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Compare Adobe Captivate and Powtoon 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (57.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$399
No pricing available
Adobe Captivate
Star Rating
(202)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$399
Browse all 3 pricing plansPowtoon
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 Captivate vs Powtoon
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Powtoon easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Powtoon overall.
- Reviewers felt that Powtoon meets the needs of their business better than Adobe Captivate.
- 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 Powtoon over Adobe Captivate.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Powtoon
No pricing availableFree Trial
Adobe Captivate
Free Trial is available
Powtoon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
173
8.7
175
Ease of Use
6.7
173
8.7
177
Ease of Setup
7.7
64
9.3
49
Ease of Admin
7.8
57
9.0
43
Quality of Support
6.9
141
8.5
150
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.3
51
8.7
41
Product Direction (% positive)
7.1
176
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
8.5
130
9.4
8
7.5
90
9.0
10
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.0
13
7.5
90
9.0
10
Integration
Not enough data
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Speech Output
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Audio Format
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Generative AI
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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
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Agentic AI - Animation
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Generative AI
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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
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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 Captivate and Powtoon are categorized as Course Authoring
Unique Categories
Adobe Captivate has no unique categories
Powtoon is categorized as Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Content Creation, eLearning Content, Animation, Presentation, and Text to Speech
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe Captivate
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
E-Learning
11.5%
Computer Software
9.4%
Information Technology and Services
8.9%
Higher Education
8.9%
Education Management
4.7%
Other
56.5%
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%
Alternatives
Discussions
Between Captivate and Storyline, which elearning tool is better?
3 Comments
SL
This s a matter of opinion, but the short answer is probably Storyline. Captivate is still the king of screen captures. Though you can capture screens and...Read more
What is Adobe Captivate used for?
2 Comments
PP
Adobe Captivate is used mainly to create content for elarning. You can create interactive, personalised and engaging elearning content. 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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