GradeLab vs StoryboardHero

GradeLab is an assessment platform built for schools, universities, coaching centers, and government exam bodies that need to grade handwritten and digital exams faster without giving up teacher control. Upload scanned answer sheets or run online tests, and the system applies your rubrics to score essays, math, diagrams, and mixed-format papers while flagging anything that needs a human review.

What sets it apart is the focus on real exam workflows: OCR trained on student handwriting across 30+ languages, on-screen marking for distributed examiners, question generation from PDFs, LaTeX exam paper formatting, and REST APIs for LMS and EdTech integrations. Institutions can deploy on-premise so exam data stays inside their network.

GradeLab targets K-12 schools, higher-ed departments, test-prep centers, corporate training teams, and public-sector assessment programs that process large paper volumes and want consistent grading with analytics parents and administrators can actually read.

StoryboardHero is an AI storyboard generator built for video agencies, filmmakers, and creators who need scripts and visual boards fast. You enter a brief or upload a script, and it generates scene-by-scene storyboards with AI images, voice-over lines, camera angles, and transitions already structured. The platform also exports branded PDF storyboards, shot lists, and MP4 previews you can share with clients.

Where general chat tools spit out unstructured text and image apps ignore shot sequencing, StoryboardHero keeps the whole pre-production workflow in one place. It splits scripts into scenes and shots automatically, offers 15 visual styles for 2D animation (from pencil sketch to photo realistic), and lets you request hand-drawn frames from an in-house artist team when AI images miss the mark. PDF exports carry only your branding, with no StoryboardHero watermark.

Video agencies use it to pitch more prospects with storyboards without tying up designers for days. Filmmakers get shot-type controls (perspective, focus, lighting, movement) and consistent character profiles saved across projects. Teams on Starter and Advanced plans get multiple seats, guest commenting on shared links, and optional password protection on client reviews.