Mixamo vs Rive

Mixamo is a web service for preparing animated 3D characters for film, games, interactive experiences, and illustration. Its character library includes textured, rigged figures in realistic, cartoon, fantasy, and science-fiction styles, alongside thousands of full-body animations captured from motion actors. Users can preview animations on a character and adjust settings such as speed and arm spacing. For a custom model, automatic rigging fits a full human skeleton to an uploaded character; uploads can be FBX, OBJ, or ZIP. An already rigged model submitted for mapping must be an FBX with embedded texture media. The auto-rigger and animation library are for bipedal humanoids only. Mixamo retains only the most recently used character, not a history of earlier characters or animations. Characters and animations may be used royalty free in personal, commercial, and non-profit projects. The service is free and requires an Adobe ID, but not a Creative Cloud subscription. WebGL must be enabled in the browser.

Rive is a tool for designing 2D animations, motion graphics, and rigged characters, with an editor for building animated content. The editor is available as a desktop app, and command-line support is listed for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Rive content can run natively on mobile, desktop, web, consoles, TVs, and vehicles; integrations include Web, iOS, macOS, Android, Flutter, React, React Native, Unity, and Unreal. Export formats are RIV, REV, MP4, GIF, PNG sequence, and WebM. The Editor can be used free to explore, learn, and build. The Free plan is $0 per seat per month and includes three collaborative files, one project, and a 10 MB imported-asset limit. Cadet is $9 a month in the annual view, with up to three seats and unlimited files. Voyager is $32 a month in the annual view, with up to 25 seats and an Agent with advanced models. Free and Cadet include an Agent with limits. Enterprise includes SSO, SOC2 Type II, dedicated support, onboarding, training, custom storage, and custom runtime options.