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GreenSock Animation Platform vs. 3ds Max

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricGreenSock Animation Platform

by Greensock

3ds Max

by Autodesk

Overall rating4.74.3
Review count13323
Ease of use9.27.3
Ease of setup9.77.5
Quality of support9.38.0
Meets requirements9.78.7
NPS84.61538551.257862
Small Business53.8%65.2%
Mid-Market7.7%22.4%
Enterprise38.5%12.4%
Total page views75701
Total LLM citations9070

GreenSock Animation Platform

GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is a professional-grade JavaScript animation library. It's widely regarded as one of the most robust and performant tools for creating animations on the web. It animates anything JavaScript can touch (CSS properties, canvas library objects, SVG, generic objects, whatever) and it solves countless browser inconsistencies, all with blazing speed, including automatic GPU-acceleration of transforms. It's FREE even for commercial uses as of April 2025.

Pros

    3ds Max

    Autodesk 3ds Max Design is a professional 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software tailored for architects, designers, and visualization specialists. It enables users to create detailed and realistic visualizations of architectural designs, engineering projects, and other complex structures, facilitating effective communication of design intent and exploration of creative concepts.

    Pros

    • Modeling
    • 3D Modeling
    • Ease of Use
    • Quick Rendering
    • Features
    • Time-Saving