17.5
Houdini is SideFX’s procedural 3D creation software for fields including film, television, games, motion graphics, virtual reality, and synthetic data.
Free planWindowsmacOSLinux
Alternatives to BlenRig
27.5
Mixos Mold is browser-based 3D sculpting software for shaping organic forms with GPU sculpting and pressure-sensitive brushes.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
37.4
Contour Rig Tools is a spline-based rigging system for Autodesk Maya, intended for animation production and technical directors.
Free planAPILinuxmacOS
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Autodesk Maya
macOSLinux7.0From $167.50 a month - 5
Reallusion Character Creator
Reallusion Character Creator is Windows software for generating, importing, and customizing stylized or realistic 3D character assets for animation and other 3D tools.
Windows7.0From $33.25 a month - 6
Live Link Face
Live Link Face is a free mobile app that captures facial performances and generates animation to drive MetaHuman characters in Unreal Engine.
Free planAndroidiOS6.6Free plan - 7
Mesh2Rig
Mesh2Rig is a Blender add-on that bakes animated or deforming meshes into standard skeletal rigs.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.6Free plan - 8
Avastar
Avastar is a paid Blender add-on for creating avatars, clothing, animations, and rigged content for Second Life and OpenSim.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.4€18, paid once - 9
MakeHuman
MakeHuman is a free desktop application for building customizable 3D human characters by blending adjustable features on a base mesh.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.4Free plan - 10
Mesh2Motion
Mesh2Motion is a free 3D animation library and auto-rigging tool for web and game engines.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows6.4Free plan - 11
InstantRig
InstantRig is a modular auto-rigging tool for Autodesk 3ds Max, focused on keyframe cartoon animation.
Free planWindows6.3Free plan - 12
Mixamo
Mixamo is a free web service for preparing animated 3D characters for film, games, interactive experiences, and illustration.
Free planWeb6.3Free plan - 13
Uthana
Uthana provides motion models, data, and embodiment technology for robots, simulations, and 3D characters.
WebAPI6.1From $0.01 a month - 14
3ds Max CAT
Windows6.0From $167.50 a month - 15
Autodesk Flow Studio
Free planWeb6.0Free plan - 16
dpAutoRigSystem
dpAutoRigSystem is a free, open-source automatic rigging system for Maya, implemented as a Python script.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 17
mGear Framework
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 18
Rigify
Rigify is a free Blender add-on that generates character armatures from a metarig template.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 19
AccuRIG
AccuRIG is a guided auto-rigging tool that prepares 3D meshes to serve as animated cartoon characters and digital human avatars.
Free planWindows5.9Free plan - 20
AdvancedSkeleton
AdvancedSkeleton is a character-rigging pipeline for Maya, built for artists and teams working in games and film.
macOSWindows5.8From $125 a month - 21
Auto-Rig Pro
Auto-Rig Pro is a Python addon for Blender that creates character rigs and exports them for use in game engines.
LinuxmacOSWindows5.8$50, paid once - 225.8$199, paid once
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Maya Pulse
Maya Pulse is a free, open-source rigging framework and toolkit for Autodesk Maya, intended for building character and prop rigs.
LinuxmacOSWindows5.6 - 24
CloudRig
CloudRig is a free Blender Studio extension for generating rigs and organizing rigging work.
Extension5.2 - 25
Unity Animation Rigging
Unity Animation Rigging is a free Unity Editor package for creating rigs and constraints that add procedural motion to animated objects.
5.2 - 26
Intra10 Rigging
Intra10 Rigging is a free, open-source Blender add-on for automatic rigging and custom rigging work.
Extension5.1