ShotGrid pricing: what Flow Production Tracking costs in 2026
ShotGrid is now sold as Autodesk Flow Production Tracking. This is what it costs per seat as of November 2026, what a seat includes, how the trial works, how it differs from Flow Capture, and what the alternatives charge.
The short answer
As of November 2026, Autodesk lists Flow Production Tracking, the product formerly called ShotGrid, at $50 per user a month on a monthly subscription, $390 per user a year on an annual one, and $1,170 per user for three years. Every person who signs in needs their own subscription. There is no free plan, only a 30-day free trial. Prices are the ones Autodesk's US page shows, before tax; other regions see their own currency and can differ.
What is ShotGrid
ShotGrid is production management and review software for film, TV, animation and games. Autodesk renamed it Flow Production Tracking in 2024, as part of its Flow brand, so ShotGrid and Flow Production Tracking are the same product. It tracks every shot and asset of a production through the pipeline steps, plans artists and schedules, and ships with RV, Autodesk's review player. Producers, supervisors, pipeline developers and artists all work in it.
ShotGrid price per seat
| Subscription | Price per user | Per user per year |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $50 a month | $600 |
| Annual | $390 a year | $390 |
| 3 years | $1,170 | $390 |
As of November 2026, from Autodesk's Flow Production Tracking page.
The annual subscription is 35% cheaper than paying monthly for twelve months. The three-year term costs the same per year as the annual one and fixes the price for longer. Monthly makes sense for a freelancer you add for one production: three months at $50 is $150, less than half of an annual seat.
To put it in studio terms: five people on annual seats cost $1,950 a year. Add three freelancers on monthly seats for a three-month job and that job carries another $450 in software before anyone has opened a file.
What you get per seat
A subscription is for one named user. Autodesk lets you install the software on up to three computers or devices, but only that person can sign in, and on one computer at a time. You cannot share a seat between a day shift and a night shift.
The product page lists what the subscription covers:
- Tracking of projects, shots and assets across the pipeline, with reports on progress and resources
- Scheduling, which Autodesk describes as AI-powered, and resource planning views for artist capacity and workload
- Review and approval, with RV for playback
- Security features: single sign-on, two-factor authentication, IP allowlisting and project isolation
- Integrations with Maya, 3ds Max and Unreal Engine, and an open toolkit for the rest of a pipeline
- Access to the current version and the three previous ones
What it does not cover is the business side of a job. There are no quotes or invoices in Autodesk's feature list.
Is there a free version of ShotGrid
No. Autodesk sells Flow Production Tracking as a paid subscription only, and the product page lists no free plan or free tier. The two ways to use it without paying are the trial and education access: qualified academic institutions get free access to Autodesk software, Flow Production Tracking included, through the Autodesk Education Community. A student licence is for learning, not for client work.
The ShotGrid trial
The trial is 30 days, free. You sign up with an Autodesk account and get the full product. To keep using it, click Subscribe Now on the trial screen, or buy a subscription and sign in with the same email and password you used for the trial. Use the 30 days on a real production slice, not a demo project: set up your pipeline steps, bring in a sequence, and have a supervisor review a version in RV. That tells you more about the setup cost than any feature list.
How to buy a subscription
You buy it from the Autodesk store on the product page or through an Autodesk reseller, who can also handle multi-seat and enterprise deals. Annual and three-year subscriptions have a 30-day money-back window, monthly ones 15 days. Seats are bought per user, and Autodesk's page sets no seat minimum.
Flow Production Tracking vs Flow Capture
Both carry the Flow name and they do different jobs. Flow Production Tracking is the former ShotGrid: it tracks deadlines, shots, assets, people and budgets, and handles review in the studio. Autodesk Flow Capture, formerly Moxion, is a cloud dailies and review tool for the set: it captures camera data on set and streams it to the cloud so the production can review takes the same day. A live-action production may use both: Capture on set, Production Tracking for the post and VFX work that follows. A 3D or motion studio with no shoot does not need Capture.
Who it is for
Flow Production Tracking pays off when a production has many shots and assets moving through defined steps, a team large enough to need scheduling and resource views, and someone who looks after the configuration and the pipeline integrations. Disney Animation, Capcom and Larian are among the customers Autodesk names. For a studio of three to ten people doing client work, the price per seat is rarely the main cost. The setup is: entities, steps, fields, permissions and integrations need a person, and a small studio usually does not have one spare.
Flow Production Tracking competitors, with prices
These are the tools studios most often weigh against it. Prices are per user a month as each vendor's own pricing page showed them as of November 2026, billed yearly where there is a choice.
| Tool | Price model | Paid plans from | Free plan | Trial | Best at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Production Tracking | Per named user | $390 a year ($50 monthly) | No | 30 days | Large pipelines, RV review, Maya and Unreal |
| Kitsu (CGWire) | Per user, or self-host the open-source code | €20 (Agency, up to 20 users) | No hosted free plan; self-hosting is free | 2 weeks | Shot and asset breakdowns, Blender studios |
| ftrack Studio | Per user, external reviewers free | $25 ($30 monthly) | No | 14 days | Production tracking with browser review |
| OIO | Per plan, people who only view use no seat | $19 a month (Solo); Studio $99 for 5 seats | Yes, one project | Not needed: free plan, no card | Project management with quotes and invoices on the job |
Flow Production Tracking vs Kitsu
Kitsu covers the same core: sequences, shots, assets, a breakdown of which asset is in which shot, and review playlists with drawn notes. It is cheaper per seat, its code is open source, and its Blender publisher makes it the usual pick for Blender studios. What you give up is the depth of the pipeline toolkit and RV. If you self-host, the subscription goes away and the server work comes in. See OIO vs Kitsu.
Flow Production Tracking vs ftrack
ftrack Studio is the closest like-for-like: production tracking, scheduling, synced media review and integrations with Maya, Nuke and Houdini, at a lower price per seat. Clients and outside collaborators join reviews free. There are no quotes or invoices in either. See OIO vs ftrack.
For the longer list, grouped by studio type, read ShotGrid alternatives for 3D and motion studios.
Doing this in OIO
OIO is not a shot tracker, and it does not try to be one. It has no shots, sequences or pipeline steps, no plug-ins for 3D software, no colour-managed player and no drawing on frames. If those are what you use Flow Production Tracking for, stay with it or look at ftrack and Kitsu.
What OIO is: project management for agencies and studios. Each client job is one project page with the brief, files, budget, deadline and team chat, and each deliverable is a ticket on a kanban or a timeline. A freelancer works from a link to their ticket with no account and no seat: they read the brief, download the files, upload the work and mark it done. On still images the client leaves numbered pins and compares versions; on video they comment at a timecode and approve a version. The quote and the invoice come from the same project in any currency. For a studio whose jobs are a set of images or a few films at a time, that is often all the tracking the work needs. The side by side is on OIO vs ShotGrid.
Questions
How much does ShotGrid cost?
As of November 2026, Autodesk lists Flow Production Tracking, formerly ShotGrid, at $50 per user a month, $390 per user a year, or $1,170 per user for three years, before tax. Each person who signs in needs a subscription.
Is ShotGrid free?
No. There is no free plan. You can use it free for a 30-day trial, and qualified schools get free access through the Autodesk Education Community, but client work needs a paid subscription per user.
Is there a ShotGrid trial?
Yes, 30 days free with the full product. To continue, click Subscribe Now on the trial screen, or buy a subscription with the same Autodesk sign-in you used for the trial.
What is ShotGrid?
Production management and review software for film, TV, animation and games. It tracks shots and assets through the pipeline, schedules artists, and reviews work in RV, with integrations for Maya, 3ds Max and Unreal.
Is ShotGrid the same as Flow Production Tracking?
Yes. Autodesk renamed ShotGrid to Flow Production Tracking in 2024 as part of its Flow brand. It is the same product, sold the same way.
What is the difference between Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture?
Flow Production Tracking, formerly ShotGrid, tracks shots, assets, people, budgets and reviews. Flow Capture, formerly Moxion, is a cloud dailies tool that streams camera data from the set for same-day review.
What are Flow Production Tracking competitors?
ftrack Studio and Kitsu are the closest: both track shots and assets and review media, at a lower price per seat. Prism and AYON are pipeline tools with tracking. Studios that need project management rather than shot tracking use OIO.