Cascadeur is 3D animation software for building character animation with physics-based tools, without motion capture.
Alternatives to Pencil2D
Rokoko Studio is software for capturing, editing, streaming, and exporting character animation projects.
Rive is a 2D animation tool for creating motion graphics and rigged characters.
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Powtoon
Powtoon is a browser-based platform for creating animated videos and visual presentations with Powtoon Studio.
Free planAndroidiOSWebExtension8.6From $8 a month - 5

Animation Desk
Animation Desk is software for creating animations, cartoons, and animatics on Android, iOS, and Windows.
Free planAndroidiOSmacOSWindows8.6From $2.49 a month - 6

Houdini
Houdini is SideFX’s procedural 3D creation software for fields including film, television, games, motion graphics, virtual reality, and synthetic data.
Free planWindowsmacOSLinux8.4From $95 a year - 7
iClone
Free planiOSAPIWindows8.4Free plan - 8
Animaker
Animaker is a web-based tool for creating animated and live-action videos.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI8.4From $15 a month - 9

Plask Motion
Plask Motion turns video into 3D animation using AI motion capture without suits or sensors.
Free planWebAPIExtensionmacOS8.4From $18 a month - 10
Wideo
Free planAndroidWebAPI8.4Free plan - 11

Stop Motion Studio
Stop Motion Studio is an app for making stop-motion animations with frame-by-frame capture and editing.
Free planAndroidiOSmacOSWindows8.4$5.99 one-time - 12

FlipaClip
FlipaClip is a frame-by-frame animation app for creating animated projects.
Free planAndroidiOSmacOS8.4From $29.99 a year - 13

Brush Ninja
Brush Ninja is a 2D animation tool available in a web browser and on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux8.4From $48 a year - 14

Blender
Blender is a free, open-source desktop suite for 3D creation on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows8.3Free plan - 15

Adobe Character Animator
Free planmacOSWindows8.3Free plan - 16
PixTeller
PixTeller is an online image editor and animation maker for creating graphics and animated videos from templates or from scratch.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux8.3From $7 a month - 17

Live2D Cubism
Live2D Cubism Editor turns drawn illustrations into animated 2D models, with tools for puppet-style motion, mesh deformation, physics and lip sync.
AndroidiOSWebmacOS8.1 - 18

Dragonframe
AndroidiOSAPILinux8.0$195 one-time - 19
Autodesk MotionBuilder
APILinuxSelf-hostedWindows7.8 - 20
Autodesk Maya
macOSLinux7.7 - 21

Fusion
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.6$295 one-time - 22

Callipeg
Callipeg is a 2D animation application for frame-by-frame work on tablets and desktop computers.
AndroidiOSLinuxmacOS7.6$5 one-time - 23

Pixelorama
Pixelorama is a free, open-source pixel-art creation tool for drawing, animation and game graphics.
Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS7.6Free plan - 24
LightWave 3D
LightWave 3D is software for creating 3D models, animations, and visual effects on Windows and macOS.
APImacOSWindows7.6 - 25

Spine
Spine is a desktop 2D animation tool focused on game animation, with an editor for building skeletal or cutout motion and runtimes for using the results in games.
LinuxmacOSWindows7.4From $850 a year - 26
Lottie Creator
Free planWeb7.4Free plan - 27
Glaxnimate
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows7.4Free plan - 28
Tumult Hype
AndroidiOSWebmacOS7.4 - 29

Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D is a desktop application combining 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering.
LinuxmacOSWindows7.3 - 30

Adobe After Effects
macOSWindows7.3From $19.99 a month


