Yamdu

Score10 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Yamdu are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Task Management and Collaboration: Many users have found the task management and collaboration features of Yamdu to be highly beneficial. They appreciate how it helps them keep track of tasks and allows for seamless communication between different departments. This feature has been praised by multiple reviewers.

Responsive Customer Support: The responsiveness of Yamdu's customer support team has received positive feedback from a number of users. They mention that the support team provides fast assistance when encountering any problems, ensuring a smooth experience with the software.

Efficient Production Planning: Several reviewers have highlighted the efficient production planning capabilities of Yamdu. Users appreciate how they can input details and ideas into the software while it takes care of the rest, making the planning and scheduling process easier and more streamlined.

Reviews

4 Reviews

filmproduction management for professionals

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 13, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are an independent film production company based near Vienna in Austria, focused on fiction and non-fiction shows. All our projects have one thing in common: we use Yamdu to organize and share relevant information among all team members. Before Yamdu, information sharing was up to Dropboxes, google drives and e-mails. Every projects had kind of its own organziation. Mostly it was up to the freelancer production coordinators and production managers, who used their own systems. That worked within a project but it was tricky for the company to have all different sources in sight.When we started to use Yamdu we started to set communication-standards for the whole company and all projects. The basic functions we use in all projects are the crew list and the production calendar. The bigger the projects, the more functions we are using. Our fiction projects use nearly all functions. For us it is important to have one place, where all team members can rely on to always get the latest information. And that is Yamdu.

Pros

crew list management
crew announcements
production calendar
file management
time cards
crew travel planning
ressourcen bookings

Cons

cast import from alternative platforms

Likelihood to Recommend

Yamdu is a good choice if you work in a professional setup, where teamwork is important, where big crews have to be handled. If you only have a few crew members in small projects, the toolset might be a bit overloaded

Florian Gebhardt

CEO at Gebhardt Productions GmbH (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Excellent featureset at a premium

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 4, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Yamdu to ingest scripts, build shot lists, schedules, and production plans. We typically used it with short films and music videos, though occasionally used it for corporate video work.

A big problem that Yamdu addressed was having flexible and powerful shot listing and scheduling options. I have used shot list/scheduling applications in the past, but Yamdu had the most extensive set of options and exports available, and adjusting the schedule was always easy. It was particularly useful for me when it came to estimating shoot length and planning out our days.

Pros

Build a shot list from a script
Build and maintain a schedule from the shot list
Inventory all assets (props, actors/characters, sets, etc.)
Work with a team

Cons

The interface can be a little overwhelming sometimes, since there are so many options available
I wish there was true mobile support so the app could be used during production
The cost was ultimately too high for me--I wish there was another, more affordable tier for smaller production houses

Likelihood to Recommend

Even for a small business like mine, Yamdu really felt like a one-stop shop for everything. It's hard to find a comprehensive software for film/video productions, but Yamdu has everything we need. The only thing that really held us back was the cost, ultimately.

If anything, I would love a storyboarding feature that let you set the time per shot and build out a sequence in pre-production. I used Storyboarder for this currently and it's very helpful, especially for music videos, to be able to build out a storyboard, set a music/audio track to it, then play it back in real time and see the pacing of the shoot.

Travis Ward

Owner/Operator at Another Meadow Productions LLC (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

quite good, but with potential for improvement

Rating: 5 out of 10

Incentivized

March 15, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Yamdu is an ambitious software package developed by a motivated team. The fast support is definitely a plus point and there are many interesting tools integrated into the software. However, the operation can sometimes be a bit cumbersome, and some important tools do not work satisfactorily.
Another criticism is that the mobile app needs to be better developed in order to be used effectively in the field.
Additionally, the price-performance ratio is not good, especially for smaller companies, the software is simply too expensive.
A limitation is also that the ability to export one's own data is limited. This can be very restrictive and impair user-friendliness.

Pros

Crewlists
Callsheets
Breakdowns

Cons

Mobile Application
Instant Messaging
Export Features

Likelihood to Recommend

Yamdu is suitable for larger companies with multiple projects. For smaller film production companies, however, it is too expensive and cumbersome.

Stefan Meier

CEO (Chief Executive Officer) at Turaco Filmproduction (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Best production management software

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 8, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Great software for production and the whole process, financial, production schedule, report for the team involved and location research, among others. Very good support by your consultants and quick responses.

Pros

Customized production schedule and easy management.
Total financial control of the project in all areas.

Cons

More specific financial management reports.
Creation of some instant messaging software for the team.

Likelihood to Recommend

In my opinion Yamdu is suitable for both small and large projects as it has a wide and customized environment.

Lincoln Augusto De Sousa Pinto

CPO (Chief Product Officer) in Product Management at Premier films (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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