Two different jobs that both use the word “inventory.”
Propared is production-planning software built for theatres, opera companies, dance troupes and live events — scheduling, budgeting, labor management, and a QR-coded inventory of equipment, props, costumes and spaces. PropsHub is built for one thing: a film or TV production’s prop list, derived from its scene breakdown.
If you need to schedule people and budget a season, Propared does that and PropsHub doesn’t. If you need your prop count to come from the script, that’s the part PropsHub was actually built for.
A production-planning platform for the performing arts.
As published on propared.com (accessed August 2026), Propared covers scheduling, budgeting, labor management, conflict detection for overlapping resources, and shareable “production books.” Its inventory module is QR-code based and covers equipment, props, costumes, personnel and spaces together — cataloguing physical items, not deriving quantities from a script breakdown.
It’s aimed squarely at theatres, opera companies, dance companies, festivals and venues — live-events and performing-arts production generally, not film or TV scene-by-scene workflows specifically.
Where each one is actually built for the job.
| Capability | PropsHub | Propared |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling & conflict detection | No | Yes |
| Budgeting & labor management | No | Yes |
| Built for film/TV film → episode → scene structure | Yes | Not confirmed — event/production level |
| Prop quantities recalculated from the scene breakdown | Yes | QR-coded inventory, not scene-derived |
| Per-scene open task checklists | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Printable/emailable shoot-day scene card with prop table | Yes | Not confirmed |
| QR-code physical inventory + mobile companion app | No | Yes |
| Shareable “production book” webpages | No | Yes |
| Public pricing | Yes | Pricing not published |
| Primary market | Film & TV productions | Theatre, opera, dance, festivals, venues |
PropsHub
- Scheduling & conflict detection No
- Budgeting & labor management No
- Built for film/TV film → episode → scene structure Yes
- Prop quantities recalculated from the scene breakdown Yes
- Per-scene open task checklists Yes
- Printable/emailable shoot-day scene card with prop table Yes
- QR-code physical inventory + mobile companion app No
- Shareable “production book” webpages No
- Public pricing Yes
- Primary market Film & TV productions
Propared
- Scheduling & conflict detection Yes
- Budgeting & labor management Yes
- Built for film/TV film → episode → scene structure Not confirmed — event/production level
- Prop quantities recalculated from the scene breakdown QR-coded inventory, not scene-derived
- Per-scene open task checklists Not confirmed
- Printable/emailable shoot-day scene card with prop table Not confirmed
- QR-code physical inventory + mobile companion app Yes
- Shareable “production book” webpages Yes
- Public pricing Pricing not published
- Primary market Theatre, opera, dance, festivals, venues
Propared facts as published on propared.com (accessed August 2026). Propared’s pricing page exists but shows no rates — we say “not published” rather than guess a number.
If you need to schedule and budget, use Propared.
This isn’t close: Propared schedules people, detects resource conflicts, and handles budgeting and labor management. PropsHub has none of that — it is the props binder, not the production office.
What PropsHub adds is depth in one specific place Propared’s general inventory doesn’t reach: a prop count that’s recalculated from your scene breakdown itself, per-scene task checklists, and a printable, emailable scene card built around a film → episode → scene structure rather than a general events catalogue.
See how PropsHub compares to other tools.
Excel & Google Sheets — the real incumbent — why it wins, and where it stops being enough.
SyncOnSet for Props — the closest true feature match found — enterprise-only, no public pricing.
StudioBinder — runs the whole production; its props feature is a script tag, not a database.
Keep your production office. Add the props binder it doesn’t cover.
PropsHub is invite-only while we onboard the first productions by hand. Tell us about yours and we’ll set it up with you.