Compare · checked 2026-11-01
Volito vs Clayzo.
Clayzo and Volito are both animation engines built for coding agents. Clayzo has an agent write each animation from scratch in a closed, sign-in-gated SDK. Volito is open source, runs offline with no account, and starts from 107 ready-made graphics in your brand.
Checked against Clayzo 0.3.20 and Volito 0.3.0 on 2026-11-01, from each tool's own site and npm. Sources.
At a glance.
| Volito | Clayzo | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A motion graphics engine with 107 ready-made graphics in 12 packs | An animation engine for coding agents |
| What the agent writes | Props for a ready-made item, or a frame(t, $) function that returns SVG; a Graphic spec saves the recipe | A TypeScript script using @clayzo/animation that emits a typed JSON animation document |
| Interactive states | States in <volito-player> (hover, press, loading, done…), switched by page events or code | State machines over markers, driven by pointer events, inputs and hit areas |
| Web player | <volito-player>, about 107 KB gzipped | A WebGL player of about 250 KB compressed, or a CanvasKit player of about 2.5 MB for full fidelity |
| Video export | ProRes 4444, HEVC with alpha, WebM, MP4, GIF, PNG frames or SVG | MP4, MOV with alpha, WebM, animated WebP, GIF or a PNG sequence |
| Account | None: everything runs on your machine, offline and in CI | Authoring and validation work offline; preview, rendering, review, packaging and export need a sign-in (or a token in CI) |
| Ready-made graphics | 107 items and 36 brand styles, or your own DESIGN.md | None listed: the agent writes each animation |
| Agent set-up | npx volito init: the MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code, and a skill with nine craft guides | npx clayzo init: the packages, a player and two agent skills with craft references |
| MCP | An MCP server to list, preview, check, review and render | Not mentioned in its docs or README |
| Native apps | Web and video | Its homepage says animations play natively in Swift; its docs cover React and plain JavaScript |
| Licence | Engine MIT, source on GitHub. Packs free in any video; not for resale as templates. | Proprietary SDK licence: closed source, no reverse engineering, and the SDK or its output may not be used to build a competing engine |
| Maturity | 0.3.0; open source since October 2026 | 0.3.20; first published August 2026 |
Where each one wins.
Different tools for different jobs. Pick by what you are making, not by the table.
Pick Volito for
- Ready-made graphics in your brand, not a blank document every time
- No account: preview, render and export offline and in CI, with no token
- Open source: an MIT engine you can read, fork and run anywhere
- Agents that preview, check and render through MCP, with their code sandboxed
- ProRes 4444 and HEVC with alpha, straight onto footage in an editor
- A web player of about 107 KB gzipped
Graphics in your brand, rendered fast, from code or an agent.
Pick Clayzo for
- Product animations written from scratch, rendered with Skia (CanvasKit)
- Custom shaders and effects such as glass refraction, which its skills teach
- State machines with inputs and hit areas for app-like interactions
- Native playback in Swift, according to its homepage
Bespoke product animation, where a sign-in is no obstacle.
Both export transparent video, so graphics from either can sit in the same edit or the same page.
Questions
Is Volito a Clayzo alternative?
For agents making motion graphics, yes: Volito does what Clayzo's workflow does (an agent writes, checks frames and ships) with no account, an open-source engine and 107 graphics to start from. Clayzo goes further on bespoke, Skia-rendered product animation.
Do I need an account to use Volito?
No. Volito installs from npm and runs entirely on your machine: authoring, preview, review and export all work offline and in CI without a token.
Can Volito make interactive animations like Clayzo?
Yes. <volito-player> plays a graphic's states on hover, click or your own code, and the UI pack (button, toggle, like, loader, bell) declares its states so it works with no setup.
Sources
- Clayzo
- Clayzo docs
- clayzo 0.3.20 on npm
- Clayzo SDK License (in the npm package)
- @clayzo/animation on npm
- Clayzo agent skills on GitHub
Also compared: Remotion · HyperFrames · Motion Canvas · After Effects