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Animoto makes it easy to create professional-quality videos on your computer and mobile device.

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Animoto makes it easy to create professional-quality videos on your computer and mobile device.


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Animoto
Year Founded
2006
HQ Location
New York, NY
Twitter
@Animoto
58,057 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
55 employees on LinkedIn®

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Mohamed A.
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Mohamed A.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Another Made for you Attractive Videos Solution"
With its fabulously attractive and easy dashboard, Animoto stands away from the crowd allowing educators, non-profit users and store owners to crea...
Anna C.
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Anna C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Animoto a Great Tool for Teachers!"
I love that I can produce simple to use procedures and protocols that are entertaining and effective for my classroom.
Dr. Jonathan D. S.
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Dr. Jonathan D. S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
0.0 out of 5
"Scam"
My wife signed up to make a funeral slideshow as she was grieving the loss of a grandparent. She signed up for what was advertised as a monthly 15...
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Mohamed A.
MA
Lecturer
Education Management
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Animoto?

With its fabulously attractive and easy dashboard, Animoto stands away from the crowd allowing educators, non-profit users and store owners to create baffling videos, implement a bunch of amazing tools that range from colourful templates and wonderful transitions to attractive effects and animations. With its rich dashboard, Animoto is built to drag and drop media, all you need from Getty library, videos and images to make your insights influential. An easy way to share your thought and collect comments on other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

I struggle a lot with fonts and some templates though they are useful but there are some limitations, and it is still expensive, mainly for business creators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

It did indeed help create informational and educational videos in few clicks without thinking of going to freelancers. I can customize templates, change fonts, select images and transtions; I can even animate scenes, all at $8 per month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dr. Jonathan D. S.
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What do you like best about Animoto?

My wife signed up to make a funeral slideshow as she was grieving the loss of a grandparent. She signed up for what was advertised as a monthly 15 dollar a month cancel any time membership. Was fraudulently charged 180 for a recurring annual membership, immediately contacted company via email to rectify and they said too bad so sad! No number to call even. Don’t recommend, poor customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

All of it, poor customer service. Do not recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nothing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Animoto?

Animoto is an innovative and powerful software solution designed to help you showcase our photos and videos in an impactful way. With this user-friendly software, I can easily create amazing visual content for both personal projects and business advertisements. I have a large variety of dynamic templates at our disposal that will make your project look really impressive. Furthermore, I can add personalized tags between your content as well as choose from their vast library of songs. Whatever the use case – Animoto is up for it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

Nothing. It meets all of my expectations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

Animoto makes it easier than ever to create professional videos in minutes. No need for expensive software and no need to hire a team of professionals. With Animoto, I can get creative with our posts, boosting engagement and reaching more potential customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Luz S.
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What do you like best about Animoto?

Not much really, very basic, no outstanding features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

If you are looking to make semi-professional tutorials this tool is not right for you. I wouldn't even recommend it for personal use. I would expect a video editing tool to have clip editing capabilities beyond trimming and the pre-made templates to be editable with blocks to add/remove etc. The "watermark" is a joke that you can't even decide if you want it in the back or front. But if you don't use it on a pre-made template you cant add a picture to a corner...really poor technology and if you are willing to start from scratch using this tool or any other is the same. There are much better options (even free) out there. I ended up using for the clips themselves a free online specialized tool (I changed speeds and cut pieces from the middle of the video, added comments and graphs), for the full compilation I used the free version of their competition which had significantly more design options.

Finally, the customer service is horrible. I tried to cancel less than 12 hours into the membership and they wouldn't allow it due to the "no reimbursement policy". As we would say in Spanish "bread for today, hunger for tomorrow". I would never recommend this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solved nothing and has no benefit to me. Well, finally I found some better tools. So I guess I learnt to research more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anna C.
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District ESL Facilitator
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What do you like best about Animoto?

I love that I can produce simple to use procedures and protocols that are entertaining and effective for my classroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

I have trouble logging into the program now and then. But that is mainly my issue not the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

Building an engaging procedure and protocol video for students and staff to follow without being just lecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Animoto?

Animoto is super easy to use. Very user-friendly, drag-and-drop features make it so easy for someone who is new to creating videos or making mashups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

Over time it has become more customizable, but it's still not totally customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating mash-ups of different videos to use for social media and digital advertising. It's easier than using an Adobe app where you have to know how to use the platform correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Marketing Specialist
Medical Devices
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Haritha C.
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Digital Marketing Executive
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Animoto?

Animoto comes with an intutive UI that helps us to make videos easily for my marketing purposes. I have no prior experience in taking care of things like video editing. But animoto made ot easy for me.So if you are a beginner too, do not worry about content creation. Animoto will do the rest for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

There are not a good number of templates where which you can select from. Some templates are not well organized in a way which editing can be done easily. Sometimes I just feel like that it has only limited features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

My company needs bulk amount graphic content creation everyday. I am the only one who is reaponsible for creating graphics for my company and it felt like hectic work sometimes. But animoto and some other tools helped me to do my easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carly P.
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Admissions Director
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What do you like best about Animoto?

I love the fact there is a free plan option and it is extremely user-friendly. This allows those without extensive video editing experience/knowledge AND/OR those who are extremely busy covering many roles within an organization to create brief, professional looking videos for almost any business ranging from education to retail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

I dislike that there doesn't seem to be any discount for paying annually instead of monthly. I also dislike that the only difference between the basic & $8/month plan is to remove the Animoto logo & add your own custom logo/branding. It seems like most cost-effective pricing option is the 3rd tier of $15/month. I wish more customization options were included in the $8/month plans (currently there is only 3 font options, 50 music tracks, etc). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm solving a void in marketing with our non-profit organization by using Animoto. We use videos made with Animoto on social media & our blogs/websites to provide a variety of media types showing our educational training programs. It allows us to engage viewers/followers/potential customers in a way that simply posting still photos such as flyers & mundane text posts cannot. It adds another professional-looking dimension to our marketing in a way that doesn't take too much time for our staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joseph B.
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Regional Digital Sales Director, West Coast
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Animoto?

This app is the best for creating slideshows. You can use a variety of templates and text options to create a truly unique experience. The music playback feature is great for setting the mood and adding atmosphere. Overall, this app is perfect for anyone who wants to create a special slideshow with their photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Animoto?

If Animoto had more diverse templates, I would love to see and use them more frequently. This would add more interest and variety to my videos, making them less monotonous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Animoto, we can create professional-looking social media videos in minutes and easily share them with our marketing team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.