Industry screenplay editor
The studio-standard script editor - with One More Draft adding prose, notes, community, and a free tier around it.
Yes - One More Draft is a credible Final Draft alternative for most working screenwriters, and a better fit for anyone who also writes prose or wants developmental notes built in. Final Draft is the decades-proven format that studios and production offices expect. One More Draft gives you a real industry screenplay editor (six formats, correct pagination, FDX and Fountain round-trip) in the browser and on the desktop, then adds a prose manuscript editor, Greenlight coverage, and a peer Workshop that Final Draft does not offer.
Final Draft's strength is being the incumbent: it is what many collaborators and studios assume you are using, and its formatting is battle-tested across thousands of productions. Its trade-offs are a steep one-time price (or annual plan), no prose or novel side, no built-in coverage, and no community.
One More Draft is built for the writer whose work does not stop at the script: plan with 30+ frameworks, draft the screenplay to industry standard, get developmental notes, do a table read with 11 voices, then move to a novel in the same account. If deep, verbatim Final Draft FDX interchange with a studio is a hard requirement, keep Final Draft in the loop - the round-trip is designed to make that painless.
A screenwriter who must hand studios or collaborators native Final Draft files, and wants the exact incumbent formatting no gatekeeper will question.
A screenwriter who also plans, writes prose, or wants coverage and community, and prefers a free start over a large upfront license.
| Capability | Final Draft | One More Draft |
|---|---|---|
| Industry screenplay editor | โthe standard | โ6 formats |
| FDX / Fountain round-trip | โnative FDX | โFDX & Fountain |
| Real-time co-writing | async | โPro |
| Prose manuscript editor | โ | โ |
| Story planning & frameworks | Beat Board | โ30+ frameworks |
| Developmental notes & coverage | โ | โGreenlight |
| Table read (text-to-speech) | basic | โ11 voices |
| Free tier | โtrial only | โ |
| Entry price | $199 once | Free, then $9/mo |
Final Draft is the better pick when a studio, showrunner, or production office requires native FDX files and expects the exact formatting they have used for years. If your entire workflow is screenwriting and you never touch prose, coverage, or community, Final Draft's decades of polish and industry acceptance are hard to argue with. One More Draft round-trips FDX so you can collaborate either way.
The One More Draft position
The long-form manuscript workhorse - and where One More Draft adds screenwriting, guidance, and a free tier on top.
The AI prose generator - versus One More Draft, where the AI guides and steers but never writes your story for you.
The friendly no-AI novel tool - versus One More Draft, which offers the same clean writing plus optional guidance and screenwriting.
The codex-driven, bring-your-own-model AI writing app - versus One More Draft's all-in-one guidance and craft suite.
The real-time co-writing screenplay tool - versus One More Draft, which adds prose, notes, community, and publishing.
About this comparison: Final Draft capabilities and pricing are directional, not exhaustive - features and prices change, and "partial" reflects limited, paid-add-on, or unverified support. Entry price shows the lowest regular paid tier where applicable. This page is maintained by One More Draft; check Final Draft's own site for its current feature set and pricing.
