GIF to Animated AVIF Converter - Up to 90% Smaller, Free

How to convert GIF to AVIF

Add your GIF files. Drop up to 10 animated GIFs into the box. The preview shows their frames.
Set the quality. Quality 60 looks like the GIF at a fraction of the size. Lossless keeps every pixel.
Pick the speed. Balanced is quick. Best squeezes out more bytes but takes longer on big animations.
Convert and download. Press Convert to AVIF. Our server encodes each GIF and you download the animated AVIF.

Check the result in the AVIF Analyzer - it shows the frames and settings.

GIF is from 1987 - its animations are huge.

Animated AVIF uses the modern AV1 video codec, so the same animation is usually 80-90% smaller, in full colour with smooth transparency.

Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari 16+ all play it.

Made in your browser instead? GIF to WebP. Test files are in the GIF sample files.

Made on our server - browsers cannot write animated AVIF. Your GIF travels over HTTPS and is removed automatically.
Long GIFs take a while at Best speed - Balanced is a good default.
Old apps may show only the first frame - keep the GIF for them.

Drop your GIF into the box, keep quality 60 and press Convert to AVIF.

Usually 80-90% smaller than the GIF at a similar look.

Yes - transparent areas stay transparent (choose Remove for a solid background).

Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari 16+. Some apps and older browsers show only the first frame.

Yes - browsers cannot encode animated AVIF, so the GIF is converted on our server and removed automatically.

AV1 encoding is heavy work. Pick Fast speed for quicker results.