Animaker review

Animaker is a different kind of tool from the rest of this list. Rather than drawing or rigging your own characters, you build animated videos from templates, characters and stock assets in the browser. Animaker says its free plan lets you create and download animated videos using its animation tools and a limited selection of premium assets, with watermarked exports. Paid plans add higher export quality, whiteboard animations, more premium downloads and AI tools such as subtitles and background removal, and a 7-day free trial unlocks top-tier features for new users. That makes it handy for a class presentation or a quick explainer, and it needs no drawing skill at all. For anyone who wants to learn animation itself, it teaches little about timing, posing or in-betweening, and the watermark on free exports is a real limit. The pricing page showed several conflicting plan prices when we checked, so we list paid pricing as pending.

Who it is for

Students and hobbyists who want quick template-based animated videos rather than drawing.

Price

Free plan with watermarked exports; paid plans: see vendor pricing (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Animation tools and templates in the browser
• Library of premium assets, with a limited selection on the free plan
• Whiteboard animations on paid plans
• AI subtitles and AI background removal tools
• Custom characters on paid plans

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: No drawing skills needed
• Strength: Runs in a browser
• Strength: 7-day free trial unlocks top-tier features
• Weakness: Free plan exports carry the Animaker watermark
• Weakness: Templates limit original character animation
• Weakness: Paid plans cost more than buying most desktop animation software over time

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, watermarked exports
• Free trial: 7 days
• Platform: Web browser
• Watermark removal: Paid plans

Where it ranks

Animaker is No. 10 in our Best Free Animation Software verdict.