Autodesk Renames Shotgun as ShotGrid

Published on 11 June 2021 by Patrick Poti. The Topics are: Rendering (887)

Autodesk rebranded production-management platform Shotgun as ShotGrid, moved it to Autodesk licensing and introduced monthly, annual and three-year subscriptions.

Archive republication: This article was originally published in 2021. Product features, pricing, availability, company status, credits and links reflect the information available at that time.

Shotgun becomes ShotGrid

Autodesk renamed Shotgun, its production-management platform for creative teams, as ShotGrid.

According to Autodesk’s online FAQ, the name represented a connected network: “Shot” acknowledged the creativity behind every film shot, while “Grid” referred to the production infrastructure and efficiency that connected the work.

Subscription plans

The former Awesome and Super Awesome memberships were replaced by a monthly plan priced at €40 at the time of the announcement. Some features previously available in the Super Awesome tier were included, while annual and three-year subscriptions were also introduced.

Autodesk had acquired Shotgun in 2014, after which the platform continued to operate on the original developer’s systems. The 2021 transition brought ShotGrid into Autodesk’s licensing system and closed the former Shotgun online store. Access therefore required an Autodesk account.