Defold comparisons
Defold is compared head-to-head with Godot Engine, PlayCanvas and GameMaker and more: 7 head-to-heads in Game Engine Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Defold head-to-head
- Defold vs Godot Engine
- Defold vs PlayCanvas
- Defold vs GameMaker
- Defold vs Construct 3
- Defold vs CRYENGINE
- Defold vs Cocos Creator
- Defold vs libGDX
Defold vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Source code model | Visual scripting | Multiplayer tools | Mobile export | Console export | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Defold | Yes | Free | Source_available | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 1 | Godot Engine | Yes | Free | Open_source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 2 | PlayCanvas | Yes | $15/mo | Yes | 9.0 | ||||
| 3 | GameMaker | Yes | $799.99/yr | Source_available | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 |
| 4 | Construct 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |||
| 6 | CRYENGINE | Yes | Free | Source_available | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 7 | Cocos Creator | Yes | Free | Source_available | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | ||
| 8 | libGDX | Yes | Free | Open_source | No | Yes | Yes | No | 8.4 |
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