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What Is Animoto?

Animoto is the easiest way to create stunning, branded videos, no experience necessary.

Our drag-and-drop interface, customizable templates, and vast library of stock images and music allow creators of all skill levels to turn their ideas into engaging and impressive videos in a matter of minutes. Start creating your own polished, professional videos for free.

Who Uses Animoto?

Marketing teams, social media managers, HR managers, training video makers, customer support teams, marketing agencies, photographers, real estate agents, non-profits, and educators.

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Reviews of Animoto

Average score

Overall
4.2
Ease of Use
4.4
Customer Service
3.9
Features
4.1
Value for Money
3.8

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Brittany
Brittany
Business Development Executive in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Plastics, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Content Marketing Videos

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Totally positive and will continue to use this for our content creation on linked in, email and you tube.

Pros:

Easy drag-drop and play! We use this from time to time to make informational content, video installation, and drip marketing materials for customers. Hundreds of templates to choose from, applicable to almost every platform we use.

Cons:

Can be time-consuming if you don't have edited material to upload into this software, blocking out sound adding audio, etc.

Melissa
CEO in US
Marketing & Advertising, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great for simple video editing

5.0 2 months ago

Pros:

I can edit videos for marketing quickly and professionally

Cons:

The limited size of video you can upload to edit. Also text editor and logo placement is wonky. Not a one size fits all

Warren
Wizard in US
Arts & Crafts, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Autorenewal with no warning or refund.

2.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Terrible. Ripped off for a renewal when i haven’t even logged in for ove 10 months.

Pros:

It is fairly easy to use, and has some music track options

Cons:

They autorenew your account with no warning and will not refund. The cost of a subscription is far more than the value of the product. There are free video editors that vastly exceed the features of this rudimentary interface.

Marco
Trainer in US
Banking, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Video Must

4.0 7 months ago

Pros:

Love the animation and how videos come to life.

Cons:

Which for a greater library of videos to use on videos.

Fahim Shahriar
Digital Marketing Manager in Bangladesh
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Branding Made Easy!

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: It enables users to upgrade their branding with ease. Almost anyone can create contents with it. I loved the user friendly interface. Ideal for small businesses. One of the best options available. A powerful tool but it certainly needs to add more features.

Pros:

It is very user friendly. Almost anyone can create amazing video content with it. The large template library makes it even easier for users. Creating videos takes a very little time and adding effects, transitions and text overlay is relatively very simple.

Cons:

The templates can sometimes be very restrictive. If a user has a proper idea about how the video should be then it is not for him.