Marionette Mocap vs. Cascadeur:
Which is the best video mocap for you?
Cascadeur calls themselves the future of animation, but requires you to learn a completely new workflow, isn't built for video mocap and dosen't offer realtime preview. Marionette uses traditional pose-to-pose workflows, is built for video mocap and offers realtime preview in your DCC.
Why choose Marionette over Cascadeur?
Cascadeur requires you to learn a completely new AI-assisted workflow. Marionette uses traditional pose-to-pose workflows with powerful auto cleanup tools and realtime preview in blender, Unity & Maya.
Faster workflows
Cascadeur requires you export and then import into your 3D animation software. Marionette lets you stream directly to blender, Maya and Unity with dedicated plugins, which speeds up your 3D animation workflow.
Made for real pipelines
Marionette integrates natively with Blender, Maya, Unity, and Unreal for seamless retargeting and cleanup-free workflows. Capture, preview, and refine—all in one smooth motion.
Marionette vs. Quickmagic: Compare features, pricing and workflow
Feature
Marionette
Cascadeur
What this means
for you
Pricing
Starts at $12.50/month, for unlimited motion capture.
$28/month to access all features.
Access all the features you need, with no hidden costs.
Processing type
Realtime preview and streaming into your DCC.
Requires exporting and importing.
No waiting, no import/export, and full creative control.
Integrations
Free plugins for blender, Maya & Unity lets you stream animation in realtime.
No integrations.
See your animation directly on your rigs as you edit.
Data cleanup
Built-in auto cleanup with intuitive advanced controls.
Complicated AI tools.
Get production ready motion faster.
Interface
Familiar and intuitive pose-to-pose workflow.
Completely new and different interface.
No need to learn a new interface.
Capture options
Face, hans, and multi-user from only one camera, with rich controls.
Only simple AI video mocap. Isn't native to video mocap.
More flexibility, with video mocap native software.
Usage limits
Unlimited processing.
Limited file sizes and recording lengths.
Process as much animation you need, without limits.
Realtime preview
Preview your animation in realtime in blender, Maya & Unity.
Wait for export and import for every animation.
Slow workflow, lot's of waiting.
Post-to-pose editing
Complete post-to-pose editing.
No post-to-pose editing.
Complete control of every pose.
Why switch from Quickmagic to Marionette?
Completely local.
Cascadeur runs motion capture processing in the cloud, while Marionette mocap processes everything on your computer, giving you better motion capture, faster, with no privacy concerns.
Not just animation assistance
Cascadeur helps refine animation, but Marionette Mocap captures it from the real world. Our AI motion capture engine records full-body, face, and hand movement directly from video mocap — no suits, no markers, no studios. Capture authentic human motion from a phone and laptop anywhere, and get production-ready animation instantly.
No suits needed.
Full control.
Marionette offers the no-suit workflow Cascadeur promises, but with much better quality and powerful auto cleanup tools.
Realtime preview
with powerful integrations.
With Cascadeur, you need to export and import first, in order to see your animation in your DCC. With Marionette, you can stream the animation to blender, Unity and Maya in realtime, to instantly see every change.
Marionette gives you complete creative control
with unlimited local processing, powerful integrations
and traditional pose-to-pose workflows that instantly feels familiar.
