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Cascadeur vs Rive

	Cascadeur	Rive
What it says it does	CascadeurCascadeur is a 3D animation software for character animation, mocap cleanup, AI motion generation, and editing	RiveRive is an interactive animation engine for games, apps and UI. Build game UI, menus, HUDs and animated characters in the Rive Editor or with your coding agent and the Rive CLI, then ship with open-source runtimes.
Pricing	CascadeurFree plan $0 (non-commercial, .casc export only); Indie $19/mo or $8/mo billed annually (FBX/DAE export, revenue under $100K/yr); Pro $49/mo or $33/mo billed annually (unlimited commercial use); annual plans include a perpetual license (official)	RiveFree $0 (exports show a Rive splash screen, 3 collaborative files); Cadet $9/seat/mo (no splash screen, up to 3 seats); Voyager $32/seat/mo (Libraries, up to 25 seats, $20/seat agent credits); Enterprise $120/seat/mo (required above $10M annual revenue); runtimes MIT open source, no royalties (official)
Website	Cascadeurhttps://cascadeur.com	Rivehttps://rive.app/

Which tool for which job

Cascadeur wins when you are posing, inbetweening, retargeting, or cleaning character animation in dedicated software.

Rive wins when you want interactive, lightweight animation that runs in your engine and on the web.

Descriptions in the table come from each vendor's own site. This verdict is a fit call from those official pages as of 14 October 2026, not a shared benchmark or a hands-on score. Prices change, so confirm the pricing row on each tool page. How we review tools.

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