OpenToonz vs Rive

OpenToonz is 2D animation software for professional and amateur production, as well as school education. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and exports formats including AVI, GIF, MP4, PNG, Spritesheet, and WebM. Its tools cover scanning, digital painting, and compositing: the GTS scanner supports four scanning types and saves settings, while painting supports anti-aliased lines and keeps painting data separate from palette data. Compositing offers xsheet and timeline interfaces and combines effects through a node tree. The software supports raster and vector images, and can convert between colored binarized TGA sequence images and OpenToonz format. An effects SDK allows image-processing plug-ins. GTS is TWAIN-compatible but available only on Windows. OpenToonz is based on Toonz, which Studio Ghibli customized and used for many years. Its source code is available under the New BSD License. OpenToonz is free for commercial and non-commercial projects, with no free trial listed.

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.