Cavalry vs Jitter Comparison 2026
Cavalry is free for individuals on macOS and Windows, stated plainly by the company with no paid tier for solo use at all. Jitter runs in the browser instead, free for three watermarked files, then $15 per editor a month billed annually once the watermark and file cap need to go. Cavalry is a procedural tool for complex, rule-driven motion. Jitter is built for quick titles, logos and social posts without learning either one properly.
Procedural 2D animation, free for individuals
Motion design in the browser, exported to Lottie
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Cavalry | Jitter | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | From $15 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Not stated |
Cavalry
Procedural 2D animation, free for individuals
Cavalry animates by rules rather than by keyframe: shapes driven by generators, behaviours and data, so a hundred elements move together without a hundred edits. Motion designers use it for the work that would be tedious anywhere else, and it exports to the formats a video timeline expects. The company states plainly that individuals pay nothing. Coming from a keyframe tool, the model takes a while to click, and then it is hard to leave.
Our note
The free licence removes the only reason not to try it, so the real question is whether the procedural way of thinking suits your work. Give it a project with repetition in it, because a single moving logo will not show you anything After Effects does not already do.
Jitter
Motion design in the browser, exported to Lottie
Jitter animates the things a creator actually needs animated, which is titles, logos and social posts, without asking anybody to learn After Effects. It imports from Figma and exports video, GIF and Lottie on every plan including the free one. The free plan watermarks and caps you at three workspace files.
Why people weigh these two
- Jitter instead of Cavalry
- Jitter puts motion design in the browser and exports to Lottie, with a free tier and paid at $15, an easier on-ramp than Cavalry's procedural model.
- Cavalry instead of Jitter
- Cavalry does procedural 2D animation free for individuals, a deeper motion tool than Jitter for anybody building repeatable, parameter-driven animations rather than one-off titles.
Which one should you pick
Cavalry is the free choice for a motion designer doing work that repeats: a hundred elements moving on one edit, data-driven graphics, title sequences with real complexity. It has no watermark and no seat price for an individual, but the procedural way of thinking takes real time to learn.
Jitter is worth $15 a month once the free plan's watermark and three-file cap get in the way of real work. It imports straight from Figma and exports Lottie, video, GIF and WebM without touching a desktop application, which suits a designer who wants motion on social posts rather than a full motion graphics package.
Common questions
- Which is actually free to use properly?
- Cavalry, for individuals: no watermark, no file cap, stated plainly by the company. Jitter's free plan caps you at three workspace files and puts a watermark on exports.
- Which one imports directly from Figma?
- Jitter. Frames come across with layers intact on every plan, including free. Cavalry's listing does not describe a Figma import.
- Which is built for complex, data-driven animation?
- Cavalry. Shapes are driven by generators and behaviours, and a spreadsheet can drive the animation directly. Jitter is built for simpler titles, logos and social posts.
- Does either run in a browser with no install?
- Jitter does, entirely in the browser. Cavalry is a native desktop application for macOS and Windows.
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