Item: Powtoon
Rating: 7
Author: Annie Chatterjee

Overall Satisfaction with Powtoon

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Powtoon to make videos for scientific customer training. They are mostly explainer videos that train customer on how to use our Bio-technology instruments

Pros and Cons

Pros

Easy to make animated videos
Lots of prepopulated props, videos, images, characters scenes to choose from
Easy to export
license if affordable

Cons

Comparing it to Vyond, it is more time consuming to make videos. The timeline could be easier to understand.
They recently started upcharging to use some scenes. This has made updating some of my videos challenging as the scenes that were included as part of my plan are now an upgrade to use.
They don't have a voice over option. I have actually taken some of the videos out of the platform over to Vyond to add voiceover.
Some items they have introduced, like turning a powerpoint into a video really don't work.

Most Important Features

animated video creation
access to lots of third party images, videos, props to put in videos
unlimited export of videos
affordable licensing options

Return on Investment

People love our "tips, tricks and troubleshooting" videos I have created which has helped our learners with their training
Our learners have been able to self train using videos I have created with Powtoon
It has decreased time and efficiency for our in person trainers and now they can refer them to our online training.

Powtoon is second in my animated video creation tech stack. I prefer Vyond for the speed, sophistication, and ability to add voiceover, but since I started with Powtoon I still use it to update my videos. Their licensing options are affordable. I also love their asset library and sometime use images and videos available in other platforms.

Key Insights

Do you think Powtoon delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Powtoon's feature set?

Yes

Did Powtoon live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Powtoon go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Powtoon again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Articulate 360, Vyond, Camtasia, Adobe After Effects

Likelihood to Recommend

I use Powtoon a lot for our "tips, tricks and troubleshooting" videos. The reason for this, is that it has a lot of assets to choose from The great thing is they have relationships with third parties for images, videos, etc. They also have a great selection of video music.

I have used it less and less for our explainer videos, only because it takes me more time than Vyond and because I feel the animation is a little less sophisticated.

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