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Pros
Pro Very easy to learn
Sleek and modern interface, easy on the eyes and mind. You can learn it even without tutorials, but with them you can go from newbie to pro in a few hours and get to work on your game. As opposed to many other programs in the same category which take days or weeks to get the hang of.
Pro Community-driven feature roadmap
Esoteric Software maintains public Waffle issue trackers to help plan and prioritize feature additions.
Cons
Con Professional Edition is expensive
Spine Essential includes nearly all features, except IK, weights, and meshes. Spine Professional is expensive, though it does give all future updates for life (Spine is updated very often).
Con Spine Professional is expensive
Spine Essential includes nearly all features, except IK, weights, and meshes. Spine Professional is expensive, though it does give all future updates for life (Spine is updated very often).
Con Proprietary
Spine costs $69 for limited features, or $300 for all features. Both options provide all updates for life (Spine is updated very often). The runtimes can only be used with a license (the $69 option allows use of the runtimes).
Con No integration for some engines
Spine does not directly support some game engines, such as Construct 2, Clickteam Fusion, or CryEngine.
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Con Lesser known engines not supported
Spine does not directly support Construct 2 or Clickteam Fusion.