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Muli
Verified reviewer
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
This tool is great for a variety of things!
At first, we used it to make responsive prototypes, but we realized that it could be used for many other things, including sales demos, landing pages, and more. The software is easy to use, helps us get things done faster, and most importantly it doesn't require engineers to be involved!
CONSIt doesn't generate perfect code, but it does save us a lot of time in development
Vendor Response
Thank you Muli!
Replied February 2023
Etienne
Computer Software, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed February 2022
Great tool for prototyping frontend apps
Experience with Anima was mind-blowing, we have reconsidered our approach to prototyping. We have developed new business opportunities with limited cost thanks to this product. We believe more and more coding languages support are to be expected. This is the kind of tool we wish to have internally and possibly choose to customize with machine learning model or even simply a specific framework snippets. Unfortunately even with all the new possibilities offered by Anima, we have experienced resistance to the change. So maybe we didn't communicate well enough to the team how Anima can provide solid time saving value added proposition to our frontend development workflow. We believe this kind of assistive-tech-tool is going to be almost mandatory in the near future.
PROSAnima integration with Fygma is a very fluid workflow, even we the free product we knew what to expect. Using the paid product was easy and useful. The UI/UX is good.
CONSRegarding the code language available, we've found it was too limited for our use-case, we have decided to switch to React with TypeScript support, which has a notoriously hard liftoff phase. At the end we ran out of time partly because of this. Anima should/could provide a low-code view of the generated code, because sometimes it's too long. We would have hoped for faster conversion of the anima project (only page/feature per page at the moment of testing ) Anima may/should add unit tests to the generated code (we may have missed it though) Anima may/should provide a cloud based IDE for peer coding
Reason for choosing Anima
Integration with Fygma
Reasons for switching to Anima
We ran out of time and we needed to have a working prototype asap. Also having an integration with VS code was handy.
Vendor Response
Hey there Etienne, We're psyched to see you're getting the most out of Anima and enjoying your experience! We are constantly working on adding new things and improving Anima. Watch this space we have some cool things coming up! Team Anima <3
Replied February 2022
Leszek
Retail, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed December 2021
I dont know the potential of Anima
I started using Sketch and found out that I need Anima to upload my website. Apart from that, I know that I can use it to collaborate with team (if I had one) other than that I've never really taken the time to learn what else it can do as sometimes the way you try to educate your users is maybe too quick (like a lot of modern programs which show these short videos that bang and whoosh a lot but finding out what I need to do is so difficult or not interesting)
PROSYou press a button and it uploads your website for you.
CONSI don't really know what it does apart from upload my software.
Reason for choosing Anima
Well im toying with the idea of going back to Adobe Creative Suite becuase I cant get Sketch on my Ipad and I dont know if I can get Anima on my ipad either and because I cant get sketch I wont need Anima.
Reasons for switching to Anima
Everyone was talking about Sketch
Vendor Response
Hey Leszek, thanks for the review! Anima is a design-to-code platform that lets designers create fully responsive prototypes from Figma, Adobe XD and Sketch, and eases the handoff to developers by automatically translating the design into developer-friendly HTML, Vue, and React code. If you need any support to use Anima you can either reach out to support@animaapp.com or reach out in the chat on the Anima platform. Our support reps should get back to you within 1-2 business days. Happy designing
Replied January 2022
Shannon
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed January 2022
Helping to bring our designs to life...
We've had a lot of fun learning the software and are continuing to try new things and figure out how best to integrate it into our workflow. It's also enabling us to challenge our current workflow too. The support team have been particularly reactive and helpful, which is really appreciated!
PROSThe responsive tools are great and the ability to build in certain functions such as text input, interactions, video etc. has helped us bring our designs to life and present them to our clients.
CONSThe comments feature definitely needs improvement and the software has been prone to crashing for us when syncing updates to projects.
Reasons for switching to Anima
We wanted to try a different tool that enabled our team to take design prototyping to the next level, which Animaapp is helping us to achieve thus far.
Vendor Response
Hi Shannon, thank you so much for taking the time to review us! The syncing time has been under our radar and we improved it A LOT over the past few weeks. Make sure you get the latest version of the plugin to enjoy the fast syncing! Happy designing! Team Anima
Replied January 2022
Chantelle
Design, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2022
Chanty
It is a new platform for me and is working well. Clear to work out. I have had incredible support help from Shira, she has been the best support I have received today. Going the extra mile to explain to me and has been patient and exceptionally helpful. First class on her behalf.
PROSEasy, clear and straight forward. The support help I have received from Shira has been incredible. I like that the code is easy accessible and easily exported.
CONSI find plugins sometimes dont work especially on the Figma side. I did get stuck in finding my way around the platform.
Reason for choosing Anima
It was the only platform that seemed to export code in 3 different languages that appeared straight forward to do so. I had looked at Workflow but Anima worked with Figma and that made sense.
Vendor Response
Hey Chantelle thanks for the review! We're super pleased to see that you're finding Anima helpful you and even happier to hear that you're having a great experience with customer support. We're here if you need anything more. Team Anima <3
Replied May 2022
Deepak
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2022
How we can beat market ?
I got to know about the product via Digital Marketing and watch some tutorials on it but it is like teeth of elephant.
PROSFor a static page, it is cool. But not working properly, like alignment and all. Which is extremely important.
CONSIt is not responsive like web flow. As I mentioned above is very important. It is smooth but output is not same.
Reason for choosing Anima
Whatever you are claiming they are also claiming but in the same situation result is different. We need to buy that product, unfortunately faangx.com
Vendor Response
Hi there Deepak, thanks for the review! Anima allows you to build responsive code-based prototypes from your design tool. We are sad to hear that you had trouble getting this result. Can you please reach out to support@animaapp.com or on the chat in the Anima platform? We want to help solve this issue for you. Happy designing!
Replied February 2022
Rebekah
Design, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2022
Great to publish a website!
I really like Anima that enabled me to publish the website really quickly.
PROSIt was amazing to publish the figma file into website without any coding.
CONSSometimes the plugin was too slow to use.
Reasons for switching to Anima
I can have more flexibility to use figma and I could get student exclusive premium service for 3 months.
Vendor Response
Hey Rebekah, pleased to see you're enjoying Anima and that it is helping you publish your website easily! Happy designing! Team Anima <3
Replied May 2022
Sandy
Graphic Design, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
We couldn't do without Anima
Honestly I don't think we could have progressed as we have without it. It's been a great journey.
PROSI love being able to make a creative, custom responsive website in Sketch... and then, publishing it with a custom domain and boom it's live and it works. With contact forms, embedded media, and interactive components. Our dev uses the code generated from Anima for more complex sites. Makes our whole process smoother and more flexible.
CONSI feel like Anima could do more with education on how to use their product, and also have live updates on their site about features that may not work right away after a design software update -- and when they will be ready. Their customer service is great though.
Reason for choosing Anima
It fills the niche that we are in. We didn't want website builders, or no code platforms that keep you within their walls. We needed the features and flexibility that Anima provides.
Vendor Response
Sandy thank you so much! It always warms our hearts to hear that Anima became a complete part of the flow for many users! <3
Replied February 2023
Paul
Verified reviewer
Design, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2022
Strong
Anima is a very powerful pluggin that combined with adobe XD, figma or others will allow designers who don't know how to code to create their own website
CONSA bit expensive for my taste and the animations are not always very accurate
Vendor Response
Hey Paul, thanks for the review! It's great to see that you are getting real value from Anima. Be sure to keep an eye out for the new things we have coming up very soon. Happy designing, team Anima <3
Replied May 2022
Itzik
Verified reviewer
Computer Games, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2022
Great Prototype tool
We constantly creating new designs and prototypes, Anima helps us to validate them much faster than any other tool without expanding our development team
CONSNothing besides a few complex transitions
Vendor Response
Thank you Itzik!
Replied July 2022
angga
E-Learning, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2022
Better Design Handoff
We were always working with new product that come from great ideas, we need save more time in order to validate the ideas, and it was super great that Anima can help us to achieve that.
PROSThe breakpoint feature was great so that we can easily to customize our responsive design without learning and using media query (manually) like we used to do.
CONSEverything I need has been covering up with Anima.
Reasons for switching to Anima
The export to code. Anima has great feature on it.
Vendor Response
Hey Angga, we're psyched to see you're getting the most out of Anima and enjoying your experience! We are constantly working on adding new things and improving Anima. Watch this space we have some cool things coming up! Team Anima <3
Replied February 2022
Eden
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2022
Usage of Anima as part of an educational project
The overall experience was great. We tried different applications of code generating for UI components and Anima was the best one, so that's the application we eventually decided to use for our purposes.
PROSIt's very easy and intuitive to use, even for users that are not part of the high tech industry. The interface is very friendly and explanatory.
CONSSometimes the UI stuck and the connection between different components wasn't defined well but it was solved when we tried to connect the components once again.
Vendor Response
Hi Eden, We're happy to hear you're enjoying Anima and pleased to hear that after trying again you were able to connect the components. If you need any help or support, our customer success team is here for you. You can reach out either via chat on the Anima platform or by email at support@animaapp.com. Happy coding! Team Anima
Replied January 2022
Arsh
E-Learning, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2022
Arsh' Review
The easy integration with Figma because I use figma extensively, The export options react, vue, html with styling
CONSThe UI is sometimes a little bit complicated
Vendor Response
Hi Arsh, thank you so much for taking the time to review us! We're excited to see you're enjoying using Anima. We are constantly working on improving Anima and helping our users get the most out of the platform. We appreciate your feedback! Happy designing! Team Anima <3
Replied February 2022
Caio
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2022
Anima is a interesting alternative to build websites using figma
Anima is great a very interesting tool!
PROSAnima is great for prototyping fast using design tools like figma. It allows you to export the design into working code which makes your process of development faster.
CONSIt still has some limitations so it best for prototypes and not real projects you want to deliver to a lot of clients but it is nice for quick prototyping and building mvps
Vendor Response
Hey Caio, thanks for taking the time to review Anima. We're super pleased to see Anima is helping your development process speed up (that's the goal!). Stay tuned for more neat features coming soon; we're here if you need anything. Team Anima <3
Replied May 2022
Sri
Hospitality, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2023
Anima Pro plan
Hi I purchased Anima Pro for $49 2 days ago. I want Adobe XD prototype to React code. I am not sure the meaning of 3 projects and 15 screens. I am new to XD as well. I just create one component and want to learn React code for doing the component. If it is only 15 screens then I will run out of the option as I just want to see how individual components created in React. Can you please clarify more on this topic
Anonymous
1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Good for quick development
The customer service is really nice and quick responded.
PROSYou could get your website quickly based on the design. It looks prefect.
CONS1. Animation is difficult.2. Layout is the absolute position or fixed.If you are going to use it for a complex website, it could save your time but not too much.
Vendor Response
Thanks a lot! About the layout and animation, did you check our YouTube channel? And I assume you already got support given your feedback :)
Replied February 2023
Prashant
Verified reviewer
Computer Software, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Great Designing tool
Good design tool to make prototype and work on your project. It's great that It allows converting your design from various apps like XD , Figma directly to usable code.
CONSMany elements made using this has wrong dimensions in comparison to your display size. And the workspace is quite hectic to use plus it needs to be faster and optimized .
Vendor Response
Thanks Prashant! Taking notes on the workspace feedback
Replied February 2023
David
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Great tool
Great tool for fast and easy prototyping, we use it often to build responsive prototypes without our developers & engineers. Saves a lot of time and simple to use
CONSI’m using anima for over a year now and did not find any major drawback.
Vendor Response
Thank you David!
Replied July 2022
Matan
Verified reviewer
Photography, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2022
A great way to convert design to code
We use Anima for sales demos, it helps create responsive prototypes, and we don't need to involve engineers
PROSAnima allowed our marketing team to create custom landing pages way faster.
CONSAnima app is not perfect but saves us a ton of development time
Vendor Response
Thank you so much for your review Matan!
Replied February 2023
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed February 2022
Okay if what you need is basic!
Found Anima in a pinch and aimed to use this to translate frontend designs. Ultimately, the result needed too much customization.
PROSWas excited about the prospect of this product but found that it was very rudimentary code that still needed a lot of customizations
CONSI felt the code could have been better written for a wider use of applications
Vendor Response
Hey there, thanks so much for the feedback, we're constantly working to improve our code quality and stay up to date with the latest trends, so we hope you'll try out Anima again in the future!
Replied February 2022
Geoffrey
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed February 2022
Figma Design to HTML,CSS Software Review
Overall, the product didn't meet my expectations.
PROSThe software is easy to use, and it converts Figma Designs to Code.
CONSI feel, the software is still not intelligent enough to make websites for various displays. Also, active sync is not available.
Vendor Response
Hey Geoffrey, thanks for taking the time to review Anima, and thank you for your feedback! We're constantly working to improve our code quality and stay up to date with the latest trends, so we hope you'll try out Anima again in the future!
Replied February 2022
Stephen
Luxury Goods & Jewelry, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed February 2022
Useful but limitations
Useful, quick and dirty web mockups but too clumsy and inaccurate to be able to design a full website using this software. So a useful process tool but not for the final design.
PROSIt allowed me to show others some quick and rough web design ideas which could be shared on a mockup web page.
CONSIt is does not convert everything and still requires some hand tweaking--but because I did not create the HTML, this is more difficult than if I had started from scratch.
Reason for choosing Anima
See above!
Vendor Response
Hi Stephen, thank you for taking the time to review Anima. We're pleased to see that you are finding our tool useful. We are constantly working on adding new things and improving Anima and we've got some great new things coming up that we're sure you will enjoy! Team Anima <3
Replied May 2022
Fakaradin
Computer Software, 1 employee
Used monthly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2022
Great product
Easy to use Impactful features Flexible Effect in the job it does A jack of all trades type of software Great user interface
CONSSome features arent straight forward User interface can be at sometimes confusing Need more beginner friendly interface for new users
Vendor Response
Hi Fakaradin, thank you so much for taking the time to review us! We're excited to see you're enjoying using Anima. We are constantly working on improving Anima and helping our users get the most out of the platform. We appreciate your feedback! Happy designing! Team Anima <3
Replied February 2022
Julia
Sporting Goods, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2021
Overall good but could be even better with some new feature
the experience is good even if the product is not mandatory to achieve good prototype
PROSThe fact that you can create a responsive prototype for your project
CONSThe usage is note really intuitive with Figma and the fact that you can't use variant is really to bad it would be a killer feature
Vendor Response
Hey Julia, thank you so much for taking the time to review us. We are constantly working on improving Anima and helping our users get the most out of the platform. We appreciate your feedback! Happy designing! Team Anima <3
Replied February 2022