Cerebro

Cerebro is project-management and collaborative-production software for marketing, design, architecture, VFX, and animation teams. It combines task planning, resource tracking, file storage, visual review, communication, reporting, and integrations. It supports web, desktop, and mobile access, plus cloud or locally hosted deployment.

✨ Key Features

• Project and task hierarchy — Break complex work into projects and tasks with unlimited nesting depth, templates, tags, and custom properties.
• Planning and scheduling — Set deadlines, assign people or resources, view calendars, and visualize dependencies in interactive Gantt charts.
• Resource and budget tracking — Track estimated and approved time, task budgets, resource usage, financial performance, and project statistics.
• Visual review with Mirada — Add text, voice, and graphic annotations to still images, videos, 360-degree panoramas, and other working materials.
• Team communication — Use task comments, internal messaging, personal task lists, notifications, and messenger integrations to keep production context together.
• File storage and sharing — Store, transfer, share, and selectively synchronize production files, with access controls for teams, clients, and contractors.
• Reporting and KPIs — Review project and user statistics, customize metrics with tags, and export project or user data to Excel or CSV.
• Role-based access — Give producers, project managers, artists, clients, and accountants different access to project branches and financial data.
• Production integrations — Connect cloud storage and use plugins for tools including Nuke, 3ds Max, Maya, Houdini, Cinema 4D, Blender, and Adobe products.

💳 Pricing

• Trial — Free for 30 days. The official pricing page lists 1–50 users, 50 GB cloud storage, desktop/mobile/web access, online support, visual annotations, and integrations/SDK.
• Start — Free. Supports 1–5 users and 10 GB cloud storage; web and mobile access are included, while desktop, Mirada, and some collaboration capabilities are limited compared with paid plans.
• Team — US$9 per user/month. Supports up to 10 users, 50 GB+ cloud storage, desktop/mobile/web access, Mirada, unlimited projects and tasks, online support, and SDK customization.
• Studio — US$29 per user/month. Adds unlimited users, locally hosted file storage, installation assistance, training sessions, and larger cloud-storage options.
• Factory — US$59 per user/month. Adds a locally hosted application server, scheduled server updates, and isolated-network operation without an internet connection.

Freelance packages are also listed separately as Mini, Midi, and Maxi, priced by active day. Confirm taxes, storage upgrades, and country-specific terms before purchase.

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🎯 Use Cases

• Animation and VFX production — Track shots, assets, dependencies, reviews, and client feedback across a production pipeline.
• Marketing campaigns — Plan briefs, creative tasks, deadlines, approvals, and final asset delivery across internal and external teams.
• Architecture projects — Coordinate design tasks, resources, files, schedules, and visual comments across offices and consultants.
• Design-team collaboration — Keep task discussion, file versions, annotations, and approvals connected to each project branch.
• Client and freelancer review — Give outside collaborators scoped access, exchange files, and collect comments without exposing unrelated work.
• Resource and financial control — Compare estimated and approved time, budgets, resource usage, and project performance.
• Distributed production — Use web, desktop, mobile, dedicated servers, and selective synchronization for teams working across locations.