# Animaker review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Browser-based animated video maker with characters and AI voices Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Animaker is an animation and video maker that runs in the browser, with an Android app. You describe an idea or start from a template, and it builds scenes with characters, voiceover and lip sync that you refine in an editor. It also offers AI subtitles, video translation and a character builder. - **Category:** Screen Recording & Video - **Made by:** Animaker Inc. - **Website:** https://www.animaker.com - **Runs on:** Web, Android - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: the pricing page does not say if its prices are monthly or yearly, and checkout shows $35 monthly. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Animaker has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per month; billing period not shown on the page. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** A free account is offered ('Create for Free'); the free plan's limits are not listed on the pages read. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $10 per month; billing period not shown | 5 premium exports a month, 5 custom characters, 10 stock assets and 720p video. | | Starter | $19 per month; billing period not shown | 10 premium exports a month, 15 custom characters, 20 stock assets and 1080p video. | | Pro | $49 per month; billing period not shown | 30 premium exports a month, 30 custom characters, 45 stock assets and 2K video. | | Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited 4K exports and custom characters, 50 stock assets a month; contact sales. | Read from https://app.animaker.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Animaker before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Student and nonprofit pricing on request** (Education): Animaker's help center says students and nonprofit organizations can email support to ask about special pricing. Source: https://support.animaker.com/en/articles/3668411-how-do-i-subscribe-to-a-premium-version-of-animaker ## Key features - **Prompt-to-animation:** Enter an idea, answer a few questions, and get a video with scenes, characters, voiceover and lip sync, then fine-tune it in Advanced Edit. - **Character builder:** Build custom animated characters for a brand; the number you can create depends on the plan. - **AI subtitles and voices:** The vendor lists subtitles in 130+ languages and 1,800+ voices across 200+ languages and accents. - **Templates and stock library:** Start from thousands of video templates, with a stock library of media, icons, music and stickers. - **Translation and export:** Translate a video into 100+ languages, and export as MP4, GIF or WebM from SD up to 4K. ## Good for - Explainer, training and onboarding videos made without footage - Teams that need animated characters in a brand style - Learning and development staff building course videos ## Worth knowing - The pricing page did not say whether $10, $19 and $49 are billed monthly or yearly; its checkout line shows $35 monthly or $19 monthly billed yearly at $228. - Each plan caps premium exports per month; extra exports cost $10 to $20 each depending on the plan. - Higher resolutions are tied to plans: 720p on Basic, 1080p on Starter, 2K on Pro, 4K on Enterprise. - Students and nonprofits are told to email support for special pricing. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Animaker makes animated videos in the browser from characters, templates and AI voices. The page does not say whether its prices are monthly or yearly, and each plan caps premium exports. - **Value for money: C.** $10, $19 and $49 are listed without a billing period, and checkout shows $35 monthly or $19 a month billed yearly, so we grade it in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free account is offered, but its limits are not listed on the pages we read. - **Features: C.** Prompt-to-animation, a character builder, AI subtitles and voices, and templates; premium exports are capped per month. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you build each video scene by scene. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web plus an Android app; no iPhone or desktop version listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Animaker's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools - Animaker's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 14 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 27. - Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $12.25 for the category: 35 of the 88 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 35 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Animaker you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 92 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $120 a year. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. - You could not: A real app for Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Video editing, Templates, AI features, Text to speech, Transcription ## Alternatives - [Vyond](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vyond): Animated and AI avatar video maker for training and business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/animaker-vs-vyond) - [Biteable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/biteable): Template-based online video maker for work videos. 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