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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (75.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$129.00 1 Seats Per Year
Animaker
Star Rating
(998)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plansSketchUp
Star Rating
(1,316)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (75.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$129.00 1 Seats Per Year
Browse all 3 pricing plansAnimaker vs SketchUp
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Animaker easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Animaker overall.
- Reviewers felt that Animaker meets the needs of their business better than SketchUp.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Animaker is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Animaker over SketchUp.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
SketchUp
Go Subscription
$129.00
1 Seats Per Year
Design & collaborate anywhere.
- Web & iPad based 3D Modeling Platform
- Unlimited Cloud Storage on Trimble Connect
- Community Support and SketchUp Help Center Access
Free Trial
Animaker
No trial information availableSketchUp
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
831
8.5
1,127
Ease of Use
9.0
842
8.9
1,144
Ease of Setup
9.0
451
8.9
260
Ease of Admin
8.8
132
8.3
103
Quality of Support
8.9
756
8.1
897
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
129
8.6
100
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
807
8.2
1,114
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Building Design and Building Information Modeling (BIM)Hide 28 FeaturesShow 28 Features
Not enough data
7.3
316
Design
Not enough data
8.9
297
Not enough data
7.8
295
Not enough data
8.7
296
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
271
Not enough data
7.6
221
Collaboration
Not enough data
6.8
222
Not enough data
8.3
293
Not enough data
7.1
269
Not enough data
7.5
259
Construction
Not enough data
7.5
239
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.6
216
Not enough data
6.8
201
Not enough data
6.5
190
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
118
Not enough data
6.1
118
Not enough data
6.4
119
Common Data Environment (CDE) - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost Estimation - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Electrical & Circuit Design - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
9.3
141
Not enough data
8.7
140
Not enough data
9.2
139
Not enough data
8.9
133
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.8
138
Not enough data
9.0
137
Not enough data
Ad Management
8.7
121
Not enough data
8.9
124
Not enough data
8.9
111
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
109
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Design
Not enough data
6.9
269
Not enough data
6.8
268
Not enough data
8.1
272
Not enough data
6.4
265
Not enough data
7.0
265
Move
Not enough data
6.5
265
Not enough data
7.4
267
Not enough data
8.4
270
Store & Manage
Not enough data
6.7
252
Not enough data
7.6
260
Not enough data
7.6
260
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.1
249
Not enough data
6.2
247
Design
Not enough data
8.7
305
Not enough data
8.9
307
Not enough data
8.9
307
Not enough data
7.7
294
Edit
Not enough data
8.1
296
Not enough data
9.1
304
Not enough data
8.8
303
Not enough data
8.3
290
Collaboration
Not enough data
7.4
265
Not enough data
7.5
264
Not enough data
7.3
243
Platform Basics
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Platform Content
Not enough data
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Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Plan
Not enough data
7.3
145
Not enough data
7.3
142
Not enough data
6.5
139
Not enough data
6.9
134
Design
Not enough data
9.0
159
Not enough data
7.9
159
Not enough data
7.5
148
Not enough data
8.1
157
Analysis
Not enough data
7.2
133
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
134
Library
Not enough data
8.1
458
Not enough data
7.4
463
Rendering
Not enough data
7.3
452
Not enough data
7.6
448
Not enough data
6.9
444
Not enough data
7.4
434
Not enough data
7.3
410
Not enough data
6.5
394
Integrations
Not enough data
6.4
367
Not enough data
7.9
420
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
239
Voice
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
41
Not enough data
Transcription
8.5
40
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
9.2
38
Not enough data
8.6
37
Not enough data
Editing
8.9
39
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
Integration
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.3
35
Not enough data
9.0
40
Not enough data
8.6
34
Not enough data
8.6
34
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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Feature Not Available
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Not enough data
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Audio Format
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
8.6
218
Not enough data
8.5
214
Not enough data
9.0
223
Not enough data
8.3
212
Not enough data
8.0
214
Not enough data
8.6
220
Not enough data
9.0
216
Not enough data
Platform
8.8
217
Not enough data
8.9
218
Not enough data
8.7
205
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
98
Not enough data
8.5
99
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Editing
7.3
19
Not enough data
8.3
19
Not enough data
8.4
19
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
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Text
Not enough data
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Platform
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Generative AI
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Planning
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Publishing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Social Media
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Animation
7.7
73
Not enough data
7.6
72
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.3
253
Not enough data
8.6
249
Not enough data
9.1
256
Not enough data
8.8
256
Not enough data
8.5
250
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
252
Not enough data
8.5
251
Not enough data
8.6
246
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
8.4
243
Not enough data
8.4
241
Not enough data
8.7
245
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
8.4
233
Not enough data
8.3
230
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.5
235
Not enough data
8.9
239
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
235
Not enough data
8.7
233
Not enough data
8.5
227
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
8.6
229
Not enough data
8.6
229
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
8.1
34
Not enough data
7.9
33
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live streaming
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Script-based automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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Generative AI
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Editing
Not enough data
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Storage & Management
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Platform
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Animaker and SketchUp share no categories
Unique Categories
Animaker is categorized as Transcription, Video Content Creation, Display Ad Design, Animation, Video Editing, AI Avatar Generators, AI Video Generators, Content Creation, eLearning Content, Presentation, Text to Speech, and Video Translation
SketchUp is categorized as Urban Planning and Design, Sketching, Building Design and Building Information Modeling (BIM), General-Purpose CAD, 3D Modeling, and Architectural Rendering
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Animaker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SketchUp
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
9.7%
Higher Education
8.7%
Education Management
6.1%
Primary/Secondary Education
5.6%
Information Technology and Services
5.5%
Other
64.5%
Architecture & Planning
47.1%
Design
16.7%
Construction
11.1%
Civil Engineering
2.4%
Higher Education
1.3%
Other
21.3%
Discussions
What can Animaker do?
2 Comments
AS
Miracles in terms of animation.Read more
Can I Add animation in my already existing video through animaker
1 Comment
Official Response from Animaker
Yes you make take a video from a 3rd party source upload it to Animaker, edit, clip it, change colors, add text, voice overs and animation to your existing...Read more
what are the systems requirements for Animaker.
1 Comment
SS
When you upgrade to the Enterprise solution you have much more control of the voice adding Breaths, pauses, pitch and even emphasis on word or even phrases. ...Read more
Using SketchUp MAKE in your business?
2 Comments
DB
I have Make on my work computer, but I use it to view content from 3D Warehouse. I use the models in a program called CET Designer. I am not ready yet to...Read more
What is the best way to use sketchup in other software programs?
2 Comments
SJ
Hey,
So my work requires me to export Sketch Up files in other software domains. I generally consult the BIMDeX company for exporting the files from Sketch...Read more
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