Animaker vs. PowerDirector

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Animaker
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Animaker is the eponymous platform from the company headquartered in Palo Alto, that enables beginners, non-designers & professionals to create Animation and Live-Action videos for every moment, featuring drag-and-drop editing, a character builder, a catalog of stock images and videos to use, and templates to ease video creation.
$20
per month
PowerDirector
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
CyberLink in Taiwan offers PowerDirector as a consumer-grade video editing platform with a wide array of features and capability of publishing to social media sites.N/A
Pricing
AnimakerPowerDirector
Editions & Modules
Basic
$20
per month
Starter
$35
per month
Pro
$79
per month
Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AnimakerPowerDirector
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details50% discount for annual billing.—
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Community Pulse
AnimakerPowerDirector
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User Ratings
AnimakerPowerDirector
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AnimakerPowerDirector
Likelihood to Recommend
Animaker
Animaker is best suited for short projects that are well-defined. We have found it very useful for developing our explainer videos, concept illustrations for pitching new product functions or iterations, and also for creating content quickly and easily. For an illustration of bigger and more complex projects, they might be less adequate and more difficult to execute seamlessly.
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CyberLink Corp.
Definitely suited for a business that has a presence on the internet. It is a relatively easy program to use and will make your video quality look professional. It doesn't matter what business you are into, if video is something that will take your company to another level than this is a good program to get the job done.
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Pros
Animaker
  • Extreme flexibility with subtitling style, positioning, and transition options
  • Character customization options -- from facial features to costumes, gestures, etc.
  • They have great options in a wide array of templates to choose from.
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CyberLink Corp.
  • Quick and easy video and audio editing.
  • Great transition options.
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Cons
Animaker
  • It would be great to have more sound track options to choose from.
  • Add more scene templates that feature group interactions of multiple customizable characters
  • Direct voice-over enhancements when developing projects
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CyberLink Corp.
  • The advertisements to upgrade need to go. I understand you guys gotta make money but I already paid for the product I have and I don't need a popup every time I open the program telling me there is an upgrade available for $xx.99.
  • Better documentation on how to use certain plugins.
  • DirectorZone is pointless.
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Support Rating
Animaker
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CyberLink Corp.
Again, I haven't tried a whole lot of different video editing software over the years, but of the ones I tried, PowerDirector seemed to be the right fit for me and the team I worked with. It helped solve the need for tutorial videos and it allowed us to create a bunch of videos in a very small time frame. I recommend it especially for people without a lot of video editing experience
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Alternatives Considered
Animaker
Animaker is a lot more user-friendly and easier to get used to as a beginner
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CyberLink Corp.
I choose PD because it is user-friendly and easy to learn.
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Return on Investment
Animaker
  • Ever since we switched from using only actual demo videos to adding animated explainers, our conversion rates have increased significantly.
  • Our productivity when creating presentations and materials for client engagement has more than tripled since we started using Animaker. We can go from storyboard to final output in 3 days or less. Previously, each output took at least 2 weeks to complete.
  • Creating projects in Animaker is just way more fun. Team members no longer dread having to work on a new concept. And our outputs are a lot more engaging.
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CyberLink Corp.
  • Fast turn around on editing.
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