EnsembleWriter Pricing
EnsembleWriter has three ceilings rather than two plans. You can write without an account at all, a free account gives you more room, and Pro removes the page limit and the five-shot limit on the shot list. Only the last one costs anything.
Without an Account
You do not need an account to use EnsembleWriter. Open the editor and start typing: the full formatting engine and PDF and Fountain export all work signed out, and your work is saved in your browser between sessions. Sharing and Read Aloud ask for a free account first, which comes with a few minutes of reading to try Read Aloud.
Writing without an account is capped at 10 pages per screenplay. That covers a short film, a TV cold open, or the opening of a feature. Nothing expires, and the only other limit is that a share link shows its reader the first five pages until the owner is on Pro.
Because the work lives in your browser rather than on our servers, clearing your browser data deletes it. Making a free account is what moves it somewhere safer.
Free Tier
A free account costs nothing and lifts the page limit. It includes:
- Unlimited screenplays
- Up to 12 pages per screenplay, more than you get signed out
- Cloud sync across devices
- Sharing via read-only link
- Real-time collaboration with invited collaborators
- Auto-formatting with industry-standard screenplay layout
- PDF and Fountain export
Drafts you started signed out move into the account when you create one, so nothing is lost by writing first and signing up later.
Accounts created before the limit changed in September 2026 keep the 20-page free limit they signed up under. Nothing changed for them, and nothing will. Your account page shows the limit that applies to you.
Pro Plan
Pro costs $10.00 per month and unlocks everything in the free tier plus:
- Unlimited pages per screenplay, for you and any collaborators on your projects
- Unlimited shots in the shot list, where every shot has its camera details and an overhead blocking diagram, exportable to PDF, CSV or a call sheet (a free account holds five shots)
- Beta features before they are generally released
There are no annual contracts or commitments. You are billed monthly and can cancel at any time.
School Plan
The school plan gives Pro to everyone at a school for $80.00 per month, with no limit on how many people join. A teacher invites students and colleagues by their school email address and manages the list from their account settings, and anyone who already has an account can bring it onto the plan. See EnsembleWriter for Schools for how it works.
How to Upgrade
There are two ways to upgrade to Pro:
- Open My Account at the bottom of the right sidebar and click Upgrade to Pro.
- Once a script reaches six pages (five if you are not signed in), a meter at the top left of the editor (at the bottom left on a phone) counts the pages left on your plan. Hover it (or tap it on a phone) and click See Pro. When you hit the page limit, a modal appears with the same upgrade option.
Either path takes you to a Stripe checkout page where you enter your payment details. Once payment is confirmed, Pro features activate immediately.
Managing Your Subscription
You can cancel your Pro subscription at any time from your account settings. When you cancel:
- You keep Pro features until the end of your current billing period.
- After that, your account reverts to the free tier.
- Your scripts are never deleted. They remain in your account.
- Scripts past your free page limit stay fully readable, editable and exportable, but you cannot add pages beyond it. Trim below the limit or resubscribe to keep growing them.
If you resubscribe later, all your scripts and their full content are restored immediately.