Biteable vs Lottielab
Biteable and Lottielab 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.
Biteable vs Lottielab at a glance
| Biteable | Lottielab | smooth.video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From US$15 a month billed yearly, or US$29 billed monthly | Free plan, then Pro at US$12 per editor a month billed yearly, or US$18 monthly | Free, no paid plan |
| Account | Required | Required | Not needed |
As of September 2026. Plans change, so check those of Biteable and Lottielab before you decide.
Biteable
- Free option
- A 7-day trial: watermarked, no MP4 download
- 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 does none of those.
Biteable vs smooth.videoLottielab
- HD and 4K video
- Pro plan
- Lottie export
- Pro plan
- Imports
- Lottie, SVG, and Figma through a plugin
- Interactive state machines
- Yes
- Team library and comments
- Yes
When Lottielab fits better
The animation ships inside an app or a website as a small vector file, starts from Figma frames, reacts to people, or is shared across a product team. smooth.video does none of that.
Lottielab 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 ends up as a video: a social post, a product teaser, a clip for a presentation or a README, maybe with photos, footage or music, and you want it in full HD or 4K without a plan.
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- 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 I import Figma designs?
- Not directly. Export the pieces you want to move as PNG and drop them in, or bring a layered PSD to get each layer as its own element.
- Can smooth.video export Lottie?
- No. It exports MP4, WebM, GIF, PNG, JPG and WebP.
- Is HD export free?
- Yes. Every resolution is free, 4K included.