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Adobe After Effects vs. Autodesk Maya

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe After Effects

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAdobe After Effects allows users to create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions, remove an object from a clip, start a fire or make it rain, or animate a logo or character. The vendor states that with After Effects, users can apply motion-graphics and animation to any digital object.

    $20.99

    Per User Per Month

    Autodesk Maya

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AAutodesk offers Maya, a 3D animation, modeling, simulation and rendering tool available to artists, animators, and educators, used to create realistic characters, models, and scenes, as well as effects such as explosions, cloth movement, etc.

    $234

    per month

    Pricing
    Adobe After EffectsAutodesk Maya
    Editions & Modules
    Annual Plan (Paid Monthly)
    $20.99
    Per User Per Month
    Monthly Plan
    $31.49
    Per User Per Month
    Annual Plan (Prepaid)
    $239.88
    Per User Per Year
    Monthly
    $235
    per month per user
    Yearly
    $1875
    per year per user
    3-Year
    $5625
    3 years per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe After EffectsAutodesk Maya
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Maya is also available through Autodesk's Flex plan and pricing. Tokens expire 1 year from date of purchase. Not all products and features are available with Flex. Students and teachers at qualified academic institutions worldwide are eligible for free access to Autodesk software for one-year through the Autodesk Education Community.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe After EffectsAutodesk Maya
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe After Effects
    Compared to other software, Adobe After Effects is more useful for motion graphics and composition. Adobe After Effects is simpler and easier to use for video editing and adding effects.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe After Effects
    After Effects is on par with most of these other non-Adobe software. It is able to edit, create, render, illustrate, stabilize video content; and so much more.
    Incentivized
    Autodesk
    Chose Autodesk Maya
    We were evaluating the products within the Adobe portfolio like Adobe Animate, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe After Effects majorly among few others before finalising on the Autodesk Maya. One of the major reasons for that was earlier experience with the Autodesk Maya tool for the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Autodesk Maya
    Autodesk Maya is better than these other softwares because Autodesk Maya is a software that does not have updates every time, and this means that you do not have to waste time seeing what has been updated and what has not.
    Incentivized
    Chose Autodesk Maya
    Animating in Autodesk Maya is much more convenient and easier in comparison to Blender. It's easier to use features like constrains, motion trails, and attribute editors in Autodesk Maya. Most of the time I use Blender for modeling and Autodesk Maya for animation. Either way, I …
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe After EffectsAutodesk Maya
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)