KPIs, scorecards, attendance, 1-on-1s, onboarding — built specifically for photo & video studios. Stop duct-taping five SaaS tools.
The problem
KPIs in Notion. Scorecards in Sheets. Attendance in Slack DMs. Onboarding in someone's head. By the time you stitch it together, the shoot's over and nobody knows who delivered what.
The fix
Purpose-built for photo and video studios — from solo creators to 50-person teams.
Tell us the job title. Claude generates a tailored KPI template for photographers, editors, PMs, sales reps — whatever you need.
How it works
Name your studio, list your job titles. That's it. No 40-field setup wizard.
Tailored KPI templates per role, ready to edit. Goals and weights included.
Employees self-score. Managers review. CEO sees the rollup. One thread, one source of truth.
Pricing
Every feature, free for invited studios. Smaller teams stay free at GA; larger teams get a flat per-seat rate. Beta studios are grandfathered.
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bckendIQ is the performance-management OS for creative teams — photo studios, video studios, and content businesses. KPIs, weekly scorecards, attendance, 1-on-1s, contractor management, team announcements — in one place, instead of five scattered tools.
Studios that run photography, videography, and content creation — from solo creators with a freelance bench to 50-person teams with editors scattered across the globe. If your shoots are local but your editors and contractors are everywhere, this was built for you.
Yes. Most modern studios run with in-house staff plus video editors, photo editors, and post-production crews working from anywhere. bckendIQ treats remote team members as first-class — they get the same scorecards, performance reviews, attendance check-ins, and onboarding flow as your in-house staff.
We're onboarding studios one at a time. Tell us about your team and we'll email you when your spot opens — free during private beta, no credit card.
Week of Apr 8 — 14
Employees fill out their own score each week. Managers review and add narrative feedback. CEO sees the rollup. All in one thread.
Track freelance crews, job claims, and payroll. Built for studios that run on both staff + contractors.
New hire? Claude generates a personalized 12-section onboarding plan in under 30 seconds.
Geo-fenced check-ins, shift reminders, overtime tracking. No more Slack DMs asking who's on set.
Every query is scoped to your organization at the database layer. Your data never leaks across teams.
Built on Next.js 16 + Postgres. Pages load in milliseconds. No 10-second dashboards.
Run structured 1-on-1s, track goals across quarters, and never drop a thread with your team again.
The associates module is built for hybrid teams. Contract crews claim jobs, log hours, get paid, and have their performance scored the same way as full-time staff. You see who delivers, who doesn’t, and who to keep on the bench.
Yes. Staff check in when they start work; you see who’s in, where, and when. Geo-fenced check-ins for on-set work, shift reminders, and overtime tracking — no more Slack DMs asking who’s on set yet.
Weekly scorecards are the core ritual. Employees self-score against their role-specific KPIs. Managers review and add narrative feedback. Leadership sees the rollup. One thread per person, one source of truth, no review-day surprises.
Yes — AI-generated onboarding plans, structured 1-on-1 templates, goal tracking across quarters, discipline records, payroll, and a full org directory. The HR basics, done well.
Yes. In-app announcements broadcast to the whole team or to specific roles, with email fallback for people who haven’t been online lately. Mailing-list-style team comms without a separate tool.
A real-time snapshot of whether your business is actually working: who’s performing, who’s slipping, attendance trends, payroll exposure by currency, scorecard rollups, and goal progress. The view a studio owner needs to make decisions, in one screen.
Every query is scoped to your organization at the database layer — multi-tenant isolation enforced server-side, not via UI filters. Encrypted in transit, modern authentication, automated backups. See the security page for the full breakdown.
Yes. During private beta, every feature is free for invited studios. After GA, smaller teams stay free; larger teams move to a paid plan. Beta studios are grandfathered into a locked rate.
Under ten minutes. Tell us your studio name and your job titles — Claude generates a tailored KPI template per role that you edit and ship. No 40-step onboarding wizard.
We're onboarding studios one at a time through private beta. Join the waitlist below and we'll email you when your spot opens.