Developed by GoAnimate, Inc. Vyond is an online platform to help individuals or businesses with no background in animation to quickly and easily create animated videos.

With Vyond you are able to make multiple types of videos, including whiteboard animation video, 2D animations, video infographics and more.

The creation process is extremely simple. If you know how to use Powerpoint, you know how to make animations with Vyond. Simply select a template from the built-in library, and then customize it anyway you want.

The only downside is you will soon hit roadblocks since the assets you could play with Vyond are very limited. Also using the same templates with thousands of other Vyond users will make your video formulaic.

To add more versatility in the tools you can use to take your video to the next level, you should consider switch to something more powerful.

In this post, we will look at the top 5 best alternatives to Vyond in 2019. We will cover:

• Best 2D Animation Software Alternatives to Vyond
• Best Web-based free alternatives to Vyond

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Best 2D Animation Software Alternatives to Vyond

#1. Best Overall: Doodly

After playing around with a couple of 2D animation softwares, I found the best overall alternative to Vyond is Doodly. Available both for Mac and PC, Doodly is the simplest to use, and the software runs rather smoothly (as long as you are dealing with video, a lot of programs tend to be slow or choopy, that’s not the case with Doodly.)

Doodly was designed specifically for the creation of whiteboard or blackboard videos or glassboard videos. It has a user-friendly interface, making the application easy to navigate for both novice and professional users.

You can import your own media types such as PNG, SVG and JPG or choose the in-built objects which increases in options, depending on the plan you purchase.

This software has a unique path tool that allows you to add your own SVG objects, which are automatically drawn in the classic whiteboard style, to your bitmap graphics. The voice recording functionality is limited, so you may not want to use this built-in feature, instead try free audio editor like Audacity, QuickTime or another external program.

Exporting your videos from Doodly only allows you to do so in MP4 format and it is time-consuming, but the professional high-quality video it creates, makes it a great alternative to Vyond.

Video Creation is Easy

The easy-to-follow process makes creating animated videos easy to users with little or no knowledge. The process is simple, first, you add your image and your text, then you set the animation times. You would then import any voiceover or record your own, then other soundtracks or various sounds can be added, and finally, you can publish the video creation. If you are stuck on getting your creative juices to flow, take a look at the multitude of example videos, and there are also many tutorial videos to guide you on how to use all of the features on Doodly website.

A multitude of Features and Tools

The software gives you a remarkable amount of flexibility where you can design your own layouts, create your own characters and set any text you want. Doodly has a feature to allow program movement which uses a hand to ‘draw’ each scene. You can easily add depth and richness to your videos using the in-built visual props and sounds.

DIY Flexibility

Even though there are a wide range of built-in sounds, characters, background objects and props, Doodly allows you to import any visual element or sound that you want to use, and it also allows you to manipulate your imports in the same way as you can with the in-built options. For the program movement, i.e. allowing you to ‘hand’ draw each scene, you can use the built-in hand profiles or upload a profile of your own hand.

Built-in Sound Tracks

Royalty free music and sound effects is necessary when you are making a video. In Doodly, the music library also includes entire soundtracks to help you in your selection of background music or themes. You can manipulate it for any part of your video or use it for the entire length, allowing you to keep the similar tone throughout the video. Using their in-built soundtracks can help you save time in searching or creating your own sounds.

#2. Runner-up: VideoScribe

VideoScribe is one of the best animation software applications today because of its easy-to-follow five-step process. Businesses can quickly and easily build animated videos using this software which also includes a multitude of in-built elements and its cost makes it even more affordable than its competitors.

#3. Explaindio 3.0

Running on both Mac and Windows platforms, Explaindio 3.0 is not offered with a free trial version and costs $59/year. In addition to creating cartoons, this software was designed for the creation of whiteboard models, explainer videos and 3D creations.

Explaindio 3.0 has a limited built-in library but can support non-animated imports and converts them into whiteboard style objects. You can import SVG, GIF, JPG and PNG files for this. The customization ability of this application software is much higher than its competitors because of its wide range of tools and features, but the interface is not user friendly and may be extremely difficult for novice users.

Videos you create using this software, can only be exported or downloaded to a folder. You would have to manually upload it to third part sites such as social media sites or other websites.

Due to the unique features ofExplaindio 3.0, there are some desirable advantages of using it and its developers claim that it can do almost everything. But, because of the difficulty in using its interface, there is much to be improved on this software still and non-business users may have better success with using a simpler alternative.

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Best Web-based free alternatives to Vyond

There are no completely free web-based alternatives but there are freeware options available for you to get started into creating your animated videos. You may need to pay to have the developer branding removed or use all its features and functionalities. Here are the best options to Vyond that offers a free limited option.

#4. Animaker

Animaker is a cloud-based software for creating animated videos that look professional, similar toVyond.

Flexibility is limited but there is a wide range of templates available for use and you can upload your own objects in PNG or JPG formats.

There is a lot of potential and you can make unique videos with Animaker if you put your time and effort in, and the application runs smoothly and proficiently on any web browser.

During your creation, you can preview each scene individually, giving you added flexibility to make changes, saving you time and offering more efficiency.

The free software option for this software comes with a limited library of audio and visual objects, a limited video time length, and the company logo is watermarked on your creation. However, you can make unlimited videos, but you would be restricted to 5 uploads per month and only in SD format.

#5. Moovly

Moovly, similar toVyond and Animaker, is a cloud-based platform for the creation of digital media content.

There are over 500,000 audio, visual and graphical content available in its built-in libraries. Some of its key libraries and features are:

• Animated presentations can be built using its Clean Graphics Library
• The Doodle Marker Style Library is popular for information type video presentations
• The Infographics Style Library helps to create professional looking videos
• There is a freeVideoBlocks Library offering thousands of royalty-free music, sounds, photos, motion graphics, illustrations and videos for you to include in your creation. (As a stock video brokerage website, videoblocks.com offers members an unlimited library and a 5 million plus marketplace of royalty free videos)