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Both cover motion graphics & animation. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Renderforest | Spline | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $8 | From $15 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Motion Graphics & Animation, Video Editing | Motion Graphics & Animation, Design & Graphics |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Video templates and a logo maker
Renderforest is a template factory: intros, explainers, logo animations and slideshows, each filled in with your own footage and text. Nothing made in it will look custom, and for a channel that needs a title sequence by Thursday that is the point. Credits meter what you can generate, so the plan you need depends on output rather than on features.
Our note
Against Animaker the split is credits against downloads. Renderforest meters what you generate and Animaker caps what you export, so which one comes out cheaper depends on whether you iterate a lot or publish a lot.
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3D scenes that run in a browser
Spline is a 3D editor in the browser whose output is an interactive scene rather than a rendered file, so the thing you made can sit on a web page and respond to a cursor. Video export and code export are there for when it needs to be flat or embedded properly. The learning curve is much shorter than the desktop tools it competes with.
Our note
Spline is the fastest route from nothing to a 3D thing on a web page, and the free plan is enough to find out whether you enjoy it. Blender is free and does everything, and will take you a month to reach the point Spline reaches in an afternoon.
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