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Rive @rive.app · Apr 16

Data Binding in Rive is now live for all users. It gives you powerful new ways to design, build, and animate with data — making it easy to ship complex user interfaces without a complicated handoff process.

🚀 Data Binding in Rive Is Now Live for All Users

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Rive @rive.app · 20h

Everyone gets account support + bug reporting.
Free & Cadet: peer-to-peer in the Community
Voyager: prioritized Rive responses and file help
Enterprise: dedicated Slack + onboarding

Full details: rive.app/blog/rive-s-...

Rive’s new $9/mo plan

The Editor stays free. Exports moved to paid plans. Here’s what’s changing and why.

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Rive @rive.app · 20h

Developers: learning and evaluating Rive is still free.
You can use Data Binding, Scripting (coming soon), and test our runtimes with Marketplace or docs demos.

Rive @rive.app · 20h

If you’re exploring and learning, Free is still your home base.
When you’re ready to ship something live, Cadet gives you a simple, affordable way to do it.
Voyager and Enterprise still serve teams that need scale and support.

Rive @rive.app · 20h

✅ The Editor stays free for everyone to explore and learn
✅ Fonts and audio are now free for all plans
💾 Exports move to paid plans
🧠 Runtimes remain open-source under MIT
👥 Current paying users keep their plan, price, and exports — nothing changes
🔒 No runtime fee. Your exports keep working forever

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Rive @rive.app · 20h

Exports now move to paid plans. That means when your work leaves the Editor to run in production (apps, games, products, websites), you’ll need a paid plan.

Here’s what changed today (and what didn’t)👇

Rive @rive.app · 20h

Free to create. $9month to ship.

Cadet is live — our new $9/mo plan with unlimited exports and premium features. 🎉

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Rive @rive.app · 3d

🎮 Heading to @mobidictum.bsky.social 2025?
Don’t miss Rive’s talk on designing & building killer game UI⚡️

Rive @rive.app · 4d

Learn from Rive Ambassador Leo Mazzei as he builds a data-bound badge that changes color, swaps icons, and scales: rive.app/blog/how-to-...

Rive @rive.app · 5d

We recently added Color Interpolation support for Data Binding convertors 🎨⚡️

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Rive @rive.app · 10d

We recently updated our Rive 101 Data Binding playlists with 3 new tutorials:
✨ Updated Intro to Data Binding
💠 Components
↔️ Bind Direction
Watch them now on our YouTube channel

Rive @rive.app · 11d

We just launched some Data Binding QoL updates:
👁️ Preview Toggle — preview bound values as if your State Machine is playing to see how designs behave in context
🕸️ Instance Tree — view/edit your entire View Model Instance tree in one place for streamlined playback and testing

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Rive @rive.app · 12d

RSVPs are open! 🎉
Join us for A Night with Rive & Duolingo in NYC — a meetup for designers, devs & motion lovers.
✨Talks, Q&A, drinks, bites, & swag
📍Duolingo HQ | Nov 5 | 6–8PM
Free to attend, space is limited → www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-wi...

Rive @rive.app · 13d

3 Turbo Tips to speed up your timeline navigation in Rive ⚡️⚔️

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Rive @rive.app · 14d

Our goal is to make Rive sustainable while keeping creation open to everyone. These changes also help us scale educational resources: better onboarding, tutorials, and docs for the whole community.
Full details: rive.app/blog/rive-s-...

Rive’s new $9/mo plan

Free to create. $9/month to ship. Coming October 20.

rive.app

Rive @rive.app · 14d

➡️ Free & Cadet: Peer-to-peer support in the Community
➡️ Voyager: Prioritized responses from the Rive team inside the Community.
➡️ Enterprise: Dedicated Slack support, onboarding, training, plus ongoing best-practice reviews.

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Rive @rive.app · 14d

Everyone gets account support and bug reporting. From there, support scales with your plan 👇

Rive @rive.app · 14d

What about developers trying Rive?
The Editor is increasingly powerful for developers with free features like Data Binding and Scripting (coming soon). If you need to test the runtimes before upgrading, grab a Marketplace file or one of our demos in the docs.

Rive @rive.app · 14d

Why add a new tier? Exports are where Rive delivers its value: when your work leaves the Editor and runs in apps, games, vehicles, and products.

Cadet aligns price with value, while opening our lowest entry point yet.

Rive @rive.app · 14d

Free is for creating and learning.
Cadet is for shipping.
Voyager + Enterprise continue to serve teams who need scale and support.

Rive @rive.app · 14d

➡️ Runtimes stay open-source under MIT
➡️ Nothing changes for current paying customers. No runtime fee. Your exports are yours forever, regardless of plan status.

Rive @rive.app · 14d

➡️ Cadet — unlimited exports + premium features for $9/mo (annual)
➡️ Exporting files to use in production (apps, games, websites, etc.) move to paid
➡️ The Editor stays free
➡️ Fonts and audio move to Free
... cont'd👇

Rive @rive.app · 14d

Coming October 20: Cadet, our new $9/mo plan.
Free to create. $9/month to ship.

Here’s what’s changing, what’s not, and why 👇

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Rive @rive.app · 17d

Here’s a quick overview of our new Libraries feature 📖✨
For a deeper dive, check out the Libraries playlist on Rive’s YouTube channel

Rive @rive.app · 18d

You've seen what Rive can do — now step inside the ecosystem. Explore how fellow creators push the boundaries of interactive motion by breaking workflows open.
Stay sharp on new articles and sign up for our newsletter: rive.app/newsletter

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Rive @rive.app · 19d

3 hidden gems to speed up your workflow in Rive 💎✨

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