Magisto vs. Vyond

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Magisto
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Magisto in Menlo Park offers their video editing application to marketing teams, featuring an A.I. powered workflow with professional class effects, distribution and native video player.N/A
Vyond
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Vyond (formerly GoAnimate) is a cloud-based platform for producing custom animated videos. It is used by educators as well as in business contexts by advertisers and content marketers, and for demos and presentations.
$99
per month
Pricing
MagistoVyond
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$99
per month
Professional
$199
per month
Enterprise
$1649
per year per user
Agency
$1999
per year per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MagistoVyond
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing on Starter and Professional plans.
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Community Pulse
MagistoVyond
Considered Both Products
Magisto
Chose Magisto
I think Magisto is the best product when it comes to creating slideshows or quick videos for any business, brand, or individual. Other video editors have better options with regard to adding filters or transitions, though. But I believe that Magisto, besides these two factors, …
Chose Magisto
The user experience via Magisto is cleaner and fresher. The professional plan for Animoto started at $29 per month in comparison to $9.99 per month at Magisto.
Vyond
Chose Vyond
Vyond is WAY better than VideoScribe (although, to be fair, it's also about six times more expensive)! It's much easier to work with and more versatile in terms of styles and what you can do with it. We used VideoScribe for a few years and then ditched it and went looking for a …
Chose Vyond
Vyond was far better than Animoto for creating animated graphics and characters. Vyond was also far more flexible than "doodle" software such as Doodly, which is very limited to "whiteboard" videos.
Chose Vyond
When compared to Vidyard and Lumen5, all these tools do a great job of making it easy to create customized sales/marketing videos and demos. That being said, Vidyard and Lumen5 do not have the extensive animation capabilities that Vyond has. Vyond also has many more …
Chose Vyond
Vyond is not a video editing software, but it has more functions for showing infographics.
Chose Vyond
Biteable is great for real-world footage. It is also easy to use and they have templates. However, Biteable is not as easy to use as Vyond and doesn't have customization options. It takes me a lot longer to use biteable and the program is a little bit "clunkier".
Chose Vyond
I started using Vyond back when it was Go Animate. It has been so long since I vetted other products, I can't remember who they were. I am so happy with Vyond that I don't bother to look elsewhere.
Chose Vyond
Vyond is the best tool our company has used for creating animated explainer videos and social content. We have tried many other software solutions but Vyond offers the most options for animating characters, text, and scenes. Despite the lack of options for overall styles, it …
Chose Vyond

I’ve used software like Powtoon before, and Vyond is so much easier to control. It’s great that you can control the motion paths and the timing of each action, other software doesn’t really have this, but this allows me to really time out the movements in my scenes more …

Chose Vyond
Before signing up with Go Animate (now Vyond) I also tested Pow Toons and My Simple Slide Show. My Simple Slide Show simply wasn't dynamic enough for my audience and I felt that it didn't provide anything I couldn't achieve through other tools I already possessed such as …
Chose Vyond
While most of the other platforms are there to help you publish your video, Vyond is more useful in creating the video. In this way, these tools can actually work together and our business uses all of them for different website and email marketing needs. Vyond remains a great …
Chose Vyond
We looked at a lot of agencies and used agencies for this type of content in the past. The cost to make one video was as much as a yearly subscription to Vyond and sometimes even more. With Vyond, we can create as many videos as we like and all it takes is the time needed to …
Chose Vyond
The images are better and [so is] movement, as well as lip syncing.
Chose Vyond
We didn't know of other options at the time.
Chose Vyond
I can't say exactly which one I would recommend more, but the pros of BranchTrack are that they offer the ability to upload voicefiles which will automatically attach to each scene, saving A LOT of time. They're program is also very easy to move scenes around in and having the …
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User Ratings
MagistoVyond
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Likelihood to Renew
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Usability
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Availability
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6.0
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Performance
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9.0
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Support Rating
5.0
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
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6.0
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Configurability
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8.0
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Ease of integration
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7.6
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Product Scalability
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7.0
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Vendor pre-sale
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User Testimonials
MagistoVyond
Likelihood to Recommend
Magisto is well suited for any venture that wants to promote its work. From a short introduction video with a logo to a more in-depth editing project, Magisto has the tools needed. Magisto provides video analytics, email marketing tools and the ability to embed videos on any website for business users. If you don't want to do record video, just add a group of photos and create a video from them.
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Vyond is great for creating professional looking animations even if you have no experience in animation or video. Vyond is user friendly and has a relatively simple learning curve. The templates and graphics provided makes it easy to create custom animations and storytelling.
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Pros
  • The ease to upload, sort and edit videos.
  • The many options to add themes, music, and styles.
  • The ability to host, download and share all from within the same platform.
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  • Easy to use features that help you create the story behind your video.
  • There are collaboration tools (if you have the right plan) that help you work on a video as a team.
  • I like the different styles of video that you can choose from.
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Cons
  • It would be great if Magisto would allow significantly longer videos—20 to 30 minutes. I've often wondered why Magisto focuses on shorter videos and only recently began allowing videos that are 10 minutes maximum.
  • I would love for Magisto to offer an affiliate program. I publish a lot of videos that I create in Magisto and refer it to many people in the education and dance industries. I would love to be able to do that as a paid affiliate and I'm sure others would as well.
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  • The fact that it's on a cloud server means that sometimes the software can get clunky/slow.
  • There may be extra work involved if you have multiple characters talking in one audio file and you want them to sync their mouths with their appropriate lines.
  • Characters having multiple actions/expressions means multiple scenes, which can be very cumbersome to manage.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I was recently at a conference where I learned that many of my peers also use Vyond, solidifying my opinion that it is the right tool for out needs. Further more, one of our content vendors also uses it, ensuring that I will continue to use it as I believe this will facilitate our collaborations in the future
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Usability
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This program is great when you have no video experience! There's only a little of a learning curve to the program. In general, the user interface is great and easier than using a program like Adobe premier. It's a great resource to use as a marketer.
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Reliability and Availability
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Vendor guy made it difficult bc he was only interested in selling
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Performance
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Vyond is just an animated video creation tool. You have to use your video content and track its performance through other means. Because it is an online tool it doesn't hog your resources or slow down any other tools that I use. It is a stand-alone product and it doesn't need to integrate with any of our other tools. It does what it does and that is all we need.
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Support Rating
I don't believe I've ever contacted Magisto for support, so I can't really say. The app has only frozen on me a couple of times (recently), and I usually log out and log back in and the error is fixed.
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I haven’t had any issues that required me to contact their support team. However, I believe support in any product starts before you have to call for help. Vyond provides an option for priority queue when you have their professional option. This is great for folks who need things done faster, especially when businesses can’t afford any downtime. Their Live chat feature is also reassuring, because I don’t always want to spend time on the phone or on hold if their call volume is high and I need to solve an issue.
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Implementation Rating
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There should be a Hypercare (expedited problem solving) support level on new rollouts for existing customers
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Alternatives Considered
I think Magisto is the best product when it comes to creating slideshows or quick videos for any business, brand, or individual. Other video editors have better options with regard to adding filters or transitions, though. But I believe that Magisto, besides these two factors, is a better overall package. I think that someone who wants to control every aspect of their video creation might not like Magisto.
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Vyond is WAY better than VideoScribe (although, to be fair, it's also about six times more expensive)! It's much easier to work with and more versatile in terms of styles and what you can do with it. We used VideoScribe for a few years and then ditched it and went looking for a replacement tool. Another application was being used by another learning developer, but that was nixed by IT as not being secure enough. Vyond has given us both the functionality/assets we need and the security that makes IT happy.
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Return on Investment
  • Grabs attention.
  • A good conversation piece.
  • I'm not sure if I have had any direct conversions after someone has seen a video I've created in Magisto.
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  • Allows the training/support teams a quick way to provide “how-to” videos, similar to having a YouTube channel.
  • Our update videos are stored on a channel, which allows us to have a video record of how the project is emerging
  • Leadership likes that we can put out a video very quickly
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