Jitter vs Remotion
Jitter and Remotion 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.
Jitter vs Remotion at a glance
| Jitter | Remotion | smooth.video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan, then paid plans per editor | Free for individuals and companies of up to 3 people, then a company license | Free, no paid plan |
| Transparent video | Max plan and above | WebM or ProRes 4444 | Free, as WebM |
As of September 2026. Plans change, so check those of Jitter and Remotion before you decide.
Jitter
- Account
- Required
- Watermark
- On free plan exports
- Export resolution
- 720p on the free plan, 1080p on Pro, 4K on Max
- Files
- 3 workspace files on the free plan, unlimited drafts
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes
- Figma import
- Yes
- Lottie export
- Yes
When Jitter fits better
You design in Figma and want your frames brought straight in, several people work in the same file, or you ship Lottie animations in an app or a website. smooth.video does none of those.
Jitter vs smooth.videoRemotion
- How you make a video
- React code
- What you need
- Node.js, a code editor and some React
- Rendering
- On your machine, a server or AWS Lambda
- Videos generated from data, at scale
- Yes
- AI assistants
- Agent skills and a Claude Code plugin
When Remotion fits better
You generate videos from data, personalize them for each user, render them on servers, embed a player in your app, or build your own video product. smooth.video has no API and no server rendering.
Remotion vs smooth.videoWhen smooth.video fits better
You need a logo reveal, an animated post, a lower third or a YouTube intro, you want it today, and you'd rather not sign up for another tool or pay to remove a watermark.
You want one video, not ten thousand: you'd rather see it and drag things into place than write components, or the person making it doesn't code.
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- Can I import Jitter or Figma files?
- No. smooth.video imports images, video, audio and layered Photoshop files.
- Can an AI assistant make the animation for me?
- Yes. A smooth.video project is a plain JSON scene, and its whole format is published at smooth.video/llms.txt. Point ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant at it, describe your animation, and open the file it gives you in the editor.
- How can it be free?
- There is no server doing the work: the editor and every export run in your browser, so one more user costs nothing to serve.
- Can I generate many videos from a spreadsheet?
- Not automatically. A script or an AI assistant can write one .smooth file per row, but each one is opened and exported by hand in the editor.
- Can an AI assistant make the video?
- Yes. The whole format is published at smooth.video/llms.txt: point ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant at it, describe the animation, and open the file it gives you.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. The editor and the export both run in your browser.