Character Animator 22.5 is free, right? There's nothing we can do with it that looks professional.

[uh doh bee]

Character Animator 22.5 is free, right? There's nothing we can do with it that looks professional. So, what is the paid program?  

[TheOriginalGC]

There's two versions, starter and pro. The starter version is free. The pro version includes the puppet maker and tools to rig any Illustrator or Photoshop file as a puppet. There are also controls to adjust the physics, etc. This article explains it in more detail. Animate a puppet using Starter mode (adobe.com)