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Rive vs Speech Graphics

	Rive	Speech Graphics
What it says it does	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.	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	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)	Speech GraphicsQuote only: SGX and SG Com are licensed on annual subscriptions; request a quote on the official pricing page (official)
Website	Rivehttps://rive.app/	Speech Graphicshttps://www.speech-graphics.com/

Which tool for which job

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

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 30 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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