Compare Adobe Animate and Animation Desk 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (90.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
59.99 USD 1 license/year
Adobe Animate
Star Rating
(146)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Adobe AnimateAnimation Desk
Star Rating
(11)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (90.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
59.99 USD 1 license/year
Browse all 2 pricing plansAdobe Animate vs Animation Desk
- Adobe Animate and Animation Desk both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Animation Desk is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Adobe Animate over Animation Desk.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe Animate
No pricing availableAnimation Desk
Creativity 365
59.99 USD
1 license/year
- An all-access pass to the holistic content creation suite, featuring Animation Desk, Write-on Video, NoteLedge, Markup, and Pocket Scanner
- + 1 TB Kdan Cloud storage
Free Trial
Adobe Animate
No trial information availableAnimation Desk
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
126
8.3
10
Ease of Use
7.8
126
9.3
10
Ease of Setup
8.4
18
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.6
13
Not enough data
Quality of Support
7.7
111
9.1
9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.9
11
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
7.4
126
3.0
10
Features by Category
Generative AI
8.0
41
Not enough data
7.2
42
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Animation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe Animate and Animation Desk are categorized as Animation
Unique Categories
Adobe Animate has no unique categories
Animation Desk has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe Animate
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Animation Desk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Animation
16.1%
Marketing and Advertising
12.6%
Design
9.1%
Graphic Design
7.0%
Information Technology and Services
7.0%
Other
48.3%
Marketing and Advertising
30.0%
Design
20.0%
Writing and Editing
10.0%
Program Development
10.0%
Higher Education
10.0%
Other
20.0%
Discussions
How do you animate in Adobe?
2 Comments
PP
Its a frame by frame animation using the assest wrap tool.Read more
What is Adobe Animate used for?
1 Comment
AS
It is an animation tool. It helps in vector graphics, animation for tv series, web animation, online animation and a lot moreRead more
Where is the lasso tool in the iPad free edition?
1 Comment
KP
Hello, you can select the copy-paste tool in the toolbar at the bottom of the editing interface. Here is a tutorial post,...Read more
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