Toonly

RATING:

4.3

(31)

About Toonly

Toonly is a video-making solution that helps businesses create, share, and publish animated explainer videos across web pages, emails, crowdfunding campaigns, social media platforms, and more from within a unified platform. It allows staff members to record video voiceovers and utilize the built-in music repository to insert background sounds. Toonly enables video creators to access the objects, characters, and backgrounds library to add elements, such as sofas, tables, chairs and village, city, classroom, and other backdrops. It is available on monthly and annual subscriptions and support is extended via live chat, video tutorials, documentation, email, and other online measures.

Toonly Pricing

Starting price: 

$39.00 per month

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Toonly Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Toonly

1 - 5 of 31 Reviews

User Profile

Hossamudin

Verified reviewer

Higher Education, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2022

The easiest 2D animation software out there.

Great!

PROS

I like how easy it is creating an explainer video for my youtube channel.

CONS

Well, the animations, and characters are limited.

Reasons for switching to Toonly

Well, powtoon is good but it is very very expensive compared to toonly.

Jyng

Animation, 1 employee

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed December 2020

Not very stunning, but Toonly can deliver a decent and personalized explainer video.

I use Toonly whenever the project I am working on requires more character poses for a target niche. Toonly truly delivers flexibility and customization.

PROS

The best part of Toonly is its wide selection of character poses even for a standard version. I also love the lipsync feature which is not available on most animations sofware.

CONS

The characters look very simple, flat and outdated. The software also lags a lot on longer (more than 1 minute) videos which can be time consuming.

Reason for choosing Toonly

Videoscribe is a a whiteboard video creating software. I needed colored animation software.

Krishnan

Education Management, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed November 2022

An average product.

PROS

Though the software is easy to use, it lacks the additional and critical features required for creating animated videos. Characters are 2D only.

CONS

There are better softwares in the market though they are slightly pricey.

Darlene

Publishing, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

2

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed November 2022

High Learning Curve and Difficult to Master

Initially, I enjoyed using Toonly. I had great ideas and plans for how I could use the cartoon software in my author/training business. But the more I used it, the more I began to be frustrated with the lack of templates and the gap between what I knew how to do and what I saw the product should be able to do. It was hard to create a product that was not cheap looking, unprofessional, and lacking in style. In order to get an excellent product, too much time was required, but there was no training to help users get that excellent end-product. Most people using the product are trying to start up something, be it a restaurant or some sort of educational training. But the promises of how a Toonly video can help in this start up actually backfire and became detrimental to the start-up because there was no theory-training videos to enable the user to make the product feel and look professional. If it were simply marketed to people trained in design, I wouldn't be here writing this review. I used their sister product Doodly, found out about this, and eagerly bought it as well. I had hoped to include both types in my training videos. In the end, I stopped using both products because it took too much time for the low quality that resulted. Yes, it's that I didn't study design. But it's also because they promoted it to me without giving me the additional tools I needed to make of the videos what I could. To be fair, compared to Doodly, this end product is easier to master.

PROS

The cute videos that can possibly result. It's an amazing idea to be able to animate cartoons to use for business start-ups or education.

CONS

The lack of training in how to create a masterful product as well as the relative lack of template designs to use.

Victor

Animation, 1 employee

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2022

An impressive 2D animation software for my explainer videos!

Toonly is just one of the best 2D video software you can find online! I own several different video software and among them, I have Doodly as a doodle software and Toonly as a 2D animation software both from Bryxen! I was looking online for video creating software and I tried many of them and eventually, I kept only the ones I truly found useful and with a great team behind them! I have Toonly and I love it! I never had even one thought to ask for a refund because it is what I need. I advise everyone who comes across Toonly just to try it 30 days risk-free (is what I did until I found the good software I needed and the ones I loved I kept) so don't just believe me, go and try it 100% risk-free! They do refund you 100% of your investment if you don't like it, but you WILL! I have Enterprise Membership for both Doodly and Toonly! Love it! It is a 5 Star! They constantly work on improvement and periodically release new updates! Thank you Toonly!

PROS

I like the ease I can animate the characters, props and all elements inside the software. I like the pre-made scenes that I can build my scenes on. I like the multitude of actions that the characters have. I like the fact that it is a drag & drop software and I like the fact that it is super intuitive.

CONS

I really do like everything about Toonly, I really don't find anything to dislike!