Where to get After Effects templates, free and paid

How did we pick these After Effects template sites?

We read each site's own pages on 3 November 2026 and kept only what they state: the price as shown, the host apps they list, the licence terms and the template counts. Where a page is silent, the table says Not published.

We make mouzeclick, a mouse app with tools for Premiere Pro and After Effects. It is not a template site, so it isn't ranked here. It gets one labelled section near the end.

Three questions shaped each write-up:

• How many After Effects templates can you actually reach?
• What does the licence let you do after you stop paying?
• Is the price published at all?

Videohive isn't covered, because we had no checked facts on it for this page.

Looking for looks rather than whole projects? Our best After Effects presets roundup covers preset packs, and best After Effects transitions covers transition packs.

Which After Effects template site is best for what?

Each site suits a different job:

• Mixkit for free templates.
• Envato Elements for volume on one subscription.
• Motion Array for templates plus footage, music and plugins on one plan.
• Adobe Stock for a few paid templates a month.

Prices are as each page showed them on 3 November 2026.

In the Platforms column, the operating system is for the site itself. None of the pages we read publishes system requirements for the template files.

Is Mixkit the best site for free After Effects templates?

For most editors, yes. Mixkit is free, needs no sign-up and asks for no attribution. Every After Effects template on it is free to download under the Mixkit License. It describes itself as a free gallery of stock video clips with no watermark, music tracks, sound effects and video templates, brought to you by Envato.

Its home page lists 851 video templates across four host apps: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve. The After Effects category pages we counted:

• Transitions: 43 templates, including zoom, glitch, split and slide. The items shown are labelled as After Effects projects.
• Title: 49 templates.
• YouTube: 15 templates, with subscribe buttons among them.
• Slideshow: 13 templates.

The Premiere Pro side is larger in places:

• 140 transition templates (glitch, splice and spin).
• 47 logo templates, including logo reveals.

Each Premiere item is labelled either project or mogrt. The label tells you whether you are getting a full project or a Motion Graphics template.

There are a few catches:

• No version numbers are given for any host app.
• File resolutions aren't published.
• The licence is set per item type, and the full text was linked rather than shown on the pages we read. Read the licence for your item type before a client job.

Best for: free titles, transitions and YouTube elements for paid work, with no account to make.

Is Envato Elements worth it for After Effects templates?

If you download templates every week, yes. One subscription, shown on the home page as "From $16.50 / month", gives unlimited downloads. The video templates category lists 160,000+ items. The page doesn't say which plan that price is for, whether it is billed monthly or yearly, or whether it is a localised price.

The rest of the library comes with it. The home page counts:

• 10.2M+ stock videos
• 350,000+ music tracks
• 950,000+ sound effects
• 30M+ items across all categories

The After Effects page's FAQ says over 23+ million assets, so the two pages don't agree on the total. Video templates are listed for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Apple Motion, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

Envato's After Effects templates page says the downloads are .aep project files organised into clearly labelled compositions and layers. They come with text placeholders, media placeholders and colour controllers. Resolutions typically run from HD (1080p) to 4K.

Version support varies. Some templates work with CS5.5 or CS6, and others only with CC or later, so test each template in your version before you rely on it.

The licence is the strong point. Everything downloaded under a valid subscription is covered by a lifetime commercial licence, usable in personal and commercial projects indefinitely. The home page says the same licence covers anything you generate with its AI tools.

Best for: editors who need many templates a month plus stock footage and music, under one licence that doesn't lapse on old downloads.

What do you get with a Motion Array template plan?

The Video Templates plan covers video templates, presets, motion graphics and AI voiceover for one user. The Everything plan adds footage, music and sound effects, graphics and photos, video-editing plugins and LUTs. The pricing page text we read on 3 November 2026 shows no amounts, so the price is Not published here.

The plans, as Motion Array names them:

• Video Templates: templates, presets and motion graphics, for content creators and freelancers.
• AI Voiceover: voiceovers only.
• Everything: every Motion Array asset type.
• Team: 2 to 7 seats, for companies with fewer than 50 employees worldwide.
• Business: unlimited users for agencies and companies with 50+ employees, with priority customer care and a dedicated account manager.

Read the licence before you commit:

• Downloads are unlimited, but a subscription covers one user and automatic downloading tools aren't allowed.
• Projects you make while paying are covered for life.
• After you cancel, you can't use downloaded assets in new projects.
• Nearly all assets are cleared for commercial use. A small number of images and videos are marked "Editorial use only" and aren't covered for advertising, movies or paid media.

You pay by PayPal or any credit card, and local taxes may apply. We compare it with a plan of tools on our Motion Array alternative page.

Best for: one editor who wants templates, footage, music, plugins and LUTs from one account, and who keeps the plan running while new projects start.

Can you buy After Effects templates on Adobe Stock?

Yes. Adobe Stock lists customizable Premiere Pro and After Effects templates, and Motion Graphics templates, next to photos, vectors, video and audio tracks. You pay with monthly credits or a one-time credit pack.

The India plans page showed these prices on 3 November 2026. No US price was on the pages we read.

A few terms sit outside the table:

• The AI Studio plans add generative credits: 4,000 on the 10-credit plan and 10,000 on the 750-credit plan.
• Pack credits last one year from purchase and don't auto-renew.
• The home page offers 10 Stock images with a free trial. Anything you download during a trial is yours to keep. After the trial, the annual subscription begins and is charged automatically.

Most assets come with a standard licence. Adobe's FAQ describes its limits in terms of a licensed image:

• Use is perpetual.
• Print runs can't exceed 500,000, but that limit doesn't apply to websites, social media or mobile apps.
• You can't use the image in items you sell.

Extended licences can be bought at a 20% discount with some subscriptions. Licence terms for Motion Graphics templates specifically weren't published on the pages we read.

Best for: a handful of templates a month, billed through Adobe, with up to 10 or 25 templates on the plans that state a cap.

Does Freepik, now Magnific, have After Effects templates?

It lists video templates, but the pages we checked don't say which apps they open in, which are free or what they cost. Its FAQ says Freepik is now Magnific: the same team and technology, rebuilt as an AI creative platform. The platform includes a 250M+ stock library of photos, vectors, icons, video, templates, mockups and fonts.

Under Stock › Video, the menu shows Videos, Video templates and Motion graphics. The stock library is described as licensed for commercial use. The page also has a separate "full commercial AI license" line, but it is about content you generate, not stock templates.

Two team plans exist, and neither shows a price:

• Business: shared credits and access to every AI model.
• Enterprise: full legal indemnification and unlimited users.

A desktop app is offered with a Download for macOS button.

Best for: teams already paying for Freepik's stock library who want to check its template section before buying elsewhere.

What happens to downloaded templates when you stop paying?

It depends on the site, and it matters more than the price. Envato describes a lifetime licence, and Adobe's FAQ calls its standard licence perpetual. Motion Array stops you using downloads in new projects once you cancel.

One habit helps on any subscription. Note which template went into which project and when you downloaded it, so you can answer a client's question months later.

What files do After Effects templates come as?

Usually an After Effects project (.aep) or a Motion Graphics template (.mogrt). An .aep opens in After Effects with its compositions, placeholders and controls. A .mogrt made in After Effects carries custom controls for Premiere Pro.

• .aep projects. Envato describes labelled compositions and layers with text placeholders, media placeholders and colour controllers. Mixkit labels its After Effects items as projects.
• .mogrt templates. Adobe's help describes using the Essential Graphics panel in After Effects to create .mogrt files with custom controls for Premiere Pro. Envato says its Premiere .mogrt files install straight into Premiere's Essential Graphics panel.
• .prproj projects. Some Premiere templates on Envato are full Premiere project files instead.

For the Premiere side, start with these:

• Using After Effects templates in Premiere Pro
• How to use Premiere Pro templates (.mogrt)
• The best Premiere Pro template sites roundup

Presets are a different kind of file, and our guide to installing After Effects presets walks through them. Motion Array's Everything plan also includes video-editing plugins. Plugins aren't templates; see how to install After Effects plugins.

Where mouzeclick fits (we make it)

mouzeclick isn't a template site, and it sells no stock footage or music. For titles, transitions, logo reveals and stock, any of the sites above is the better pick. One part overlaps with this page. The mouzeclick workspace for After Effects has a Shape studio with 81 animated UI templates in nine categories, for product-demo and app-promo jobs.

You edit each template in the Templates 2.0 editor before it builds. The 63 classic 1.x templates still build with Alt-click. The After Effects UI templates page shows them.

The workspaces are part of mouzeclick on Windows. The Mac app does not include them.

On both Windows and Mac, the mouzesaas extension builds app screens, device frames, a clicking cursor, and bar, line and donut charts in After Effects. The mouse app, its wheels and gestures also run on both systems. Mac setup is on the Mac install page.

The workspace atlas lists every section, and pricing shows the one plan. The trial is 3 days, with no card.

If you want a panel of tools instead of an asset library, our AEJuice alternative page compares the two approaches.

How do I choose an After Effects template site?

Start with what you need this month, then check the licence before the price.

1. Try free first. Mixkit's 43 transitions and 49 titles for After Effects cost nothing and need no account. If they cover the job, stop there.
2. Test the template in your After Effects version. Envato says compatibility varies by template: some work with CS5.5 or CS6, others only with CC or later. Mixkit publishes no versions, so open a test copy well before the deadline.
3. Decide whether you need footage and music too. If you need templates alone, Motion Array's Video Templates plan fits. If you need templates plus footage, music, plugins and LUTs, look at its Everything plan or Envato Elements.
4. Count your downloads. Adobe Stock caps templates at 10 or 25 a month on the plans that publish a cap. Envato and Motion Array say unlimited.
5. Read the cancel terms. On Motion Array, downloads can't go into new projects once you cancel. On Envato, downloads keep their lifetime licence.
6. Check seats for a team. A standard Motion Array subscription covers one user. Its Team plan has 2 to 7 seats for companies with fewer than 50 employees, and Business covers 50+. Freepik has Business and Enterprise plans with no published prices.

Questions people ask

Sources

Checked on 2026-11-03. Prices and features change: each link goes to the maker's own page.

1. Mixkit: home page (851 video templates, free licence)
2. Mixkit: free After Effects transition templates (43)
3. Mixkit: free After Effects title templates (49)
4. Mixkit: free After Effects YouTube templates (15)
5. Mixkit: free After Effects slideshow templates (13)
6. Mixkit: free Premiere Pro transition templates (140)
7. Mixkit: free Premiere Pro logo templates (47)
8. Envato Elements: home page (price, counts, licence)
9. Envato Elements: After Effects templates
10. Envato Elements: Premiere Pro templates
11. Motion Array: pricing and licence FAQ
12. Adobe Stock: home page
13. Adobe Stock: templates
14. Adobe Stock: video effects FAQ (asset types)
15. Adobe Stock: India plans and licence FAQ
16. Freepik (now Magnific): home page and FAQ
17. Adobe Help: create Motion Graphics templates in After Effects

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