Adobe Animate comparisons

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Adobe Animate is compared head-to-head with Toon Boom Harmony, Blender and Cinema 4D and more: 7 head-to-heads in Animation Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Adobe Animate head-to-head

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Adobe Animate vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	2D animation tools	Character rigging	Score
8	Adobe Animate	No		Yes	Yes	8.6
1	Toon Boom Harmony	No	$55.50/user/yr	Yes	Yes	9.3
2	Blender	Yes	Free			9.2
3	Cinema 4D	No				9.1
4	Autodesk Maya	No	$2,010/user/yr			9.0
5	OpenToonz	Yes	Free	Yes	Yes	8.9
6	Houdini	Yes	$1,475/device/yr			8.8
7	Adobe Character Animator	Yes		Yes	Yes	8.7

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