--- title: Animoto Reviews meta\_title: 'Animoto Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 95 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Animoto works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 95 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # Animoto Reviews & Product Details Animoto is a cloud-based video creation platform that enables users to produce professional-quality videos by combining photos, video clips, and music. Designed for both individuals and businesses, Animoto simplifies the video production process, allowing users to create engaging content without prior video editing experience. Its intuitive drag-and-drop interface and customizable templates make it accessible for various purposes, including marketing, education, and personal projects. Key Features and Functionality: - Drag-and-Drop Video Editor: Easily arrange photos, video clips, and text blocks to create videos without complex editing tools. - Customizable Templates: Access a variety of templates tailored for different use cases, such as social media posts, promotional videos, and educational content. - Licensed Music Library: Choose from an extensive collection of licensed music tracks to enhance your videos. - Stock Media Assets: Utilize a vast library of stock photos and videos to enrich your content. - Brand Customization: Add logos, brand colors, and custom fonts to maintain brand consistency across videos. - Voice-Over Recording: Incorporate voice-overs to personalize and narrate your videos. - High-Quality Video Export: Export videos in high-definition (up to 1080p) for a professional finish. - Team Collaboration Tools: Collaborate with team members through shared workspaces and manage user roles effectively. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Animoto addresses the challenge of creating professional videos without the need for advanced technical skills or expensive software. By offering an easy-to-use platform with a wealth of resources, it empowers users to produce engaging videos that can enhance marketing efforts, educational presentations, and personal storytelling. Businesses can leverage Animoto to create compelling promotional content, while educators and individuals can use it to craft informative and entertaining videos. The platform's affordability and scalability make it suitable for users ranging from freelancers to large enterprises. * * * Seller [Animoto](https://www.g2.com/sellers/animoto) Discussions [Animoto Community](https://www.g2.com/products/animoto/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Ashley DeFilippo Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Animoto. ### Personal Free per month (billed annually) ### Professional $15 per month (billed annually) [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/animoto/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Wondershare Filmora](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Wondershare Filmora") Wondershare Filmora 4.4/5(612) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wondershare-filmora/reviews) [ ![iMovie](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "iMovie") iMovie 4.3/5(568) ](https://www.g2.com/products/imovie/reviews) [ ![Adobe Premiere Pro](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Premiere Pro") Adobe Premiere Pro 4.5/5(1,676) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-premiere-pro/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/animoto/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 95 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Debra C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Debra C.") DC Debra C. Tutor Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/26/2020 "Animoto makes my work better!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Animoto? Animoto makes it incredibly easy for me to make animated videos. It gives professional templates to choose from, which makes the production of my video even easier. I can simply edit text of the template and add my own elements with relative ease. Some of these features include but not limited to changing the music or adding my own voice-over or adding my own text boxes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? I dislike how there isn't many templates to choose from which really limits what kind of videos I can make. It also doesn't have many effects that I would want to add to my video such as new filters and green screens. Other than that, it is a very useful application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Animoto: Animoto is very useful to all types of people such as business people, teachers, tutors and students. One thing for certain is that it will make your work easier for you because it is very easy to use and includes many essential tools for video production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? I am a tutor and animoto really makes my teaching easier. I can communicate with students like I have never done before. They really enjoy watching these videos and become more engaged which increases their learning retention of the subject. It may be more work but it really puts a smile on my face with students are learning like they have never done before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite KK Kelsey K. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/30/2020 "Easy to use and very intuitive tools" 4/5 What do you like best about Animoto? registration is very easy. The fact that it is a web application is excellent when you don't want to install anything on your pc. The tools are very easy to use, it is very intuitive and ideal for users who have no experience with video programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? Plans can be somewhat expensive for casual users, unless you plan to take full advantage of the platform and plan to make a good number of videos per month, monthly payments can feel a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? Used to create promotional videos for online courses and workshops. Short videos were created that could be used on social networks, such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and twitter. Thanks to its simplicity and its user-friendly interface, videos can be made very efficiently. In addition, it consumes very few resources of the pc, so we do not need a very powerful team to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Micuyi M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Micuyi M.") MM Micuyi M. Diseñador Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/5/2020 "animoto has an excellent resource gallery and a gallery with great music" 4/5 What do you like best about Animoto? There are many things that I like about animoto such as its templates and its library, as it contains many resources to make my videos more professional and above all creative, and it also has a music library with a lot of licensed music that we can use without any problem since They are always available as well as it has versions for Android and for iPhone, this has helped us a lot especially to work on the go and also share content directly with our social networks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? The only counter that we can find in animoto is its price since it only has a free version for 14 days and if you want to have all its features you must pay the full price for a month or a year even though there are many features and facilities that you provides animoto is very expensive compared to other companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? We use animoto in our company to create videos and animations for our pages and for our clients, we also share all the content easily on our social networks, which I think is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain") UL Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/25/2021 "Easy to use" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Animoto? That it's easy to use. Easy to upload pictures and video's and then you can use a part of the video you want easily cut. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? It takes a lot of time to create the video in the end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Animoto: Animoto is very easy to use. You can easily upload pictures and video's and cut the prefered parts out of the video's. You can easily use these creations in your social media, fun to work with! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? cutting parts out of long video's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/28/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Marketing and Advertising](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Marketing and Advertising") UM Verified User in Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/21/2021 "Advertising Manager for Startup - animoto" 5/5 What do you like best about Animoto? Animoto provides a platform for people to edit and create videos for content on various social media platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? What I dislike about animoto is the lack of photo editing capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? Animoto has allowed me to put together brief promotional videos to share on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and snapchat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management") UN Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/13/2021 "Easy to use application for beginners" 5/5 What do you like best about Animoto? Range for creativity and ease of use allowed for myself (a total beginner) to produce high quality content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? Having so many different options could become overwhelming to begin with but easily over come Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? I was able to create content for a small business easily and quickly whilst still upholding a professional view Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![PRIYA J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PRIYA J.") PJ PRIYA J. Social Media Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/14/2020 "Excellent to generate Amazing, online videos" 4/5 What do you like best about Animoto? This is extremely simple to create a great cartoon online video using this program, just need to drag the elements to create the video, furthermore, I can add my own music to the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? It's an excellent program to create the video, there isn't any dislike with this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Animoto: It is my suggested program for making good cartoon video with very little initiatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? This is a perfect application, it helps a great deal for making a cartoon video for outlining about our services, and the video clips made up of this particular program is actually awesome and also provides a good amount of engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![CHANCHAL A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "CHANCHAL A.") CA CHANCHAL A. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/31/2019 "Ideal for Making Stunning, Computer animated Videos" 4/5 What do you like best about Animoto? This is extremely simple to make an animated video with this application, just need to drag and drop the elements to make the video, additionally, I can change the music and upload the voice-over upon the video we have made with this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? It's an excellent application for making the video, there is no dislike for this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Animoto: It is my suggested application for making good animated video with very little efforts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? This is a perfect application, it helps a lot in making an animated video for explaining about our services, and the videos created with this application is really awesome and brings a good amount of engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Thomas R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Thomas R.") TR Thomas R. Principal CEO Graphic Design Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/29/2019 "Great tool is Animoto" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Animoto? Great tool and the best is the ease of use. I feel happy and at ease because it makes my life easier. Easy and very fast slides can be created thanks to the template options that it offers us. You can add music from the same Animoto interface and this is great, it is excellent and fun to create with Animoto, also when the work is finished it seems done by a professional, the tools it offers are essential because they also save us time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? It is an excellent tool but what I do not like and that should solve is that it lacks some customization options to create animations and more. However, it offers other options that are useful, in terms of technical support they should add more languages to serve customers and so each client who wants to contact technical support would speak in native language and there would also be more effective solutions in each client's question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Animoto: use a sample of Animoto, they will like it and more if they want to make slides or images with sounds in a professional way at low cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? It has helped me a lot, now I can make slides faster and easier, it is incredible because it saves me time and money because I do more work in the shortest time possible, I am more efficient and productive since I use it. The benefits are getting better every day I use Animoto. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/6/2019 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign PM POOJA M. Digital Marketing Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/17/2019 "Very simple to implement and perfect for social media" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Animoto? The easy drag and drop interface, with numerous templates and free of charge audio. The power to obtain in many measurements plus the new sq. video clip templates. You could also include voiceover straight from Animoto, that is terrific. Movies genuinely usually take minutes to create as an alternative to several hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Animoto? I'm able to be really rigid in construction, you can not combine and match items like transitions, even though this does appear to be a thing they may be doing work on. Including pics is excellent, however, if incorporating one particular extensive movie as opposed to clips, the editor can from time to time be really hard to make use of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Animoto: Go ahead and take demo and you simply is not going to regret it. In the event, you develop many video clips for social networking, sites or customers the regular selling price will probably be worthwhile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Animoto solving and how is that benefiting you? Swift, skilled social websites video clips are created exceptionally uncomplicated due to Animoto. What could get several hours and experienced awareness on goods like adobe premiere professional might be finished in minutes. You sacrifice customisation for velocity, on the other hand, you continue to wind up which has a quite expert item. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Animoto? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Animoto ](https://www.g2.com/products/animoto/discussions/new) GU Guest User Do you recommend Animoto for video creation, and what features do you find most valuable? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/do-you-recommend-animoto-for-video-creation-and-what-features-do-you-find-most-valuable) GU Guest User • Last activity over 3 years ago How do you use Animoto for free? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-you-use-animoto-for-free) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/animoto/discuss) ## Pricing Options Pricing provided by Animoto. ### Personal Free per month (billed annually) ### Professional $15 per month (billed annually) ### Business $39 per month (billed annually) [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/animoto/pricing) Animoto Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_1ee446cf79ad5c46d318b4dd34015799/wondershare-filmora.png "Product Avatar Image") Wondershare Filmora 4.4/5(612) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/animoto-vs-wondershare-filmora) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_eb6da56c09f3b43901aefb64e12d491b/invideo.png "Product Avatar Image") invideo 4.3/5(179) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/animoto-vs-invideo) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_131f94dc2a35c9b35fd1d20c8d45f71b/magisto.png "Product Avatar Image") Magisto 3.9/5(38) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/animoto-vs-magisto) ##### Categories on G2 [Video Editing](https://www.g2.com/categories/video-editing) ##### Explore More [Which application release orchestration software is most reliable according to DevOps engineers who have run it in production rather than just evaluated it in a trial?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-application-release-orchestration-software-is-most-reliable-according-to-devops-engineers-who-have-run-it-in-production-rather-than-just-evaluated-it-in-a-trial)[Top-rated MFT software solutions](https://www.g2.com/discussions/top-rated-mft-software-solutions)[Which earned wage access apps have the most transparent pricing and no hidden fees for employers who are tired of surprise charges showing up in invoices?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-earned-wage-access-apps-have-the-most-transparent-pricing-and-no-hidden-fees-for-employers-who-are-tired-of-surprise-charges-showing-up-in-invoices) [Which digital mortgage closing solutions prevent document delays when LOS integration breaks temporarily?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-digital-mortgage-closing-solutions-prevent-document-delays-when-los-integration-breaks-temporarily)[What are the top free third party supplier risk management software](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-are-top-free-third-party-supplier-risk-management-software)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/animoto/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)