Adobe Animate AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Video Editors

The best Video Editor alternative to Adobe Animate is Adobe After Effects. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Glaxnimate or Animation Desk. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Animate and six of them are Video Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Video Editor alternatives to Adobe Animate are Moho, Alight Motion and Moovly.

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  1. Adobe After Effects icon

    Adobe After Effects

     209 likes

    Adobe After Effects offers top-tier motion graphics and visual effects capabilities, ideal for film, TV productions, and creative projects. Featuring advanced compositing with keyframe animation and layer techniques, it's geared for professionals seeking powerful solutions via Creative Cloud.

    72 Adobe After Effects alternatives

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  2. Glaxnimate icon

    Glaxnimate

     51 likes

    Open-source animation software focused on simple, fast creation of vector graphics, supporting short web animations and exporting to GIF, SVG, WebP, Lottie, and more for web compatibility. Designed for ease of use across major platforms.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
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    Glaxnimate vs Adobe Animate Comments
    DerSyd0
    Positive
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    It is very simple to use and open source. It also supports more export formats that are not proprietary.

    • Glaxnimate is Free and Open SourceAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
    • Glaxnimate is Privacy focusedAdobe Animate is not according to our users
  4. Moho icon

    Moho

     31 likes

    Moho has everything you need to make amazing, professional animations. Used in the OSCAR nominated films, The Breadwinner and Song of the Sea, for Best Animated Feature Film.

    29 Moho alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Moho vs Adobe Animate Comments
    Guest
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    because it doesn't allow drawing

    • Moho is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Animate is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Adobe After Effects

    Adobe After Effects offers top-tier motion graphics and visual effects capabilities, ideal for film, TV productions, and creative projects. Featuring advanced compositing with keyframe animation and layer techniques, it's gea...

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    Animation Desk

     180 likes

    Create frame-by-frame animation, sketches, and storyboard projects using multiple painting tools, pressure sensitivity, onion skinning, stamp features, layer support, dynamic backgrounds, and easy export to PDF or animatics for sharing or further creative use.

    93 Animation Desk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Animation Desk vs Adobe Animate Comments
    Jessica Wade
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    Have much more suitable options for novice animators.

    Guest
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    maye im too dumb but this is total trash. absolutely "unintuitive" to use. it's hard to safe, start a new sequence, edit things. holy shit

    • Animation Desk is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Moovly icon

    Moovly

     25 likes

    Enable anyone to create animated videos and other multimedia content without expertise or graphical talent, using a huge media library of over 500,000 royalty-free assets (stock videos, photos, illustrations, music and sounds).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Moovly vs Adobe Animate Comments
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    Moovely doesn't support any kind of frame by frame animation, it is designed for flat indie ads with ukulele music in the background, not actual animation.

    Guest
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    Animate CC is for artists and animators who create an actual animation with frames. Moovly is basically an alternative to PowerPoint that uses pre-made animation for presentations.

    Guest
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    It's literally Powtoon, but even more limited. There is no actual animation involved.

    • Moovly is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Animate is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Moovly is a Video Editor Adobe Animate is an Animation Maker
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