Genially Reviews & Insights

Score7.6 out of 10

16 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Genially are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Engaging Quizzes: Reviewers appreciate Genially's ability to generate animated quizzes for corporate training, with multiple-choice and true or false formats that engage learners in a variety of ways. Some users feel that the incorporation of sound effects, transitions, and interactive elements breathes life into otherwise dry materials, captivating learners and enhancing their engagement.

Customization Options: The paid version of Genially offers full customization options to match the brand identity of organizations. Users find this feature advantageous as it allows them to easily digitalize and modify materials without the need for external design teams. This scalability and cost-effectiveness streamline content creation processes for many reviewers.

Interactive Multimedia Functions: Many users praise Genially for its interactive and multimedia functions, which make presentations more engaging and fun than regular slide shows. Reviewers appreciate the ability to add interactivity mechanisms and content layers without programming skills. Incorporating audio and video seamlessly gives users greater projection in their presentations.

Genially Reviews

5 Reviews

Genially in Higher Ed

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 21, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Genially to create multimedia self-learning modules. Our modules are distributed in the SCORM format through various LMS to thousands of students. The features that we particularly appreciate are the interactive questions allowing the institutions using our modules to grade their students. The integration of various media: images, sounds, videos and texts is very useful too. The connection to a large database of free images is great too. Recently, we tried some of the AI tools such as summary, translation and image generation. They blend smoothly in the workflow and are convenient.

Pros

Interactive questions
AI content generation
AI summary
Multimedia integration

Cons

Newest version of SCORM export
The possibility to create and manage variables that could be used across a group of modules
PDF integration without using Google Drive

Likelihood to Recommend

The main use of Genially is the creation of interactive multimedia learning modules: we start from an online linear course consisting of PowerPoint Slides, usually poorly designed, and the audio recording of the lecturer commenting these slides. We reorganise these contents to make a truly interactive experience for the learner, using interactive windows to reveal contents. Interactive questions and branching structures are used to allow learners to navigate through our content according to their own pace.

Frank Dufour

Pedagogical designer in Human Resources at Université Côte d’Azur (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Straightforward and easy to create slick presentations.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 19, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In general, we use Genially for enablement, both internal (e.g., revenue enablement) and external (customer education). I personally use it to build SCORM files for our customer academy courses that are more concept-based (rather than our software instructional videos).

Pros

Lets you build interactive presentations.
Helps you design good-looking presentations easily.
Lets you easily collaborate with teammates on projects.

Cons

Branching capabilities.
Accessibility compliance.
Light video editing for media embeds (like changing the thumbnail).

Likelihood to Recommend

I think it's very well suited for creating collateral for internal team enablement, as well as conceptual external customer education. I also often turn to Genially (rather than Canva) to create quick graphics on the fly. This is not a stand-in for more complex e-learning needs that would require a tool like Articulate.

Verified User

Team Lead (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Genially

Rating: 5 out of 10

Incentivized

July 17, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My company purchased Genially, but it didn't meet the need I was trying to address. What I really needed was a tool that could build an assessment with questions grouped into categories and automatically generate a report showing results for each category.

Pros

interactive elements
templates

Cons

more learning opportunities to better use the product

Likelihood to Recommend

Creating interactive learning experiences

Verified User

Consultant (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Genially creates designs that allow you to interact with your audience!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 8, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Genially for multiple purposes. We use it to create presentations that are interactive and also flyers and infographics. This software is the only one that allows you to add information in a certain way so those reviewing the material need to interact with it. Also, the templates are very nicely crafted.

Pros

Presentations for Conferences and Classes.
Infographics to guide students.
Timetables

Cons

It would be nice to be able to save images and have them available on Genially.
More free templates.
Figure out a way to make editing less time consuming.

Likelihood to Recommend

Genially is well suited for important presentations and when you want the reader to interact with the document you are creating. The smart blocks are also very useful and well thought out. Genially is not your best tool if you need to put something together fast or if you need to customize a lot because editing could be time-consuming.

Carolina Zumaglini

Academic Coordinator at Universidad Catolica Argentina y CALP (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

The only way to impress your audience is by creating stunning content using Genially

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 11, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's a web tool we use to create interactive visual content which is used to attract customers and circulate news. It acts as a content interactivity tool and makes it easy and simple to build presentations that are more engaging. We put our creations out for public consumption and generally use Genially to monitor their performance.

Pros

Use of animations and visual effects to bring presentations to life.
Enables adding multiple layers of information to a slide for extra interactivity.
Lets us measure the impact we have made on our audiences.

Cons

We have to consistently save our work to avoid losing it.
The tool is web-based

Likelihood to Recommend

All the controls needed to make presentations interactive using unique content are accessible easily from the platform's menu, and there is no programming knowledge required to make this work. Genially's support for collaboration enables multiple people to work on the same document for faster completion of a project.

Duane Thompson

Product Development Lead in Product Management at AT&T (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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