Katalist began as a script-to-storyboard tool with consistent characters, the same first step as cnemai. It has since turned toward performance marketing: swap the product in a winning ad, recast it, localise it, scale it across SKUs. cnemai goes the other way, from the board to a directed, reviewed cut.
| cnemai | Katalist | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | One film from script to approved cut | Storyboards, and ad variants at scale |
| Team price | $99 a month for the whole studio | Unlimited plan $99 a month for 2 users; more on Enterprise |
| Script | The script is the shot list; edit a line and the shot changes | Script broken into shots and a storyboard |
| Editing | A multi-lane timeline: picture, voice, sound, score, captions | Exports to Premiere (Pro), Final Cut (Enterprise) |
| Team review | Versions, propose, vote and approve on every cut | Real-time collaboration on Unlimited |
| Claude and ChatGPT | MCP connector into your film project | None found; API on Enterprise |
Katalist read on katalist.ai on 2026-10-15.
Choose Katalist when
- you run the same ad across many products, faces or languages;
- you want a storyboard to hand to a crew or an editor in Premiere.
Choose cnemai when
- the board has to become the finished film, cut and approved in one place;
- more than two people work on it.