Biteable vs LottieFiles
Biteable and LottieFiles side by side, as of September 2026: what each one costs, what it's made for, and when smooth.video, a free animation tool that runs in your browser with no account, does the job instead.
- Free
- No signup
- No watermark
Biteable vs LottieFiles at a glance
| Biteable | LottieFiles | smooth.video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From US$15 a month billed yearly, or US$29 billed monthly | Free plan, then paid plans billed yearly | Free, no paid plan |
- Price
- BiteableFrom US$15 a month billed yearly, or US$29 billed monthly
- LottieFilesFree plan, then paid plans billed yearly
- smooth.videoFree, no paid plan
As of September 2026. Plans change, so check those of Biteable and LottieFiles before you decide.
Biteable
- Free option
- A 7-day trial: watermarked, no MP4 download
- Account
- Required
- Export resolution
- HD on Pro, 4K on Premium
- Formats
- MP4
- How you build
- Animated scenes, from a script or in the editor
- AI voices, avatars, automatic captions
- Yes
- Video hosting and viewer analytics
- Yes
When Biteable fits better
You write a script and want a video built from it, need AI voices, avatars or captions, or want to host the video and see who watched it. smooth.video has no script-to-video, no AI voices and no hosting.
Biteable vs smooth.videoLottieFiles
- Output
- Lottie and dotLottie, plus MP4, WebM, MOV and GIF
- Where your files live
- In your LottieFiles workspace
- Video and audio in the scene
- No
- Interactive state machines
- Yes
- Lottie players for apps and websites
- Yes
- After Effects and Figma plugins
- Yes
When LottieFiles fits better
The animation ships inside an app or a website and should stay tiny, sharp at any size, recolorable with themes, or interactive. That's what Lottie is for, and smooth.video doesn't export it.
LottieFiles vs smooth.videoWhen smooth.video fits better
You want to download a short animated video today without a subscription, and you'd rather set the motion yourself than start from a script.
The animation goes in a video, a social post, an email or a presentation rather than in an app: a logo reveal, a Reel, an animated banner, a lower third. You want a video file, maybe with photos or footage in it.
Open the editor- 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.
Start from a template
See all 203 templatesOpen one, change the words, export. Every element stays editable.
Questions
Can a video be made from my script?
Not by smooth.video itself, but its project format is published at smooth.video/llms.txt. Give it to ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant along with your script, and open the file it writes in the editor.
Can I add captions?
Yes, as text elements you place on the timeline. There's no automatic transcription.
Is there a watermark?
No, and every download is free.
Can smooth.video open or export Lottie files?
Neither. It imports images, video, audio and layered PSD files, and exports video, GIF and images.
Can I use photos and video in my animation?
Yes. Add images, video clips and audio to the scene next to your text and shapes.
Do I need an account?
No, and there's no workspace either. Your current project is autosaved in your browser; save it as a .smooth file on your computer to keep it.
Or skip the decision.
smooth.video is free, opens in a tab and exports without a watermark. Try it while you compare.
Open the editor- Free
- No signup
- No watermark