# Moho vs Spine

| Attribute | Moho | Spine |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 55.5 (26% (low)) | 43.2 (26% (low)) |
| deployment.options | - | `{"on_prem":true}` |
| description.long | Professional animation application for creating 2D animations with a powerful rigging system, vector drawing tools, physics simulation, and export capabilities to game engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot) and 3D software (Blender). | A dedicated animation software for game developers to create, rig, and animate 2D characters using skeletal animation techniques. Provides tools for mesh deformation, timing control, inverse kinematics, and character rigging, with runtime libraries available for integration into game engines. |
| integrations.count | 5 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Unity"},{"name":"Unreal Engine"},{"name":"Godot"},{"name":"Blender"},{"name":"Photoshop"}]` | `[{"name":"libgdx"},{"name":"Kryo"},{"name":"KryoNet"},{"name":"Unity"},{"name":"Unreal Engine"},{"name":"Godot"},{"name":"Flutter"},{"name":"Phaser"},{"name":"Pixi"},{"name":"Construct 3"},{"name":"WeChat"},{"name":"Android"},{"name":"iOS"},{"name":"WebGL"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"mac":true,"windows":true}` | `{"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"perpetual","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Moho Pro 14","summary":"$399.99 one-time purchase","features":["Advanced 2D skeletal rigging system","Smart Bones for character control","Quad Meshes for distortion","Liquid Shapes for organic animation","Curvers for flexible deformation","Wind Dynamics physics","Vitruvian Bones","Forward and Inverse kinematics","Animation constraints and pin bones","Automatic squash and stretch","Vector drawing tools (Freehand, Blob Brush, Eraser)","Real-time graphics engine","Photoshop PSD import with layer preservation","SVG file support","Frame-by-frame animation tools","Export to Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot","Export to Blender","Graph editor","Multi-language support (14 languages)","macOS and Windows support"],"components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":399.99,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Full-featured animation software for professionals with advanced rigging, real-time graphics engine, and game engine exports","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Moho Debut 14","summary":"$59.99 one-time purchase","features":["2D skeletal rigging system","Vector drawing tools","Physics simulation","Photoshop PSD import","SVG file support","Multi-language support (14 languages)","macOS and Windows support"],"components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":59.99,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Beginner-friendly animation software for hobbyists, students, and first-time animators","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Moho Pro 13.5 to Pro 14 upgrade","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":119,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Moho Pro $399.99, Moho Debut $59.99 (perpetual licenses)","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://moho.lostmarble.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:27.442Z","startingPrice":{"amount":59.99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Spine Essential","summary":"One-time purchase. Includes all future updates.","minSeats":1,"description":"Perpetual license; includes all future updates. Can be upgraded to Professional for the price difference.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Spine Professional","summary":"One-time purchase. Includes all future updates.","minSeats":1,"description":"Perpetual license; includes all future updates. Required if company earnings exceed $500k USD annually.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Spine Enterprise","summary":"Annual subscription. Required for companies earning over $500k USD annually.","commitment":"annual","description":"Annual subscription for teams/companies. Allows use of the editor and integration of Spine Runtimes into any number of products.","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Spine Education","summary":"Educational licensing for institutions.","description":"Provisioned for specific number of computers. Any number of users can use for non-commercial purposes.","contactSales":false},{"free":true,"name":"Spine Trial","summary":"Free trial; read-only.","description":"Free evaluation version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Cannot save projects; for evaluation only.","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Perpetual licenses for Essential and Professional. Enterprise requires annual renewal. Free trial available. Exact pricing not disclosed on provided pages.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"http://esotericsoftware.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:17:29.017Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |

## Capabilities (Animation Tools)

| Capability | Moho | Spine |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Skeletal puppet rigging inverse kinematics | - | - |
| Frame by frame cel drawing engine | - | - |
| Json state machine web export lottie rive | - | - |
| Automated audio lip sync matching | - | - |
| Vector brush and bezier manipulation | - | - |
| Bitmap raster layer import and tracing | - | - |
| Javascript actionscript timeline scripting | - | - |
| 3d camera depth and parallax layering | - | - |
| React vue ios android native playback sdks | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| ISO 27001 | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:59:15.031Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*