Vyond vs LottieFiles
Vyond 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.
Vyond vs LottieFiles at a glance
| Vyond | LottieFiles | smooth.video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From US$58 a month billed yearly, or US$99 billed monthly | Free plan, then paid plans billed yearly | Free, no paid plan |
As of September 2026. Plans change, so check those of Vyond and LottieFiles before you decide.
Vyond
- Free option
- A trial, with watermarked exports
- Account
- Required
- Export resolution
- Up to 1080p
- Transparent video
- GIF and WebM, on paid plans
- Characters with lip sync, AI avatars
- Yes
- SCORM export
- Yes
When Vyond fits better
You make training or internal videos with characters that talk, need AI avatars, publish to a learning platform as SCORM, or share brand controls across a company. smooth.video has none of those.
Vyond 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, recolourable 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 need motion graphics, not characters: a title, a stat, a lower third, a logo reveal or an overlay for a video you're already making, and a yearly contract doesn't make sense for it.
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.
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- Can smooth.video export SCORM?
- No. It exports video files, which you can upload anywhere a video is accepted.
- Does it have characters or avatars?
- No. It animates text, images, video, shapes and drawings.
- Is there a free trial?
- There's no need for one: everything is free, with no time limit and no watermark.
- 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. Your projects stay in your browser, and you can save any of them as a .smooth file.