20 Video Animation Services Compared: Prices and Packages (2026)

Most video animation services price in one of three ways: per finished minute (Blue Carrot from $1,500 a minute, F. Learning Studio from $1,000), per video in tiers (Epipheo, Yans Media, Gisteo, Demo Duck), or on a monthly plan (MotionCue and Vidico from $5,000 a month). I checked the 20 services below on 5 October 2026, and 12 of the 19 outside my own company publish a real number, which makes this a list you can budget from rather than just browse.

I co-founded Moonb, a creative studio, and animation is something my team ships every week, so I read this market from inside it. Most “best animation services” lists sort studios by style, as if the decision came down to 2D versus 3D. The decision that costs you money sits one level up: are you buying a single explainer, or trying to keep animated video flowing while your product and your campaigns keep changing?

That fork matters more every year, because demand is not slowing down. HubSpot found 93% of marketers report a strong return from video, and short-form has been the top ROI-driving format four years running. The trouble is that the bar rose with the volume. Wistia clocked overall video engagement at a four-year low in 2025, even as videos under a minute held the highest engagement at 50%, and Vidyard’s benchmarks show sub-minute videos keep 65% of viewers watching to the end against 20% for anything past twenty minutes. More people are making animated video, and viewers have less patience for the average of it. Choosing the right maker is most of the job.

If you only want the numbers:

• Lowest published entry points: Squideo from £750 plus VAT, F. Learning Studio from $1,000 a minute, Content Beta at $2,000 per video and Gisteo from $3,500 for the first minute.
• Highest published tiers: Epipheo’s 3D work runs $35K to $120K, and Venture Videos says its projects typically start from $30K.
• Monthly plans: MotionCue ($5,000 to $6,000 a month), Vidico (from $5,000) and Content Beta ($3,000).
• Deepest review records: Wow-How Studio (166 Clutch reviews), Vidico (58) and Blue Carrot (43).

Before the list, a quick primer on how 3D animation gets made. Pixar and Khan Academy’s free Pixar in a Box series opens with this overview, and the same building blocks sit behind a 3D explainer at a much smaller scale. If you want the full step-by-step, it is in our guide to the animation process.

How the published prices compare

The pricing model tells you as much as the number does, because it decides when you find out what you will pay.

How I compared these

I checked each service against its own website and its Clutch profile on 5 October 2026, noting what it publishes about price, how it sells (per minute, per video or per month), where it works from and how many reviews back it up. Anything a service does not publish is marked “not publicly stated” in its entry. Four names from the last version of this list are gone: Wyzowl’s site blocks automated checks so I could not verify it this month, Grumo Media shows no new work since 2019, Studiotale’s site and reviews stop in 2021, and Sandwich is mainly a live-action commercials shop rather than an animation service. The 3D side, product renders, explainers and brand idents, is on our 3D animation services page with typical costs.

If you are still deciding on a look, start with animation styles, and for the studios ranked on craft rather than price, see my roundup of animated video production companies.

The 20 services

1. Moonb

Moonb is the team I run, which is why it is listed first and why you should read this entry with a raised eyebrow. Instead of selling animation by the video, we work as an embedded creative team: one Creative Director plus animators, motion designers and editors who stay with your brand, so animation arrives alongside the design and video around it.

• Model: embedded team on a set monthly rate, or a per-project quote
• Best for: companies that need animated video every month, not once a year
• Styles: 2D, character animation, motion graphics and mixed media
• Clients they name: Dell, Toyota, Nestle
• Clutch: 4.9 from 14 reviews

One example: a recruiting film we made for Unobravo, the Italian online therapy service, that uses visual illusions and frames within frames to blur the line between in-person and remote sessions.

Unobravo’s CEO, Danila De Stefano, wrote in the featured review on our Clutch profile: “Their imagination, creativity, precision, and quality of work were impressive.”

2. Epipheo

Epipheo has made explainers for more than 15 years and prices them more openly than almost anyone. Its cost page splits packages by tier and by animation style, with turnaround times attached.

• Model: per project, tiered packages
• Price: Starter Explainer $5K to $25K, Signature $25K to $75K, Cinematic $75K and up; 2D animation $15K to $45K, 3D $35K to $120K
• Based in: Cincinnati, Ohio
• Clients they name: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Deloitte, Cisco
• Clutch: 4.9 from 28 reviews

3. Demo Duck

Demo Duck prices per video and says so plainly on its own site, which is rarer than it should be among studios of this quality. It mixes character animation, motion graphics and live action from a single Chicago office.

• Model: per project
• Price: custom 2D animated video typically $20,000 to $25,000; testimonial and company stories $15,000 to $20,000
• Based in: Chicago, Illinois
• Clients they name: Google, Dropbox, GEICO, Netflix, Northwestern Mutual
• Clutch: 5.0 from 10 reviews

4. Yum Yum Videos

Yum Yum Videos is an “animated explainer video company that helps brands turn complex ideas into clear, engaging stories.” Its headquarters are in Miami, with a production hub in Buenos Aires.

• Model: per project
• Price: its online calculator returns ranges from $6,000 to $15,000 up to $25,000 to $62,000
• Based in: Miami, with production in Buenos Aires
• Clients they name: Amazon, Google, American Express, Red Bull, Walmart
• Clutch: 4.9 from 15 reviews

5. Yans Media

Yans Media publishes three price tiers for a 60 to 90 second animation and is open that the lowest one is AI-assisted with a human finish. It works from Newark, Delaware and Yerevan, Armenia.

• Model: per project, tiered
• Price: $3,500 to $5,500 AI-assisted, $5,500 to $8,500 fully custom, $8,500 to $20,000 premium
• Based in: Newark, Delaware and Yerevan
• Clients they name: Cisco, DoorDash, VISA, Databricks, Intel
• Clutch: 5.0 from 11 reviews

6. Gisteo

Gisteo, which has been making explainers since 2011, publishes its packages down to the price of each extra 30 seconds. It is based in Miami and now sells AI avatar video alongside custom animation.

• Model: per project, plus a yearly plan
• Price: “Just Animate!” $3,500 for the first 60 seconds, Full-Service $4,000, VIP Fast Pass $5,000, each with $500 per extra 30 seconds; a yearly plan at $20K; AI avatar videos from $1,000
• Based in: Miami, Florida
• Clients they name: SAP, National Military Family Association, Panzi Foundation, Kemper Sports Management, Rayonier
• Clutch: 5.0 from 8 reviews

7. Blue Carrot

Blue Carrot publishes a per-minute rate card by animation style and now leads with learning and training work, though it still sells marketing animation. Clutch places it in Kraków.

• Model: per project, priced per minute
• Price: whiteboard $1,500+ a minute, motion graphics $2,000+, cutout $2,000 to $3,500+, 3D $4,000+, traditional animation $6,500+
• Based in: a distributed team across the US and Europe; Clutch lists Kraków
• Clients they name: United Nations, University of Southern California, Takeda, News Corp, Dun & Bradstreet
• Clutch: 5.0 from 43 reviews

8. F. Learning Studio

F. Learning Studio calls itself “an animation-led visual learning and communication studio” and focuses on education and medical animation. Its cost calculator says most educational and explainer animation runs $1,000 to $4,000 per finished minute in 2026.

• Model: per project, priced per finished minute
• Price: whiteboard $1,000 to $2,000 a minute, motion graphics $1,500 to $3,000, 2D character $2,000 to $4,000, 3D $4,000 to $10,000+
• Based in: not stated on its site; Clutch lists Hanoi
• Clients they name: WWF, Stanford University, NHS, NYU Langone Health, Boehringer Ingelheim
• Clutch: 5.0 from 7 reviews

9. Squideo

Squideo sells professional explainer videos from £750 plus VAT and says there are no ongoing fees on a standard project. It is a small animation team in East Yorkshire that also builds e-learning and compliance training.

• Model: per project, with optional video hosting from £99 a month
• Price: explainers from £750 plus VAT
• Based in: Cottingham, England
• Clients they name: NHS, Unilever, Amazon, Aldi, Network Rail
• Clutch: profile with no reviews yet

10. Content Beta

Content Beta pitches “one team that understands your product,” covering product video, ads, motion and design for B2B software companies. It works from Sunnyvale, California and Mumbai.

• Model: one-off projects or a monthly plan
• Price: $2,000 per video for a one-off project with a 10-day turnaround, $3,000 a month for its creative plan, enterprise custom
• Based in: Sunnyvale and Mumbai
• Clients they name: ManyChat, Xactly, ServiceNow, Recurly, OpenText
• Clutch: 4.8 from 5 reviews

11. MotionCue

MotionCue sells animation per project and through MotionCue Plus, a monthly plan with no long-term contract. It covers 2D, 3D, training video and live action from New York, Los Angeles and Islamabad.

• Model: per project, or a monthly plan
• Price: $6,000 a month, $5,500 on quarterly terms, $5,000 on annual terms
• Based in: New York, Los Angeles and Islamabad
• Clients they name: Microsoft, Aircall, Loom, Johnson & Johnson, Slack
• Clutch: 4.9 from 25 reviews

12. Vidico

Vidico calls itself “the creative production team for growing tech brands” and sells both projects and monthly plans in which unused budget rolls over. It works from Melbourne, Sydney and New York.

• Model: per project, or monthly plans
• Price: monthly plans from $5,000; explainers from $5,000 for simple 2D to $20,000+ for 3D or live action
• Based in: Melbourne, Sydney and New York
• Clients they name: Spotify, Square, Zendesk, Uber, TikTok
• Clutch: 4.9 from 58 reviews

13. Wow-How Studio

Wow-How Studio does not publish package prices, but it is on this list for a different reason: 166 Clutch reviews at 4.9, with work across nearly every 2D and 3D style.

• Model: per project
• Price: not on its site; Clutch lists a $5,000 minimum and $25 to $49 an hour
• Based in: San Francisco and London, with a team in Kyiv per Clutch
• Clients they name: Google, Sony, KPMG, Grammarly, Mercedes-Benz
• Clutch: 4.9 from 166 reviews

14. Kasra Design

Kasra Design quotes per project, and its enquiry form shows the bands it works in, from USD 3,000 to 5,000 up to USD 50,000 and above. It has made more than 2,000 videos since 2011 from Singapore, Malaysia and California.

• Model: per project, quote-based
• Price: budget bands on its form start at USD 3,000
• Based in: Singapore, Petaling Jaya and Anaheim
• Clients they name: Panasonic, Shell, Intel, Visa, Petronas
• Clutch: 4.8 from 21 reviews

15. Explainify

Explainify has focused on short explainers for complex B2B products since 2012. Its pricing page leads straight to a call, and Clutch places it in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

• Model: per project
• Price: not publicly stated
• Based in: Fayetteville, Arkansas, per Clutch
• Clients they name: American Red Cross, Hotjar, Alteryx, CommonSpirit, Silicon Mobility
• Clutch: 4.9 from 18 reviews

16. IdeaRocket

IdeaRocket says it makes “animation that drives results,” across 2D, 3D, whiteboard, HR and healthcare animation. Its contact details point to Miami and New York, and its blog was updated as recently as late September 2026.

• Model: per project
• Price: not on its site; Clutch lists a $10,000 minimum, with reviewed projects between $10,000 and $80,000
• Based in: Miami and New York
• Clients they name: Intuit, Dell, Electronic Arts, L’Oréal, Madison Square Garden
• Clutch: 5.0 from 11 reviews

17. Advids

Advids now presents itself as a “premium B2B video agency for AI, SaaS, and technology brands,” with 2D, 3D technical animation, UI video and generative AI video on its menu. It promises fixed fees managed through one client portal.

• Model: per project, fixed fee
• Price: not publicly stated; Clutch lists a $1,000 minimum and $25 to $49 an hour
• Based in: not stated on its site; Clutch lists San Francisco
• Clients they name: Google, Mercedes-Benz, World Health Organization, Snowflake, Datadog
• Clutch: 5.0 from 14 reviews

18. Venture Videos

Venture Videos describes itself as “SaaS specialists. Standout creative. Fast, reliable delivery,” mixing animation, live action and mixed media. It bought the IP of Nottingham studio Skeleton Productions after that company went into liquidation in 2023, and works from London, Nottingham and New York.

• Model: per project
• Price: “Projects typically start from $30K”
• Based in: London, Nottingham and New York
• Clients they name: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Box, Workday
• Clutch: profile with no reviews yet

19. Thinkmojo

Thinkmojo helps “the world’s top companies market their brand and products through video,” with a client list heavy on enterprise SaaS. It works from San Francisco and Montreal.

• Model: not stated
• Price: not publicly stated
• Based in: San Francisco and Montreal
• Clients they name: Salesforce, Zendesk, Square, Discord, Calendly
• Clutch: profile with no reviews yet

20. Cub Studio

Cub Studio is a Brighton team built around character animation, and it also delivers Lottie and Rive files that product teams can drop straight into an app or site.

• Model: per project
• Price: not publicly stated
• Based in: Brighton, England
• Clients they name: Formula 1, MasterClass, HomeServe, World Rugby, Therabody
• Clutch: profile with no reviews yet

Which one I would pick

If you know your script length, the per-minute services make budgeting easy, and Blue Carrot’s review record makes it the safer of the two. If you want to choose a quality level up front, Epipheo and Yans Media give you clear tiers, and Gisteo prices every extra 30 seconds. For a steady stream of product animation, MotionCue and Vidico publish monthly plans, and Content Beta does the same at a lower price for SaaS teams.

Where none of these fit is the company that needs animation, design and video every month and wants one Creative Director to own all of it. That is the gap Moonb was built for, and it is the one case where I would point you at my own team before any service on this list.

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