GreenSock Animation Platform Reviews & Product Details

Greensock is best for interactive web animations. When I use CSS-only animation on a website, it is hard to sequence a complex animation but with the help of GSAP's timeline feature, I can easily create, sequence, and maintain any complex animation on the website. Animation on SVG's is more convenient and performance-oriented. The best part about this library which also makes a difference from other animations libraries out there is that it is very focused on performance and cross-browser compatibility. This library has plenty of good additional plugins which make it more advanced and easy to use. With the ScrollTrigger Plugin, I can easily make beautiful scroll reveal animations and custom scrollbars, and much more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although there is nothing much to say bad about this library, one thing I want to mention is that Greensock also has paid plans for some plugins but I am not that satisfied with the prices of paid plans. I think they are very expensive for a normal web developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GSAP offers the easiest methods to animate/manipulate SVG elements. Used in conjunction with SVG libraries such as Raphael and Snapz, you will find yourself using GSAP instead of the built in animation tools.

As well with angular, GSAP works nicely with angular's ngAnimate to do sophisticated timeline work that is difficult to accomplish with CSS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Only with angular, like any third party library, you have to figure out a good entry point to integrate with angular. But the easiest method is to keep GSAP as a global in the build process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've relied heavily on GSAP for rich animation on the web including use in client projects for big budget projects as well as small banner ads, to great success. It is the industry standard for animation on the web giving you great control while keeping performance a priority. If you are doing any kind of animation the web you should definitely consider leveraging the power of greensock. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have no dislikes. In my experience people are only limited by their lack of understanding all the features and capabilities it provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Same functions definitions as its Flash counterpart which helped me in transitioning from Flash to JS

2. Easily animate your storyboard. You can queue animations, stagger animating multiple animations etc.

3. No Dependencies: Many other libraries have a dependency on jQuery etc.

4. Small Size: 7kb

5. Cross Browser Support along with SVG animations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its not open source. But it does not matter as long as its a working performant library.

Having a successful business model helps development and we can be sure that this product with have continued support for free users as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that GreenSock uses an abstracted timeline for animation; coming from the Flash world previously it makes the transition a lot easier. In the documentation, I'm able to quickly find practical examples of what I'm trying to do to help me better use GreenSock. There's tons of support online and a good community around GreenSock. I think that having that community there is a crucial aspect of whether or not I decide to use a product or service online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the actual GreenSock website leaves a lot to be desired design and aesthetics-wise. It doesn't really reflect the product IMO. Most of the animations that are present on the homepage and internal pages are from the "cheesy" era of web design, where heavy-Flash sites were the norm. I think using some better examples in those areas would improve things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The performance is absolutely stellar, and there's nothing faster for animation 10/10 here. The extensibility is fantastic and the plugin library is robust, to say the least. I started with the flash-based versions of the animation platforms when I was in design school and made the jump to javascript in my professional settings. The standardization and flexibility are great when working with distributed teams, and anytime I have a large-scale animation project with multiple partners, I'll choose GSAP over rolling my own JS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I sometimes have issues navigating the documentation. This isn't so much the writing as it is the performance of the actual documentation website— I occasionally have experienced timeout errors or glitches.

Even as I write this review, greensock.com is giving me pretty sluggish load times, so I would greatly appreciate the interactive demos and examples split apart from the actual documentation.

Sometimes stacking the products I.E. gsap with jquery with scroll plugins etc. I get a bit confused, and the proper hooks can get a bit murky, I think this could be solved with slightly more extensive documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GreenSock is easy to pick up and run with.

You can download it and start running tests straight away. You don't have to sign any contracts, or navigate complex licensing agreements.

The fact that I can use GreenSock for free is really helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I really dislike is having to relearn the basics every time I return to a project that requires animation. I only do animation very occasionally. So every time I have to do animation, I have to re-orient myself within the framework and the documentation.

Fortunately the documentation is relatively clear. Although some improvements can be made. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ability to make effortless animations with only a few calls. It certainly has saved me a good few hours of work. I also enjoyed how thorough the documentation was when looking up how to do a particular thing. If the documentation was missing, there is a substantially large community behind greensock that makes youtube videos, or writes how-to's on blogs that also help tremendously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The class names aren't exactly the easiest to remember; I found myself referring to the documentation a lot when working. It's more of a personal preference though. Coming from other frameworks, I'm also used to particular structuring that greensock doesnt use, but considering I used greensock for animations, the framework was less of a hindrance, than if i was using it to structure my site primarily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use, easing quality, the ability to chain events and callbacks in timelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The animation framework has a significant footprint, making it less suitable for some mobile apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can do anything and even though it evolved immensely over the years the process/syntax hasn't changed all that much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't really think of anything off hand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.