Tuesday Tech Tools: 12 Tools to create animated videos

Animaker
Tool for making infographic videos with animated characters. Easy to use for beginners. Limited free version or accounts starting at $144 a year.

Animatron
Many video clips to use to create animations along with your own voice. Create animated banner ads, white board videos, and more. Used by some major companies.

Biteable
Animated video maker for social media or making an explainer video. Interface is easy to use and the product looks professional. Prices start at $15 a month.

FlipAnim
Make animated videos easily. Nice interface.

Meograph
3D animation of people from 2D video of people. Video explanation. 

Moovly
Drag and drop to create video animations. Directly uploads to YouTube. Integrated with Shutterstock. Interface could be better.

Powtoon 
Animated infographics web tool for creating videos. Best for presentations. User-friendly basic cartoon software with plenty of templates and social integrations. No 3D or keyframing. The free version has company branding on it while the expensive pro plans start at $19 a month. 

RenderForest
An online animation maker with many templates. Easy to get started. Aimed at small businesses. Limited control. While you can add your own text, photos, and video clips, you can’t easily add clips with just text, No start from scratch option. A video explanation here. Free or paid accounts with more options starting at $9.99.

Video Scribe
Create animated videos, replicating the popular whiteboard-style tutorial.  7 day free trial. $16.50 a month.

Vyond (formally GoAnimate)
Make animated videos. Many images and videos to use. Free 14-day trial. Subscription plans: $39 a month or $299 each year.

Wideo
Will do some editing for social media video but its primarily for making keyframe-based animations and using premade animations. Simple, user-friendly, so it works for beginners and semi-pros alike though there is a learning curve. Templates, transitions, and illustrations. Storyboard creator and text-to-speech generator. One week trial then $59 a month.

Xtranormal
Create animated movies.