Comparison: ItemsAdder

Disclaimer

This is in no way an effort to try to prove which plugin is better. ItemsAdder is truly a fascinating, feature-packed plugin at a very reasonable price range. The following are all my observations and in no way the complete picture of ItemsAdder. Please take my observation with a grain of salt and consult others to see which plugin fits you!

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Attributes (A-Z)	ItemsAdder	Model Engine
Animation Accuracy
Animation Blending (Transition between animations)	❌	✅
Async (TPS Unaffected)	✅	✅
Blockbench Plugin	✅	✅
Citizens Integration	✅	✅
Community-Made Assets	~20	~200
Configurable Tint Item	❌ (Potion by default)	✅ (Leather Horse Armor by default) (All leather armor except helmet, all potions, tipped arrow and filled map)
Cost	€19.95 ($19.86, 4th September 2022)	$18.99
Effect Keyframes (Keyframes for particle and sound effects)	✅	✅* (scriptable keyframe)
Hand Item Display	✅	✅
Head Position	Must be centered	Can be in any position
Inverse Kinematics	❌	✅* (only segmented)
Model Disguise	❌	✅
Model Import	Save & Export using custom Blockbench plugin	Drag & Drop
Model Rotation (Body and Head bone interaction)	Entity style	Player & Entity style+ [Player] Body rotates when head-body angle is too large [Entity] Body rotate after certain delay Model faces towards traveling direction Configurable stable angle, clamp angle, rotation duration and delay Asymmetric clamp
Multi-Nametag	❌	✅
Multi-Hitbox	❌	✅
MythicMobs Integration	6 Mechanics (1 mechanic but does 6 things): Apply model Play & Stop animation Override default animation Mount & Dismount model Color & Enchant model Show & Hide bones More Info	30+ Mechanics Apply & Remove model Play & Stop animation Override default animations Mount & Dismount model Set, Show & Hide nametags Color & Enchant model Disguise & Un-disguise player Combine, Remove, Show & Hide bones Bone parent swapping Create statues Advance Multi-hitbox configuration Instant model variant swapping 10+ VFX-related mechanics
Non-Entity Model Related Features	✅	❌
Packet Amount (Lower the better)	15-boned model x25 Precise: Level at 12k packets per second Smooth: Level at 20k packets per second	15-boned model x25 Mode A: Level at 7k packets per second Mode B: Level at 7k packets per second Mode C: Level at 8k packets per second
Procedrual Animation (Realtime calculations)	❌	✅
Resource Pack Generation	✅	✅
Scale Keyframes	✅	❌
Stability	Entity system released in March 2022 (12th June 2022)	Released over 2 years (12th June 2022)
VFX Model (Lightweight models for projectiles)	❌	✅