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Live2D Cubism vs Speech Graphics

	Live2D Cubism	Speech Graphics
What it says it does	Live2D CubismLive2D Cubism is software that animates original 2D drawings directly so illustrated characters can move for games, apps and VTuber content, with FREE and PRO Editor editions and SDK runtimes.	Speech GraphicsAudio-driven facial animation: SGX for high-quality lip sync and expressiveness at massive scale, FaceFX tools with total control, and SG Com, a real-time SDK converting audio into animation with 50-millisecond latency on any device.
Pricing	Live2D CubismFREE Editor always free (feature limits; commercial use allowed for general users and small-scale enterprises under ¥10M annual sales); 42-day PRO trial; PRO for indie (under ¥10M sales) from ¥2,288/mo or ¥15,708 for year one annually (¥12,936 year two, ¥11,748 year three+; 3-year plan ¥40,392); PRO for business (¥10M+ sales) from ¥10,582/mo or ¥72,600 year one annually; student/faculty 3-year plan ¥8,078; prices from the official Live2D Store (JPY, tax included as shown) (official)	Speech GraphicsQuote only: SGX and SG Com are licensed on annual subscriptions; request a quote on the official pricing page (official)
Website	Live2D Cubismhttps://www.live2d.com/en/	Speech Graphicshttps://www.speech-graphics.com/

Which tool for which job

Live2D Cubism wins when your characters are layered illustrations you want to deform, not mesh-rigged sprites.

Speech Graphics wins when hand-animating faces for hours of dialogue is a bottleneck and you can sign an annual license.

Descriptions in the table come from each vendor's own site. This verdict is a fit call from those official pages as of 6 November 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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