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 "name": "Cascadeur",
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 "type_label": "Tool",
 "summary": "Desktop app for animating 3D characters by hand, with AI help that fills in a full pose from a few points you move and physics that makes jumps and falls look real. The free plan is for non-commercial use only; selling or paid work needs Indie or above.",
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   "label": "3D"
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  "label": "Closed",
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  "open_source": false
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  "family_label": "The maker's own terms",
  "name": "Cascadeur end-user agreement (version 2025.1)",
  "url": "https://cascadeur.com/help/cascadeur_end_user_agreement"
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  "headline": "paid_plans_only",
  "label": "Yes, on paid plans",
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    "label": "Only below a revenue limit"
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  "free_tier": true,
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   "currency": "USD",
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    "price": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
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    "note": "Adds export to FBX, DAE, USD and glTF. Commercial use only under US$100,000 a year in revenue or funding."
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    "name": "Indie (yearly)",
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    "currency": "USD",
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    "note": "Same as Indie. After the first year you keep the last version released while subscribed, even if you cancel."
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   {
    "name": "Pro",
    "price": 49,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "month",
    "billed": "monthly",
    "price_text": "$49 a month",
    "includes": [],
    "commercial_use": "yes",
    "note": "Commercial use with no revenue limit; adds retargeting, scene linking and AI posing for four-legged animals. 14-day free trial (trial is non-commercial)."
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    "price": 396,
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    "price_text": "$396 a year, billed yearly",
    "includes": [],
    "commercial_use": "yes",
    "note": "Same as Pro. After the first year you keep the last version released while subscribed."
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   {
    "name": "Teams",
    "price": 49,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "month",
    "billed": "monthly",
    "price_text": "$49 a month",
    "includes": [],
    "commercial_use": "yes",
    "note": "Per user, 2 to 6 seats; everything in Pro plus seat management. Yearly is US$396 per user; no keep-forever version when it ends."
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  "plans_complete": true,
  "estimates": [],
  "note": "Prices as published by the maker. Anything in estimates is Plainly's own rough comparison, not a maker price."
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    "id": "desktop_app",
    "label": "Desktop app"
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   {
    "id": "mobile_app",
    "label": "Phone app"
   },
   {
    "id": "run_locally",
    "label": "On your own computer"
   }
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   "windows",
   "mac",
   "linux",
   "ios",
   "android"
  ]
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  "id": "some_setup",
  "label": "Some setup"
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  "name": "Nekki Limited",
  "country": "CY"
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 "status": {
  "id": "active",
  "label": "Available"
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  "trains_on_your_work": "unclear",
  "watermark": null,
  "copies_real_faces_or_voices": [],
  "limits": null
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  "uses_models_not_listed": [],
  "available_on": [],
  "hosts_models": [],
  "replaced_by": []
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  "for_task_label": "A 3D object or scene, a character ready to animate",
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    "slug": "3d-ai-studio",
    "name": "3D AI Studio",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/3d-ai-studio.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "autodesk-flow-studio",
    "name": "Autodesk Flow Studio",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/autodesk-flow-studio.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "deepmotion",
    "name": "DeepMotion Animate 3D",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/deepmotion.json"
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   {
    "slug": "keenface",
    "name": "KeenFace",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/keenface.json"
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   {
    "slug": "kiri-engine",
    "name": "KIRI Engine",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/kiri-engine.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "meshcapade",
    "name": "Meshcapade",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/meshcapade.json"
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   {
    "slug": "meshy",
    "name": "Meshy",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/meshy.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "move-ai",
    "name": "Move AI",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/move-ai.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "plask",
    "name": "Plask",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/plask.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "scenario",
    "name": "Scenario",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/scenario.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "sloyd",
    "name": "Sloyd",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/sloyd.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "tripo",
    "name": "Tripo AI",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/tripo.json"
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 "last_updated": "2026-11-07",
 "entry_status": "draft",
 "sources": [
  {
   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Desktop: Windows 10/11, Apple-silicon Macs (macOS 13.3+), Ubuntu 20.04+. A phone app exists; its paid features need a Pro licence. FBX and above need a paid plan. Python scripting and a live link to Unreal Engine."
  },
  {
   "field": "commercial_use",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/help/cascadeur_end_user_agreement",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "Free, the 14-day Pro trial and Educational: no commercial use. Indie: only if you (or your company) earned or raised under US$100,000 in the last 12 months. Pro and Teams: no limit. Charities and promo posts on free channels like YouTube don't count as commercial."
  },
  {
   "field": "licence",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/help/cascadeur_end_user_agreement",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "One licence covers every plan; each plan (Free, Indie, Pro, Teams, Pro Trial, Educational) has its own rules on commercial use."
  },
  {
   "field": "lifecycle",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
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  },
  {
   "field": "likeness_cloning",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "field": "made_by",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/help/cascadeur_end_user_agreement",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "The end-user agreement (version 2025.1) names Nekki Limited, a Cyprus company in Limassol, as the licensor. Cyprus law governs it."
  },
  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "You bring or rig a 3D character and get animation back. It doesn't make characters from text or photos."
  },
  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/help/cascadeur_end_user_agreement",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "field": "pricing",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "US$ prices from the plans page's own FAQ. The page showed £ to a UK visitor (Indie £14/month or £6/month yearly, Pro £37 or £25), so prices vary by country. Educational licences (US$49, teachers and schools) not listed. Tax may be added at checkout."
  },
  {
   "field": "skill_level",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "You install it and need a rigged 3D character; it assumes some animation know-how."
  },
  {
   "field": "tasks",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Its real job is keyframe animation of 3D characters (posing, physics, inbetweening, rigging, cleaning up mocap). There's no vocab task for 'animate a 3D character', so the closest fit is used."
  },
  {
   "field": "trains_on_outputs",
   "url": "https://cascadeur.com/help/cascadeur_end_user_agreement",
   "checked": "2026-11-07",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "The agreement says you keep ownership of what you make but doesn't say whether your work is used for AI training. Privacy policy not read."
  }
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  "page": "https://plainly.guide/tools/cascadeur/",
  "website": "https://cascadeur.com",
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  "translations": {
   "es": "https://plainly.guide/es/tools/cascadeur/",
   "fr": "https://plainly.guide/fr/tools/cascadeur/"
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 },
 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
}