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Animoto

Overview

What is Animoto?

New York-based Animoto offers their video editing platform supporting individual video creators and businesses with different tiers of service up to their business plan for marketing teams wishing to create high quality to distribute across social media sites.

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Pricing

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Free

$0.00

Cloud
per month

Professional

$29.00

Cloud
per month

Team

$79.00

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Animoto?

Animoto Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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Animoto has proven to be a versatile tool for a wide range of users, allowing them to create professional videos without the need for expensive software or hiring professionals. Users from various industries, such as education, marketing, and small businesses, have found value in leveraging Animoto's features. For educators, Animoto goes beyond traditional lectures by enabling them to create engaging procedure and protocol videos for students and staff. The software is also highly praised for its ability to produce videos for marketing campaigns, reducing the reliance on specialists and costly resources.

Small businesses have benefited from Animoto's ease of use and fun interface, enabling them to upgrade their branding quickly. With a wide range of font styles, templates, and customizable color options, Animoto helps make videos visually appealing. Additionally, non-profit organizations have found Animoto to be helpful in solving marketing voids by engaging viewers and potential customers through videos on social media and blogs/websites.

Animoto's convenience extends beyond specific industries. Many users have found it useful when they need to embed videos on websites, emails, or social media channels but don't have access to a designer. The software allows users to create professional video ads in minutes with fantastic music.

However, some users have switched to other tools after finding that Animoto did not fully meet their needs or lacked certain features they desired. Despite this feedback, many users appreciate the software's ability to quickly create professional-looking social media videos and easily share them with their marketing team. Moreover, Animoto has been instrumental in delivering communications and big screen videos at events like Innovation Festivals.

Overall, Animoto offers a user-friendly experience that empowers individuals across various industries to produce professional videos effortlessly. While some improvements could be made based on user feedback regarding additional features and customization options, its accessibility and time-saving capabilities make it an attractive choice for those looking to enhance their video production workflow.

Effective Communication Tool: Users find that Animoto serves as an excellent tool for effective communication, thanks to its innovative use of visuals. They appreciate the ability to test and modify their videos, allowing them to gain a deeper understanding of their audience.

User-Friendly Interface: Many users and reviewers have expressed positive opinions about Animoto, praising its creativity, adaptability, and ease of use. They value the intuitive interface, diverse range of templates, and the option to customize videos with personal elements such as music and voice-overs.

Time-Saving Solution: The accessibility and user-friendliness of Animoto are greatly appreciated by users. It is considered a convenient option for both beginners and individuals without prior video editing experience. Users love how quickly they can create, edit, and enhance their videos by adding music.

Cons: Limited customization options: Users have mentioned that Animoto is not completely customizable, despite some improvements over time. Some templates in Animoto can be very restrictive and may not be suitable for users with specific ideas for their videos. Some users find it difficult to manipulate certain templates to achieve the desired appearance.

Expensive pricing: Users feel that the cost of Animoto is higher compared to other similar apps. They consider Animoto relatively expensive compared to other tools and believe that the premium plan is expensive for smaller organizations and SMBs. Users also find the monthly plan incredibly expensive and suggest revising the template options for the cost.

Limited templates and features: Users find that there are a limited number of templates in Animoto and some templates are not well organized for easy editing. They feel that the software has limited features, including limited editing options and image adjustments. The lack of variety in templates and effects limits their video creation options.

Users recommend trying the trial version of any tool before purchasing. They find Animoto to be a simple and fully featured video solution. Users highly recommend Animoto for creating online videos for marketing purposes, making videos for various marketing purposes, and creating presentations in the classroom. They suggest Animoto for making good cartoon and animated videos with little effort and find it very easy to use. Users recommend Animoto for social media, as well as for business people, teachers, tutors, and students. They highly recommend Animoto for its ease of use and eye-catching videos. Users also suggest using Animoto in conjunction with screencastomatic for recording content. They appreciate the diversity of instruments and ease of use offered by Animoto. Users find it worth purchasing and using for good video editing as it saves time and is cost-effective compared to competitors. Despite slow customer support, users consider Animoto to be a great product for making professional marketing videos. Additionally, users find it user-friendly and fun for video editing, suggesting it as a good option for beginner presentation makers and for creating animations in less time. Overall, users recommend giving Animoto a try for creating unique animation videos, especially for marketing purposes. However, they note that it may not be a true animation creator and suggest looking elsewhere if that feature is important.

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Allison Chaney | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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We use Animoto to create short, interesting videos for social media. We also use this software in our training courses, to demo it as an example of an easy to use solution for creating interesting video.
  • Online editor, no download required.
  • Music library to add sound to your video.
  • User friendly tools in the interface.
  • Templates are somewhat limited.
  • Editing features have limits.
  • Watermark appears on free version.
Animoto is great for small businesses or businesses, organizations or people with limited budgets. It allows you to create a professional looking video without having to invest in a lot of software or time learning advanced tools. The templates make it easy to start from a framework that someone else designed, and it helps set a foundation for a professional looking video.
  • It's had a positive impact in that it saves a ton of time in creating nice video that looks professional.
Camtasia is much more complex, requires some knowledge and understanding of the platform. Animoto is user friendly and you can jump in and start editing right away. Animoto also has a ton of stock images and sound, to enhance video, which Camtasia does not. Animoto makes it easy so you have everything you need in one place and you don't have to go out and search for or purchase stock for your videos.
We haven't actually needed much support so that in itself says a lot about the software. It was easy to use and had great tool tips that guide you through the tool so you don't even need to reach out to support. There are help files that are there when needed, and some of these are helpful to us as well because again, we didn't have to reach out and wait for support.
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