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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Markup Hero

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Screenshot, Annotate & Share Markup Hero is an annotation and screenshot tool designed to allow users to capture ideas, communicate clearly, and save time. Features Include: Screenshots Desktop app for Mac, Windows & Linux Works on any device including mobile Chrome extension Annotate screenshots, PDF's, images and URL's Always editable - annotations do not flatten permanently Arrow, text, rectangle, oval,…

    $5

    all features, unlimited markups, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth

    VideoScribe

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABritish company Sparkol offers VideoScribe, a video editing application supporting whiteboard style animations and presentations.

    $14

    per user/per month

    Pricing
    Markup HeroVideoScribe
    Editions & Modules
    Superhero
    $5/month
    all features, unlimited markups, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth
    Hero
    FREE
    10 markups per month, 3 days editing history
    Yearly Plan
    $14
    per user/per month
    Monthly Plan
    $35
    per user/per month
    Team of 20+ Users
    $145
    per user
    Team of 10+ Users
    $150
    per user
    Team of 5+ Users
    $155
    per user
    One Off
    $800
    per single user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Markup HeroVideoScribe
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Markup HeroVideoScribe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
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    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Markup HeroVideoScribe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Markup Hero
    For us, it's sending real estate setup sheets with multiple properties and lots of comments and feedback. It's great for quick feedback and shares. If I need to make a custom graphic tho its not quite powerful enough as Photoshop or other tools. The former is about 90% of my use cases, the latter only 10% so it's still worth it. But I can see they are adding more and more design oriented features so I suspect I won't need Photoshop much longer.
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    Sparkol
    If you need to spice up your presentations but don't have the money/budget/team for full video production or animation, this software is for you. In skilled hands it can also look as good if not better than productions that would cost 5-6x more, including turnaround time. I think the basics of video still apply here, you want to have a story, a narrative, some storyboarding and an idea of where you want to go, but the tools this software provides will help you achieve that (and edit it later) quickly and efficiently
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Markup Hero
    • Quickly adding annotations
    • Sharing links to screenshots or marked up PDFs
    • Always editable and accessible from any device
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    Sparkol
    • It's fast and customizable! You can import your own vector graphics and PNGs to utilize or take advantage of their huge library of resources, from graphics to icons and sound
    • You don't have to have a background in animation or graphics (though it doesn't hurt) to utilize the program, really expanding who in your company can take advantage of it
    • The support and resource documentation is amazing. From multiple series of videos to text-based help and I believe if i remember correctly even emails when I first signed up, it's hard to feel frustrated or lost with how to start with all the support available
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Markup Hero
    • Teams is basic right now; looking forward to more permissions and team folders
    • Love the insert image, but would like to be able to make my own library of images
    • Needs rotate when uploading from my iPhone - they're sideways right now
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    Sparkol
    • Some of the vector rendering for imported pieces could still use work, I've discovered a workaround for adding a stroke to images to help smooth the edge but this can be tiring
    • The PNG rendering often seems to be under a super heavy compression and can pixellate even higher-res images that are brought in. I utilize almost exclusively custom created graphics to use in this program so seeing that fixed would be great
    • It would be nice if there was a super-basic audio editor in the program, even something that didn't do much but let you edit the start and end of clips
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    Markup Hero
    Markup Hero stands out because it is truly web based and supports PDFs (among a host of other file types). The annotation tools are significantly smoother and always editable. I don't know of any other products that provide a web experience that allows for edits at anytime. Plus the team is clearly working hard to iterate the product and regularly delivering new features.
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    Sparkol
    Every video or graphics program has its own purposes, VideoScribe is very specifically for taking images, moving them around with nice visual transitions and having something come together quickly. I've also used it to animate infographics in far less than half the time it would have taken me in Premiere. It definitely has serious limits in the type of animation you can do, which is important to be aware of, but if that works within the framework and scope of your budget, then it's incredible.
    Remember - the only limits to how sophisticated you can make this look are how creative you are, to begin with. I did things with this program I don't think I'd seen in any of their samples, simply because I have a background in it all and had a new set of tools to play with.
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    Return on Investment
    Markup Hero
    • Productivity - Save at least 30 mins per day per employee
    • Organization - No more hunting through emails finding content I sent to someone
    • Communication - My clients better understand our suggested properties when I add annotations.
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    Sparkol
    • Won over $300k+ in new biz by changing from an old PowerPoint deck to a short (4-5 min) video and reframing how we shared the information
    • Modified the same deck to be shown at annual conventions as a less "pitch" and more "informational" way of educating the audience, and never saw as many people visiting our booth for information. Likely could attribute additional new biz leads to this effort as well
    • Got to save a LOT of money in the time and production of the deck which was then able to be utilized instead on other things to make future decks better, like a new microphone and better monitors. Seriously I can't believe how inexpensive this program is
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Annotate and markup just about anything from almost anywhere.Screenshot of Always editable, saved in your history, set permissions and share with a click.Screenshot of Keep track with tags and never lose a past markup.Screenshot of Upload images, PDF's, website URL's, Google Docs and annotate away!Screenshot of Tons of annotation tools like arrows, text, blur, crop, highlight and more.Screenshot of Super simple user interface that you'll love coming back to again and again.