VideoScribe Reviews & Product Details

VideoScribe is an easy-to-use, drag and drop animated video maker for beginners to professionals, applicable for any industry and job role. Create professional-quality animated videos that captivate and educate your audience. Communicate any topic or message in a quick and engaging way to grab attention and stand out from the crowd, without breaking the bank. Easy and Intuitive: Whether you're a professional or a beginner, VideoScribe's user-friendly interface makes the animation process quick and simple. Its drag-and-drop functionality and intuitive controls enable you to effortlessly place and manipulate elements on the canvas, making the creation process smooth and enjoyable. Professional-Quality: Achieve professional-grade animation without the need for extensive technical skills or costly production equipment. The various animation effects bring any content to life, creating a visually stunning and dynamic experience for your viewers. Unlimited Creativity: Unleash your creative potential and craft unique and compelling animations. An extensive library of professionally designed images, icons, characters, and backgrounds, means you have an endless range of visual elements to choose from and customize to suit your style and brand. Versatile: Whether you're creating educational videos, marketing campaigns, training materials, presentations, or storytelling content, VideoScribe empowers you to deliver your message effectively and engage your audience on a deeper level.

Seller

Sparkol

Discussions

VideoScribe Community

Languages Supported

English, Spanish

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Overview by

Jonny Finch

Pricing

Pricing provided by VideoScribe.

VideoScribe Monthly Plan

$43.00

Per Month

VideoScribe Annual Plan

$185.00

Per Year

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User Insights

Average based on 65 real user reviews.

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

Per Month

VideoScribe Reviews FAQs

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Last updated: Nov 04, 2026

What is VideoScribe, and what problem is it built to solve?

VideoScribe is software for creating whiteboard-style animations, designed to help people turn messages into animated video presentations without needing advanced animation skills. It is used for educational content, marketing, and storytelling.

What languages does VideoScribe support?

VideoScribe supports 2 languages: English and Spanish.

What company sizes and industries is VideoScribe the best fit for?

VideoScribe’s strongest fit signal is among small businesses, with positive use also represented in mid-market and enterprise organizations. The industries with the clearest presence include education, marketing, and animation, alongside several others.

Company size: Small businesses are the most represented, with additional use in mid-market and enterprise organizations.
Industry: Education, marketing and advertising, and animation are among the most represented fields.

What customer support options does VideoScribe provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

VideoScribe provides chat support. The support experience is mixed: users appreciate the available tutorials and help guides, while some describe customer service as slow or unhelpful when they need direct assistance.

What features or capabilities could make VideoScribe even more useful?

VideoScribe could be more useful with stronger editing controls and a smoother, more reliable production workflow. Commonly requested improvements include:

More precise editing controls, such as object alignment, snapping, and positioning.
A broader, easier-to-search asset library with more current and included artwork.
Faster rendering and better stability when working on longer or more complex videos.
More flexible export and file-format options.

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Maria Clara D.

Interactive Communications Director

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/23/2018

"Excellent program for quick, simple videos on a budget"

4.5/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

The ease of importing materials and setting keyframes/animations as well as changing things on the fly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

Some vector objects end up with a jagged stroke around them, and if you ever need to edit a frame/animation under a different frame you edited already there's no auto transparency so you're sort of flying blind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:

If you can afford After Effects you'll get a lot more out of it- but this is wonderful for someone who may not have the time, money, or creative chops (or footage) to really sink the time into it. A designer/developer that has some good creative skills can really flex this simple program to the max and make it look far more polished than a 'simple' drag and drop tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?

We often need to do pitch decks, but PPT was getting a little tired and we don't have the budget to employ someone to take time to make something in After Effects. Enter Video Scribe- a perfect solution. Obviously it doesn't have the same extension animation features as a more robust program, but it's quick, saving us time and money while allowing us to put rich, new content out, and we've already seen a boost in new business SIMPLY based on some of the videos which we now include in presenting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tobias V.

Fine Wine Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/22/2017

"Fast and interactive work."

4.5/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

Great Software makes your work full of fun. I have strong contact with my audience. I like that they are really enjoying to hear me. Very good way to concentrate all audience on my speech. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

I will be honest. It is really great software but to make it more powerful will be great to add to our presentation a sound or video clips. Generally, the product is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:

Good Software. Great video. Also, it is perfect to make your own media. Very easy to set up. Great tools to make your videos. And make them totally different from each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?

I guess it is wonderful education platform. With it, I can increase knowledge of my audience. With this program, all users can get all information quicker. After that sales market will work better. Big helper to a company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rita T.

Recruiter

Staffing and Recruiting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/28/2017

"Work with Fun"

4.5/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

I like to work with this wonderful software. It's helped me to work with my audience. Makes my speech effective. Very simple to use and the videos really look so nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

I don't want to say that I dislike but it looks like something missing like sound or maybe music. I don't know is it possible to improve but will be nice to be with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:

Definitely will recommend it. Very nice videos, you can easily use it and more nice that all your new creating videos will be so different which will make your job more interesting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?

To have and to build prospects, very nice to educate employees, with this software they will learn more faster. and then they can sell more and quicker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John N.

Mortgage Loan Originator

Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/6/2017

"Read the Company Policy on Refunds Carefully"

0.5/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

The overall service is good and it's easy to use once you become familiar with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

My complaint is their policy for refunds. The bill you annually and send out two emails before the next annual bill. In my case, the emails went to the spam filter. - For two 3 years. Shame on me for not catching it. If you don't cancel before the next due date or even miss the cutoff by one day they will charge you full price for the next year. No exceptions to their policy. Maybe they should consider prorating their service? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hugh H.

Business & Market Development Consultant

Management Consulting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 7/23/2017

"Interesting product but it has a confusing UI."

2.5/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

Ability to produce simple whiteboard videos on a PC without using camera capture. Included library of visual elements provides ability to produce whiteboard videos on many standard topics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

UI is a bit confusing and time consuming to use. Importing and using custom Illustrator files is quite cumbersome. Many of the best elements available in their standard library cost extra - including many commonly-needed elements. Many of the elements have a goofy or silly look to them and this makes them hard to use to cover a serious topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:

Find an alternative. There are lots of other packages on the market that provide similar functionality. This is really nothing special. This company's customer service is poor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making explanatory whiteboard videos for use on a website for a technology service offering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/10/2017

"Easy Enough Interface, Wish More Came Standard"

4/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

Videoscribe allows us to make brief videos for our clients to use on their website and in marketing efforts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

I wish there was an easy way to search for a specific artist in the image directory. Several clients want a similar feel throughout the video and having to backtrack, find an image that is not purchased by the same artist, then click on the artist name and browse is a bit annoying. Also, I accidentally deleted an image from my library once and unfortunately there is no way to get it back in the library so I have to REMEMBER what video it was in and copy and paste it around... I paid for it, it shouldn't be that easy to delete and impossible to get back. Also, I wish more quality images came standard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:

The image library isn't as extensive as I wish. If you are planning on using the same purchased images over and over or not super concerned about high quality looking products, then it's fine. It does what it needs to, I just wish I didn't have to buy extras constantly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am solving the need to buy more extensive video editing and making programs. This is cost effective for us and the client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Legal Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/12/2017

"This is a great video making tool"

4/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

This is the easiest video making tool I have ever used. Self guiding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

Getting started with the tool takes long Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Olga A.

Marketing & Communications Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/21/2016

"Quite a decent software for self-made whiteboard videos"

4/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

It's more or less intuitive to use. Although it has a limited image library (you can buy more extra, though), the range of effects and customization options is quite wide. It even provides a sound library - you can add some royal-free music to your video, and the music is quite OK I must say. I also like a lot that you can actually stop the subscription if you don't need the software for the time being and renew it when you need it again without any hustle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

The software has obviously some bugs as it froze several times during editing. I think it was probably because I had to go back the movie frame multiple times within a very short period of time. The worst thing was, though, that if it froze, I couldn't save any changes. Which meant that any editing work I'd done was for nothing. Also, they support only SVG files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:

You certainly need some time to get comfortable with the software. Invest some time into watching the several tutorials that are provided on their website - they are very very helpful. If you don't find the images you need (and you have an Adobe Illustrator + know how to use it), don't hurry to buy extra images - you can create your own SVGs and import into the software. In fact, considering that this is a self-service tool, it offers a lot and produces really good videos. I would certainly use it again when needing a whiteboard video again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?

We wanted to create a whiteboard product video. Since we are quite small, we didn't want to hire an agency. So, I went looking for a self-service software and found Video Scribe. I signed up for the trial and found that it was a) easy to use, b) produced exactly what I was looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elysia D.

Sales and Marketing Manager

Retail

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/11/2017

"Fun and easy to use"

4.5/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

I like that I can make a video for less than what I would pay a third party. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

I would like more designs to be added and updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ainsley P.

Student Technology And Training (STAT) Team

Higher Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/1/2016

"Clunky"

0.5/5

What do you like best about VideoScribe?

I like the whiteboard simulation of videoscribe. You're able to add text, photos, graphs, and it's incredibly easy to use. Children would be able to create school projects using it with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VideoScribe?

The program is incredibly clunky. It lags constantly, and the text is very fuzzy even when you export it. The only text that isn't blurry is the "Basic" font, and Sparkol offers no EASY fix for this. However, if you've got 6 hours and you're desperate, you can create your own SVG graphics of the text using Adobe Illustrator, and upload it to the program yourself. Uh, no thanks. There should be an easier way to fix this, and Sparkol has ignored it for years. When I came across this problem, I found FAQ's from people talking about the same issue...in 2012. And Sparkol STILL has no other solution to fuzzy text other than the ridiculous DIY version. They've talked about fixing the problem for years and they've still yet to prove themselves and actually do it. No matter how big or small you make the text the issue is still present. How are you supposed to create a professional whiteboard style video with fuzzy text? You also can't make more than one object react at a time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering VideoScribe:

Videoscribe is the only program of its kind, but it has its downsides. You can create whiteboard style videos in Microsoft Powerpoint just as easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VideoScribe solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's a nice program to use for small videos with lots of graphics instead of text (because of the above fuzzy text issue). You could create an eye catching video with lots of graphics and a voiceover to solve the fuzzy text issue too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.