Animoto
About Animoto
Animoto is the easiest way to create stunning, branded videos, no experience necessary.
Our drag-and-drop interface, customizable templates, and vast library of stock images and music allow creators of all skill levels to turn their ideas into engaging and impressive videos in a matter of minutes. Start creating your own polished, professional videos for free.
Key benefits of Animoto
-Create professional videos: Animoto’s pre-built templates and motion graphics allow anyone — regardless of experience — to turn a collection of photos, clips, and recordings into polished videos.
-Engage your audience: As demand for video continues to rise, capturing and keeping your audience’s attention is more important than ever.
-Tell a clear and compelling story: Communicate the things that matter most with video. Improve retention, engagement, and drive results with video.
-Save time and money: Working with an agency or contract costs thousands and requires weeks of back and forth. Animoto allows you to produce what you need, when you need it, for a fraction of the cost.
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- Industry: Photography
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Stunning slideshows in minutes
Reviewed on 21/8/2018
I use Animoto on a daily basis to produce slideshows for wedding photography clients.
I use Animoto on a daily basis to produce slideshows for wedding photography clients.
Pros
Its ease of use is definitely the best thing about this software. I can easily create a slideshow in a couple of minutes with a template video (something that I wouldn't even know how to do outside of Animoto), add licensed music, and tweak it, including the speed at which the images are shown and the order. This whole process used to take me at least 40 minutes and involved different sofware tools. Plus, if I had to correct a small detail of it, I would need to create everything again from scratch, and though I could save my project as I was working on it, I would need to export new versions every single time. Animoto creates videos in different sizes AND uploads them to a custom link at the same time, saving me countless hours of work.
Cons
Well this is not actually Animoto's fault, but I wish I could use or upload different songs, particularly those that my clients are more familiar with. I understand this is not possible because of copyright issues, but in some countries outside of the US clients do ask for slideshows with different music choices, just for their personal use. However, this only happened a couple of times and the music options that Animotoo offers are plenty, so we were always able to give them something they would like instead. Sometimes, I felt that part of a clip could use some shortening or that I didn't want to add that particular bit, and this is not something that we can edit. Although I was able to choose a different one altogether since Animoto is designed to be quick and easy to use it lacks some customization capabilities that would be nice to have.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Animoto for Education
Reviewed on 22/7/2021
Animoto has allowed me to present material/lessons in a more engaging way, that is also fun for...
Animoto has allowed me to present material/lessons in a more engaging way, that is also fun for students (& myself) to create.
Pros
I love Animoto’s ease of use, along with the amazing quality final product. It looks professionally made, even when they’re created by 4th graders.
Cons
I love that there are templates to use, but I find them sometimes restricting. I also wish we could control the amount of time in each slide.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
Difficult program
Reviewed on 31/5/2024
Did not find the program as easy to use as others. Cost is way too high especially when they...
Did not find the program as easy to use as others. Cost is way too high especially when they require a full year's payment up front to use. Poor customer service
Pros
Very little. Would not recommend this product over the many others out there. No way to do a free trial without having their watermark all over your project.
Cons
Forced to pay a yearly subscription.
Difficult to use.
No tutorials.
No refund or partial charge when dissatisfied with service. Poor customer service. Would not respond back after I confronted them over fees.
- Industry: Printing
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Go Print Plus Animoto partnership
Reviewed on 7/1/2025
Overall, I am very pleased with Animoto for creating social media content
Overall, I am very pleased with Animoto for creating social media content
Pros
I appreciate the extensive and diverse collection of images available, offering a wealth of creative and inspiring options.
Cons
It would be great to have a larger selection of videos to enhance the variety and depth of available content.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Image Slideshow to Music Creation App
Reviewed on 31/10/2018
Overall, adds another element to the classroom. I have also used Animoto to put together slideshows...
Overall, adds another element to the classroom. I have also used Animoto to put together slideshows of my daughters that come out really well. Love the ability to share easily through a multitude of options including social media such as Twitter and Facebook.
Pros
I remember when Animoto first came out. I was using it in the classroom with students to curate their images for various assignments (book trailers, public service projects, social media campaigns) etc. This was something they enjoyed. There are workarounds to do similar things, like using Google Slides or PowerPoint, or iMovie, but this takes the guesswork out of it. A simple tool to be able to merge images and video into a slide presentations/slideshow and overlay music to it. Comes out very professional looking. Students enjoy sharing these as it requires minimal movie editing experience and is a lot easier than iMovie. If you are using a LMS, I love how you can embed this inside it! Another way for teachers to be creative in how they deliver the content to their students.
Cons
There aren't a lot of features or customization, but it is pretty straightforward in that you add images, add video, and ick a song. The rest is done by Animoto. There are templates to choose from as well, but would be nice to have a few more features/animations to make it more personal.
Animoto FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Animoto.Q. What type of pricing plans does Animoto offer?
Animoto offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$16.00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Animoto is offered across three pricing plans, outlined below. • Free: Available for free • Professional: $65 per month and $33 per month billed annually • Team: $94 per month and $49 per month billed annually
Q. Who are the typical users of Animoto?
Animoto has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Animoto support?
Animoto supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Animoto support mobile devices?
Animoto supports the following devices:
iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Animoto integrate with?
Animoto integrates with the following applications:
Adobe Creative Cloud
Q. What level of support does Animoto offer?
Animoto offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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