Hot Costs & Payment Tracking

G-Casper Pro provides two financial features. The Hot Cost Calculator handles on-set overtime tracking in real time. Payment Requests let you bill productions for G-Casper Pro access using a secure Stripe-powered checkout flow. Each tool is described in its own dedicated article - this page is the category overview.

The Hot Cost Calculator projects overtime costs as the shoot day progresses. It reads your crew data and applies union overtime tiers, meal penalty thresholds, and configurable rate cards to give the AD and UPM a live cost picture before approving extensions.

• Real-time cost projections as the clock advances
• Union overtime tiers applied automatically (time-and-a-half, double-time, golden time)
• Projected cost shown for 15-minute, 30-minute, and 1-hour extensions
• Meal penalty thresholds tracked and flagged
• Accessible to ADs, UPMs, and producers with appropriate permissions

Payment requests let you send a professional billing link to a production company or UPM. You configure the number of shoot days, a per-day rate, the crew size tier, any SMS credits, and an optional monthly plan. G-Casper Pro generates a secure Stripe checkout link you can share via email or any channel.

• Itemized breakdown shown to the recipient before payment
• Stripe handles checkout, fraud detection, and receipts
• Payment status tracked in the Payment Tracking section
• G-Casper Pro never stores credit card data