Lottielab vs LottieFiles

What is Lottie?

Lottie is an open-source vector animation file format. Lottie isn't a company, or a product, it's just a file format. Similar to how PNG, and GIF are just file formats.

Lottielab and LottieFiles are both independent companies that build products to help you use Lottie animations. Neither company created the format, but both were founded due to the popularity of the format and a need for better tooling.

Lottie is open source, and community managed under the Linux Foundation. You can find out more about the format here.

What is Lottielab?

Lottielab is a web based animation tool that allows you to create and edit Lottie animations. It is designed for product and design teams who want to ship exceptional animations to their apps and websites.

Lottielab lets you import from After Effects, Figma, and SVG files, or you can start from scratch, and create your own animations from the ground up.

Designed to be super easy to use, Lottielab requires no prior experience with animation software. You can start creating animations from scratch in minutes, or use a premade template to save you time.

Thousands of companies use Lottielab to bring animations to their products. Read more about their stories, and how Lottielab helps them build better products here.

What is LottieFiles?

LottieFiles is a marketplace that provides a collection of free and paid stock Lottie animations. They also offer some creation tools on the side via their "Lottie Creator" product.

The LottieFiles editor is harder to learn than Lottielab, and supports less out of the box, meaning you'll need to spend more time learning the tool before you can start creating animations.

Which should I pick?

tldr; pick Lottielab.

If you are looking for the fastest and most powerful way to create Lottie animations, then Lottielab is the way to go. It is designed for product and design teams who want the easiest way to create exceptional animations. LottieFiles is a good source of stock animations, but is not recommended once you need to create or customise your own animations.

Easier to use

Lottielab is designed with incredible care, making every interaction as easy as it possibly can be. It has a modern, intuitive interface, and a focus on usability. LottieFiles is harder to learn, and more frustrating to use. Meaning more time is spent wrangling the tool, wasting development time and resources. Lottielab gets out of your way, and lets you get on with actually creating animations.

More collaborative

Lottielab is built with collaboration at it's core. You can invite your team to collaborate on animations, edit them jointly in real time, and leave comments inside the editor itself, rather than having to switch between different tools and platforms.

Fairer pricing

LottieFiles makes you pay for every person in your team, even if they are just viewing files, and locks you into an annual contract. No monthly plans available.

Lottielab uses a clear and simple pricing model. You don't need to pay for viewer seats, aren't locked into an annual contract, and can cancel at any time. Both monthly and yearly plans are available.

This pricing model results in better software. Customers only keep paying if they are getting value out of the product, meaning incentives are aligned for developers to continuously improve the service and make sure the quality of the product is always high.

This quality first approach is why so many companies of all sizes pick Lottielab as their tool of choice.

What makes Lottielab different?

Lottielab is an incredibly polished product, built by a world-class team with a relentless focus on user experience, and a commitment to only crafting high quality software. Beyond just being easy to use, Lottielab is designed to be fast, reliable, and to work seamlessly with other tools and services.

What do people say about Lottielab?

Built by designers, for designers. Lottielab stands out for it's ease of use and product quality. Making it a darling of the design community, loved by both small teams and large enterprises alike.