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$19 a month for 6 generations (about $3.17 each). Describe it, the AI builds it in about an hour, and you refine it in the editor or in words.
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Animiotics vs medical animation studios and ScienceStory
A medical animation studio, or a service such as ScienceStory, has a team make your film. Studios that publish prices quote thousands to tens of thousands of dollars per minute, and the wait is weeks. Animiotics builds the film from your description and real structures in about an hour, starting at $19 a month, and our team can make it for you when you prefer.
Our verdict
Get your film today, for a fraction of a studio quote
Studios plan, model, animate and review by hand, which is why their films take weeks and are quoted in the thousands. Animiotics does the build with an AI that works in Blender from real structures and renders on cloud GPUs, and you keep a scene you can change yourself.
- A first film in about an hour, not 2 to 16 weeks
- From $19 a month, not a quote in the thousands
- Change colors, objects, camera and timing yourself, with no revision fees
- Built from PDB and AlphaFold structures, with the sources recorded
- Prefer it made for you? Done for you takes 5 working days
- Share an interactive 3D link your team can open on a phone
What medical animation costs, and how long it takes
Studio figures come from each studio's own website. Animiotics figures are our current plans.
Checked on the websites of Medmovie, VOKA, Nucleus Medical Media, ScienceStory, CDI Studio, 3dforScience and Random42 in October 2026. Units differ, as labelled; striped bars show a published range, and bar lengths treat dollars and euros as equal.
Three ways to get your film from Animiotics
Done for you
Our team makes it in Animiotics from your brief, from $999 for up to 30 seconds, delivered in 5 working days with one revision round.
Custom studio film
A human-led film with storyboard, sound design and structured review rounds, from €4,000.
Animiotics vs medical animation companies, side by side
| Animiotics Recommended | ScienceStory | Classic studios | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who makes the film | An AI working in Blender, then you or our team | Specialists with in-house technology and an asset library | A team of scriptwriters, 3D artists and animators |
| Time to a film | About an hour | About 2 weeks | Weeks to months, commonly 6 to 10 weeks |
| Price | From $19 a month | Quoted per project | $5,000 to $50,000+ per minute in published guides |
| Built from real PDB structures | Yes, with the entry and assembly recorded | Not stated on its site | Varies by studio |
| Change it after delivery | Yes, edit the scene yourself at any time | Through the studio | Through agreed revision rounds |
Checked on each vendor's own website in October 2026.
Questions
How much does a medical animation cost?
Studios that publish prices quote from about $5,000 to $50,000 or more per minute of 3D animation (Nucleus Medical Media), and VOKA's guide puts professional studios at $5,000 to $20,000 per minute. With Animiotics you make it yourself from $19 a month, have our team make a short film from $999 for up to 30 seconds, delivered in 5 working days with one revision round, or commission a custom studio film from €4,000.
How long does a medical animation take?
Studios commonly take 6 to 10 weeks for a short 3D film, and Random42 gives an average of 14 to 16 weeks. ScienceStory advertises about 2 weeks. In Animiotics a new animation usually takes about an hour, and Done for you takes 5 working days.
What is ScienceStory?
ScienceStory is a 3D medical animation service from the team behind 3dforScience. Its specialists make mechanism of action videos with in-house technology and an asset library, advertised as ready in 2 weeks, and pricing is quoted per project.
Can Animiotics replace a medical animation studio?
For most mechanism, lecture, pitch and conference films, yes: you get a film built from real structures in about an hour and can change it yourself. For a narrated launch film with medical and legal review, a studio team still fits, and Animiotics runs one too.
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