CloudApp vs Vyond

Veronika Baranovska

Inbound Marketing Manager

SendibleInternet, 11-50 employees

I work for a small company, so everyone tends to be involved in a lot of projects. This can make it difficult to book time with the leadership team to record them for company announcements or other similar needs. Vyond is the perfect solution for a video that doesn't depend on other people's schedules. For added fun, I can make the characters look like our leadership team and even borrow their voices from meetings, conference calls, or other announcements. This lets me create the illusion that our leaders are directly sharing information with new hires or individual team members without actually requiring them to take time out of their day

Verified User

Professional in Human Resources

Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees

Pros

CloudApp makes taking GIFs, videos, and screenshots very quick and easy. Very little training was required for CloudApp because it is a straight forward tool.
We love the feature that allows you to annotate images and videos to highlight certain areas. This is especially important in Support when explaining something to a customer.
I like that CloudApp makes sharing files very easy. In just the click of a button, you can choose how you'd like to share a file with someone else.

Verified User

Manager in Customer Service

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

Easy to use features that help you create the story behind your video.
There are collaboration tools (if you have the right plan) that help you work on a video as a team.
I like the different styles of video that you can choose from.

Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Events Services Company, 51-200 employees

Cons

While annotations are nice, editing features are lacking overall. You can't trim a screenshot or crop it once you've taken it, so you'd better be perfect with your capturing on the first try.
The web library for managing your past captures is hellacious. There's no deleting mistakes, no real categorization like tags, and the drag and drop adding is glitchy at best.

J.P. VanderLinden

Director Of Operations

EmberTribeMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Possibly make the interface a bit more detailed in order to show the triggers on assets at all times.
Allow more functions to be available when your right click.
The ability to easily transfer from video to video that have previously been produced.

John Hinchliffe

Founder

eLearning NetworkE-Learning, 1-10 employees

Likelihood to Renew

CloudApp 9.1

Based on 1 answer

In all honesty I don't even have time to look for an alternative to CloudApp at this point in our business. CloudApp works for what we had planned to use it for and unless a competing service that offers the same quality and ease-of-use along with video screen capture comes out I will renew indefinitely.

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Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Vyond 10.0

Based on 1 answer

I was recently at a conference where I learned that many of my peers also use Vyond, solidifying my opinion that it is the right tool for out needs. Further more, one of our content vendors also uses it, ensuring that I will continue to use it as I believe this will facilitate our collaborations in the future

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Verified User

Professional in Human Resources

Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees

Usability

CloudApp 8.2

Based on 2 answers

I would give cloud app a 10 out of 10 if the video screen capture portion of the tool worked flawlessly and the addition of few suggestions like full-page screen grab and the quicker ability to download screenshots or screen videos to my hard drive. I don't mean to repeat a feature request here being that features would heavily improve usability in my particular usage situation.

Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Vyond 9.3

Based on 2 answers

This program is great when you have no video experience! There's only a little of a learning curve to the program. In general, the user interface is great and easier than using a program like Adobe premier. It's a great resource to use as a marketer.

Rachael Ossovicki

Sr. Digital Marketing Strategist

Union Home Mortgage Corp.Real Estate, 1001-5000 employees

Performance

No score

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Vyond 8.6

Based on 2 answers

Vyond is just an animated video creation tool. You have to use your video content and track its performance through other means. Because it is an online tool it doesn't hog your resources or slow down any other tools that I use. It is a stand-alone product and it doesn't need to integrate with any of our other tools. It does what it does and that is all we need.

Shane Adair

Marketing Manager

TAB BankBanking, 201-500 employees

Support Rating

CloudApp 9.1

Based on 2 answers

I would give cloud app a 9/10 score on overall support mostly because I have had very little need of any support at all being that the tool was designed almost to use itself. In my opinion this level of forethought is equal to customer support. As of yet I've only had one real problem with cloud app which was the loss of a 20 minute video screen capture. Unfortunately I have not had the time to contact support about this loss. The only other minor issues that I confronted was within the initial set up which I was able to resolve via their website's support pages.

Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Vyond 9.0

Based on 3 answers

I haven’t had any issues that required me to contact their support team. However, I believe support in any product starts before you have to call for help. Vyond provides an option for priority queue when you have their professional option. This is great for folks who need things done faster, especially when businesses can’t afford any downtime. Their Live chat feature is also reassuring, because I don’t always want to spend time on the phone or on hold if their call volume is high and I need to solve an issue.

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German Disla

Owner

Disla MediaMedia Production, 1-10 employees

Implementation Rating

CloudApp 8.2

Based on 1 answer

I was extremely satisfied with how quick and easy the implementation of Cloudapp was on my MacIntosh using MacOS Sierra was, along with how amazingly fast I was able to be up and going with the tool. most often with sass tools we are lucky if we can use 50% of the features without having to have consultations and a ton of back-and-forth email on how to use other features of the product. Cloud app has made it extremely user-friendly with almost no need for customer support. To My business, that equals time savings which as most business owners know, can be far more valuable than a few dollars saved.

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Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I need to point out that I love Snagit. It's a fantastic product, but there are different use-cases. CloudApp for me is about quick and efficient sharing. Snagit doesn't really allow for that. Yes, they have a cloud sharing option, but for the entirety of me using the program, it hasn't worked right. You'll have to try both to see what I mean.

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 1-10 employees

I can't say exactly which one I would recommend more, but the pros of BranchTrack are that they offer the ability to upload voicefiles which will automatically attach to each scene, saving A LOT of time. They're program is also very easy to move scenes around in and having the ability to reroute someone back to an earlier scene is nice. It also provides the user interaction vs. just watching a video. However, GoAnimate on the other hand allows you to customize background and scene layouts a little more than BranchTrack does. It's also better if you don't want the user interaction

Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Logistics and Supply Chain Company, 1001-5000 employees

Return on Investment

Speed. It's incredibly quick and easy to share images, gifs, and videos. That saves us time and makes us more productive.
Storage. Everything is kept in one place, so it's easy to go back and reference/keep track of. It keeps us from hunting down previous shares.
Annotation. It's very quick to mark things up before sending! Again, the primary benefit here is speed.
Cash. We'll occasionally share videos with prospects so they better understand our offerings. Some of those people become customers!

Andrew Clark

Chief Growth Officer

Visible.vcComputer Software, 1-10 employees

Thanks to GoAnimate we can now present products and services in a more modern and engaging way. These videos are more viewed than other content. The learners love these videos which maintain a friendly atmosphere.
We believe that GoAnimate is the most affordable solution for creating animated videos. We definitively save money in comparison to hiring a production company for creating such videos.

Sandrine BOARQUEIRO-VERDUN

Founder & President

Kapitec SoftwareComputer Software, 1-10 employees