itsi-app.com

What It Is

itsi is a vertical SaaS platform for France’s film, advertising, and audiovisual production industry. Its core purpose is to handle administrative documents, contracts, DPAE filings, timesheets, pre-payroll, and communication workflows between production companies and intermittent technical/artistic workers. It offers both a web interface for producers and a mobile app for intermittents, emphasizing an integrated workflow from project creation through payroll processing.

Core Features and Collaboration

The platform covers project setup, contract generation, electronic signatures, DPAE submission, timesheet entry and approval, payroll variable calculation, pre-payroll editing, and export. A key strength is its handling of the complex working-time rules in the French audiovisual sector, including overtime, night shifts, public holidays, consecutive/early hours, and travel time, along with a continuously updated collective agreement database. For team collaboration, production accounts can add members and assign permissions, invite technical crews to projects, and use notifications, comments, status tracking, and timesheet entry by department heads on behalf of others.

Pricing and Integrations

itsi uses a credit-based pay-as-you-go model. Registration and trials are free, with no commitment and no bank card required. Public pricing includes contracts from 2.67€ HT, electronic signatures from 1.78€ HT, timesheets from 0.89€ HT, and payslips from 14.24€ HT, with custom quotes available for large projects. Its integrations are highly industry-specific: it can connect to sPAIEctacle to send pre-payroll in one click, integrate with Transat de GHS to collect administrative information, and work with Pop Paye for outsourced payroll processing. CSV export is also supported.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are precise positioning and a complete workflow, helping reduce duplicate data entry and payroll calculation errors, which makes it highly practical for French production companies. The mobile app is also convenient for on-site crew reporting. The limitations are that its usefulness depends heavily on French labor and industry rules, so it offers limited value for international teams. Security and compliance information only states that data is not resold and that it is a French solution, but lacks certification details. Public API, enterprise SLA, and self-hosting information are also not disclosed.

Who It’s For and Access from China

itsi is best suited to local French producers, production administrators, production accountants, payroll managers, and intermittents. Chinese companies filming in France or hiring French intermittents could evaluate it as a local compliance tool. If production mainly takes place in China, a combination of local production management, e-signature, labor, and payroll systems may be more appropriate. There is no clear information on access from mainland China, supported payment methods, or Chinese-language support, so its access status is rated as unknown.