Compare Animaker and Microsoft Sway 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (77.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (36.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
No pricing available
Animaker
Star Rating
(1,024)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (77.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plansMicrosoft Sway
Star Rating
(123)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (36.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Microsoft SwaySummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Animaker excels in user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher overall score compared to Microsoft Sway. Users appreciate its intuitive interface, stating, "I've been using Animaker for 4 years now and I had lots of experience with the software; I loved how it's so easy to make cartoon characters and videos."
- According to verified reviews, Animaker's extensive customization options stand out, allowing users to create content that resonates with diverse audiences. One user highlighted, "I love how Animaker allows me to edit the customers to make them appealing to all ethnicities," showcasing its flexibility in design.
- Users say that Microsoft Sway offers a straightforward approach to presentations, with features that simplify the creation process. A reviewer noted, "I appreciate the ease of use in navigation, quick startup, and the interface," which makes it accessible for those without design experience.
- Reviewers mention that Animaker's customer support is highly responsive, with users reporting quick resolutions to issues. One user remarked on the "fast" customer service, which enhances the overall experience and reliability of the software.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Microsoft Sway has useful collaboration features and a digital assets library, it lacks the same level of user engagement and satisfaction as Animaker. Users have noted that Sway is effective for storytelling but may not provide the same depth of customization.
- According to recent feedback, Animaker's ease of setup is a significant advantage, with users finding the onboarding process intuitive. One user stated, "Easy to use the basic functions. Plenty of options for customizing," which contributes to a smoother daily workflow compared to Sway.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Sway
No pricing availableFree Trial
Animaker
No trial information availableMicrosoft Sway
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
851
8.3
94
Ease of Use
9.0
864
8.5
95
Ease of Setup
9.0
472
8.6
13
Ease of Admin
8.8
136
8.5
11
Quality of Support
8.9
775
8.2
77
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
133
8.2
11
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
825
7.6
87
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
9.3
141
Not enough data
8.7
140
Not enough data
9.2
139
Not enough data
8.9
133
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.8
138
Not enough data
9.0
137
Not enough data
Ad Management
8.7
121
Not enough data
8.9
124
Not enough data
8.9
111
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
109
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.3
66
Not enough data
8.2
64
Not enough data
9.2
66
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.7
55
Not enough data
8.0
63
Not enough data
7.8
60
Not enough data
8.2
59
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.3
44
Not enough data
8.0
57
Not enough data
8.9
61
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
8.6
14
Feature Not Available
7.7
15
Not enough data
6.9
15
Feature Not Available
8.2
14
Feature Not Available
6.4
13
Not enough data
6.8
14
Not enough data
7.4
14
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Voice
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
41
Not enough data
Transcription
8.5
40
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
9.2
38
Not enough data
8.6
37
Not enough data
Editing
8.9
39
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
Integration
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.3
35
Not enough data
9.0
40
Not enough data
8.6
34
Not enough data
8.6
34
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio Format
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
8.6
221
Not enough data
8.5
214
Not enough data
9.0
227
Not enough data
8.3
211
Not enough data
7.9
213
Not enough data
8.7
223
Not enough data
9.0
217
Not enough data
Platform
8.8
216
Not enough data
8.9
217
Not enough data
8.7
205
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
98
Not enough data
8.6
100
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Editing
7.2
18
Not enough data
8.3
18
Not enough data
8.3
18
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Publishing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Social Media
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Animation
7.7
74
Not enough data
7.6
71
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.3
253
Not enough data
8.6
250
Not enough data
9.1
263
Not enough data
8.8
257
Not enough data
8.5
250
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
252
Not enough data
8.5
250
Not enough data
8.6
245
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
8.4
242
Not enough data
8.4
240
Not enough data
8.7
244
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
8.4
232
Not enough data
8.3
229
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.5
234
Not enough data
8.9
238
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
234
Not enough data
8.7
233
Not enough data
8.5
226
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
8.6
228
Not enough data
8.6
228
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
8.1
33
Not enough data
7.8
32
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
Not enough data
Live streaming
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Script-based automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage & Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Animaker and Microsoft Sway are categorized as Presentation
Unique Categories
Animaker is categorized as Transcription, Video Content Creation, Display Ad Design, Animation, Video Editing, AI Avatar Generators, AI Video Generators, Content Creation, eLearning Content, Text to Speech, and Video Translation
Microsoft Sway has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Animaker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft Sway
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
Animation
10.0%
Higher Education
8.6%
Education Management
6.1%
Primary/Secondary Education
5.6%
Information Technology and Services
5.6%
Other
64.2%
Education Management
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
10.7%
Higher Education
7.4%
Hospital & Health Care
4.1%
Marketing and Advertising
4.1%
Other
58.2%
Discussions
What can Animaker do?
2 Comments
AS
Miracles in terms of animation.Read more
Is Animaker really free?
1 Comment
CV
I would say that it depends on what you need it for. In my case, I usually just do GIFs to add a bit of personality to my courses using characters, and that...Read more
Is Animaker a safe site?
1 Comment
NA
Yes of course. Animaker is safe from all angles, from the security of personal information to the save storage of created videos.Read more
Is Microsoft sway going away?
2 Comments
LM
I love you so much and much much and much love you I love you so much and much much and much love you I love you so much and much much and much love you I...Read more
What is sway Windows 10?
1 Comment
GD
Microsoft Sway is a presentation program and is part of the Microsoft Office product family. Sway was offered for general release by Microsoft in August...Read more
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