pricing
One plugin. One price. No subscription.
Download the whole thing free and use every feature. Pay once when you are ready to bake longer than 3 seconds. That is the entire deal.
Lite
The complete plugin, with one small limit. The honest way to find out if it fits how you work.
- The full real-time physics engine
- All five layer modes, animators, timeline and Shape Studio
- Collision groups, markers, chains, springs and pins
- Live preview and live tweaking, simulate as long as you like
- Bake capped at 75 frames (3 seconds)
Unlock
The exact same plugin, with the bake limit lifted.
- Everything in Lite, nothing taken away
- Bake as long as you want
- Every update included. MatterAE 2 cost 1.x owners $0
Edu
Learning or teaching motion design? The bake limit is lifted for free. Not a discount, not a trial.
- Everything the $35 unlock has
- Download Lite first, then request your key with your school email
- Runs until the next 31 October, renews free in a minute
- For learning and coursework, not paid client work
It is one download
You are not buying a different version. Lite, unlocked and Edu are the same plugin; a license key just lifts the bake limit on the one you already installed.
Buy direct, not through Discover
Gumroad takes a bigger cut on sales it sends through its own marketplace. Buying through the direct link on this page keeps that fee smaller, which is a real part of what makes MatterAE worth keeping alive. The price you pay is the same. More of it just lands in the right place.
How the license works
The plugin is free to download and keep for as long as you like. The unlock is a one-time thing, no subscription, no recurring anything. Every update is included, and that has already been tested: MatterAE 2 was a free update for everyone who bought 1.x. Use it on as much client work as you want. The only thing off-limits is reselling or handing out the plugin itself.
Your license is tied to your email and shows up quietly in the panel as "Licensed to: you@email.com". Need it on another machine? There is a deactivate button that frees the key up to move.
Drop something. Watch it land.
Free to try with the whole plugin in your hands, or unlock it fully for $35, once, no subscription.