G2

Mark E.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/17/2018

"Extremely useful tool for creating video content"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Knovio?

Ease of use and ability to quickly make changes to content; support for Cloud hosting of content as well as export to MP4. The ability to create in-line tests is also really helpful. Support for importing existing video and audio, plus the ability to match up audio with a presentation, is really useful. Ability to invite others to create content without requiring a separate license. Fantastic support team; very responsive and quick to solve problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Knovio?

Limited editing capabilities for imported content often requires a third-party editor; reliance on Adobe Air and Flash for some functionality; single sign-on support costs extra; rendering MP4 video for export can take a long time. No ability to have multiple collaborators work on a single project; Knovio is limited to only one content creator per project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Knovio:

Knovio is a great tool for creating basic video recordings. It is not a replacement for a product like Camtasia, which provides a lot of advanced features. I find myself using both products for different reasons--and sometimes at the same time. For example, there are times when you still need to edit a video that Knovio creates, and the "Knovio Studio" capability, which provides limited editing capabilities, generally does not provide what I need other than basic trimming of existing video/audio content. In those cases I often still need to pull that content into an editing tool. So don't consider Knovio a complete replacement for other authoring tools, but it is a great asset for quickly and easily creating videos using people that are not very technical. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use Knovio to create video-based sales training content. Previously, it was very difficult to get remote subject matter experts to create this content, as many are not experts on creating video, which required a lot of hand holding. It was also difficult to create the videos, as we generally had to jump on a WebEx or Zoom video session and record the entire thing in one 'take' and then edit it post-production.

Knovio allows us to easily invite an SME to record a video, and it's brain dead simple. The platform is SaaS-based, which means that the subject does not need to install anything on their computer other than

Adobe Flash. Recording is done on a slide-by-slide basis, which means that the SME can easily re-record just one slide, rather than requiring another "take" and then having to edit out the bad one.

Knovio also allows us to easily publish videos, either through their own platform or by exporting the final video to MP4. It also supports various learning management systems and video hosting/publishing platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.