Cascadeur is 3D animation software for building character animation with physics-based tools, without motion capture.
Alternatives to MikuMikuDance
Move AI offers markerless motion-capture systems that use AI to produce motion data.
Rokoko Studio is software for capturing, editing, streaming, and exporting character animation projects.
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Animaze
Animaze is software for creating interactive avatar-based entertainment, with avatars, animations, and customization tools.
Free planAndroidiOSAPImacOS8.1From $19.99 a year - 5
Daz 3D
Daz Studio is 3D software for creating characters, scenes, images, and animation, available for macOS, Windows, and the web.
Free planWebmacOSWindows7.8From $69 a year - 6

Plask Motion
Plask Motion turns video into 3D animation using AI motion capture without suits or sensors.
Free planWebAPIExtensionmacOS7.8From $18 a month - 7
iClone
Free planiOSAPIWindows7.7Free plan - 8

Houdini
Houdini is SideFX’s procedural 3D creation software for fields including film, television, games, motion graphics, virtual reality, and synthetic data.
Free planWindowsmacOSLinux7.6From $95 a year - 9

Blender
Blender is a free, open-source desktop suite for 3D creation on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows7.5Free plan - 10
Autodesk MotionBuilder
APILinuxSelf-hostedWindows7.1 - 11
LightWave 3D
LightWave 3D is software for creating 3D models, animations, and visual effects on Windows and macOS.
APImacOSWindows7.1 - 12
Autodesk Maya
macOSLinux6.9 - 13
Muvizu
Muvizu is Windows software for creating 3D animations and rendering them as videos.
Free planWindows6.9$69.99 one-time - 14
Xsens MVN Animate
Xsens MVN Animate is motion capture software that streams or exports captured movement to 3D software for entertainment work.
LinuxWindows6.7From $3,790 a year - 15
Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk 3ds Max is paid Windows desktop software for 3D modeling and animation.
Windows6.6From $2,010 a year - 16

DeepMotion Animate 3D
DeepMotion Animate 3D converts ordinary video into 3D animation using markerless AI motion capture.
Free planWebAPI6.6Free plan - 17

Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D is a desktop application combining 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.5 - 18
Hash Animation:Master
Hash Animation:Master is a 3D animation package for still illustrations, animated shorts, product designs, architectural visualizations, special…
macOSWindows6.5 - 19

iPi Mocap Studio
iPi Mocap Studio analyzes video recordings made with iPi Recorder to track an actor’s motion and produce skeleton animation for humanlike characters.
Windows6.5From $345 a year - 20

Brekel Body
Brekel Body is Windows 64-bit software for real-time, markerless body motion capture using depth sensors and webcams.
Windows6.3 - 216.2Free plan
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OptiTrack Motive
OptiTrack Motive works with OptiTrack cameras to capture marker-based movement from people and objects and provide motion data in real time.
Windows6.1From $499 a year - 23

Warudo
Warudo is Windows software for animating 3D avatars during VTuber livestreams.
Free planWindows6.1Free plan - 24
Autodesk Flow Studio
Free planWeb6.0Free plan - 25
Poser
Poser is a 3D modeling and character-rigging application from Poser, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
macOSWindows5.9From $175 a month - 26
VNyan
VNyan is a free Windows application for creating 3D VTuber animations, stages, tracking setups, and stream interactions.
Free planWindows5.9Free plan - 27

Vicon Shogun
Windows5.8 - 28
CapturyLive
CapturyLive is a turnkey hardware and software system that converts camera video into real-time 3D motion data for multiple actors.
APILinuxSelf-hosted5.7


