--- title: VideoScribe Reviews meta_title: 'VideoScribe Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 65 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how VideoScribe works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.1 review_count: 65 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-04' parent_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # VideoScribe Reviews **Vendor:** Sparkol **Category:** [Animation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/animation) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 65 ## About VideoScribe VideoScribe is an easy-to-use, drag and drop animated video maker for beginners to professionals, applicable for any industry and job role. Create professional-quality animated videos that captivate and educate your audience. Communicate any topic or message in a quick and engaging way to grab attention and stand out from the crowd, without breaking the bank. Easy and Intuitive: Whether you're a professional or a beginner, VideoScribe's user-friendly interface makes the animation process quick and simple. Its drag-and-drop functionality and intuitive controls enable you to effortlessly place and manipulate elements on the canvas, making the creation process smooth and enjoyable. Professional-Quality: Achieve professional-grade animation without the need for extensive technical skills or costly production equipment. The various animation effects bring any content to life, creating a visually stunning and dynamic experience for your viewers. Unlimited Creativity: Unleash your creative potential and craft unique and compelling animations. An extensive library of professionally designed images, icons, characters, and backgrounds, means you have an endless range of visual elements to choose from and customize to suit your style and brand. Versatile: Whether you're creating educational videos, marketing campaigns, training materials, presentations, or storytelling content, VideoScribe empowers you to deliver your message effectively and engage your audience on a deeper level. ## VideoScribe Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find VideoScribe to be **incredibly user-friendly** , making animation accessible even for beginners and non-techy individuals. (8 reviews) - Users find VideoScribe to be incredibly **easy to use** , making it ideal for both beginners and non-tech savvy individuals. (7 reviews) - Users love the **intuitive animation features** of VideoScribe, making it perfect for both beginners and professionals. (6 reviews) - Users love the **beginner-friendly features** of VideoScribe, making creativity accessible and seamless for all skill levels. (5 reviews) - Users admire the **versatility and ease of use** of VideoScribe, making creativity accessible for everyone. (4 reviews) - Users love the **content creation capabilities** of VideoScribe, enhancing presentations with customizable graphics and professional animations. (3 reviews) - Ease of Learning (3 reviews) - Helpful (3 reviews) - Helpfulness (3 reviews) - Affordable (2 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users report frustrating **slow performance** in VideoScribe, often experiencing glitches and delayed video processing. (4 reviews) - Users experience **slow rendering** times causing frustration, particularly after extended use, impacting workflow efficiency. (4 reviews) - Users experience **software instability** with slow uploads and glitches after prolonged use, hindering productivity and efficiency. (4 reviews) - Users report **limitations in multitasking** with VideoScribe, as it struggles with multiple projects causing glitches and slowdowns. (1 reviews) - Users face **file management issues** , struggling to work on multiple projects simultaneously without glitches or slowdowns. (1 reviews) - Infrequent Updates (1 reviews) - Interface Issues (1 reviews) - Limited Options (1 reviews) - Limited Selection (1 reviews) - Performance Issues (1 reviews) ## VideoScribe Reviews ### 1. Excellent program for quick, simple videos on a budget **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maria Clara D. | Interactive Communications Director, Marketing and Advertising, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2018 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** The ease of importing materials and setting keyframes/animations as well as changing things on the fly. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** Some vector objects end up with a jagged stroke around them, and if you ever need to edit a frame/animation under a different frame you edited already there's no auto transparency so you're sort of flying blind. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** If you can afford After Effects you'll get a lot more out of it- but this is wonderful for someone who may not have the time, money, or creative chops (or footage) to really sink the time into it. A designer/developer that has some good creative skills can really flex this simple program to the max and make it look far more polished than a 'simple' drag and drop tool. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** We often need to do pitch decks, but PPT was getting a little tired and we don't have the budget to employ someone to take time to make something in After Effects. Enter Video Scribe- a perfect solution. Obviously it doesn't have the same extension animation features as a more robust program, but it's quick, saving us time and money while allowing us to put rich, new content out, and we've already seen a boost in new business SIMPLY based on some of the videos which we now include in presenting. ### 2. Fast and interactive work. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tobias V. | Fine Wine Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2017 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** Great Software makes your work full of fun. I have strong contact with my audience. I like that they are really enjoying to hear me. Very good way to concentrate all audience on my speech. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** I will be honest. It is really great software but to make it more powerful will be great to add to our presentation a sound or video clips. Generally, the product is good. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Good Software. Great video. Also, it is perfect to make your own media. Very easy to set up. Great tools to make your videos. And make them totally different from each other. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** I guess it is wonderful education platform. With it, I can increase knowledge of my audience. With this program, all users can get all information quicker. After that sales market will work better. Big helper to a company. ### 3. Work with Fun **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rita T. | Recruiter, Staffing and Recruiting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2017 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** I like to work with this wonderful software. It's helped me to work with my audience. Makes my speech effective.Very simple to use and the videos really look so nice. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** I don't want to say that I dislike but it looks like something missing like sound or maybe music. I don't know is it possible to improve but will be nice to be with. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Definitely will recommend it. Very nice videos, you can easily use it and more nice that all your new creating videos will be so different which will make your job more interesting. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** To have and to build prospects, very nice to educate employees, with this software they will learn more faster. and then they can sell more and quicker. ### 4. Read the Company Policy on Refunds Carefully **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John N. | Mortgage Loan Originator, Financial Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2017 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** The overall service is good and it's easy to use once you become familiar with it. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** My complaint is their policy for refunds. The bill you annually and send out two emails before the next annual bill. In my case, the emails went to the spam filter. - For two 3 years. Shame on me for not catching it. If you don't cancel before the next due date or even miss the cutoff by one day they will charge you full price for the next year. No exceptions to their policy. Maybe they should consider prorating their service? **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Read the Refund policy. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating quick and simple videos for training ### 5. Interesting product but it has a confusing UI. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hugh H. | Business & Market Development Consultant, Management Consulting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2017 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** Ability to produce simple whiteboard videos on a PC without using camera capture. Included library of visual elements provides ability to produce whiteboard videos on many standard topics. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** UI is a bit confusing and time consuming to use. Importing and using custom Illustrator files is quite cumbersome. Many of the best elements available in their standard library cost extra - including many commonly-needed elements. Many of the elements have a goofy or silly look to them and this makes them hard to use to cover a serious topic. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Find an alternative. There are lots of other packages on the market that provide similar functionality. This is really nothing special. This company's customer service is poor. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making explanatory whiteboard videos for use on a website for a technology service offering. ### 6. Easy Enough Interface, Wish More Came Standard **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 10, 2017 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** Videoscribe allows us to make brief videos for our clients to use on their website and in marketing efforts. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** I wish there was an easy way to search for a specific artist in the image directory. Several clients want a similar feel throughout the video and having to back track, find an image that is not purchased by the same artist, then click on the artist name and browse is a bit annoying. Also, I accidentally deleted an image from my library once and unfortunately there is no way to get I back in the library so I have to REMEMBER what video it was in and copy and paste it around... I paid for it, it shouldn't be that easy to delete and impossible to get back. Also, I wish more quality images came standard. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** The image library isn't as extensive as I wish. If you are planning on using the same purchased images over and over or not super concerned about high quality looking products, then it's fine. It does what it needs to, I just wish I didn't have to buy extras constantly. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving the need to buy more extensive video editing and making programs. This is cost effective for us and the client. ### 7. This is a great video making tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2017 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** This is the easiest video making tool I have ever used. Self guiding. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** Getting started with the tool takes long **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Could add more details to the user guide. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making marketing and introductory videos. It is easy so we do not have to hire professionals for basic videos ### 8. Quite a decent software for self-made whiteboard videos **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Olga A. | Marketing & Communications Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 21, 2016 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** It's more or less intuitive to use. Although it has a limited image library (you can buy more extra, though), the range of effects and customization options is quite wide. It even provides a sound library - you can add some royal-free music to your video, and the music is quite OK I must say. I also like a lot that you can actually stop the subscription if you don't need the software for the time being and renew it when you need it again without any hustle. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** The software has obviously some bugs as it froze several times during editing. I think it was probably because I had to go back the movie frame multiple times within a very short period of time. The worst thing was, though, that if it froze, I couldn't save any changes. Which meant that any editing work I'd done was for nothing. Also, they support only SVG files. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** You certainly need some time to get comfortable with the software. Invest some time into watching the several tutorials that are provided on their website - they are very very helpful. If you don't find the images you need (and you have an Adobe Illustrator + know how to use it), don't hurry to buy extra images - you can create your own SVGs and import into the software. In fact, considering that this is a self-service tool, it offers a lot and produces really good videos. I would certainly use it again when needing a whiteboard video again. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** We wanted to create a whiteboard product video. Since we are quite small, we didn't want to hire an agency. So, I went looking for a self-service software and found Video Scribe. I signed up for the trial and found that it was a) easy to use, b) produced exactly what I was looking for. ### 9. Fun and easy to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elysia D. | Sales and Marketing Manager, Retail, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2017 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** I like that I can make a video for less than what I would pay a third party. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** I would like more designs to be added and updated. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Skip paying someone to white board for you. This makes it easy and fun. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes for a good explainer video for our customers. ### 10. Clunky **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ainsley P. | Student Technology And Training (STAT) Team, Higher Education, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 01, 2016 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** I like the whiteboard simulation of videoscribe. You're able to add text, photos, graphs, and it's incredibly easy to use. Children would be able to create school projects using it with ease. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** The program is incredibly clunky. It lags constantly, and the text is very fuzzy even when you export it. The only text that isn't blurry is the "Basic" font, and Sparkol offers no EASY fix for this. However, if you've got 6 hours and you're desperate, you can create your own SVG graphics of the text using Adobe Illustrator, and upload it to the program yourself. Uh, no thanks. There should be an easier way to fix this, and Sparkol has ignored it for years. When I came across this problem, I found FAQ's from people talking about the same issue...in 2012. And Sparkol STILL has no other solution to fuzzy text other than the ridiculous DIY version. They've talked about fixing the problem for years and they've still yet to prove themselves and actually do it. No matter how big or small you make the text the issue is still present. How are you supposed to create a professional whiteboard style video with fuzzy text? You also can't make more than one object react at a time **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Videoscribe is the only program of its kind, but it has its downsides. You can create whiteboard style videos in Microsoft Powerpoint just as easily **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a nice program to use for small videos with lots of graphics instead of text (because of the above fuzzy text issue). You could create an eye catching video with lots of graphics and a voiceover to solve the fuzzy text issue too. ### 11. Had a few great qualities, but needs some improvement **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2016 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** Videoscribe focused a lot on the animated tutorial videos. The videos are pretty sleek looking, but the interface takes some time to get accustomed to. We are now able to create sophisticated, professional videos that really show our clients and customers that we take pride in what we do! **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** The platform to build the videos with was not the most intuitive and seemed to have a decent learning curve. Some of the "hands" that are used for the animated tutorials are a bit hokey, but other than that it looks really solid. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Takes a bit of time to learn how to use the product, but in the end Videoscribe seems to be well worth the price. I'd suggest Videoscribe for beginners who are attempting to learn how to use animation creators for business and/or for personal use. Videoscribe is perfect for ad creation or tutorials. You can create your own video, set some music to it, and publish the work to post freely throughout your various social media accounts. It's really that simple! **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** This video platform is helping us create business tutorials and advertisements for all social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. We also create and then use these videos for our Youtube page! ### 12. Awesome free whiteboard tool for beginners and startups **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Irfan R. | Full Stack Developer, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2016 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** The variety of items present in gallery helps to create every story by providing all types of characters and clip arts. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** The time frame in the bottom shown is not that much user friendly and it becomes very tough to manage the clips in the time frame if you are going for a video more than 40 clips. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** Startups who are willing to explain their business model using whiteboard must use this software. The good point is that you need not go for full version. You can evaluate it as trial and can create as many video as you want with vast majority of available gallery. However the free version puts watermarc in the video and limits the quality to 480p. But I hope this much is fine for early age startups. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am having startup and like me every startups has to show their business model using 2 min video. Video scribe made it easy for me in free of cost. ### 13. Awesome, great fun, easy to use and a joy to work on. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Photography | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2016 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** Love the animation potential. It's so easy to use and there are so many great VS tutorials for all the things I get stuck with. Every video looks great no matter how long or short. There is great freedom with the animation so every video can't be totally unique. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** I don't like the fact you can't edit your music. Also when you import your own graphic you can't draw it in the same way as you can there own images. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** 100% worth a try. So simple to use and the videos look very effective. They are brilliant for connecting with your audience. The only issues is you don't have massive of freedom with the sound on VS. It would be great if you could edit your track on the software. (You can render it as a movie file and edit the music in other programs). Other than the sound issue VS is a fantastic program for a vast amount of projects. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** These videos are great people pleasers. Everyone finds them fun and easy to watch and understand. It's been a great way to connect with people online. You can convey your message / news in a way that is fun for people. ### 14. So easy to use! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark V. | Video Production Coordinator, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 20, 2016 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** This is a terrific program! I never thought I could so easily create engaging video content without extensive training. You can create a very professional whiteboard video in no time! I love how HUGE the library of free assets are. I was able to find everything I needed right in the program. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** I feel like the font import function needs some work. Some of my fonts get cut off. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our company is going to save so much money creating these videos in house. No more outsourcing to expensive videographers and designers. ### 15. Simple but limited **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 01, 2016 **What do you like best about VideoScribe?** Once you get the hang of how it works, it is very simple to use. A lot of the work is done for you, all you have to do is apply the setting or style you want. **What do you dislike about VideoScribe?** The type of video you can use the program to make is limited. The illustrations are also limited unless you purchase additional illustrations. **Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:** If you just want to make a simple video without sound, this is a good option. It does have a sound recording option, but the quality is not spectacular. **What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Video Scribe is an inexpensive way to create a professional looking video. It is great to create a sound-less video with because now some 80% of Facebook videos are viewed without sound. ## VideoScribe Discussions - [Maykel](https://www.g2.com/discussions/26942-maykel) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [Is VideoScribe easy to use?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-videoscribe-easy-to-use) - 2 comments - [View VideoScribe pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/videoscribe/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-04+08%3A51%3A28+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=c8bcde35-6cba-4058-b2a9-fec08c3345b9&secure%5Btoken%5D=4f47551c18f462d0f809e1ed2278cb40df4dccff32ff9022aaea1302bf3f5633&format=llm_user) ## VideoScribe Features **Platform Basics** - Slide Design - Presenter Tools - Auto Save **Platform Content** - Charts - Template Library - Template Creator - File Sharing **Agentic AI - Animation** - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration **Platform Additional Functionality** - Mobility - Cloud ## Top VideoScribe Alternatives - [Animaker](https://www.g2.com/products/animaker/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (1,057 reviews) - [Vyond](https://www.g2.com/products/vyond/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (544 reviews) - [Powtoon](https://www.g2.com/products/powtoon/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (281 reviews)