Adobe After Effects
6.6#6 in vfx toolsFrom $19.99 a monthmacOSWindows
VisitAdobe After Effects vs Blender
What both publish
| Fact | Adobe After Effects | Blender |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 | 2002 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Rendering | Projects can be rendered in the app with Render Queue or outside it with Adobe Media Encoder. | Cycles is Blender’s ray-trace based production render engine, with CPU and GPU rendering and support for multiple GPUs. |
| System requirements | The current requirements page lists Windows and macOS and says internet access and registration are required for activation, subscription validation, and online services. | The requirements page lists Windows 8.1 64-bit, macOS 13 Ventura on Apple Silicon, and Linux with glibc 2.28 or newer as minimum operating system requirements. |
Adobe After Effects plans
- Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachers$19.99 a month
- After Effects$22.99 a month
- Creative Cloud Pro$34.99 a month
- After Effects for teams$37.99 a month
- Creative Cloud Pro for teams$99.99 a month
Blender plans
- BlenderFree
Pick Adobe After Effects if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Blender if…
Blender suits people who need a broad set of 3D creation, animation, sculpting, or VFX tools in one desktop application. Its Python API also suits advanced users who want to customize tools or add-ons.