Keye vs ScreenplayIQ

The capability sets have essentially zero overlap. ScreenplayIQ is a narrative-analysis engine: it evaluates story structure, classifies genre, generates beat sheets, produces visual heatmaps of dialogue and pacing, charts character arcs and emotional journeys, and predicts box-office performance. Its add-ons are creative-industry-specific — Pitch Materials (an audio-visual trailer via the PitchTrailer integration), inline Proofread fixes, and a customizable Table Read. Output is a PDF report, and script length is capped (feature-length and TV options priced per analysis; scripts over 150 pages fall outside its AI context window). A small collaborative workspace (up to 5 users) and API access round it out.

Keye is built for financial diligence on deal files. It extracts structured data from CIMs, financial statements, and data rooms; runs live calculations of financial metrics; performs revenue cohort analysis and margin-compression/cost-driver detection; and flags anomalies and outliers. Its differentiators are audit-oriented: every output links back to source for audit-grade transparency, exports land in Excel-ready form, and the platform is SOC 2 Type II certified with end-to-end encryption, zero data retention, and no training on user files. It also screens deals early to kill losers fast, and claims 100% accuracy on outputs. Where ScreenplayIQ outputs a PDF for a writer, Keye outputs structured, source-linked financials for an investment team. Same underlying technology category, completely different jobs.

The pricing structures don't even share a unit of measure. ScreenplayIQ is paid, per-analysis, roughly $24–$198 depending on script length and feature-length versus TV options — a transactional model aimed at someone who buys analysis for one script at a time. That makes cost predictable and low-commitment: a writer pays for the reports they need rather than a subscription. Add-ons (Pitch Materials, Proofread, Table Read) sit on top of the base analysis.

Keye is contact-sales pricing, which in private equity software normally signals an enterprise contract sized to the firm, not a per-seat list price. Its stated target is mid-to-large-cap PE firms (e.g., $5B+ AUM), and the security posture — SOC 2 Type II, end-to-end encryption, zero data retention — confirms a procurement-driven sale rather than self-serve purchase. The practical takeaway: ScreenplayIQ is a low-friction, buy-now purchase for an individual creative or small team; Keye requires a sales conversation and is economically justified by deal-flow throughput across a fund. Comparing their dollar figures is meaningless because the buyers' budgets, deal sizes, and purchase processes are entirely different worlds.