Cascadeur
Rigging, animation & mocap · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial on paid plans only
- Free plan
- Free planFree, non-commercial, .casc export only
- Ship free-plan output?
- No: paid plan needed
- Engines
- Unreal, Blender
Cascadeur vs DeepMotion Animate 3D
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Our ranking
In Rigging, animation & mocap, Cascadeur ranks #2 and DeepMotion Animate 3D ranks #3. No independent quality tests found. Ranked on game-dev fit: commercial use on paid plans; Unreal integration; API.
DeepMotion Animate 3D
Rigging, animation & mocap · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial on paid plans only
- Free plan
- Free planFreemium; personal, non-commercial
- Ship free-plan output?
- No: paid plan needed
- Engines
- Blender, Roblox
Bottom line for game devs
- Commercial use: both commercial on paid plans only (Cascadeur terms; DeepMotion Animate 3D terms).
- Free plan: Cascadeur: free plan (Free, non-commercial, .casc export only) pricing. DeepMotion Animate 3D: free plan (Freemium; personal, non-commercial) pricing.
- Shipping free-plan output in a paid game: neither allows it, per their published terms.
- API and MCP: Cascadeur: public API, MCP not stated by vendor. DeepMotion Animate 3D: public API, no MCP server found.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: Cascadeur: Unreal, Blender. DeepMotion Animate 3D: Blender, Roblox.
Best for
Hand-keyed character animation with AI posing help
Turning reference video into 3D animation
What it does
Physics-based keyframe animation software with AI-assisted autoposing, inbetweening and mocap cleanup; exports FBX, DAE, USD and glTF on paid plans.
Markerless AI motion capture: turns ordinary video into 3D character animation; sister product SayMotion does text-to-motion.
Verdict
For hand-keyed character animation with AI posing help; free is non-commercial, and Indie only covers studios under $100k a year in revenue/funding.
For turning reference video into 3D animation cheaply; the free Freemium tier is non-commercial only.
Tasks
Rigging, animation & mocap
Rigging, animation & mocap
Engines●
Unreal, Blender
Blender, Roblox
Free plan
Free plan Free, non-commercial, .casc export only
Free plan Freemium; personal, non-commercial
Pricing
Free (non-commercial, .casc export only). Indie US$19/month or US$8/month billed annually. Pro US$49/month or US$33/month billed annually. Teams US$49/user/month. source
Freemium (free, no card). Starter US$9, Innovator US$17, Professional US$39, Studio US$83 per month, paid annually. source
Commercial use
Commercial on paid plans only
Free and Educational: no commercial use. Indie: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000/year. Pro and Teams: full commercial use. source
Free and Educational: no commercial use. Indie: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000/year. Pro and Teams: full commercial use. source
Commercial on paid plans only
Freemium accounts are for personal, non-commercial use; a premium subscription plan is required for licensed (commercial) animation. source
Freemium accounts are for personal, non-commercial use; a premium subscription plan is required for licensed (commercial) animation. source
Revenue share / caps●
Indie plan: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000 a year.
Not stated by vendor
API
Available. In-app Python scripting API (not a cloud API) source
Available. Animate 3D REST API source
MCP server●
Not stated by vendor. A built-in MCP server in Cascadeur 2026.2 was reported by CG Channel; not confirmed on cascadeur.com source
None found. No official MCP server found
Last checked
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