Marionette Mocap vs. Plask:
Which is the best video mocap for you?

Plask is fast—but cloud-based limits, uploads, and privacy worries slow you down. Marionette Mocap runs entirely on your device, giving you instant feedback, unlimited captures, and full control. No suits. No tokens. No cloud. Just great motion capture without limits.

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Marionette versus Plask graphic
Marionette versus Plask graphic

Why choose Marionette over Plask?

Local, Limitless, Lightning-Fast


Local, Limitless, Lightning-Fast

Plask runs in the cloud. Marionette runs on your machine. Get instant feedback, no uploads, and unlimited captures—so you can animate without waiting or worrying about credits.

Your data stays yours.

Plask processes your footage online. Marionette keeps everything offline and private, perfect for studios and projects that can’t risk leaks.

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. Plask: Compare features, pricing and workflow

Feature
Marionette
Plask
What this means
for you
Pricing

Starts at $12.50/month, for unlimited motion capture.

$18 for 10 minutes of mocap processing.

More freedom for less money — no surprise fees or hidden limits

Processing type

100% local, runs directly on your computer

Cloud-based, requires uploads and waiting.

No waiting, no uploading, 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.

No build in cleaning tools.

Get production ready motion faster.

Interface

Powerful and intuitive interface with rich controls.

No way of editing or controlling, everything is left to the cloud.

Complete creative freedom for every motion.

Capture options

Face, hans, and multi-user from only one camera, with rich controls.

Same capture options, but with limited controls.

The algorithm is in control,
not you.

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 cloud render to view.

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 Plask to Marionette?

Faster workflows
with local processing

Plask offers video to mocap with AI.
Marionette does this too, but with all processing happening locally on your compauter, so you can get realtime streaming to your blender, Unity and more, and don't have to worry about privacy.

Complete creative control.

Plask forces you to leave everything up to the AI. With Marionette's powerful editing features, with complete pose-to-pose workflows, you're in complete control of every pose and every motion. Marionette also comes with powerful auto cleaning tools.

No suits needed.
Full control.

Marionette offers the same no-suit workflow you already know from Quickmagic, but with complete creative control, local processing and realtime preview.

Realtime preview
with powerful integrations.

With Plask, you need to wait for processing to finish before you can view the animation. In Marionette, you can stream the animation to blender, Unity and Maya in realtime, to instantly see every change.

Marionette offers everything you need

Marionette offers everything you need.

Marionette gives you complete creative control
with unlimited local processing, powerful integrations
and traditional pose-to-pose workflows that instantly feels familiar.

  • "I love how Marionette let's meet shoot as much content i want, and select exactly which sections i want to use"

    Joey Lombardi
    Joe Lombardi

    Indie animator

  • “Marionette is really helpful — it gives me a base motion that lets me quickly get to something that works and focus on my core idea.”

    Peer Lemmers
    Peer Lemmers

    3D Animator at Guerrilla Games

  • I love the realtime preview and the powerful cleanup tools

    Alex Overby
    Alex Overby

    Animator & actor

  • Marionette saves me hours and allows me to have something to forward with, faster.

    Sam Surplice

    Senior animator

  • Marionette is definitely one of the best motion capture solutions on the market

    Todor from CG Dive

    Freelance CG generalist

  • Marionette reminds me of Cascadeur. It offers great mocap quality and powerful tools for cleanup.

    Monika Oller
    Monika Oller

    3D animator @Tato

  • "I love how Marionette let's meet shoot as much content i want, and select exactly which sections i want to use"

    Joey Lombardi
    Joe Lombardi

    Indie animator

  • “Marionette is really helpful — it gives me a base motion that lets me quickly get to something that works and focus on my core idea.”

    Peer Lemmers
    Peer Lemmers

    3D Animator at Guerrilla Games

  • I love the realtime preview and the powerful cleanup tools

    Alex Overby
    Alex Overby

    Animator & actor

  • Marionette saves me hours and allows me to have something to forward with, faster.

    Sam Surplice

    Senior animator

  • Marionette is definitely one of the best motion capture solutions on the market

    Todor from CG Dive

    Freelance CG generalist

  • Marionette reminds me of Cascadeur. It offers great mocap quality and powerful tools for cleanup.

    Monika Oller
    Monika Oller

    3D animator @Tato

  • "I love how Marionette let's meet shoot as much content i want, and select exactly which sections i want to use"

    Joey Lombardi
    Joe Lombardi

    Indie animator

  • “Marionette is really helpful — it gives me a base motion that lets me quickly get to something that works and focus on my core idea.”

    Peer Lemmers
    Peer Lemmers

    3D Animator at Guerrilla Games

  • I love the realtime preview and the powerful cleanup tools

    Alex Overby
    Alex Overby

    Animator & actor

  • Marionette saves me hours and allows me to have something to forward with, faster.

    Sam Surplice

    Senior animator

  • Marionette is definitely one of the best motion capture solutions on the market

    Todor from CG Dive

    Freelance CG generalist

  • Marionette reminds me of Cascadeur. It offers great mocap quality and powerful tools for cleanup.

    Monika Oller
    Monika Oller

    3D animator @Tato

Compare Marionette with other tools. Not sure if Marionette is the right mocap solution for you? Explore our in-depth comparisons with other platforms to find the best tool for you.

Compare Marionette with other tools. Not sure if Marionette is the right mocap solution for you? Explore our in-depth comparisons with other platforms to find the best tool for you.

Compare Marionette with other tools. Not sure if Marionette is the right mocap solution for you? Explore our in-depth comparisons with other platforms to find the best tool for you.

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Ready to take your animations to the next level?

Start your journey to creating world class animations with powerful, unlimited video mocap, powered by AI.

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Ready to take your animations to the next level?

Start your journey to creating world class animations with powerful, unlimited video mocap, powered by AI.