iClone
The facts below are what the maker publishes about iClone, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From iClone's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Personal | Free | 30 3D exports · Free Personal Edition; no time limit |
| iClone 8 | Priced on request | 2,000+ free assets |
| iClone 8 | — | 2,000+ free assets |
| iClone Personal Edition | Free | full animation and production tools · login activation · 30 3D exports · personal/social renderer use |
| iClone 365 | $16.58 a month | iClone 8 · 2,000+ free assets · AI Video Mocap · AccuPOSE · SIM Builder · billed annually |
| iClone 365 Pro | $23.28 a month | iClone 8 · AccuFACE · AccuPOSE INFINITY · unlimited export · billed annually promotional price |
| iClone 8 Perpetual License | $359, paid once | unlimited export · no login required · 2,000+ free assets · AI Video Mocap · AccuPOSE · SIM Builder · sale price (regular $599) |
The facts
Each one read from iClone's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 2D animation tools
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- 3D modeling
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Activation and export
- Personal edition requires login and stops 3D export after 30 exports; subscriptions require login with unlimited export, while perpetual editions do not require login.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limitations
- The Python API documentation warns that interfaces can be experimental or change and that Reallusion does not promise SDK maintenance or production support.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Asset ecosystem
- Reallusion offers more than 2,000 free assets plus Content Store, Marketplace and ActorCore libraries.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Body animation
- Body tools provide real-time previews, motion blending, mocap correction and layered motion controls.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Character rigging
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Cloud collaboration
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Crowd simulation
- The crowd system creates customizable real-time crowds whose characters navigate and perform varied actions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer resources
- Reallusion publishes manuals, samples, a 3ds Max plug-in, Lua scripting guidance and an official Python-sample GitHub repository.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- FBX,OBJ,ABC,USDchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Facial animation
- Facial tools include muscle-level editing, real-time puppeteering and lip synchronization.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official pipelines connect iClone with Character Creator, Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, Marmoset Toolbag and NVIDIA Omniverse.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The software and iContent are proprietary; the EULA prohibits copying, sublicensing, reverse engineering and redistribution.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: interoperability
- Reviewers report difficulties connecting iClone with other software and describe proprietary formats and export middleware as constraints.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: modelling depth
- Creative Bloq says the product has limited creation tools and is unsuitable when high-end modelling or sculpting is required.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: operating system
- Creative Bloq identifies Windows-only support as a drawback.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing and add-ons
- Capterra and Trustpilot reviewers complain that required features, plug-ins and upgrades can make the overall cost high.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: setup complexity
- G2 reviewers report that initial setup and connecting the software to other tools can be complex.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists San Jose, California headquarters, 201–500 employees and a 1993 founding date in its About text.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1993checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Hsintien, New Taipei City, Taiwanchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Reallusion Inc. develops real-time character-animation and digital-human software and content.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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