Eased UI vs Animate UI
I build Eased. This page sets it next to Animate UI on the 7 things the full comparison covers. Every Animate UI cell comes from its own site or GitHub repo, and the links are under the table.
Eased offer and catalogue checked . Competitor rows were checked and may have changed; see each source for current details. Reduced-motion figures describe the documented checking method, not an independent accessibility certification.
The Eased price cell shows the lasting prices. Until 13 November 2026, the first 10 Solo buyers pay $79 instead, while spots last; pricing shows whether it’s still on.
Side by side
| Feature | Eased | Animate UI |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | MIT (free); Eased Pro licence (Pro) | MIT with Commons Clause |
| Price | Free; Pro Solo $149 one-time early-bird ($199 regular), Team $349 early-bird ($449 regular) | Free |
| Install method | shadcn registry | shadcn registry, copy-paste, npm package (@animate-ui/react) |
| Reduced-motion support | Yes, per its docs | Yes, per its docs |
| llms.txt / MCP | llms.txt; its own MCP server | llms.txt; MCP through the shadcn MCP server |
| Free components | 70 | 126 primitive pages across Radix UI, Base UI, React Aria and its own; 9 backgrounds; 773 icons |
| Animation library | Motion | Motion |
When to pick Animate UI instead
Animated primitives across Radix UI, Base UI and React Aria, plus 773 icons, all free, with reduced motion covered per its docs.
Moving from Animate UI to Eased
Animate UI and Eased both install through the shadcn registry, so there is no new tool to learn. Add an Eased component with the same CLI:
npx shadcn add https://eased.dev/r/button.jsonIt lands in components/eased/, beside the components you already have, so you can move one import at a time. Installation docs
Animate UI animates with Motion, and so does Eased, so Eased adds no second animation library.
Sources
Eased
- Licence: eased.dev/licence
- Price: eased.dev/pricing
- Install method: eased.dev/docs/installation
- Reduced-motion support: eased.dev/docs/installation
- llms.txt / MCP: eased.dev/llms.txt, eased.dev/docs/ai-mcp
- Free components: eased.dev/llms.txt
- Animation library: eased.dev/docs/introduction
Animate UI
- Licence: github.com/imskyleen/animate-ui/blob/main/LICENSE.md
- Price: github.com/imskyleen/animate-ui/blob/main/LICENSE.md
- Install method: animate-ui.com/docs/installation, animate-ui.com/docs/backgrounds/bubble, animate-ui.com/docs/react
- Reduced-motion support: animate-ui.com/docs/accessibility
- llms.txt / MCP: animate-ui.com/llms.txt, animate-ui.com/docs/mcp
- Free components: animate-ui.com/llms.txt, animate-ui.com/r/registry.json
- Animation library: github.com/imskyleen/animate-ui/blob/main/packages/react/package.json
- Repo: github.com/imskyleen/animate-ui