Questions, answered.

No, AI is completely optional. CineDraft is first and foremost a professional screenwriting tool with industry-standard formatting. You can use all the core writing features without ever touching AI. The AI assistant is there when you need it, but it never gets in the way of your creative process.

CineDraft exports to industry-standard formats including PDF (with professional formatting), Fountain (.fountain), and other common screenplay formats. All paid plans include watermark-free exports.

Yes! there is one free trial: Essentials + Intelligent AI + Collaboration, 3 days, once per account, on the Essentials + Intelligent AI plan. You won't be charged until the trial ends, and you can cancel anytime during the trial period with no questions asked.

Absolutely. Your scripts are encrypted and stored securely. We never share your work with third parties, and you maintain full ownership of everything you create in CineDraft.

Yes. Collaboration is an optional add-on (+₹499/month or +₹4,788/year) that lets up to 10 people edit a screenplay live together, with invites, comments, tasks, notes and version history. It is not included in Essentials, but it is included in the 3-day free trial. Without the add-on you can still share a project with up to 4 people, who can view and comment.

AI tokens represent the amount of AI processing you can use. Both input (what you send to the AI) and output (what the AI generates) count toward your token limit. Free accounts receive 100K one-time AI credits (not monthly; they carry over if you upgrade to Essentials). AI add-ons on Essentials include monthly token allocations: 2.5M with Intelligent AI, and 4M standard plus 1M premium (Claude and Gemini) tokens with Advanced AI.

Yes! All users, including those on the Free plan, can purchase AI credit packs to extend their AI usage beyond their plan limits. Credits are valid for 90 days from the date of purchase.

When your 3-day trial (Essentials + Intelligent AI + Collaboration) ends, you'll be charged for Essentials + Intelligent AI; Collaboration is a separate add-on you can keep by adding it. You can cancel anytime during the trial to avoid charges. If you cancel after the trial, you'll retain access until the end of your billing period.

Essentials (₹499/month) can be extended with an AI add-on. Intelligent AI (+₹500/month or +₹4,800/year) adds prompt-based AI with 2.5M standard tokens per month. Advanced AI (+₹2,500/month or +₹24,000/year) includes Intelligent AI plus screenplay-aware context (RAG), Claude and Gemini models with 1M premium tokens per month, 4M standard tokens per month, and priority AI. Prices are inclusive of GST for India. Yearly billing is 20% off the base plan and every add-on.

Collaboration (+₹499/month or +₹4,788/year) is independent of the AI add-ons and adds live editing for up to 10 people, invites, comments, tasks, notes and version history. It is not part of Essentials. It is included in the 3-day free trial, and accounts that were already paid or complimentary before it launched keep it included.

Without the Collaboration add-on you can share a project with up to 4 people, who can view and comment. To edit together, the owner needs the add-on and each invited person needs the add-on on their own account too; an invitee without it can open the project but stays read-only. If an owner later drops the add-on, existing members are kept but become read-only.

Switching add-on level takes effect immediately. Upgrades charge the pro-rated difference for the rest of your current billing cycle. Downgrades refund the unused pro-rated difference to your original payment method within 5–7 business days. Cancellation is subject to our Cancellation Policy.

Yes! You can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time from your account settings. Changes to your AI add-on take effect immediately, with pro-rated charges or refunds for the rest of the billing cycle.