--- title: MotionBuilder Reviews meta\_title: 'MotionBuilder Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 17 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how MotionBuilder works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 17 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # MotionBuilder Reviews & Product Details 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software and services. * * * Seller [Autodesk](https://www.g2.com/sellers/autodesk) Discussions [MotionBuilder Community](https://www.g2.com/products/motionbuilder/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Blender](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Blender") Blender 4.6/5(319) ](https://www.g2.com/products/blender/reviews) [ ![iClone 8](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "iClone 8") iClone 8 4.8/5(13) ](https://www.g2.com/products/iclone-8/reviews) [ ![Cinema 4D](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cinema 4D") Cinema 4D 4.6/5(137) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cinema-4d/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/motionbuilder/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 17 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/7/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "3D character animation software" 4/5 What do you like best about MotionBuilder? Autodesk MotionBuilder software streamlines the process of animating game characters through a combination of real-time architecture, animation layers and multimedia non-linear editing functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about MotionBuilder? 1st if all, it’s a very expensive software; Also, some parts of the interface are very difficult to read; Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is MotionBuilder solving and how is that benefiting you? MotionBuilder is built on a real-time display architecture, which allows you to work without the need to waste time generating previews of the produced animations. To allow the production of quality animations, a full list of tools is available to create animations by advanced keyframes and layered animations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Simone G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Simone G.") SG Simone G. Rigger - Animatore - Animatore tecnico Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/30/2019 "Very handy for mocap animators" 4/5 What do you like best about MotionBuilder? It's quite simple to use and there are some tutorials that explain many features. You can retarget animations easily and effectively, also you can clean and refine mocaps directly over the baked joints by adding animation layers. The rigging system is very flexible, rigs have an hybrid ik/fk system without the classic switches, this allows you to modify animations without spending hours to understand how to switch between ik and fk smoothly. It's very stable and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about MotionBuilder? The interface is a bit poor, snapping and changing the layout are limited. For example you can't have one viewport on a dedicated screen and another viewport integrated with the main layout (just like Maya with the "tear off" option), you must keep X viewports all inside the same window and put them all togheter on the other screen. You can't resize the views and you can't fix the ratio of the views, this is very bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering MotionBuilder: It's very handful if you want to become a complete animator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is MotionBuilder solving and how is that benefiting you? Fast retarget and mocap refine, it manages universal fbx files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Printing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Printing") UP Verified User in Printing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/19/2018 "Great Software for Mocap Animation " 4/5 What do you like best about MotionBuilder? Using Motionbuilder, although daunting, comes easily for someone with experience with other Autodesk Applications. When used in combination with other software, it is excellent for interpreting mocap data and applying it to models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about MotionBuilder? As with any complex animation software, Motionbuilder has steep learning curve. I don't know if that is able to be remedied by anything other than industry experience, but having a more robust platform for learning would be a step in the right direction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is MotionBuilder solving and how is that benefiting you? Speed and quality are always the primary factors in a marketing and product based industry. Having tools that help increase speed and with higher quality than not only other software, but even previous iterations of this software are paramount. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Christopher K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Christopher K.") CK Christopher K. Producer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/8/2017 "Easy to Integrate in Your Highend Animation Workflow" 3.5/5 What do you like best about MotionBuilder? As a long time 3DS Max/Maya user, I love how easy it is to integrate Motionbuilder into our pipeline. Motionbuilder has a single step workflow for importing/exporting assets (via FBX) from one Autodesk program to the next which is smooth and fluid. The ability to work seamlessly from one program to another is vital for meeting deadlines and keeping clients happy. In the cases where motion capture is needed, Motionbuilder excels because of its highly flexible Performance Capture ability. This is primarily because Motionbuilder has long been the standard for most motion capture solutions, through a robust sdk and architecture. It allows users to easily calibrate and capture unique facial and body animations and fine-tune the animation to match the artist's vision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about MotionBuilder? Over the years, Motionbuilder has had some of its key features duplicated in other Autodesk software such as Maya. Because of this, certain tasks that once required a tool like Motionbuilder specifically (like re-targeting and quick rigging) are now employed by the other members of the Autodesk family. Motionbuilder would benefit from a larger library of pre-built animations. That would be extremely useful to artists, who currently use closed systems such as iClone. Motionbuilder has seeded the end to end animation solution to Maya on the high-end and to iClone on the lower end (even though the price of iClone is closer to Maya than one would think). Lastly, the UI needs a complete redesign that improves its ease of use and makes its comparable to 3DS Max and Maya. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering MotionBuilder: Motionbuilder is a great software for dedicated MoCap and editing Character Animators. Works with for those who seek an end-to-end solution though, iClone or others like it might be a better solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is MotionBuilder solving and how is that benefiting you? Being a Film Producer in Post, having an effective MoCap workflow for my team members allows us to be able to animate and export high quality animation clips easily. Which in turn, shaves time off our turnaround and allows us to meet tight deadlines. Our pipeline, which includes an older Infrared Camera Tracking system, a Kinect based solution and a newer trackerless body suit solution which all work well with Motionbuiilder through plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kielse N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kielse N.") KN Kielse N. Development Team Manager Computer Games Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/20/2016 "How easy to start, eh?" 3.5/5 What do you like best about MotionBuilder? Autodesk can provide a full version for you to start using and see if their software are good for you. If you like, you can buy. The tutorials are great to have a fast start and if you are a game developer is great to use MotionBuilder and just export the FBX with animations to Unity, for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about MotionBuilder? It is a new software with a different user interface. You need to remember if you need to hold Shift and drag or hold Alt and drag to change the zoom or the angle of view. Unfortunately Unity, the software that I used most frequently, has a different UI controls, so I had a bit of trouble start using MotionBuilder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering MotionBuilder: Try first and if you like, buy it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is MotionBuilder solving and how is that benefiting you? I use for game development and Animation. You can use your 3D assets, import to MotionBuilder, start creating your Animation Clip and export everything you need in one FBX to use it on Unity. On unity you can create an Animator Controller and simply drag and drop all animations clips you created to have several states. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Alessio V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alessio V.") AV Alessio V. 3D Artist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/2/2017 "the best animation packages" 4/5 What do you like best about MotionBuilder? The Full Body IK rigging system and the very easy way to capture motion and retarget it to another character, have a flexible features in motion capture workflows allow you to assign markers directly and an improved IK solver helps create higher-quality animation, plug-in for Kinect that can help capture body movements for use in the software, and its available for Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about MotionBuilder? MotionBuilder havent an own skinning process, I prefere have more friendly user interface tools for animation like maya, some time you must use complementary software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering MotionBuilder: Try first for some day, and only if you like, buy it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is MotionBuilder solving and how is that benefiting you? I could create custom animations for some character so fast and with kinect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about MotionBuilder? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about MotionBuilder ](https://www.g2.com/products/motionbuilder/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity almost 4 years ago What is motion capture software? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/motionbuilder-what-is-motion-capture-software) GU Guest User • Last activity over 3 years ago Is MotionBuilder free for students? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-motionbuilder-free-for-students) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/motionbuilder/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. 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