Animoto
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VisitAnimoto vs Captions
What both publish
| Fact | Animoto | Captions |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Funding | CB Insights reports approximately $30 million raised across seven funding rounds and Redbrick as the acquirer in August 2023. | Crunchbase lists Sequoia Capital as an investor and one pre-seed funding round, with financial amounts obscured on the public page. |
| Licence | The service is proprietary and operated by Animoto Inc.; any open-source components are governed by separate third-party licences. | The product site presents Captions as proprietary software, gives no open-source licence, and displays an all-rights-reserved notice. |
| Limit: customization | G2 reviewers report limited templates, limited customization and editing that often goes little beyond trimming. | The sole G2 reviewer says caption appearance customization such as font, size and color can be limited. |
| Praise: ease of use | G2 reviewers repeatedly praise the intuitive interface, quick creation for beginners, and template and music libraries. | GetApp lists ease of use, features, value for money and customer support at 5.0 based on two reviews. |
| Product | Animoto is a video creation service for making and sharing videos from photos, video clips, text, and music. | Captions is an AI video platform for creating and editing videos from footage or prompts. |
Animoto plans
- FreeFree
- PremiumPriced on request
- Premium—
- Basic$16 a month
- Professional$29 a month
- Professional Plus$79 a month
Captions plans
- Max$24.99 a month
- FreeFree
- Lite$4.99 a month
- Basic$9.99 a month
- Frontier$69.99 a month
- Frontier 2x$139.99 a month
Pick Animoto if…
Animoto suits consumers, professional photographers, businesses, and educators making videos from photos, clips, text, and music. It may fit people who want to share hosted videos through links or embeds.
Pick Captions if…
Captions suits creators, marketers, and developers making videos such as ads, listings, or podcast clips. Its dubbing and translation features may fit users creating versions for multiple languages.