Boords

Boords is a professional online storyboarding platform built for video pre-production teams, animation studios, and advertising agencies. Founded in 2015 by Animade co-founder James Chambers, the platform enables users to create storyboards, generate AI-powered images from text prompts, and produce animatics — all within a single browser-based workspace. Boords keeps scripts and visual frames synchronized, allowing directors, producers, and creative teams to plan every shot with precision before production begins. The platform features built-in collaboration tools, including secure sharing links, frame-specific commenting, version tracking, and client approval workflows, eliminating the need for scattered email threads and disconnected PDF files.

AI image generation supports consistent character design across frames, helping teams rapidly prototype visual narratives in any style — from photorealistic to illustrated. Storyboards can be exported as PDFs, image sequences, or MP4 animatics with timeline-synced audio. With custom field configurations, shot list metadata, and project-based team access, Boords serves as a centralized pre-production hub. Over 2 million storyboards have been created on the platform since launch. Boords offers a free tier for solo users and paid plans for teams requiring unlimited storyboards, advanced collaboration, and AI credits. The platform is trusted by creative professionals across film, advertising, education, and content production worldwide.