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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/adobe-animate-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/adobe-animate-profile/alternatives/) # Adobe Animate User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 43 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.2/5 - Customer support: 4.5/5 - Value for money: 4.1/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 25 reviews (58%) - 4 stars: 16 reviews (37%) - 3 stars: 2 reviews (5%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - It is also useful as a graphic designer making it the perfect software to create 2D graphics and then animate them. - The software also integrates seamlessly with other Adobe products, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, allowing users to incorporate assets from those programs into their animations. - The timeline interface is very intuitive ### Most mentioned cons - The auto keyframes and movement of layers and frames can be difficult and a bit sluggish. - Unfortunately, as with all Adobe products, we are talking about very high prices, which in many parts of the world is way too expensive. ## Adobe Animate customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 43 (page 1). ### Really good tool for creating very interactive and engaging animated content. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Sahil A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall i feel adobe animate is really great option for animations. The 2D animations are of just very great level. Little more needs to be done on 3d animations too and customer support also, rest all i feel is very good. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The vector graphic support in the adobe animate is too good and this i would mention on top that i liked the most. Then the interface of animate is also very user friendly and is easy to navigate. The drag drop works very effectively and so the image editing too. In addition there are so many design templates to choose from that it serves all the requirements of different themes. #### Cons I personally feel that the customer support can be even more improved, especially from the services being offered by adobe are already at such a high bar standard. The 3 d animating tools also need to be increased and made more effective. --- ### The most popular 2D animation software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I loved working on this software, and gained enough experience from it, I had no difficulty in learning it because I was using a user interface like it before and anyone who doesn't have any knowledge in animation can learn it easily #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I loved this field of graphics, especially 2D, so after a long search I noticed that everyone advised to use Adobe Animate. What I liked the most is that the user interface of Adobe Animate is not very different from other Adobe programs that I used to use before, such as Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. In every new release that is published, admire the power of artificial intelligence that is added, because this way, time and effort are saved on users. Adobe Animate gives powerful features to make images and animations more realistic, including the Motion Editor feature. #### Cons I think the lack of 3D cameras is one of the problems that everyone is looking to see, and the price of the software is very expensive especially for beginners who want to enter this field --- ### Good, but could be better. HTML5 Banners. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christopher T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I had been using Animate for over 10 years and I found it easy to use and I liked my workflow for making HTML5 banners. It wasn't until I tried Google Web Designer, that I realised that there is a better and more efficient way to work. The product is good for making banners, but there are better alternatives now. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Adobe animate is good for making HTML5 banners, however it has hardly changed very much since it was Flash. I think it has fallen behind to Google Web Designer as my go to for HTML5 banners. I think it is easy to use but it lacks in new features or updates to it UI. #### Cons The. interface is quite dated and hasn't changed in years. The auto keyframes and movement of layers and frames can be difficult and a bit sluggish. It feels like it needs a big overhaul and new features added. --- ### Good app for creating very next level great animations. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Mitali K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall i find adobe animate to be a really good tool for creating very good animations. The animations and transitions in the app are very rich and diverse. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The image editing is superb in the adobe animate itself. The video editing with regard to animations is also quite good. There are so many transitions that offers a great choice to choose from. The drag and drop tool also works effectively and is very useful. #### Cons i feel like the interface looks cluttered and can be even more improved. the design templates also need to be even more improved and increased with even more variety. --- ### My Favorite software in college! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ricardo C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered In general, the user experience was very good, I was able to make animations for companies with very positive results. I made presentations, logo animations, banners for web pages and small animated personal projects. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Out of all the adobe software we used in college, this was definitely my favorite. I learned the basic concepts of animation with this tool, in an easy and practical way. It is an excellent software as a starting point in animation, easy to adapt and very satisfactory initial results. #### Cons Unfortunately, prices in south america does not help beginners. They should look for more accessible prices for countries whose currency is devalued. That would incentivize people to use more. --- ### Good choice for powerful and effective animations. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Prathima K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall adobe animate has been a really good tool for creating very powerful and well illustrative and appealing animations but its 3d capabilities need to be even more improved. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The platform support across windows mac and even mobile devices is really too good that i will mention it as the first thing that i liked the most. The animations and transitions, image editing, text overlay, drag and drop all these tools are very effective and help me create really powerful animations. #### Cons I feel the adobe animate is little more resource intensive especially while working with more complex and detailed animations of larger file size. Also i feel the 3d animation capabilities need to be even more enhanced. --- ### animation app - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros this app makes animation in easy ways and by default finds every tool inside it like making characters and emotions for cartoons and voicing their characters #### Cons this is very useful for everyone in the field cartoons and animation videos --- ### Create your own animation now. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. A rather interesting experience, I took my needs from this program to build some of my own projects. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros One of its strongest features is that it supports the Motion Editor feature and timeline, and all this to get a more realistic and natural image. A very powerful Deco tool with which I can do different effects for trees, flowers, etc. In general, 3D effects can be made for a wide range of images and animations. Animate gives us all the tools needed to make simple and complex animations. #### Cons Add coding to your animations for things like randomness, so you have to know some action scripting. --- ### Very good choice for creating very effective animations with ease. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jeevesh N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall adobe animate is very helpful in creating very effective animation s with ease. The image editing can be even more improved, rest all is all very good. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The animations and transitions of adobe animate are very nice. Also there is a lot of variety in them to choose from thus adding the diversity. The text overlay is also very good and can be done with ease. The media import and support to all types of files is also very good. There are also numerous design templates to choose from and thus is very effective. #### Cons I feel that the drag and drop can be even more improved. also the 2d drawing and animations is good but same needs to extended to 3d too. --- ### Control your moves - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Juan F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Outsourcing/ Offshoring - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros After using Canva to create some easy animations, I felt I sometimes needed more control. Animate is great for you to have more control over your animations. #### Cons with 2D animation, I have no problem. But I would like to have some 3D tools. --- ### mi experiencia usando Animate. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered con este programam empece a animar y me ayudo mucho a compender muchos de los movimientos basicos para realizar animacion 2d . es muy buen programa para iniciar animacion 2d en digital . #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros para empezar a hacer animacion 2d en digital es un programa muy bueno, te ayuda a comprender intuituvamente como funciona la animacion . #### Cons para algunas personas podria ser dificil empezar a usar el programa pero si has utilizado otro programa de adobe no se te hara tan dificl . --- ### Lo uso per diletto - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Francesco M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Package/ Freight Delivery - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Molto bello e utile, ho imparato un sacco di cose nuove e mi rende felice usarlo #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Sono diplomato alla scuola di disegno e questo software mi permette di dare vita ai miei personaggi #### Cons Sono autodidatta ed è stato un po' complicato imparare bene ad usarlo --- ### Creates professional looking content - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Anthony R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered This was a fabulous experience with great project results. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Animate is not only used for creating presentation videos, but also gives you the ability to generate games and/or ads and publish them on a variety of web based platforms. I would say that the price for renting this software monthly, with all the tools that it has to offer, is fair when you join Creative Cloud. The interface has been arranged very well with the tools panel on one side, the library of symbols and control panels on the other and the bottom timeline, all of which surround the composition. This was all very easy to get a good understanding of, along with learning about the possibilities of what projects you can create with it. #### Cons Prices to rent can vary in different countries. --- ### Great features but difficult to understand - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ashmita G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Accounting - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There are a lot of features and functions available to use. #### Cons It takes time to get the hang of the software and make the best out of it. --- ### Good but expensive - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall my experience with Adobe Animate has been ok, I will love to have more access to plug ins, because its expensive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Adobe animate has a lot of tools that are easy to use and the integration with all the Adobe Creative helps a lot for the workflow of the same project. #### Cons I don´t like that there is a lot of plug in that are too expensive, and can be nice to have them with a better cost. --- ### Excellent Customer Service - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lisa W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I really like Adobe Animate. I'm using it for a streaming purposes and it's been a really good program for that. It is because they are also a well established company they have excellent customer service compared to some programs that do the same thing but are cheaper #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros User friendly for intermediate level of users. Adobe is usually my go to software for all of my professional needs. Great value, easy editing, user friendly. #### Cons It can be a steep learning curve for first timers not used to this program. However there are a lot of youtube videos to help --- ### Adobe Animate even an 8 year can use it. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Yanatha D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros For value for money, customer support, ease of use, video editing and animation, image editing and design creation and editing tools Adobe Animate is a champion. #### Cons I have no issues with Adobe Animate. The application is simple to use even an eight year old can use it. --- ### Um programa de animação perfeito quando incorporado com Adobe Creative Cloud - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nuno P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered É um programa incluido na Adobe Creative Cloud, o que permite a sua utilização de forma "gratuita" se já obtiver a subscrição da Adobe. Incorpora-se perfeitamente com os outros programas da empresa, tornando-se a melhor opção possivel quando nestas circunstâncias. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros O Adobe Animate foi um dos primeiros porgramas a surgir na área da animação, devido a isso, o programa amadureceu durante decadas, limando arestas e deixando-o ideal para o consumidor. Desenhar do Animate é fantastico e o Pincel desliza de forma natural, obtendo otimos desenhos e animações. Quando incorporado com os outros programas da Adobe Creative Cloud, o Animate torna-se ainda mais profissional, sendo possivel conecta-lo com o Adobe Premiere, Illustrator etc. #### Cons Apesar de ser um programa já com algumas decadas (anteriormente Flash), foi um programa que a Adobe sempre meteu um pouco de parte, deixando-o desatualizado com frequência, tornando-se uma opção menos viavel quando comparada com outros programas pagos ou até gratuitos. #### Reasons for switching to Adobe Animate O Animate permite uma animação mais criativa devido ao facto de se poderem criar os desenhos na própria aplicação, enquanto que o Adobe After Effects requer o uso do Adobe Illustrator para criar os desenhos. --- ### Software to develop crisp and interactive 2D animations - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nabin P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered With Adobe Animate we are able to develop interactive ads for our clients. Such ads have helped out clients to gain more customer attention, yielding more business revenue. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Adobe Animate is the industry-leading 2D animation software for creating interactive ads and games for web browsers, AR, and VR devices. It comes free with an Adobe CC subscription, and the user interface is similar to other Adobe software. It features advanced rigging for characters, a rich asset panel with sounds and effects, a wide range of export formats, and great tutorials to get started. #### Cons Requires programming in ActionScript, Javascript, or HTML5 for interactive animation. Animations produced are quite resourceful. Needs to be used in conjunction with Photoshop and Illustrator for better graphics. #### Reasons for choosing Adobe Animate We choose Adobe Animate over other alternatives because it is easy to use and comes free with an Adobe CC subscription. #### Reasons for switching to Adobe Animate Adobe Animate comes free with an Adobe CC subscription. Works very well with other Adobe software like Illustrator and Photoshop. It has an easy and familiar userinterface. --- ### Bring 2D graphics to life. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Deni H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Well and good, because Adobe Animate is like a modernized version of Flash. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The combination of design software and coding applications that can expand creativity. #### Cons Limitations in terms of function and usability so collaboration from other software is needed. --- ### My Feedback - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chibuike U. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like the ease of making 2d animation and the clean, vector resolution it provides that cannot be unrivalled by any 2d animation I have used in the market. #### Cons It doesn't have assorted formats and features to export my animation. --- ### Fun, intuitive, classic animation engine - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Michael G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Adobe Animate, a.k.a. "The IDE, formerly known as Adobe Flash", was how I cut my teeth as a professional game developer back in 2007. The timeline made animations and tweens very easy to understand -- I only wish the Unity animation timeline was that intuitive. Adding scripts to individual timeline objects was easy, as was adding a single master script to an entire project as a "document class" -- just imagine that your Animate project was a car, and individual parts of the car were individual objects on the timeline (wheel, engine, alternator, etc.). The document class would be "Car.as" and manage the operation of the entire car. It would have access to smaller classes like "Alternator.as", which you would attach to the individual objects inside the library of your project. I sometimes still use the art tools of Animate when I want quick vector programming art -- it's easier to use than most programs, including Gimp, and doesn't overburden you with information or options. Of course, paying the monthly fee just for that is expensive. If you can find a pipeline with which to use this software with your more modern game development needs, do it! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros -The timeline interface is very intuitive -The art tools are very easy to use for simple art and programmer art -ActionScript 3 is easy to learn and a great companion language -Keeps up with the times and exports to multiple formats -Can connect .swfs to other .swfs like legos, if you know your ActionScript #### Cons -Fewer job opportunities that involve its use today than there were 10-15 years ago -The tools that involve porting its output to Unity are somewhat buggy -.swfs are basically obsolete; Animate is mainly used to help former flash programmers transition to other environments --- ### The Best Vector graphics animation Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Amr M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered As an Instructional Designer, I use Adobe Animation in some projects that incorporate short explainer videos or educational content with storytelling techniques. Adobe Animate allows me to edit and create high-quality animations and graphics while I'm not a professional graphic designer. I follow the embedded product tutorials and the Adobe Animate Behance Community to keep up with best practices regarding my project. I share my work with teammates/stakeholders for feedback and approvals, all within the Adobe environment. The AI features make it easy to edit and finalize my projects. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Adobe Animate is a cutting-edge Design/Authoring solution for vector graphics animation. It allows for high-quality content production and has seamless integration with Adobe applications. The newer versions adopt AI technologies that save users' time and effort working on their projects. It has efficient cloud-based features that facilitate project sharing with Clients/Teammates, enhance teamwork and remote collaboration, and increase overall design team productivity. #### Cons The subscription plans are expensive, whether for a single Adobe Animate license or the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. --- ### It's fun to make 2D animation in Adobe Animate - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: hm S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Adobe Animate is excellent. As I have worked before with Flash, this software is mostly familiar to me. Not only Motion Graphics but also 2D cartoon animation is very easy and enjoyable to most people with a basic knowledge of graphics. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like Adobe Animate because it is very easy to operate. Anyone with basic knowledge can learn the animation with Adobe Animate. The frame-by-frame animation in the timeline requires less learning curve. The most functional thing of Adobe Animate is the tweens. #### Cons There is something about this software which needs more improvement. The motion graphics part is pretty basic. So, it should be more advanced. --- ### Flash Lives on In Animate! - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Jeremy D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall, I was able to make some neat animations with Adobe Animate, but I was disappointed with the GUI performance. Still, having Flash experience made this a welcome app to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Coming from a Flash background, it was easy to start animating in Adobe Animate. It's quite obvious just form at how the timeline looks and works, that this is a re-skinning of Flash. Which is fine. And Adobe Animate adds many layers to Adobe Animate, one of the coolest being motion-tracking, which allows you to act out your character on camera, and see your character move in real time! Very cool. #### Cons On my 2019 iMac, Adobe Animate does not function very well. There seems to be some kind of graphics rendering issue with the interface, and it was quite choppy and laggy to work with. This might be just my experience, but all other Adobe CC apps work just fine on my system. #### Reasons for choosing Adobe Animate Adobe Animate has a much more familiar interface. #### Reasons for switching to Adobe Animate Flash was discontinued, in the extreme. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/adobe-animate-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Adobe Animate Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice