Kitsu

At a glance

• Editor score
  8.0 / 10
• Pricing
  Free plan · paid from €20/user/mo (annual) · 14-day trial
• Best for
  Open-source animation and VFX pipelines
• Free plan
  Yes
• Founded
  2018 · Paris, France
• Facts checked
  20 Sep 2026

• Where it wins

  • Open-source and self-hosted deployment options
  • Scheduling, workload planning, reviews, and budget forecasting
  • Pipeline integrations with Blender, Unreal Engine, Python, and JavaScript

• Where it doesn't

  • Cloud plans are priced per user and billed annually
  • Self-hosting requires the team to manage its own infrastructure
  • Advanced Enterprise features sit outside the standard paid tiers

Our verdict on Kitsu

Kitsu is a production tracking and collaboration platform from CGWire for animation, VFX, and video game studios. It brings shot and asset tracking, task assignment, status management, production scheduling, workload planning, review playlists, annotations, version comparison, time tracking, budget forecasting, reporting, and dashboards into one workspace. Producers, supervisors, artists, clients, and other production stakeholders can use it through a hosted cloud service, open-source self-hosting, or API-connected pipeline workflows.

The published plans show a free open-source option alongside cloud tiers billed annually. Agency costs €20 per user per month and includes basic support, mutualized hosting, and strong security. Production costs €30 per user per month and adds premium support, high availability, a search engine, and a playlist builder. Studio costs €35 per user per month with diamond support and the same high-availability, search, and playlist features. Enterprise adds on-premise installation, unlimited users, Single Sign-On, multiple instances, and media encryption. Artist Schools is priced at €3,999 per year for artist schools, while a 14-day free trial is also offered.

Kitsu fits teams that need production coordination alongside pipeline connectivity. Its integrations include Blender, Toon Boom Harmony, Unreal Engine, Slack, Mattermost, Discord, Python, and JavaScript, with web, Windows, macOS, Linux, API, and self-hosted access. The open-source model gives technically capable studios control over deployment, while hosted plans reduce infrastructure responsibility. Teams seeking shot-based production management, review workflows, planning, and reporting should consider Kitsu. Smaller teams wanting a lightweight standalone task tracker, or organizations that do not want per-user annual billing or self-managed infrastructure, may prefer a narrower tool.

Kitsu pricing

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Kitsu fact sheet

Kitsu integrations

Kitsu lists 8 integrations on its own site.

• Blender
• Toon Boom Harmony
• Unreal Engine
• Slack
• Mattermost
• Discord
• Python
• JavaScript

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Alternatives to Kitsu

• YamduA broad production workspace covering planning, scheduling, budgeting, collaboration, and delivery.4.0
• InteSceneA broad, budget-friendly toolkit covering production from script to reports.10.0
• ScenePaperA free production workspace spanning scripts, schedules, budgets, crews, and department workflows.9.0

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026

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