In Rigging, animation & mocap, Cascadeur ranks #2 and Rokoko Vision ranks #4. No independent quality tests found. Ranked on game-dev fit: commercial use on paid plans; Unreal integration; API.
Hand-keyed character animation with AI posing help
Free video mocap tryout exported via Rokoko Studio
What it does
Physics-based keyframe animation software with AI-assisted autoposing, inbetweening and mocap cleanup; exports FBX, DAE, USD and glTF on paid plans.
AI motion capture from video plus text-to-motion clips, exported via Rokoko Studio as FBX/BVH for Unity, Unreal, Blender and other tools.
Verdict
For hand-keyed character animation with AI posing help; free is non-commercial, and Indie only covers studios under $100k a year in revenue/funding.
For trying video-based mocap for free (30 seconds a month); commercial terms for its output are unverified.
Tasks
Rigging, animation & mocap
Rigging, animation & mocap
Engines●
Unreal, Blender
Unity, Unreal
Free plan
Free plan Free, non-commercial, .casc export only
Free plan 30 seconds of Vision processing per month
Pricing
Free (non-commercial, .casc export only). Indie US$19/month or US$8/month billed annually. Pro US$49/month or US$33/month billed annually. Teams US$49/user/month. source
Starter free (30 seconds of Vision processing per month). Basic US$10/month billed annually (US$12 billed monthly), Plus US$20/month (US$28 monthly), Pro US$50/month (US$70 monthly), Enterprise US$100/month (US$150 monthly). source
Commercial on paid plans only Free and Educational: no commercial use. Indie: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000/year. Pro and Teams: full commercial use. source
Commercial use: not stated by vendor Commercial-use terms for Vision output were not found on the pages checked: unverified. source
Revenue share / caps●
Indie plan: commercial use only if revenue/funding is under $100,000 a year.
Not stated by vendor
API●
Available. In-app Python scripting API (not a cloud API) source
Not stated by vendor. No public Vision API found
MCP server
Not stated by vendor. A built-in MCP server in Cascadeur 2026.2 was reported by CG Channel; not confirmed on cascadeur.com source
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