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Compare Adobe After Effects and Powtoon 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (57.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Adobe After Effects
Star Rating
(1,052)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Adobe After EffectsPowtoon
Star Rating
(236)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about PowtoonAdobe After Effects vs Powtoon
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Powtoon easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers felt that both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall.
- Reviewers felt that Adobe After Effects meets the needs of their business better than Powtoon.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Powtoon is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Adobe After Effects over Powtoon.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe After Effects
No pricing availablePowtoon
No pricing availableFree Trial
Adobe After Effects
No trial information availablePowtoon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
918
8.7
175
Ease of Use
7.1
925
8.7
177
Ease of Setup
8.5
182
9.3
49
Ease of Admin
8.2
117
9.0
43
Quality of Support
8.2
784
8.5
150
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
115
8.7
41
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
915
8.0
165
Features by Category
Content Creation
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Optimization
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Logistics
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Platform Basics
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
9.2
40
Not enough data
9.3
40
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.2
32
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
9.2
40
Not enough data
8.9
34
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
34
Not enough data
8.8
33
Generative AI
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Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.0
10
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
9.0
10
Integration
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Speech Output
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Audio Format
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Generative AI
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Compatibility
9.2
118
Not enough data
9.0
117
Not enough data
9.2
119
Not enough data
Functionality
9.7
118
Not enough data
8.6
111
Not enough data
9.4
119
Not enough data
9.1
118
Not enough data
Project Management
8.2
114
Not enough data
8.1
98
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
49
Not enough data
7.2
49
Not enough data
7.4
50
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Effects
6.7
12
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Audio
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Video
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Image
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Text
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Platform
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Generative AI
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Planning
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Publishing
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Social Media
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Planning
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Feature Not Available
Generative AI
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Agentic AI - Content Creation
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Generative AI
6.6
42
Not enough data
7.1
42
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Animation
6.5
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
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Video Creation - AI Video Generation
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Generative AI - AI Video Generation
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Editing - AI Video Generation
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Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
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Video creation - Video Content Creation
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Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
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Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
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Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
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Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
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Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
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Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
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Platform
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe After Effects and Powtoon are categorized as Animation
Unique Categories
Adobe After Effects is categorized as Video Effects
Powtoon is categorized as Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Content Creation, eLearning Content, Presentation, Course Authoring, and Text to Speech
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe After Effects
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Powtoon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
12.0%
Graphic Design
9.0%
Design
9.0%
Media Production
8.3%
Animation
4.5%
Other
57.2%
E-Learning
10.2%
Higher Education
8.4%
Computer Software
8.4%
Primary/Secondary Education
8.0%
Marketing and Advertising
6.7%
Other
58.2%
Discussions
How to Remove unwanted objects from your video with the appropriate fill tool.
8 Comments
WR
It's a fantastic and helpful piece of information. I appreciate you sharing this useful information with us.
Please keep us informed in this manner. I just...Read more
What are your top plugins for After Effects?
3 Comments
JF
Hey Dani, is there a specific use case you're trying to solve for in a new plugin?Read more
What is Adobe After Effects used for?
3 Comments
ES
Adobe after effects is leading vfx and industry used video editing software where people do post postproduction of movies adding visual effects and animation...Read more
What is the best way to create designs on Powtoon?
2 Comments
YN
Click See More to browse through all the templates in the category you selected.
As you browse, you can hover over a template thumbnail and click Preview to...Read more
¿Es posible crear mi propio avatar?
2 Comments
LM
You can customize certain features like skin tone, hairstyle, shape of the face, beard/no beard, earrings or not, hats/ no hat, glasses/no glasses, change...Read more
Hownmuch does it cost?
1 Comment
LM
you can try it out for free to start. See if you like it. then they have different plansRead more
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