Does BacklotHub replace Wrapbook?

No. BacklotHub doesn’t process payroll, timecards or union paperwork. Keep your payroll company. BacklotHub tells them who you’ve hired and records their confirmation.

Does BacklotHub integrate with Wrapbook?

There’s no direct integration. The hand-off is an email with a signed, time-limited link, which works with Wrapbook or any other payroll company, and your payroll contact doesn’t need a BacklotHub account.

Do payroll contacts or crew count as BacklotHub seats?

No. Seats are only for your office staff. Payroll contacts, crew, vendors and guests are never counted or charged.

Works alongside · checked September 2026

BacklotHub and Wrapbook

Short answer: BacklotHub doesn’t replace Wrapbook. Wrapbook runs payroll: onboarding, timecards, employer-of-record payroll, insurance and union compliance. BacklotHub runs the production office around it, and its crew hire form sends each new hire to your payroll contact, who confirms enrolment from a signed link with no login.

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What is Wrapbook?

Wrapbook describes itself as an online production payroll and accounting platform that lets production companies pay their crew, track budgets and spending, and monitor compliance. Its site lists onboarding, timecards, employer-of-record payroll, insurance and union compliance. It charges a processing fee on payments, never charges workers, and says Cinapse, a production scheduling app, is part of the Wrapbook family.^[2][1][3]

Wrapbook and BacklotHub, feature by feature

“Not published” means we couldn’t find it on Wrapbook’s own site. It may still exist. Numbers in brackets point to the sources at the bottom of the page.

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Features of Wrapbook and BacklotHub, checked September 2026
Feature	Wrapbook	BacklotHub
Payroll processing	Yes, including employer-of-record payroll^[1]	No
Digital start paperwork and timecards	Yes: onboarding and timecards^[1]	No
Budgeting	Tracks budgets and spending^[2]	No
Purchase orders with approval	Purchase orders, exportable to Hot Budget or Showbiz^[2]	Yes, second approver required
Shooting schedules and stripboards	Through Cinapse, part of Wrapbook^[2]	No
Crew hires sent to payroll, confirmed from a link	Start-work approvals inside Wrapbook^[1]	Yes
Your own crew sign-up page and self-service portal	Not published	Yes
Build call sheets	Not published	Yes
Vendor records and insurance (COI) expiry tracking	Not published	Yes
Gear and asset tracking	Not published	Yes, sequential asset tags
Shipping requests, labels and live carrier status	Not published	Yes; label buying on Studio and up
Event RSVPs, guest lists and door check-in	Not published	Yes

Pricing: Wrapbook and BacklotHub

Wrapbook

As published on Wrapbook’s own site, September 2026.

A processing fee on all payments run through Wrapbook, with no monthly, annual or tech fees.^[3]
The payroll estimator’s example shows a 1.49% platform fee on gross wages.^[3]
Free for crew: Wrapbook never charges workers for using the platform.^[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.

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How they fit together

Step 1
A coordinator puts the week’s new crew on BacklotHub’s hire form, matched to your roster and the rates on file.
Step 2
Your payroll contact gets the hire by email and sets the person up in Wrapbook.
Step 3
They confirm enrolment from BacklotHub’s signed link, with no BacklotHub login.
Step 4
The hire shows Cleared on the production. Timecards and pay stay in Wrapbook.

When you need Wrapbook, and when you need BacklotHub

Use Wrapbook for…

Paying crew, including employer-of-record payroll.
Onboarding paperwork and timecards.
Insurance and union compliance.

Use BacklotHub for…

The crew roster, your studio’s crew sign-up page and the self-service portal.
Handing new hires to payroll and seeing when they’re cleared.
Vendors, insurance certificates, POs, call sheets, gear, shipping and events.

Questions people ask

Does BacklotHub replace Wrapbook?: No. BacklotHub doesn’t process payroll, timecards or union paperwork. Keep your payroll company. BacklotHub tells them who you’ve hired and records their confirmation.
Does BacklotHub integrate with Wrapbook?: There’s no direct integration. The hand-off is an email with a signed, time-limited link, which works with Wrapbook or any other payroll company, and your payroll contact doesn’t need a BacklotHub account.
Do payroll contacts or crew count as BacklotHub seats?: No. Seats are only for your office staff. Payroll contacts, crew, vendors and guests are never counted or charged.

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The BacklotHub features in question

Checked September 2026 · sources

Everything we say about Wrapbook comes from Wrapbook’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]Wrapbook home page: www.wrapbook.com/
[2]Wrapbook help: FAQ: help.wrapbook.com/docs/wrapbook-faq
[3]Wrapbook payroll estimator: www.wrapbook.com/estimate-your-entertainment-payroll

Wrapbook is a trademark of its owner; BacklotHub is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Wrapbook. We name it only to compare the products.

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