messy production drafts in multiple formats without retyping
  • Scene preparation survives draft revisions without losing work
  • Integrates breakdown, costing and schedule in one place with no separate spreadsheet
  • Hand changes directly to your coding agent over MCP
  • All work stays on your computer, no server reads your pages
  • Founding price locked for life, no surprise subscription increases
  • Pay once with Lifetime option including version 2 at half price
  • Full refund within 14 days, no questions asked
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)22 −1 (down) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)50
Citation Flow (Majestic)712
Referring domains (Majestic)161

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