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# Action! Reviews
**Vendor:** Mirillis  
**Category:** [Gaming Tools ](https://www.g2.com/categories/gaming-tools)  
**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 12
## About Action!
Action! is a screen recorder and video streaming software that allows to record and stream DirectX, Open GL and Vulcan games and applications. Thanks to easy to use and intuitive interface, users are able to configure their settings in a fast and a hassle-free manner. Action! is a feature-packed software that can record a selected application, desktop region or full screen with audio and 4K webcam support. What makes Action! different from other software is a very high quality of captured video files, smooth and lag-free recording of Vulcan games as well as advanced HUD options that informs users about the recording status.




## Action! Reviews
  ### 1. An excellent recording tool whether for work use or for gamming

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jose M. | Systems Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 23, 2020

**What do you like best about Action!?**

what I like the most is the simplicity that it has since with few actions one can record, audio, video and sound, also videos take up much less space compared to other programs
some sound and video errors that appear from time to time when there are new versions and some incompatibilities of softwares that freeze the equipment for no apparent reason

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

What I do not like is that it does not allow much configuration when you need to do direct or transmit, it is an interface that is too simple for the times that are running, only showing the minimum and without being able to change almost anything.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

my recommendation is to leave an exclusive disc only for the videos, if they weigh less but if there are several recordings per day, it fits together and it is better to have everything elsewhere and thus avoid some lag with recording.
  It is also reocmentable to check the sound of output and input in a test before starting to test, since if virtual cables are used sometimes the software does not detect which cable it is and you can record dead or without background sound.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

many is the issue of storage space since in other programs they take up almost three times just to record a few minutes, this also reduces the loads on editing programs, which results in higher speed when editing using the video already recorded with action

  ### 2. Great Software for your Special Event!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Roxanne J. | Executive Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2019

**What do you like best about Action!?**

We have used Auction! for our annual luncheon for the past 5 years.  It is great program, in which you input all your attendees and auction items.  You can run reports you need, such as your check-in list and list of auction items,  The grouping option makes assigning tables so easy. The day of the event, you enter the winning bids and print the invoices separating all the Quick Pays - people who swiped their credit cards and the people who still need to pay. It does the job that it is attend. After the event, you can run all the reports you need.

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

For certain things, it is not as user-friendly as it could be.  You have to double-clink some keys to make them change to what you need.  Not really a big deal but sometimes it is confusing.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

This program makes having a huge auction at a special event possible. This year we had over 320 auction items at our annual luncheon.   We were able to deliver invoices to the tables and have all the items ready to go when the guests came to get them.

  ### 3. Great! but videos a bit heavy

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Michel L. | Michel, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2019

**What do you like best about Action!?**

Action! is absolutely brilliant! Super effective for capturing video. You can capture both full screen and a specific area of your screen or an external screen. It is very easy to use. Its price is extremely attractive, only €23 for a lifetime license. The ability to set the end time of recording is also very convenient when you are not staying in front of your computer.

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

The software takes a little time to launch, so don't try to record live at the last minute ^^
Also, be careful with video storage, as they are a bit heavy and quickly take up space on your hard drive.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

action! is really great for both recording videos and live streaming your screen. If you're looking for a great app to do these actions, then take action!

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I was looking for affordable software to capture video screenshots, this software regularly helps me out.

  ### 4. Great software for your special event!

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Estefanía G. | Desarrollo de diseño web, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2019

**What do you like best about Action!?**

We have used the auction! for our annual lunch for the last 5 years. It is a great program, where you enter all your attendees and auction items. You can run the reports you need, such as your check-in list and the auction item list. The grouping option makes table assignment easy. On the day of the event, enter the winning bids and print the invoices that separate all quick payments: people who swiped their credit cards and people who still need to pay. It does the job it attends to. After the event, you can run all the reports you need.

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

For certain things, it is not as easy to use as it could be. You must double-click on some keys for them to change to what you need. It's not really a big problem, but sometimes it's confusing.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

If you are looking for the perfect screenshot or video game tool for your windows, look no further and buy Mirillis Action! 3, because only Mirillis can grant you a lifetime commercial license with free lifetime updates at a much lower cost than any other screenshot tool.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

This program makes it possible to have a great auction at a special event. This year we had over 320 auction items at our annual luncheon. We were able to deliver invoices to the tables and have all the items ready when the guests came to pick them up.

  ### 5. Action Detail

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Stacy K. | ESS, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 25, 2019

**What do you like best about Action!?**

The best thing I like about the action software is that it screen record and video  stream very good with high quality. It allow you to stream different applications and games! Just giving the software a try will make you excited on how good it works!

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

Nothing really, I think you have to get the hanging of using the software just like any other software.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

The action Software is worth a try to see how well you would like and how easy you can work with it

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I'm able to used it in meeting to demonstrate or show high quality videos that is concerning our meetings.

  ### 6. Perfection!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Malik F. | Organization Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 18, 2019

**What do you like best about Action!?**

The simplicity of the program and the high quality that you could record your full screen when you are gaming without losing any FPS when performing. Also the compression of the video after recording it  was amazing I could really film a video of the game Hitman back in time and it was all good.
Ability to recover corrupted MP4 files 

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

NONE, I mean you can't find something better than this.
intuitive, fast and featured-pack: advanced HUD options are very informative - it's really useful since I'm constantly notified about my stream or recording status.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

I am honestly so impressed with the work by Mirillis in this recording software. The customer service is also great. My foundation of my Youtube Channel so far

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

User interface is pretty and understandable, I also like the remote app. Action! Gives you plenty of options and works very well

  ### 7. The best Game-play screen capture tool- Mirillis Action! 3.3.0

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Purushottam T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2018

**What do you like best about Action!?**

No doubt that TechSmith Snagit and Mirillis Action! are top notch video recording and screen capture tool for windows. But Mirillis action! is the only screen capturing and recording application, that offers game-play recording, live streaming of your videos plus lifetime license with free upgrades for life. It also cost less than Techsmith Snagit and is available at a very reasonable price of $29.95 only, thus buying a Mirillis Action! license is a one-time investment for you.


**What do you dislike about Action!?**

The program should be designed to load faster on windows. The loading time of the program is more than any other screen capture tools.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

If you are looking for a perfect Screen capture or Video Game-play tool for your windows, look no further and buy Mirillis Action! 3, because only Mirillis can give you a lifetime commercial license with free upgrades for life at a much lower cost than any other Screen capture tools.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Mirillis Action! 3 is the best all in one screen capture and video game-play capture tool. Whether you are a gamer or a general user, Mirillis Action! 3 has everything that you will ever need. Plus its the only premium app that offers a lifetime commercial license at a cost which is lower than any other screen capturing tools.

  ### 8. Probably the best software for game and screen recording at an incredible price!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jacob S. | Software Tester, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018

**What do you like best about Action!?**

Action! is the best game and screen recorder I've ever used. It captures all my games with almost zero frame drop and works amazingly with both DirectX, Open GL as well as Vulcan games. Action! records really high-quality gameplay videos with webcam and audio. It has many really, really cool gaming features like Time-Shift, HUD that shows you FPS, free disk space, webcam preview, microphone volume, recording length and a really unique option of viewing chat overlay over all my streamed games. I really appreciate the HUD feature because it keeps me informed constantly about what's going on with my recordings and streams. I think Action! has the best HUD option around and it's very helpful. Moreover, Action! is a great streaming program that I use to broadcast my games on YouTube! Regarding the streaming options its more than enough. A very convenient account manager that lets me stay logged to my YouTube, Twitch etc. accounts, a Live preview of video composition lets me arrange my stream according to my needs and much more. I can truly recommend Action! to both beginners and professional gamers. 

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

I experience a small problem with a frame drop recording Fornite but it was my bad customizing the settings wrongly. Perhaps a small step-by-step guide would fix the issue for other users.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

What I realized is that I can use Action! as a screen recorder every day to make my work more efficient thanks to the visuals, I create. I save my time on making notes because with Action! I can take a screenshot by pressing a button and that's it! I'm a software tester and I recommended Action! in my company and this has proven to be immensely successful. Action! appears to be an irreplaceable help in problems troubleshooting and creating tutorials both for customers and co-workers. Now, customer-service communication in my company is much better. All in all, taking into account that nowadays there are a lot of fake programs that pretend to be good software, I'm really happy to discover Action!

  ### 9. Welcome to the 21th Century

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2018

**What do you like best about Action!?**

This is the best video recorder AND streamer hands down. Every YouTuber and hobbyst should be using it!
There's an eye-catching flat UI design - it looks attractive AND it is super easy to use. 
I like that it supports all modern formats as output methods and screen grabbing options are so intuitive as well.
I love 


**What do you dislike about Action!?**

None, I just love it. It has everything I need.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

This product can easily replace a few others and is helping me a lot with my studies at the university. They also have an amazing customer support and I can recommend it to everyone looking for a video recorder or streaming software.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I'm recording tutorial and evalution videos and doing livestreams as well. ACTION makes this incredibly simple. Time is money - I don't have to edit the video later.

  ### 10. The best video recording software

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Viet Hung C. | Manager, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2018

**What do you like best about Action!?**

Mirillis Action! is an extremely familiar name to those who have a need to record video of computer screen. This software is a good candidate in many other software. Action! allows streaming and real-time recording of Windows desktop in HD video quality. In addition, I can add live audio commentary to create tutorials, record music, and screen capture. If you like recording techniques in the game, it uses GPU power to give you the best experience.

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

For low profile machines, it will be slightly lag. The boot process a little long, but I think this is not a big problem.

**Recommendations to others considering Action!:**

This software is very useful.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

This software is very useful. Despite the downside but I will buy it in the future.

  ### 11. Really good screen recorder

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Games | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2018

**What do you like best about Action!?**

I like Action! because it's one of the most reliable screen recording software with really decent broadcasting features. What I like the most is a quality recording of my Vulcan games, recording Brio 4K webcam in 60 FPS, nice drawing panel options, the most informative HUD I've ever seen and streaming features: adding streaming overlays, preview mode, etc. and all of that for really good money. 

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

Adding some additional options would make it a perfect software. I mean for example recording webcam to separate video file so I could easily edit my recordings in Sony Vegas.

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Easy and high-quality game recording and streaming to YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch.

  ### 12. I love this product for screen video recording 

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Shengyong  Z. | Coordinator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2018

**What do you like best about Action!?**

I was an on campus video producer and I used the product to do live streaming from the computer desktop. 

**What do you dislike about Action!?**

I dislike the usability of this product as sometimes the step up is tedious. 

**What problems is Action! solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Recording the video from the screen. 



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