Facts checked 12 November 2026
svgmo vs Rive
Rive is a design tool and a set of runtimes for interactive animation: graphics that react to input through state machines, in apps, games and websites.
Side by side
| Topic | svgmo | Rive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. Sign in with Google to use the editor. | Free plan at $0; its exports play a Rive splash screen. Cadet at $9 per seat per month removes it. Voyager is $32 and Enterprise $120 per seat per month. |
| File you ship | An animated SVG that plays by itself, or a small svgmo JSON file you can read. | A .riv file, which is binary. |
| Player on a web page | None for animated SVG. For svgmo JSON, an 11 KB script (gzipped). | The Rive runtime is needed to play a .riv file. |
| Where it runs | Web pages. | Web, React, React Native, Apple, Android, Flutter, Unity, Unreal, C++ and C#, each with an official runtime. |
| Interactivity | Play on hover, on click or when scrolled into view, and control from script. | State machines: the graphic itself holds states and reacts to inputs. |
| Making the animation | In the browser. Nothing to install. | The Rive editor, with files several people can work in (three on the free plan). |
| AI | An MCP connector lets Claude draw and animate in your open editor. | An AI agent in the editor, with limits on the free plan. |
Read from each product’s own public pages on 12 November 2026. Sources are listed below.
Which one to pick
Choose svgmo when
- You want a plain animation for a web page, shipped as an ordinary SVG or a small JSON file.
- You do not want a splash screen or a paid plan to remove one.
- You want a file format that is open to read and edit as text.
Choose Rive when
- You need graphics that react to input with real logic: buttons, characters, game interfaces.
- You are shipping to mobile apps or game engines.
- You need a team working in one file.
Where these facts come from
What is said about Rive was read from its own public pages, or the source named, on 12 November 2026. Prices and plans change; check the links before you decide. Rive is a trademark of its owner, and svgmo is not connected with it.