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Vyond
Formerly GoAnimate

Overview

What is Vyond?

Vyond (formerly GoAnimate) is a cloud-based platform for producing custom animated videos. It is used by educators as well as in business contexts by advertisers and content marketers, and for demos and presentations. Vyond has a drag and drop interface…

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Vyond, formerly known as GoAnimate, has been utilized by a diverse range of users to create animated videos for various purposes. Users …
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Easy to use, yet robust

10 out of 10
March 11, 2022
Incentivized
While Vyond is heavily used by our marketing department; I have found many use cases in sales as well. Personally, I used the tool to …
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It's goos.

7 out of 10
March 10, 2022
Incentivized
It's no longer being used by the organization because, after experiencing some success with GoAnimate, we decided to use a vendor to make …
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Vyond Review

9 out of 10
February 21, 2022
Incentivized
We started using Vyond three years ago to create animated explainer videos for our insurance technology company based out of Canada. We …
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Pricing

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Essential

$49.00

Cloud
per month

Premium

$89.00

Cloud
per month

Professional

$179.00

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.vyond.com/plans

Offerings

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

Vyond legacy remastered 1.2.2 demo

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Vyond Education Demo

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Vyond & Plotagon Demo Collection (2007-2021)

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GoAnifire Demo

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goanimate remastered demo (Please no hate my first goanimate video)

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SchwindTEC Social Media Scenario demo

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Product Details

What is Vyond?

Vyond (formerly GoAnimate) is a cloud-based platform for producing custom animated videos. It is used by educators as well as in business contexts by advertisers and content marketers, and for demos and presentations. Vyond has a drag and drop interface and includes libraries with thousands of characters, backgrounds, props, music tracks and sound effects. Users can also import their own audio, image, video or flash files using the import tool.

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Vyond Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Powtoon, Animaker, and simpleshow video maker are common alternatives for Vyond.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Vyond are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Vyond, formerly known as GoAnimate, has been utilized by a diverse range of users to create animated videos for various purposes. Users have successfully created explainer videos on Vyond to effectively communicate high-level product information and general business topics. Additionally, the platform has been employed to create entertaining song parodies with matching visuals that have gained significant traction on YouTube.

Vyond has proven to be an invaluable tool for businesses in multiple industries. For instance, a Canadian insurance technology company has been leveraging the platform for three years to create animated explainer videos that showcase their software solutions. Moreover, Vyond's versatility extends beyond standalone videos; it has been seamlessly integrated into other video editing software like Final Cut Pro, allowing users to incorporate animation snippets and expedite the editing process.

Training and education have also greatly benefitted from Vyond's capabilities. Not only are training videos on customer service, IT help desk issues, and sales processes readily created on the platform, but these videos can also be easily uploaded to various micro-training platforms. Furthermore, Vyond is widely used by video production companies and marketing departments alike to craft visually engaging explainer videos that effectively convey the value of products and services. The platform's ease of use makes it an ideal choice even for those without prior video production experience.

Within organizations, Vyond finds utility in several departments. From the training department utilizing it for new-hire onboarding videos and executive board presentations to HR using it for company history videos, Vyond offers versatility in meeting internal communication needs. eLearning development teams have also found value in GoAnimate for creating animations and characters for their content, ultimately saving time and costs.

The benefits of Vyond extend beyond internal use as well. Sales teams have adopted this user-friendly platform for prospecting, client communication and support, as well as running technical demos. It serves as a cost-effective solution for the marketing department when creating tutorials and product/service pages. Additionally, Vyond has been utilized to build engaging videos for contests, incentives, and marketing the company's culture and brand.

The Learning & Development department has integrated Vyond into training courses by including short videos that enhance user engagement. Similarly, compliance policies and procedures have seen increased user interaction when presented through animated videos compared to traditional text-based formats. Overall, Vyond's ability to create professional-looking videos quickly and easily at a fraction of the cost makes it a valuable asset for a wide range of industries and use cases.

Intuitive and User-Friendly Interface: Many users have found the user interface of the product to be intuitive and user-friendly, allowing them to easily create animations without prior video experience. This has been mentioned by a significant number of reviewers who appreciate how the interface guides them through the process smoothly.

Wide Range of Video Backgrounds, Environments, and Templates: The product offers a wide range of video backgrounds, environments, and templates that cater to various needs and preferences. Users have expressed their satisfaction with this aspect as it provides them with ample options for creating professional-looking videos in different styles.

Ability to Import Own Images and Assets for Customization: Users highly value the ability to import their own images and assets into the product. By doing so, they can further customize and personalize their videos according to their specific requirements. Several reviewers have praised this feature for its flexibility in incorporating branded elements or unique resources into the videos.

Limited customization options: Many users expressed a desire for more customization options, including additional characters, export options, style/genre options for templates, and better typography tools. Some users found the character selection and library searches to be lacking, with poorly tagged images and difficult-to-find character poses. Difficulties in editing features: Several users mentioned that they found it cumbersome to manage multiple scenes for characters with multiple actions/expressions. Users also found the timeline difficult to read, especially when adding features. Some users suggested making the interface more detailed to show triggers on assets at all times and allowing more functions to be available through right-clicking. Lack of audio editing capabilities: Users expressed a desire to edit audio within the software. They mentioned that it was time-consuming to add text-to-speech to every frame and suggested making this process easier. Additionally, some users desired the option to add sound/audio tracks directly within the software.

Users commonly recommend subscribing to Vyond as it is worth the cost and provides a versatile, fun, and easy-to-use tool for creating videos, gifs, or media. Many reviewers find that Vyond makes complicated information easier to understand and more engaging, making it a great tool for creating training videos. They suggest trying out the free trial of Vyond to test its features and see if it suits their needs before committing to a subscription. Upgrading from the trial version to a user license is also recommended because many key features are only available outside of the trial mode. Additionally, considering the more expensive version of Vyond is advised to avoid watermarks, and users highlight that creating animations yourself can be cost-effective compared to getting custom-made ones.

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Rachael Ossovicki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Marketing department uses Vyond to assist with other department video needs. It's a quick and easier way to make videos with little to no video production experience. We don't have the funds or resources to hire a video production team or agency. Once you get the hang of it, the videos are solid quality.
  • User-friendly with no video experience.
  • Affordable for a marketing budget.
  • Quality is good.
  • Takes time to get the swing of it.
  • You need to rely on your team's creativity.
  • If you don't have microphone equipment, the sound over the video isn't great.
It is well suited for a marketing team with little to no video experience. It is not well suited for making very high-quality videos that require footage of people (people in your company). It's more for animated videos opposed to 'people' videos. The videos are solid quality but are not meant for interviews.
  • Makes our social media pages more engaging.
  • We use these videos for training within the company.
  • Internal communications are more intresting.
We use Adobe premier for interview videos and Vyond for more creative/fun videos.
Exporting long videos takes time to download, which slows down uploading time to other platforms.
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.
I am unaware of any integrations this program has, we are not using any.
Shane Adair | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Currently only the marketing department has used Vyond. However, we have been working with the training department to teach them how to use the product to create some new-hire on-boarding videos. We also worked with HR on a history of our company video. Our executive team members have even used it for board presentations. Vyond is as easy to use as most of the professional presentation products and can be used for a wide variety of needs within our organization.
  • Allows us to make high-quality animated videos in-house and eliminate the spending with agencies to do something that we can do ourselves.
  • Ease of use. The fact we could use it day one without any help speaks volumes. There weren't weeks of onboarding and training, it was a similar set-up with other presentation products and that allowed us to get up and go quickly.
  • We were able to take voice, sound effects, music and add them to the video and edit without much trouble at all.
  • The limitations were only from us, not from what we hoped to get out of Vyond.
Depending on the type of audience or video you are hoping to produce, you may not want to use Vyond, especially if you are looking at custom animation. However, this is not what Vyond tries to present itself as being. They provide all the tools needed to create outstanding short videos with enough animation and action to suit most everyone's needs. I especially love the syncing of lips with the narration.
  • For us, this was just about providing a fun alternative to our already large content library. This offers a different approach to provide the same information we are providing in our weekly blog posts.
  • Because we are using this as a top of funnel solution we are seeing the interaction early on in the customer journey.
We looked at a lot of agencies and used agencies for this type of content in the past. The cost to make one video was as much as a yearly subscription to Vyond and sometimes even more. With Vyond, we can create as many videos as we like and all it takes is the time needed to create and finalize the video with resources we already have. I feel what we can get from Vyond, while maybe not equal to the custom animation and character creation we have gotten from agencies, is totally equal to the challenge and really does provide us everything we need.
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.
For being a video creation tool, it is amazingly simple to use! The interface is a lot like other popular presentation tools, so if you are comfortable with Powerpoint or Prezi, or any other such tools, you can use Vyond. Scenes are set up a lot like these tools, you just have the ability to animate and add actions and create a full video using this tool. But the tool is so simple anyone can use it, the only limit is your imagination.
I rate this at a 10 because there is nothing to integrate it into. You create the video and then download the file and use it in whatever video platform you want to use it in. You can download .gif or in .mp4 format. You can choose between different resolutions and sizes to fit your needs.
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