Comparison · checked September 2026
BacklotHub vs SyncOnSet
Short answer: SyncOnSet is for production departments: continuity, department money tracking and deep asset tracking for costumes, props, set dec, hair and makeup, priced per production and department. BacklotHub is for the production office: crew, hires to payroll, vendors and POs, call sheets, gear, shipping and events, for one flat price per company. Many shows could use both.
What is SyncOnSet?
SyncOnSet offers digital continuity, money tracking and asset management for five departments: costumes, props, set dec, hair and makeup. It imports scripts automatically, lets departments share continuity photos, tracks department purchases and cost reports, and its AssetHub tracks assets with barcodes, storage locations and check-in and check-out, through to re-use, auction or liquidation at wrap. It has native iOS and Android apps that work offline, and it won a Primetime Engineering Emmy.[1][2][4][5][6]
SyncOnSet and BacklotHub, feature by feature
“Not published” means we couldn’t find it on SyncOnSet’s own site. It may still exist. Numbers in brackets point to the sources at the bottom of the page.
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| Feature | SyncOnSet | BacklotHub |
|---|---|---|
| How it’s priced | Per production and department; mostly by quote[3][2] | Flat monthly price per company |
| Department continuity (props, wardrobe, set dec) | Yes: costumes, props, set dec, hair, makeup[2] | No |
| Script breakdown | Automatic script import[4] | No |
| Gear and asset tracking | Yes: barcodes, storage locations, check-in/out, wrap disposition[5][6][7] | Yes, sequential asset tags |
| Budgeting | Department budgets and cost reports[8][9] | No |
| Purchase orders with approval | Department payments logged (POs, P-cards, check requests, petty cash)[10] | Yes, second approver required |
| Vendor records and insurance (COI) expiry tracking | Vendor index; insurance tracking not published[10] | Yes |
| Shipping requests, labels and live carrier status | Tracking numbers stored by hand on asset events[7] | Yes; label buying on Studio and up |
| Shooting schedules and stripboards | Not published[11] Shoot dates and a calendar view are published; a stripboard isn’t. | No |
| Build call sheets | Not published | Yes |
| Crew database for your company | Not published | Yes |
| Crew hires sent to payroll, confirmed from a link | Not published | Yes |
| Event RSVPs, guest lists and door check-in | Not published[5] Its “events” are asset loan-outs, for example to premieres. | Yes |
| Crew, vendors and guests without paid seats | Each person needs their own login[12] | Yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | Sign-in with an Entertainment Partners account[13] | On the roadmap (Enterprise) |
| Native iPhone and Android apps | Yes: iOS 15+ and Android 10+[14] | Coming soon; works in the phone browser today |
Pricing: SyncOnSet and BacklotHub
SyncOnSet
As published on SyncOnSet’s own site, September 2026.
- Lite, for features only: $250 for 4 weeks, bought per department, up to 4 users, no Money Tracking.[3]
- Extra weeks on Lite: $100 each, up to 8 weeks in total.[3]
- Everything else, including episodic: a tailored quote from SyncOnSet’s accounts team.[2]
- 7-day free trial for new productions, no credit card required.[2]
BacklotHub
One flat monthly price per production company, in US dollars.
- Lite · 5 staff seats$199/mo
- Studio · 15 staff seats$399/mo
- Pro · 40 staff seats$599/mo
- Enterprise · unlimited seatsCustom
- · Annual billing: 12 months for the price of 10.
- · Extra staff seat: $20/month.
- · Crew, vendors, payroll contacts and guests are never seats.
Which should you choose?
Choose SyncOnSet if…
- Your costume, props, set dec, hair and makeup departments need shared continuity photos and breakdowns.
- You need deep tracking of props, wardrobe and set dec: barcodes, storage locations, check-in/out and what happens to each item at wrap.
- Department heads need to track their own purchases against a department budget.
- Crew need a native mobile app that works offline on set.
Choose BacklotHub if…
- You’re the production office, not a department: the crew roster, hires to payroll, vendors and POs for the whole company.
- You want one flat monthly price for the company instead of per production and per department.
- You track the office’s own gear and hard drives, and ship with Shippo labels and live carrier status.
- You run screenings, premieres and festival weeks with RSVPs and door check-in.
Questions people ask
- Does BacklotHub do continuity?
- No. BacklotHub has no continuity photos or department breakdowns. For costume, props, set dec, hair and makeup continuity, SyncOnSet is the specialist.
- Which is better for asset tracking?
- For props, wardrobe and set dec through to wrap, SyncOnSet goes much deeper. BacklotHub’s asset tracking is for the office’s own gear and drives: sequential tags, who has what, searchable drive contents, and shipping with live carrier status.
- How is SyncOnSet priced?
- Its published Lite plan is $250 per department for 4 weeks on a feature film, with other plans by quote. BacklotHub is one monthly price per company, from $199 a month (Lite: 3 active productions, 5 staff seats).
- Do they work on a phone?
- SyncOnSet has native iOS and Android apps. BacklotHub’s native apps are coming soon; today it runs in Safari and Chrome on any phone, with door check-in and on-set call sheets built for phones.
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Checked September 2026 · sources
Everything we say about SyncOnSet comes from SyncOnSet’s own website or help centre, read in September 2026. Prices and features change, so check their site before you decide. Where something isn’t published, we say so rather than guess. Spot something out of date? Email us and we’ll fix it.
- [1]SyncOnSet home page: www.synconset.com/home/
- [2]SyncOnSet FAQ: www.synconset.com/home/customer-resources/faq/
- [3]SyncOnSet help: Lite plan for features: support.synconset.com/article/jtxilehr3t-lite-plan-for-features
- [4]SyncOnSet continuity: www.synconset.com/home/continuity/
- [5]SyncOnSet AssetHub: www.synconset.com/home/asset-hub/
- [6]SyncOnSet help: barcodes with assets: support.synconset.com/article/qwzpg2kk33-using-barcodes-with-assets
- [7]SyncOnSet help: managing events: support.synconset.com/article/846l7rvo6k-managing-events
- [8]SyncOnSet budgeting: www.synconset.com/home/budgeting/
- [9]SyncOnSet help: Money Tracking overview: support.synconset.com/article/s0dpm01b50-money-tracking-overview
- [10]SyncOnSet help: vendors: support.synconset.com/article/97ahzpifrp-vendors
- [11]SyncOnSet help: calendar view: support.synconset.com/article/ysfrybugfu-calendar-view
- [12]SyncOnSet help: users and permissions: support.synconset.com/article/y2kl1wlls6-managing-users-and-permissions
- [13]SyncOnSet help: logging in with an EP account: support.synconset.com/article/u1r6amzt6m-logging-in-with-your-ep-account
- [14]SyncOnSet help: minimum system requirements: support.synconset.com/article/vxxb96irxs-minimum-system-requirements
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