--- description: Learn more about Final Draft price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Final Draft Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Mind Mapping Software](/directory/31396/mind-mapping/software) > [Final Draft](/software/210729/final-draft) # Final Draft Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210729/final-draft Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210729/final-draft?page=2) > Screenwriting solution that helps users write screenplays, teleplays, comics, graphic novels, and stage plays using built-in templates. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 31 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 31 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Final Draft, A Cast & Crew Company ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$249,99 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - Brainstorming - Collaboration Tools - Data Import/Export - Flowchart - Graphical Data Presentation - Ideation - Mind Maps - Revision History - Rich Text Editor - Scene Reordering - Templates ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Mind Mapping Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31396/mind-mapping/software) ## Related Categories - [Mind Mapping Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31396/mind-mapping/software) - [Screenwriting Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/33635/screenwriting/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The price is very reasonable considering all it offers, and the fact that upgrades are a fraction of the full price, so it's easy to keep the program up to date without breaking the bank. In addition to writing scenes and dialog, it has tools to analyze your beat structure, track your characters, and other developmental necessities in creating a good script. And the Customer Support team is very responsive, answering any questions I have had usually within a day, sometimes within a couple of hours. > > **Cons**: Sometimes I get caught in what I call "tab hell," which is when I have to manually make a choice about a section (action, dialog, parenthetical) instead of the tab doing the work for me, and a chunk of my formatting goes a little haywire. But I think that's on me, and not the program, and easily fixable, so not something to put anyone off from using the program (and figuring out what I am doing wrong\!). > > I have been using Final Draft for at least 20 years, and have always had a wonderful experience with the program. It's confidence-building to know that my script is professionally formatted, easy to read, and easy to use for performances. ----- ### "Final Draft Update 13.2.0 Brings Redemption" — 5.0/5 > **Con** | *18 August 2024* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: \# provides great story-planning tools \# facilitates smooth writing \# has uncluttered workspace \# exhibits bits and pieces of intelligence everywhere \# has an easy-to-learn Macro Utility \# quick response-time from the Final Draft team to user-concerns > > **Cons**: There isn't much to dislike as it provides options. If you don't want to use a certain feature, you don't have to. If you don't like a certain feature and can't ignore it, you probably have the choice of using another feature to do the job. > > Final Draft (FD) has redeemed itself with the wonderful 13.2.0 update. I, like so many others, had mixed feelings with the initial version 13.0.0 release. But with the latest update, the Final Draft team has redirected its efforts to something we may all appreciate, and that new feature is called Autocorrect. Like the great novel-writing software, Scrivener, the equally great screenwriting software, Final Draft v13.2.0, now has an autocorrection facility. Hundreds of words will automatically be corrected as you write your screenplay. For example, "theif" will change to "thief" before your very eyes. But more than that, you can add your own corrections or make changes to the list. For example, you may wish to have your characters capitalised wherever their names appear in your screenplay. To do this, in the Windows version of FD, click the Tools menu \> Options \> Autocorrect tab ... once there, click the + button, type "clarence" in the left column and "Clarence" in the right column, click OK and you're done. Go further to make your writing smoother: make "im" = "I'm", "ive" = "I've"; but take care with "ill" = "I'll" because "ill" may be written to mean "sick"; instead use "il" for "I'll". This is what many of us ask from Final Draft: empower our writing, facilitate the nitty-gritty process of typing. The Macro utility, Typewriter Mode and now Autocorrect help our writing to flow. And this is what makes Final Draft arguably the best screenwriting software, just edging out some fantastic competitors. After all, more than any one feature, we write 70, 80, 90 or more pages of a screenplay. We write — that is our modus operandi. Why lose a millisecond pressing the Shift key to capitalise a character's name? Why lose a couple of seconds to correct a spelling error? Why continually scroll to keep the writing near the top of the screen (closer to eye level)? To the incredible credit of the FD team, it has listened and has set itself back on course to enable writers to write more smoothly and flowingly. For many screenwriters, to list Emojis as a new feature — as was the case in the initial 13.0.0 release — was too much to take. Right or wrong, screenwriters take their craft and creative efforts a little more seriously than to work out where to place a smiley face or a sad face. Another new feature of the initial release is Stats, which would interest producers more than writers. Set Goals is more for professional screenwriters on contracts than probably hobbyists who are at the mercy of the Muses. The new Autocorrect feature, introduced in 13.2.0, is likely to bring back into the fold many disaffected FD users. ----- ### "Final Draft Got Me Recognized" — 5.0/5 > **Jody** | *03 June 2024* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Final Draft is outstanding when it comes to being simple to use and how it anticipates my next prompt or formatting arrangement. > > **Cons**: This software is absolutely essential for any serious writer. > > Since using Final Draft I have written an award-winning screenplay and was hired by a production team to draft a television pilot. ----- ### "Final Draft review by John Muchangi" — 5.0/5 > **John** | *17 December 2024* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Automatically formatting my script according to industry standards is my most favorite feature of final draft. Scene numbering is my second favorite feature whereby final draft automatically numbers my scenes so that I can easily keep track of where I am in my script > > **Cons**: While it's a powerful tool for bringing a script into life, Final Draft can be complex to learn, especially for someone starting from scratch. > > Final Draft has been useful in developing speech scenes for my videos especially where specific words needs to be said ----- ### "Best collaborative writing" — 5.0/5 > **Evelyn** | *12 August 2021* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Final Draft is the best option when you are a professional writer. Even there are other softwares Final Draft is the one if you are working on the film or tv industry as most proffesionals and producers tend to use this one. The new version is great and the options to write along a colleague and see changes on real time is what I love the most. > > **Cons**: I think is a little expensive for the ones that are just starting. Is not that much intuitive you need to learn trough the practice, but anyways there are plenty of tutorials on their site > > I have used Final Draft as a student and then on some companies where I worked. On my new job this is the software we use for every script and I find it so comfortable and easy to use and to send the new versions. Is great to collaborate specially when developing tv scripts, I like the option to track the changes and the beat cards. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210729/final-draft?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210729/final-draft) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nb | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data