A free alternative to Animaker

Animaker is built around animated videos with characters: a character builder, preset actions, voiceover with lip sync and an AI video generator. Its free plan adds a watermark, and paid plans count your exports each month. If you need motion graphics rather than characters, like titles, logos, charts or social posts, smooth.video makes them for free and exports as often as you want.

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smooth.video vs Animaker

	smooth.video	Animaker
Price	Free, no paid plan	Free plan, 1080p from the Starter plan at US$19 a month billed yearly
Account	Not needed	Required
Watermark	Never	On free plan exports
Export resolution	Any size, 4K included	1080p on Starter, 2K on Pro, 4K on Enterprise
Exports	Unlimited	Counted each month: 10 on Starter, 30 on Pro
Where your files live	On your computer	In your Animaker account
Characters and lip-synced voiceover	No	Yes
AI video from a prompt	No	Yes

Price: smooth.videoFree, no paid plan; AnimakerFree plan, 1080p from the Starter plan at US$19 a month billed yearly
Account: smooth.videoNot needed; AnimakerRequired
Watermark: smooth.videoNever; AnimakerOn free plan exports
Export resolution: smooth.videoAny size, 4K included; Animaker1080p on Starter, 2K on Pro, 4K on Enterprise
Exports: smooth.videoUnlimited; AnimakerCounted each month: 10 on Starter, 30 on Pro
Where your files live: smooth.videoOn your computer; AnimakerIn your Animaker account
Characters and lip-synced voiceover: smooth.videoNo; AnimakerYes
AI video from a prompt: smooth.videoNo; AnimakerYes

Animaker as of September 2026. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide.

When smooth.video fits better

Your video is made of text, logos, photos, shapes and numbers, you'd rather not count exports, and you want 4K or a transparent overlay without paying for a plan.

When Animaker fits better

Your video tells a story with characters that walk, talk and react to a voiceover, or you want an AI to draft the whole video from a prompt. smooth.video has no characters and no voiceover.

How it works

Open smooth.video. No account, nothing to install.
Start from a template or an empty canvas, add text, images, shapes and audio, and animate them on the timeline.
Export an MP4, a GIF or a transparent WebM, as many times as you like.

Start from a template

See all 203 templates

Open one, change the words, export. Every element stays editable.

Logo reveal

1080×1080

A name that pops into place

Bold statement

1080×1920

Three lines, one point

Count-up stat

1080×1080

A number that climbs

Lower third

1920×1080

Name and title, on cue

Quote card

1200×630

A line worth sharing

Product drop

1080×1350

An announcement that lands

Free, full stop: No plan, no trial, no credits, no export limit.
No account: Open the page and the editor is already there.
Nothing is uploaded: Your files are read and rendered by your own browser.
No watermark: Every export is clean, at any size, 4K included.

Questions

Does smooth.video have characters?

No. It animates text, images, video, shapes and drawings. To animate a character, bring it in as an image, or as a layered PSD to move its parts separately.

Can I add a voiceover?

Yes, recorded elsewhere: add the audio file to the scene and line it up with the animation on the timeline.

Is there a limit on exports?

No. Export as many times as you want, at any size.

Try it before you settle on Animaker.

It opens in a tab, works without an account, and exports without a watermark.