Explore CETA Software’s Features
Effortless collaboration with our secure, web-based interface
Simplify your workflow with CETA’s intuitive, browser-based platform. Access your data seamlessly anytime, anywhere — no installation required.
Collaborate across departments effortlessly while keeping sensitive information secure in a system designed for your peace of mind.
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Fast-track your bidding process with fully customisable quote templates designed to help you win projects, delivering results in just minutes. Effortlessly generate multiple versions of quotes, apply discounts in various formats, and seamlessly account for mark-ups, ensuring every bid aligns perfectly with your business requirements.
When you're ready to quote, Morpheus can pull margin and cost data from comparable past projects, so every estimate is informed by what's actually happened before.
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CETA’s visual scheduling tools make resource planning simple. The animated, colour-coded interface provides clarity for managing time and resources, such as monitoring availability for resources l for people, workstations, software licenses and holidays.
Enjoy unlimited flexibility to add and track resources of any type, with seamless integration into iCal or any compatible calendar app or directly view schedule as an artist within the new Artist Access portal.
Need a quick read on utilisation or capacity across active projects? Ask Morpheus.
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Tailor pricing for your clients with personalised rate cards, and seamlessly export invoices to tools like Xero and, QuickBooks. Whether consolidating multiple invoices, splitting costs, or billing in various currencies, CETA adapts to the demands of your global business.
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CETA brings clarity to your workflows with real-time insights and precise milestone tracking. Stay on schedule and within budget by comparing initial quotes with actual usage.
Collaborate effectively by managing teams, contacts, and tasks from one central system.
Add in project-level discounts, track resource costs and view in-depth reporting to keep your projects running smoothly and your clients happy.
For cross-project intelligence, Morpheus gives senior managers instant answers without leaving the platform.
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Keep budgets under control—including miscellaneous costs and outsources expenses— with a system that centralises purchase orders and links them directly to projects.
Set user-specific spending thresholds and enforce approval workflows to maintain oversight, ensuring budgets stay on track from start to finish.
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Fast entry of ticket-style job requirements and instant notifications for new jobs to fast-track tech operations, supported by a comprehensive, easy-to-search library database for masters.
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Access, manage, and label all your digital and physical media assets, including tape contents and notes, in an organised, fully searchable database.
These media assets can be linked to projects for seamless workflows, including automatic record creation for dubbing jobs.
Morpheus
Morpheus is CETA's built-in AI chat tool. Ask questions about your projects in plain language and get instant analysis of financial performance, resource utilisation, schedule status, and billing position without running a single manual report. Connects to your own AI provider, so your data stays within your own environment.
“CETA is the first tab I open in the morning and the last one I close at night.”
Paul Branch, Head of Studio Operations, Black Kite Studios
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FAQs
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CETA streamlines all post-production operations management. From bidding to billing, all operational tasks can be logged within the platform, making it a single source of truth for post-production teams.
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CETA Software has an ISO 27001:2022 certification. The platform is also completely cloud-based for optimal collaboration between team members from multiple locations and devices.
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Yes – CETA is designed as an all-in-one software for post-production tracking. There are comprehensive features for financial teams in post-production. CETA includes an in-platform currency converter, generates detailed reports, and gives real-time oversight into project spend. At the same time, it integrates with financial tools such as Xero andQuickBooks, enabling exports of client invoices to those platforms.
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CETA Software handles multiple types of resources for film and TV production, from staff hours and overtime to rooms and suites. Project managers can track these resources using a global schedule view.
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Post-production analytics are available throughout the project, covering profit margins, actual spend, and artist hours. The Insights section also generates detailed, easily digestible reports.
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Artist Access is a feature that enables talent to log their own hours, resulting in more accurate recordings and a lighter workload for production managers. Overall, it means better overtime forecasting and oversight on shift times.
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CETA is designed to replace the need for multiple spreadsheets and post-production management software by collating all key production data in one place. With our Spectrum API, you can utilise your CETA data by integrating into your own applications, unlocking a world of possibilities for managing facilities, assets, and more. You will be able to access the CETA API once you have access to a CETA trial or live site.
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Role-based access control is a core part of CETA Software. Production managers can organise staff into security groups, depending on department and access level.
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The team is consistently looking for new features and updates them when necessary. CETA follows post-production industry trends, monitors platform performance, and takes on client feedback to keep up high standards.
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Onboarding is a highly personalised process with CETA Software. Production managers speak to the CETA team and are shown the most important parts of the platform according to their specific needs. Our Ignition Setup Wizard is the backbone for this process.