Easy to Use - Good for Self Starters - Can Use for Variety of Purposes
What do you like best?
Vyond is a good tool for video creation. It has a ton of functions that allow someone with little video creation skills to create animated videos. There is a wide selection of preconfigured templates and character animations. I like that it also allows you to add audio to your video in several ways and provides a great collection of music for background sound. I find the video editor very easy to use compared to other products. Having the ability to upload our own content and add animation is a huge plus for us as well. Marketing ideas tend to come to me randomly, so having the freedom to login at no additional cost, approval process, etc. to my company is a huge reward. We currently use Vyond for animated welcome emails and social media promotions. We are hoping to expand our efforts to explainer videos, company culture/training videos, customer testimonials, and more.
What do you dislike?
In my opinion, the cost is a little high compared to other tools on the market. Even though there is a wide selection of templates, I think they could have more templates and scenes to piece together for common marketing videos. I find that a ton of the animation/characters used are used in many online videos - so having more "styles" to choose from would definitely be a plus. Many of the competitors also offer stock videos and photography, so that would also be helpful and make the creation process faster (instead of uploading our own).
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend upgrading from the trial to a user license before making a decision. Many of the key features made a big difference when we were not in the trial mode. I would also recommend using the different styles to do A/B testing. We found that using the whiteboard animation templates were a huge time savor and favored view in various campaigns.
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
We no longer have to outsource animated videos, giving me the freedom to work on videos in my own time. Although, the cost for the tool is high compared to others, we are still saving hundred in outsourcing to agencies. We can script our own and create on our own time. I also like that I have control of the editing process and don't have to explain / provide feedback back and forth to a third party.