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Cascadeur

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.

Go to Cascadeur’s website

Free to try?Yes

Can I sell what I make?Yes, on paid plans

Open or closedClosed

Skill neededSome setup

The facts, with sources

Open or closed

Closed

Only usable through the maker's app or API

source · checked 7 Nov 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Licence

Cascadeur end-user agreement (version 2025.1) (The maker's own terms)

One licence covers every plan; each plan (Free, Indie, Pro, Teams, Pro Trial, Educational) has its own rules on commercial use.

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Can I sell what I make?

Yes, on paid plans (from the Indie plan)

Only below a revenue limit

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.

source · checked 7 Nov 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Cost

Free option: Free forever: the full animation, rigging and physics tools, but non-commercial use only, saving to Cascadeur's own .casc format only (no FBX) and at most 300 frames and 120 joints per scene.

Plans below.

How you use it

Desktop app, Phone app, On your own computer

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.

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Skill needed

Some setup

You install it and need a rigged 3D character; it assumes some animation know-how.

source · checked 7 Nov 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

Made by

Nekki Limited (CY)

The end-user agreement (version 2025.1) names Nekki Limited, a Cyprus company in Limassol, as the licensor. Cyprus law governs it.

source · checked 7 Nov 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Status

Available

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What you can make with it

A 3D object or scene, a character ready to animate (main use)

3D model to 3D model

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.

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Plans and prices

Plan	Price	Includes
Free	Free	Commercial use: No
Indie	$19 a month	Adds export to FBX, DAE, USD and glTF. Commercial use only under US$100,000 a year in revenue or funding. Commercial use: Yes, with conditions
Indie (yearly)	$96 a year, billed yearly	Same as Indie. After the first year you keep the last version released while subscribed, even if you cancel. Commercial use: Yes, with conditions
Pro	$49 a month	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). Commercial use: Yes
Pro (yearly)	$396 a year, billed yearly	Same as Pro. After the first year you keep the last version released while subscribed. Commercial use: Yes
Teams	$49 a month	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. Commercial use: Yes

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.

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Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: The terms don't say clearly
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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About this entry. Facts last checked 7 Nov 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.

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