Companies Using GSAP

We detect GSAP on 2,687,296 domains, including Accenture PLC, McDonald's, Infosys Limited. A detection means the technology is present on that domain, which for large organisations is often a single storefront or subdomain rather than a company-wide deployment. Among domains we matched to a company with a resolved industry, the most common is Construction (4.53%).

We detect 2,687,296 domains running GSAP across our monthly crawl of live business domains. Company data could be matched for 2,071,016 of them (77.1%), and every company-size, industry and country breakdown on this page describes that matched subset rather than the full detected base. A further 347,708 domains carried a GSAP detection previously and no longer do.

GSAP holds 3.17% of the JavaScript Libraries category, ranking #9. This is a share of the domains we detect running a platform in this category — not a share of all websites, and not a share of spending — so it is not directly comparable to figures published on other denominators.

The top alternatives to GSAP include jQuery (18.51% market share), core-js (12.13% market share), jQuery Migrate (9.86% market share), jQuery UI (5.64% market share) — measured as a share of the domains we detect running a platform in this category.

United States leads with 537,130 matched GSAP domains, followed by United Kingdom (163,391), Germany (117,693), India (95,890), France (90,120). These are counts within the 2,071,016 domains we could match to a company record, not the full detected base.

The most common company size is 1-10 employees, representing 65.33% of the GSAP domains we could match to a company record and size — a subset of 2,071,016 matched companies, not of all 2,687,296 detected domains. This is followed by 11-50 employees (22.64%) and 51-200 employees (7.67%).

Among the GSAP domains we could match to a company with a known founding date, most were founded in the 2010s (38.63%), followed by the 2020s (22.48%). That matched subset is drawn from 2,071,016 companies and is not representative of all 2,687,296 detected domains. This suggests GSAP is most popular among relatively young companies.

The ideal GSAP customer is: Company Age: Founded 2010-2019, Company Type: Digital-first businesses, Primary Use: High-performance web animations, Developer Profile: Professional front-end teams, Industries: Consulting, IT Services, Professional Services — based on our analysis of 2,071,016 enriched companies at TechnologyChecker.io.

GSAP is widely regarded as the standard for scripted web animation. It holds a 3.17% share of the JavaScript libraries category and ranks #9, with 2,687,296 domains running it in our data — the highest-placed library in that category that does one specialised job rather than serving as a general-purpose utility. Worth knowing when reading that figure: WordPress and Wix account for over 80% of those domains, so much of GSAP's reach comes through themes and templates.

GSAP offers significantly more power and flexibility than CSS animations. CSS works well for simple hover states and transitions, but GSAP provides programmatic control, advanced sequencing with timelines, SVG morphing, and consistent cross-browser behavior. When timing precision and multi-step interactions matter, developers typically reach for GSAP. Benchmarks also show GSAP outperforms CSS in scenarios involving many simultaneous animations.

Yes, since Webflow's acquisition in May 2025, GSAP is 100% free for all users, including commercial projects. Previously, advanced plugins like MorphSVG and SplitText required a paid Club membership. The new license covers commercial use without restrictions, removing the pricing barrier that once limited adoption among smaller teams.

Webflow acquired GSAP in May 2025. As part of the deal, Webflow made the entire library, including all previously paid Club plugins, free for everyone. GSAP continues to operate as a standalone, framework-agnostic library with its existing development team. Webflow has committed to ongoing development and community engagement.

Developers choose GSAP for its performance, flexibility and fine-grained control over complex animations. Unlike CSS transitions, it provides an imperative API for building multi-step sequences, animating SVG paths and synchronising timing across dozens of elements. Based on our analysis of 2,071,016 enriched companies at TechnologyChecker.io, enterprise teams at Accenture, Microsoft, Bank of America and McDonald's run it on production domains — though the bulk of GSAP's footprint is small studios and agencies, and over 80% of its domains sit on WordPress or Wix, where a theme author made the choice rather than the site owner.

No. GSAP works in any JavaScript environment — React, Vue, Angular, vanilla JS, Next.js, and yes, Webflow. Although Webflow acquired GSAP in 2025, the library remains framework-agnostic. Our detection data supports that: React appears alongside GSAP on 34.53% of its domains and Vue on 2.94%, while the single largest platform underneath it is WordPress at 51.43%.

The most common mistake is mixing CSS transitions with GSAP animations on the same properties, which causes the browser to interrupt GSAP's rendering. Other frequent issues include animating layout-triggering properties like width/height instead of using transforms, skipping will-change for GPU acceleration, and failing to kill animation instances when React or Vue components unmount.

Motion (formerly Framer Motion) is a newer competitor claiming 2.5x faster performance for certain animation types. However, GSAP remains the industry standard with broader plugin support, SVG morphing, and timeline features that Motion doesn't match. The choice depends on your use case: Motion excels at declarative React animations, while GSAP dominates complex multi-step sequences and cross-framework projects.

Yes. Our current data shows 2,687,296 active domains running GSAP across 2,071,016 enriched companies, including Accenture, Microsoft, Bank of America, McDonald's and Samsung. Webflow continues to develop GSAP actively, and the library has been free for commercial use since the May 2025 acquisition.

Yes. GSAP integrates well with both. In React, developers use refs to target elements and useLayoutEffect to initialise animations; in Vue, template refs provide element access. Our co-occurrence data shows this in practice — React runs alongside GSAP on 34.53% of GSAP domains. We publish no switching numbers between GSAP and any framework, because they do different jobs and sit in the same bundle rather than replacing one another.

Global brands and enterprises using GSAP in our verified list include Accenture, Microsoft, Bank of America, McDonald's, Samsung, Starbucks, PepsiCo, Cognizant, LVMH and Boeing. They are the largest organisations in the dataset by headcount, but not typical of it: 65.33% of enriched GSAP domains belong to companies with 1-10 employees, so GSAP's real constituency is small studios and agencies.

GSAP substantially outperforms jQuery's animate() method in both speed and capability — jQuery animations are simple but slower and far less feature-rich. In practice the two coexist rather than compete: 62.55% of GSAP domains also run jQuery, and 46.38% run jQuery Migrate, which is a compatibility shim for old jQuery code. That is the signature of GSAP being added to an established page, not replacing what was there.