Rive

A platform for building interactive animations and motion graphics that deploy across web, mobile, and game engines

Also known as
rive

Available worldwide

What is Rive?

An interactive design and animation platform where designers and developers create, animate, and code interactive experiences in a unified editor. The tool exports to web, iOS, Android, and game engines like Unity and Unreal through open-source runtimes that run graphics natively across platforms.

Independently observed

Rive pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $9/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier (3 files). Studio plan from $9/mo with early adopter discount.

Free

Free
Free

Limited files and revision history

files
3
revision_history_days
30
  • 3 files maximum
  • 30 days revision history

Studio

From $9/mo (early adopter pricing available for annual billing)

Unlimited files and revision history with multi-user collaboration

files
unlimited
revision_history_days
unlimited
  • Unlimited files
  • Unlimited revision history
  • Multi-user workspace

What Rive does

The capabilities that matter for animation tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Cloud web app
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
Flat monthly subscription
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • iOS
  • macOS
  • Web
  • Android
  • Windows
Deployment
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (16)

Independently observed
design
  • Figma←
game_engine
  • Unreal Engine→
  • Framer
  • Webflow
  • Wix Studio
  • Play
  • Mendix
  • React
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Defold
  • Unity
  • Unreal
  • Google Fonts
  • Lottie
  • Flare

Rive FAQ

Common questions about Rive, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Rive?

An interactive design and animation platform where designers and developers create, animate, and code interactive experiences in a unified editor. The tool exports to web, iOS, Android, and game engines like Unity and Unreal through open-source runtimes that run graphics natively across platforms. It is indexed under Animation Tools.

Source: https://rive.app/blog/beta-pricing

Is Rive free?

Rive offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $9 per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://rive.app/blog/beta-pricing

What platforms does Rive support?

Rive supports the web, macOS, iOS, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.

Source: https://rive.app/blog/beta-pricing

Can Rive be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Rive, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.

Source: https://rive.app/blog/beta-pricing

What does Rive integrate with?

We have confirmed 14 integrations for Rive, including Framer, Webflow, Wix Studio, Play, Mendix, React, Flutter and Defold, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://rive.app/blog/beta-pricing

What security certifications does Rive have?

We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Rive. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Rive not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.

Source: https://rive.app/pricing

Where is Rive available?

Rive is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.

Source: https://rive.app/blog/beta-pricing

Rive alternatives

Other animation tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.

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Compare Rive

Side by side against other animation tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.

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Balanced composite 54 / 100
medium · 55%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Price level800.054.2✓
Pricing transparency450.083.8✓
Capabilities920.043.6✓
Security posture400.062.5✓
Integrations320.051.5✓
Reliability00.060.0-

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq7 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesPricing model: flat_monthly_subscription · Deployment model: cloud_web_app · Architecture model: managed_cloud_saas · Compositing paradigm: layer_based_timeline · Vector shape morphing and rigging: Yes · Vector brush and bezier manipulation: Yesmediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count12mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityHqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60%
Starting priceAmount: 9 · Currency: USDmediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Soc2Yesmediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60%
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