Animation, video production, or a mix of both
How much does animation cost?
Most flagship campaign, product, or corporate videos land between $15,000-$45,000 but can exceed $60,000+ for larger projects. These generally take our team several weeks to complete. The exact number depends on the scope of work, timeline, the budget, and storytelling medium required.
Smaller video and animation projects can sometimes be turned around in a matter of days. These investments can be as low as a few hundred dollars.
Our competitive, fair, and transparent pricing structure allows us to provide you with a range you can expect for your specific project on our first call.
What goes into the cost
Live action, animation, or hybrid
Many of our projects mix interview footage with motion graphics overlays, animated lower-thirds, and CG b-roll. The blend of live-action and animation affects crew size, gear, and post-production scope.
Content length
A 30-second social cut and a 3-minute product walkthrough require very different levels of scene composition, asset creation, and render time.
Animation style
Clean 2D motion graphics sit in one range. Photorealistic 3D with custom-modeled environments sits in another. The visual bar you set determines production hours.
Deliverables
One finished video, or twelve cuts across 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 for paid media? Multiple aspect ratios, localized versions, and platform-specific edits all factor into scope.
Timeline
Most projects take 3 to 8 weeks. Need it faster? We've been known to work some miracles. Tighter deadlines mean more of the team working in parallel, which factors into the cost.
What you can count on
Every quote starts with a short call. We learn about your offering, how video will be used, and what success looks like. From there you get an exact quote with everything itemized, before any work begins.
No surprises
You see the full quote before we start. If scope changes, we flag it and get approval first. The number never moves without a conversation.
Nothing missing
Script, storyboard, animation, sound, revisions, delivery formats. Everything your project needs is in the quote from day one.
Only creatives
Producers, not salespeople. The team quoting your project is the same team producing it. No handoff, no markup, no telephone game.
Trusted by industry leaders
Is Motion Giraffx right for your project?
We're a great fit if...
- Your project has a clear business goal and a defined audience.
- You care about creative quality that actually moves the needle.
- You want a production partner who learns your industry, not a vendor who disappears after delivery.
- Your budget aligns with professional animation production.
We may not be ideal if...
- You need a final deliverable without any creative input from us. We do our best work when we're part of the creative process, not just executing a spec.
- You're looking for templated or stock-based animation.
- You're shopping purely on price.
Working with Motion Giraffx was a great experience. The planning, production, and editing process was smooth, professional, and high quality. We loved working with their team and (most importantly) our videos turned out great!
Cara and her team have delivered amazing renders and animations for our team time and time again. The most impressive part is the little amount of back and forth iteration because of how much effort they put into understanding what you want from the beginning. I won’t go anywhere else
Fantastic, original content and delivery. Uniquely impactful.
Cara is extremely professional and easy to work with! We've completed a couple of projects together now, and she's always met her deadlines and provided fantastic graphics, 3D images and videos. I love the quality of her work, and I look forward to continuing to work together!
From concept and storyboarding to the final product, Motion Giraffx was an outstanding partner. Their quality of work is extremely high, and we were very pleased with the end product. Our customers are enjoying it as well!
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We have collaborated with Motion Giraffx on several of our video projects. They are an incredibly talented team with superb artistic and technical skills. The final product often exceeds expectations.
This team is exceptional in everything they do. I've had the pleasure of working with them on multiple projects and will gladly contract future work to them. They are very professional and will bring additional creative juices to the table in creativity, stylistically and efficiency.
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Excellent service ! I contacted MotionGiraffx for help with a recruitment video and Cara and her team delivered everything that I wanted. They were able to help with the script and worked quickly to make any edits that we requested. The team was always available for any meetings and was in close…
Motion Giraffx is an exceptional animation and video production studio operating in the heart of Houston. I’ve partnered with them on the content side of numerous 2D and 3D animation videos, and their process, professionalism, and quality are top-notch. They are brimming with vision and pay strong…
Motion Giraffx is a top-notch vendor to work with. They are quick to respond with creative ideas and really walk you through the creative process with help and resources available to make sure the final product is dynamic and as impressive as possible. We've used them for photoshoots, videos, and…
Motion Giraffx is a top-tier video production agency. They took a complicated topic and made it simple, slick, and shareable. Cara provides excellent guidance throughout the process, from script to storyboard, and the team in the animation studio pulls it all together nicely. Our company and our…
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This team has consistently provided outstanding work on time and within budget. They have given their personal attention and creative insight to creating videos and animating graphics for my most important marketing and training projects. I appreciate that they are honest, reliable, and truly…
MotionGiraffx is absolutely top notch. My company came to them with a long list of needs on a tight time frame and they delivered an outstanding product. Brad and Cara are a pleasure to work with, very communicative, and are truly willing to go the extra mile to meet their customer's needs. If you…
Cara & Sage went above and beyond with our Product Animation Video. Their 3D Animation has added an overall knowledge to our customers, And Increased traffic to our product. They understood exactly our vision and how to visually explain step by step. We will definitely recommend them for any 2D or…
Motion Giraffx did an absolute incredible job with the video they did for Kingdom Zoo Wildlife Center. They were friendly, easy to work with and the finished product was absolutely incredible. I have worked on television for years ranging from guesting on National Geographic and Animal Planet…
Our branding agency partnered with Cara and her team to create a complex 3D animation video showcasing oil and gas and CO2 processes for a corporate client. They were amazing to work with and did a great job collaborating and facilitating feedback to net the perfect deliverable.
Motion Giraffx first came to me for a website, but what came out of it was so much more than a project. Cara and Brad are the real deal, masters of their craft in video, 2D, and 3D production. We’ve collaborated on our own videos since then, and their work has pushed the standard not just for us,…
Motion Giraffx has an amazing and talented team in Houston. Their ability to transform ideas into 2D and 3D really helps elevate the work that we do. As a Creative Director, I appreciate collaborating with teams that are passionate about their craft and go above and beyond to make their clients…
Great collaborators. Excellent design and execution. Highly recommend
Motion Giraffx helped me create an intro to my upcoming podcast series, Law Wars. The team is extremely professional and exceeded my expectations in terms of the quality of the content they created for me. I'll definitely be using them in the future for any of my motion graphics needs and I highly…
The Motion Giraffx team does stellar animations with great polish and attention to detail.
I'm cofounding a hardtech startup that needed a minute long 3d animation in less than 8 days. I worked with Cara at Motion Giraffx and she was fantastic (quick with emails, very skilled, great eye for visuals). We got the animation back with time to spare and the quality was perfect!
Great experience working with a dedicated team
I used PowerPoint slides for several decades to convey complex air conditioning concepts. Motion Giraffx animated the concepts making them much easier to understand. I was particularly impressed with the animator's ability to understand the system and find cleaver ways of conveying the…
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Cara was *outstanding* to work with--dedicated to us and our project, timely, and insightful. Her input meaningfully improved on what we even envisioned for our deliverable.
Common questions about pricing
Most flagship campaign, product, and corporate videos fall between $15,000 and $45,000, with larger productions exceeding $60,000. Smaller social cuts, short motion graphics pieces, and lower-third packages can run as low as a few hundred dollars and deliver in days. We break down exactly where your project sits before any work begins.
That depends on length, animation style, and whether we're handling the script, voiceover, and sound design. Most explainer videos we produce land between $15,000 and $30,000. Shorter social-cut versions run lower, and broader campaigns with multiple deliverables run higher. We scope it with you on the first call so there are no surprises.
2D animation projects typically take 3 to 6 weeks. 3D animation runs 4 to 8 weeks. Video production is usually 2 to 4 weeks. When clients come prepared with clean assets and quick approvals, we can move faster. We have delivered expedited projects in under two weeks for trade show events.
A detailed scope breakdown: creative development, storyboarding, animation production, two rounds of revisions, and final delivery in whatever formats you need. If your project requires scriptwriting, voiceover, or sound design, those get itemized separately so you see exactly what you're paying for.
Yes. We collect 50% before production starts, with the balance due on final delivery. For larger projects we structure milestone-based payments so neither side carries too much risk.
It happens. If the scope shifts we flag it and send a revised quote before moving forward. No one likes surprise invoices. You'll always know the number before we add to it.
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