Verified User in Education Management
UE
Verified User in Education Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Didn't make it past the trial period"
3/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

The ability to create engaging, interactive content in a relatively simple, inexpensive way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

The platform wasn't as intuitive as we expected. We had some issue with hosting the content on our site. It was also really unfortunate that you have to design multiple versions of a piece of content for mobile & desktop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great Customizations!"
5/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

The product is extremely user-friendly. Looks and feels a lot like Photoshop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

The hardest part was figuring out the lightbox feature and how to gate content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adam B.
AB
Adam B.
Co-Founder
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good Platform but has room for much more UX improvements"
3/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

The best part that made us leave our previous platform provider has to be the transitions to create a page that becomes interactive for the user. The system is built to allow users to produce content very quickly and on the fly as the studio is hosted online rather than physical downloaded software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

Not being able to schedule creative to go live in the future. This is something that should be a standard tool in todays world. We also suffer from loading speeds of ceros content where the rest of the page has loaded and we are still waiting for Ceros to finish loading.

The SDK kit is more of a complex integration than we first imagined. There were a fair few bugs which we didn't expect to see which involved us rebuilding over 5000 hotspots on all our creative to work on iPad as the training didn't cover this specific area! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Brad Hess of Ceros

We appreciate your review, Adam. Our dev team has worked relentlessly over the past few months to improve page speed, and your request to schedule content is on our roadmap. Thanks for your thoughts!

Christine K.
CK
Christine K.
Content Marketing Manager
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Excellent service for data visualization w/ attentive staff members"
4/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

The simplicity of the service. I provide my Ceros contacts with some specs/requirements for content, and they are able to produce quality pieces I can distribute. The communication between our team and Ceros is constantly flowing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

We have had some trouble with mobile optimization and creating one piece of content that is optimized for multiple platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GH
Grace H.
Graphic Designer
Retail
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A diverse, developing product with a strong road-map."
4/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

I'm a big fan of the customer support - the team respond quickly to our enquiries and have listened to our suggestions and needs. Whilst not everything has been put onto the road map as quickly as we would have liked, the product has been developed well over the time we have been working with Ceros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

For me, I need the option to schedule an experience going live. This is so important with an E-Commerce site as when going into a sale period, we need the flexibility to push something live at a set time. We expected this to be a standard function with the Ceros product but unfortunately it has not yet been developed - I've been told it is on the road map for the future.

Also, I would like to see a better analytics area. I've suggested the idea of a heatmap a few times - again, I've been reassured this is to be discussed at the next planning meeting. It would significantly improve the post-launch end of an experience... After all, the creators need to know the best approaches and what worked well when creating more content! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Brad Hess of Ceros

Thanks for your review Grace. You are right–a brand new analytics environment is in the works. You can also integrate with Google Analytics to get granular page-level data. Let us know if you have any other good ideas for the Ceros studio!

Chez Bryan O.
CO
Chez Bryan O.
Founder + Creative Director
Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Ceros us let's us focus on design and content."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

Three things.

1) The platform is user friendly taking no time for new users to get acquainted with it.

2) Their customer service is genuinely caring and helpful. In three years, they've always gone above and beyond when answering questions or providing help. They even recently added an in-app customer service chat. So while you're working you can chat with someone on their end to help you through any challenges you may be encountering.

3) They regularly ask for feedback which fuels their frequent software updates. It seems they are pushing updates every few weeks. It's pretty amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

We've been an early adopter having used Ceros since 2013. Early on our frustration was the lacking of typography features. Though has greatly improved since then, it is still something they could build upon even more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Brad Hess of Ceros

Thanks so much for your candid remarks, Chez!

Chris O.
CO
Chris O.
Digital Content Manager
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Intuitive and rewarding to use"
5/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

A lot of the Ceros interface is similar to Adobe CS products like Illustrator, so going between the two programs to create and then animate was very easy to pick up. The workflow on many things is similar, including the use of layers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

Some of the workflow is so similar between Ceros and Illustrator that I get a little frustrated when there's an Illustrator shortcut that doesn't work in Ceros. But these are really minor things, like the fact that ctrl+shift+> or < doesn't affect type size. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
AI
Verified User in Internet
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Ceros: Valuable content platform to engage your audience"
4/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

This is an incredibly easy tool to use and get started on. The onboarding process was so easy based on the help from the Ceros team. It's been a pleasure to see all that we can do with such willing and passionate support all along the way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

There are things we haven't been able to use, yet. We've only built out infographics, which is one of many creatives we can design. I'd like to see the full capability of the tool - not a bad review, just ramping up. It seems like there are a lot of new features being added, as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Brad Hess of Ceros

Our team was thrilled to read your note – thanks! All I'd ask is if you'd please consider revising your review after you get a chance to try out all the platform functionality.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Ceros has great features but needs to evolve for responsive"
3/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

I really love the fact that any e-book can be brought to life with engaging content and interactivity. I also found the real time edits to be useful as the file became a living and breathing document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

There were restrictions to it's ability to be responsive for mobile usage. We had to reconfigure page sizes to accommodate. Also, there were times when edits didn't seem to take, not sure if that had to do with the number of layers we had built into the file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jennifer W.
JW
Jennifer W.
Creative Director and Owner
Graphic Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Ceros Platform is a fantastick product that allows us designers to do what we are good at."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ceros?

I love the built in animation features, these allow me to add exciting elements to my designs without having to learn how to code. This way I can concentrate on what I am good at....designing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ceros?

Limitations on adding music to the experience, some editing features that many of the adobe products offer.

As for the subscriptions, they are quite expensive. As a small agency it would be great to have a monthly payment with a reasonable subscription to be able to offer to more of my clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.