CASHét was an independent company founded in 2012 and was acquired by Entertainment Partners (EP) in 2025 (announced June 2, closed June 20). It is not owned by Cast & Crew; historically Cast & Crew's PSL+ accounting integrated with CASHét, and CASHét maintains integrations with payroll providers.

Is Dolly a good CASHét alternative?

Yes. Crew upload receipts by text instead of learning a portal, coding is simple as you spend, accounts go live in under 48 hours, and a native chart-of-accounts page with spend by account lets you cut dummy POs and pull reports in the platform instead of exporting and wrangling spreadsheets.

Which is better for film tax incentives?

Dolly codes and captures receipts at the point of sale, so you get an audit-ready record of qualified spend as money is spent rather than reconstructing it later. That helps keep incentive claims complete through a CPA audit.

Comparison

Dolly Card vs. CASHét: The Modern Alternative to the Incumbent

Quick answer

CASHét has been the default production P-card for over a decade. It runs on thousands of productions a year and, since 2025, is owned by Entertainment Partners. Dolly is the newer, independent option, and the differences are the ones crews and accountants feel every day. Crew upload receipts by text instead of learning CASHét's interface, coding is simple as you spend, setup takes under 48 hours instead of weeks, and a native chart-of-accounts page with spend by account lets you cut dummy POs and pull the reports you need inside the platform instead of exporting and wrangling spreadsheets. Pick CASHét if you want the entrenched incumbent; pick Dolly if you want the faster, simpler day-to-day experience.

Last updated: June 2026.

At a glance

	Dolly Card	CASHét
Receipts	Upload by text — no interface to learn	Portal crew have to learn
Coding	Simple line-item coding as you spend	Heavier portal reconciliation
Setup speed	Under 48 hours	Weeks
Chart of accounts	Native chart-of-accounts page with spend by account, so dummy POs are a breeze	Export the data and wrangle it yourself
Reporting	Filter and slice the data you need in the platform	Limited in-platform filtering
Ownership	Independent	An Entertainment Partners company

Where CASHét is strong

CASHét has been around since 2012 and is the most widely used production P-card, running on thousands of productions a year, with its CASHétPay AP product. It has a long track record, and since EP's 2025 acquisition it sits inside Entertainment Partners' payroll-and-finance suite. If you want the established default, or you're already in the EP ecosystem, CASHét is the low-risk choice.

Where Dolly is different

The differences show up in the day-to-day work for crew and accountants:

Receipts by text, not an interface to learn. Crew snap a photo and text it in. There's no portal for the whole crew to figure out, so adoption is immediate.
Simpler coding. Crew code each charge to a line item as they spend, and accountants validate, instead of re-keying everything through a portal after the fact.
Setup in under 48 hours, not weeks. Accounts are live and crew are spending within a couple of days.
A native chart-of-accounts page with spend by account. You can see what each account has spent and cut dummy POs right in Dolly, instead of exporting transactions and wrangling them in a spreadsheet.
Filtering that lets you slice and dice. Pull exactly the data you need inside the platform rather than exporting it to analyze somewhere else.

How to choose

Go with CASHét if you want the incumbent and you're already inside the Entertainment Partners suite. Go with Dolly if you want crew up and running faster, receipts by text that nobody has to learn, simpler coding, and a chart-of-accounts and filtering experience that keeps your reporting and dummy POs inside the platform. Plenty of teams keep their existing payroll and just move their cards and AP to Dolly.

Frequently asked questions

Who owns CASHét?: CASHét was an independent company founded in 2012 and was acquired by Entertainment Partners (EP) in 2025 (announced June 2, closed June 20). It is not owned by Cast & Crew; historically Cast & Crew's PSL+ accounting integrated with CASHét, and CASHét maintains integrations with payroll providers.
Is Dolly a good CASHét alternative?: Yes. Crew upload receipts by text instead of learning a portal, coding is simple as you spend, accounts go live in under 48 hours, and a native chart-of-accounts page with spend by account lets you cut dummy POs and pull reports in the platform instead of exporting and wrangling spreadsheets.
Which is better for film tax incentives?: Dolly codes and captures receipts at the point of sale, so you get an audit-ready record of qualified spend as money is spent rather than reconstructing it later. That helps keep incentive claims complete through a CPA audit.

Get cards to your crew in under 48 hours.

Dolly issues controlled cards to every department, codes each charge to your budget, and keeps spend audit-ready as it happens.

& get cards to your crew in less than 2 days.