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Angelo
Verified reviewer
Media Production, 1 employee
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2024
My best choice for creating interactive courses and games
I use Active Presenter since one of the earliest version if I remember well about 8 years or more ago. I liked the screen record feature you can use with simplicity. I created two interactive games for children in preschooler age about basic English and colours, it was very easy to find how to manage the interactivity and also the support was very fast in giving me a solution when I had to create an interactive bookshelf to sell a market products using custom pictures and Paypal method and buttons.
PROSI liked the extensive features you can use and the simplicity of the UI. I created two interactive games and imported my assets without any inconveniences. I exported in HTML5 the final product and it worked fine with any browsers.
CONSI don't know any cons because during the use if I had a problem in a matter of time the support helped me.
Reasons for switching to ActivePresenter
Because was cheaper and the support very friendly.
Vendor Response
So glad to read a review from one of our very first users. Thank you for having accompanied us for so long, and we hope you will continue creating more amazing projects using ActivePresenter. Please feel free to contact us should you encounter any problems again, you know we are always here for users <3. Best regards,
Replied March 2024
Liz
Government Administration, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Active Presenter is all you need for professional video creation
I have been using Active Presenter for about 6 years now and I can't do my job without it. I don't need a complex or expensive program to create videos, Active Presenter does everything they do. If I have a question, the user forum usually has the answer or I post the question and usually get an answer the next day - that's unbelievable. Plus they stay up to date with their user guide and software updates.
PROSI love how easy and intuitive Active Presenter is. I have used Captivate and other products and they aren't as easy. Plus Active Presenter is a fraction of their costs and has all the tools I need to create video simulations, interactive videos and just plain tutorials. I also like the ability to effortlessly import slides from PowerPoint. Great product and fabulous customer service!
CONSI would like more Animations to choose from to add even more pizzazz, but it has the standard animations that PowerPoint has.
Reasons for switching to ActivePresenter
Active Presenter is easier to learn and use, plus with constrained budgets, it's much cheaper than the competition. Love it!
Vendor Response
Hi Liz, Thank you for your sincere review. We're happy that you are enjoying your experience with ActivePresenter. We really appreciate our users' opinions and are trying to improve our product day by day. Therefore, please stay updated on our Community, our Blog, and our YouTube channel so as not to miss important information. Please feel free to get in touch with us should you have any other issues. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
beta
Animation, 2-10 employees
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2022
All in 1 screen recording
Overall, as long as you are Okay with their animation quality and the price, ActivePresenter is a great choice for users who need a comprehensive and easy-to-use screen recording. It offers a wide range of features and an intuitive interface makes it suitable for all skill levels.
PROSActivePresenter offers a wide range of features for screen recording, video editing, and e-learning content creation. It has an intuitive and easy-to-use interface, making it suitable for users of all skill levels. It allows you to record your screen, webcam, and audio simultaneously, giving you the option to create videos with multiple layers of audio and visual content.
CONSI do understand why people like ActivePresenter, but compared to other alternatives, ActivePresenter is quite expensive, and their animation, such as transition, ouch it is ugly, sometimes I feel like using the old windows video editor.
Reasons for switching to ActivePresenter
I'm looking for an all-in-one screen recorder and presentation.
Vendor Response
Hi, Thanks for your contributing review. Our latest version has been released with 30 transitions and up to 80 animations to make the slides and videos change smoother. Kindly refer here: https://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/ Hope you will continue loving and supporting ActivePresenter.
Replied March 2023
Vasileios
Verified reviewer
Construction, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Maybe the best for Video creation - recording your screen.
I am creating video tutorials for the software that we provide to our customers.
PROS- Screen Recording - Easy Video Editing - Can add narration "Text - to - Speach" with true voices! - Can add music background in the whole video, no mater how many slides - Can make software simulations - Can make quizes and get the results - Ideal for Video Tutorials and creation of pre-recorderd courses.
CONSNot really many things to mention. Maybe the only drawback is that you have free updates for the major version you buy. But honestly... I wouldn't say that this is strange! You buy a software and you can use it for as long as you want... and the company gives you free updates for many years... but only for the version you bought. Fair I guess...
Reasons for switching to ActivePresenter
There is no comparison between ActivePresenter and this piece of scrap called MS PowerPoint. :) MS PP is a baby compared to ActivePresenter!
Vendor Response
Hi Vasileios, Sorry for our late reply and thank you so much for your review. We're happy that ActivePresenter has become your first choice to create videos and record your screen. We hope that you will continue supporting and using our product as we are trying our best to improve its quality in the upcoming versions. Let us know via our email at support@atomisystems.com if you encounter any issues while using the product. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
Scott
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2023
Excellent eLearning Authoring Tool with World-Class Customer Support
Our team has used ActivePresenter to develop and publish more than 30 eLearning modules with assessments for the past 5+ years.
PROSThe application has an intuitive slide-based workflow, a robust set of eLearning development tools, multi-modal publishing (demo, tutorial, practice, and test modes) and one-click publishing to HTML5 and/or SCORM formats for ready deployment via LMS (we use it with MOODLE). The few times I have needed support, the team was very responsive and extremely helpful and even on a few occasions created scripts to make the software do what we needed it to do (which were somewhat non-standard use-cases). I have used many eLearning development and deployment platforms (including the 2 heaviest hitters in the industry), but ActivePresenter is hands-down the best value for the money and is most accessible for new team members to ramp up in learning development.
CONSNo cons after 5+ years of use creating and publishing dozens of interactive learning resources.
Vendor Response
We're so proud and happy to read you review, Scott. Thank you for having been one of our long-term users and I hope you will continue supporting our product as well as unleashing your creativity with more amazing works. Do not hesitate to contact us via our Community or email at support@atomisystems.com should you encounter any issues. Best regards,
Replied March 2024
Greg
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2023
Awesome Control and Flexibility
In my short time using ActivePresenter so far, I have been extremely impressed with the functionality that can be developed using this tool. Where some might prefer a more streamlined experience that caters to the novice - I prefer a blank slate and I appreciate that this authoring tool does a nice job of balancing the experience for both new and veteran users alike.
PROSActivePresenter leaves control to the developer and allows for a great deal of flexibility to realize your projects. User friendly interface makes most things easy to find. Strong JavaScript support and extremely well written documentation. Technical support from developer via community forums is fantastic.
CONSJavaScript coding is a little heavier due to the syntax requirements but a small concession compared to what is possible.
Vendor Response
Hi Greg, We're happy that you love our product. I hope you will continue supporting us to develop this product and others more in the future. You can give a try at another product of us, Saola Animate. It is a tool to help you create HTML5 animation and interactive web content. You can also apply JavaScript and coding skills in this tool. We hope to accompany you a long journey further onwards <3
Replied November 2023
Piyush
Internet, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2023
Great software for every requirement for video editing.
Overall experience has been great and I really like this. It is easy and gives you so many features.
PROSIt is just awesome to have this on your system because this is one of the easiest and most intuitive video editing app there. Quick with there updates and narration feature is good too. It is easy on pocket so overall a great win win for you.
CONSsome casual crashes happend but that issue could be related to the systems we are using. other than that not anything that I disliked
Vendor Response
Thank you Piyush for your feedback. We're happy that the software can help you with your work. Hope that you will still be one of our close customers, and please don't hesitate to contact us at support@atomisystems.com should you encounter any problems or have any concerns. Have a nice day! Customer Support Team
Replied October 2023
Fortunato
Verified reviewer
Photography, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2023
One of the best
ActivePresenter is one of the best softwares available to screen-record. I tried a few other softwares, but the results I obtained using ActivePresenter was amazing. First of all, the software is really intuitive, and can record in high quality, without any problem. But the amazing thing is I can run it on all my devices, which had some troubles in the past running similar softwares. Simply amazing!
CONSI like everything so far, so I have nothing to report.
Vendor Response
Hi Fortunato, Thank you for your positive feedback. We're happy that we can help you with our product. If you encounter any issues while using ActivePresenter, please contact us at support@atomisystems.com and our support is always free and available. Hope we can accompany you further in the future. BR, Quynh Anh from Support Team
Replied August 2023
Giuseppina
Verified reviewer
Public Relations and Communications, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Perfect
ActivePresenter is really easy to use thanks to its user-friendly interface, and the video quality is amazing. I really didn't expect it to have all these fuctions, it's really imprressive.
CONSI would love if the software had more animations to choose from, it feels like a presentation animation and I would love for something more dynamic.
Vendor Response
Hi Giuseppina, Thank you so much for your feedback. Our latest version has just updated more interesting animations and transitions, so please feel free to update/ upgrade and experience the software more. Contact us at support@atomisystem.com at any time if you encounter any issues. Love you <3
Replied August 2023
Paola
Verified reviewer
Arts and Crafts, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2023
it's very useful to create videos and tutorial
i use this tool to create and edit video tutorial
CONSimage editing could be also added to have more functions
Vendor Response
Thank you Paola for trusting and using our product. We hope we can accompany you further in your future content-creating journey. Please feel free to contact us at support@atomisystems.com if you encounter any issues or have any other concerns. With regards, Customer Support Team
Replied October 2023
Claudia
Verified reviewer
Public Relations and Communications, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Good
I use it when I need to screen recording something, and it's amazing! It has a really good quality, and is really easy to use.
CONSSometimes, if my device has a lot of programs open, taking a lot of RAM space, it freezes and stops working. This can be fixed by starting the device again.
Vendor Response
Hi Claudia, Thank you for your review and glad to hear that our product helps your work. Please feel free to contact us at support@atomisystems.com if you encounter any issues while using our software. Our support is always free. Have a nice week ahead! Cheers <3
Replied August 2023
Sarah
Entertainment, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
High-end editor at an affordable price
Maintenance of how-to videos is a big issue. With ActivePresenter, we can switch out anything that needs to be edited for a new release, switch in new material quickly, and put out a revised video in less than an hour. With some other video editors, it took a couple of days. We’ve occasionally lost source files for older videos (not necessarily in ActivePresenter). With AP, we simply record the published older video and turn it into an AP source file.
PROSI use ActivePresenter in two contexts. As a video producer for a major educational company, I produce small how-to videos that need frequent updating. As a mystery writer, I produce "teaser" videos for my books: fewer maintenance cycles but I need more dazzling effects. I've used other video editing suites and course creation tools, including Captivate, Camtasia, and (currently) Premiere Pro. For ease of use and breadth of features, my favorite is ActivePresenter. It is enormously flexible. It can import PowerPoint slides, images, GIFs, and other videos. As you edit, you can separate your video into chunks ("slides") to focus on one piece of animation or editing at a time. It captures video off the screen or from an application *and separates the video track from the audio track*--a huge win in maintenance. You can record multiple audio and video tracks at once. You can record a video without the mouse and layer the mouse in later, another big maintenance win. Once you’ve captured a video, you can export it as a MP4, then add it to another video, then edit it again, then export that video and import it to another video…all without loss of audio or video quality. Editing is nondestructive. AP has a nice library of special effects, including transitions from scene to scene, fades in and out of individual items in the timeline, animation (even without Saola Animate), and opacity. With the course creation module, of course, you’d get many more.
CONSIt’s a high-end video edit and there’s a learning curve if you haven’t used a similar product before. If you have, some things work differently but there are no real surprises. Source files for a complex video can be LARGE, up to several hundred MB. Plan your storage accordingly. (Output files are fine.) Neither of these are big issues.
Reasons for switching to ActivePresenter
Ease of use, maintainability, and cost.
Vendor Response
Hi Sarah, Thank you for your detailed review. We're glad that ActivePresenter can satisfy your needs in creating and editing content. If you have any further questions or requests, please feel free to get in touch with us via email at support@atomisystems.com. Hope that you will continue loving and supporting our product. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
Filip
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2018
A complete and well-designed software for creating interactive HTML5 elearning contents.
For me, ActivePresenter is perfect as an all-in-one elearning authoring package!
PROSI use ActivePresenter now for almost 3 years! I am very proud of showing my presentations to all my colleagues. The interactivity and the user-friendly approach is so great! As a Physics Teacher, after many years, I finally found the ultimate solution to cope with the modern students needs. ActivePresenter makes teaching active, dynamic, `flashing and student-related. All my lessons are `packed in ActivePresenter. I also incorporate the necessary text-to-speech fragments; this makes me feel completely relieved and at ease, because prepared to `cope with the group of `youngsters in the classroom. These moments in front of the classroom are accompanied with e-learning activities. ActivePresenter presentations have full interactive options; students are really enthusiastic to work independently on tasks, modules, interactive quizzes and hard-core-physics-exercises. Here are a few of the many things I like about the software: Easy `basic-down-to-earth PowerPoint-like presentations with automated output; (even here, the possibilities are 100-fold compared to other tools!). Built-in audio/video editing capabilities. Interactive elements are available to guide the audience by an adapted path, fitting the situation or the need of the audience. Various types of questions/quizzes. All the results of the students can easily be stored in an LMS (with SCORM or xAPI support). You can also make an automated link to Google Spreadsheets to follow up the results!
CONSA little bit of learning curve before you can explore all the possibilities of the software. (but after all, there is a very elaborated manual and a supporting help-desk!)
Vendor Response
Thank you very much for the review! ActivePresenter has too many features that some first time users may find it a little bit to get started, that's why we're making more and more beginner's tutorials and our support is always there to help.
Replied January 2018
Betty
Education Management, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Io AMO Active Presenter
Io adoro questo software! Mi ha aiutato a salvare il mio sito dall'oblio, dopo la morte di Adobe Flash Player, dato che i miei esercizi interattivi erano stati creati tutti in Flash. Ho cercato tanto nel web, ma i prezzi altissimi degli altri software mi avevano bloccato e rattristato. Non sapevo più cosa fare. Poi ho trovato Active Presenter ed è stato la mia salvezza! Un fiore all'occhiello è anche il meraviglioso Team di supporto, penso non ne esistano altri come il loro, sempre presenti e disponibili. Per tutto questo ringrazio di cuore chi ha lavorato e lavora tuttora a questo fantastico progetto.
PROSActive Presenter ha molte funzioni e trovo sia facile da usare, ma quando sorge qualche problema che non comprendo chiedo aiuto al team di supporto che arriva subito in soccorso.
CONSMi piace tutto, solo mi piacerebbe potesse avere anche la funzionalità di inserire animazioni vettoriali.
Vendor Response
Hi Betty, Thank you so much for your review. We're happy that ActivePresenter has become a helpful and powerful tool for you to use. Your compliment is such a huge motivation for us to develop further. We also appreciate your contributing request, and we'll forward your idea to our internal team. In the meantime, you can refer to another product of us, SaoLa Animate, an outstanding tool to create animations & interactive web content (https://atomisystems.com/saola-animate/) Please feel free to contact us via email at support@atomisystems.com or our community (https://talk.atomisystems.com/) if you meet any issues. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
Jose
Broadcast Media, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2023
Buen programa, pero necesario un buen ordenador
Es un programa bastante útil si necesitas grabar la pantalla de manera algo regular, es rápido de hacer que grabe, fácil, es gratuito y puedes editar con cierta complejidad luego, curva de aprendizaje suave y no lanza errores.
CONSEl problema viene cuando renderizas el vídeo, lo exportas... O cuando lo capturas grabando la pantalla. Cuando lo grabo en la pantalla de compañeros de trabajo porque el vídeo lo hacen ellos, a veces si el ordenador no es suficientemente potente, graba como con pocos frames, y al exportarlo lo mismo, por no hablar de lo que puede tardar en renderizarse algo teniendo poco RAM...
Vendor Response
Hi Jose, Thank you for all your sharing about our product. We really appreciate feedback like yours in order to troubleshoot issues and improve our software more. Therefore, the next time you encounter any problems while using ActivePresenter, don't hesitate to contact us at support@atomisystems.com. Our support is always free and available to help you with anything. Thank you <3
Replied August 2023
Deni
Non-Profit Organization Management, 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 July 2022
Cheap and Powerful!
It is generally a good tool. When you start using it. And you may feel unusual with its type of tools, but pretty soon, you learn it.
PROSI love the inter functionality among the tools that it brings!
CONSI don't like the type of HTML 5 player. You should be able to choose abetter one.
Reason for choosing ActivePresenter
Because of the price
Vendor Response
Hi Deni, Thank you so much for your review. We really appreciate your compliment and also the contributing feedback. Please feel free to contact us freely via support@atomisystems.com or the community channel (https://talk.atomisystems.com/) if you encounter any issues while using our product. We're always willing to help. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
Lorena
Education Management, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
La mejor herramienta para la creación de cursos e-learning sin duda
Estoy muy satisfecha con la herramienta, ya que te da libertad para personalizar totalmente a tu gusto y necesidades una experiencia de aprendizaje e-learning.
PROSsi tengo que recalcar algo que diferencia ActivePresenter con el resto de herramientas de autor con las que he trabajado es sin duda la atención al cliente y el soporte personalizado que ofrecen. ¡Fue sin duda excepcional!
CONSPor comentar algo negativo, son los pequeños errores que puedes encontrar en situaciones concretas, pero que gracias a la comunidad y al equipo de soporte, poco a poco van solventando con cada actualización.
Reason for choosing ActivePresenter
Era la única que soportaba las necesidades de mi proyecto.
Vendor Response
Hi Lorena, Thank you so much for your sharing. We're glad that you are satisfied with your experience with ActivePresenter. We always put our users and customer experience first. Therefore, we're again very grateful to read your review. Please feel free to contact us if you encounter any other issues in the future. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
Michael
Verified reviewer
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2018
Great software and customer support
Productive developing of eLearning material, notably SCORM and good customer support
PROSA good free version for evaluation and reasonably priced licenses. Easy to use and works great in HTML5 and SCORM to upload to LMS or other sites. Great customer support via the forum or email.
CONSHard to use javascript (at least for version 6) as no scripting references are available. This would be helpful as certain action in the interactive part are missing. e.g. a play/resume button - but support is available.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your positive review, Michael. Regarding Javascript support, we've made great improvements in the latest ActivePresenter 7 version with well documented Javascript API and an improved built-in editor. We also added support for multi-state object and other interactions. Best Regards, ActivePresenter Team.
Replied July 2018
Anonymous
10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2023
ActivePresenter for Screensharing
It is feasible and freeware if anyone utilising it for personal use, but as we were using it for organisation so it required license. But the feature and ease of use were good of it.
CONSWhen using for personal use it records with the watermark however that was not considered as an issue.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your review, dear. You can try using the eLearning features to create amazing interactive courses, too. I believe the software can "wow" you once you know it can unleash your creativity in different ways! Feel free to contact us at support@atomisystems.com at any time. We are always willing to help! Best regards,
Replied March 2024
John
E-Learning, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2022
Working with Activepresenter
My students benefit - as I can build splendid presetnations and imnpoirt extra MP4s to provide a comprehensive output.
PROSHaving used Articlulate, Storyline and ISpring =- i chose this as a bette roption - as it was apersonal expense.
CONSI thought perpetual license was forever and upgrqades would come with it - so I have kept to version 7.
Reasons for switching to ActivePresenter
I wanted to buy a full copy and price was the factor.
Vendor Response
Hi John, Thank you for your review and interest in ActivePresenter. We really appreciate that you have chosen ActivePresenter as the companion to your work. For your information, after one year, major version upgrades will cost 40% of the full price. I believe, in comparison with other software, this is still a reasonable price for you to consider purchasing due to the updates of many more features. Please feel free to contact us via email at support@atomisystems.com if you have any other questions about pricing or the upcoming version, ActivePresenter 9. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
Tom
Government Administration, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Best video creation software - ActivePresenter
Excellent
PROSBrilliant for creating bespoke training modules
CONSOnce you get to grips with ActivePresenter there's nothing to dislike.
Reason for choosing ActivePresenter
Initially cost - but now appreciate all the functions.
Vendor Response
Hi Tom, Thank you so much for your review and compliment. We hope that you will enjoy your experience with ActivePresenter in many more upcoming versions. Kindly let us know via email at support@atomisystems.com should you have any issues or questions while using our product. Best regards, Customer Support Team
Replied August 2022
Hakob
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2022
One of the best free screen recorders
ActivePresenter is one of the best freeware tools for screen recordings. I use it quite often for demo purposes and some light video editing.
PROSOne of the biggest advantages of ActivePresenter is that you can record only the selected area of your screen, or to record just one specific window on your machine.It has most of the editing tools, so you can post process your recorded videos, enhance their audio, or even add various effects.
CONSThere is only one thing which is not convenient in this software is that once you pressed record, you can't change any recording settings. This is quite annoying when you want to remove your earphones during the recording. The moment you unplug, the software won't record your mic and the sound from laptop speakers. It would be great if I could change those parameters during the recording process.
Vendor Response
Hi, Glad to know our product helps you with your work. Feel free to contact with us via our email at support@atomisystems.com if you have any questions or requests.
Replied March 2023
Gregory
Verified reviewer
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2018
Looking for a cost-effective tool to combine on screen recordings with other media.
Ability to record on screen actions and combine that with recorded video, still and audio clips to create a single merged video output.
PROSI played with a lot of tools in this category - many are free/feature limited with Pro versions ranging from single high cost to subscriptions. Active Presenter was the best combination of features (basic timeline editing, ability to pan and zoom the screen video, various options for exporting, no recurring costs for needed features) I found. In fairness, there is no such think as "simple" video editing. If you don't know what you're doing or don't do it frequently enough to recall all the feature locations, you'll struggle. Active Presenter is not designed for first time/one time use. It's a fairly serious program with a lot of features and options. I appreciate that it gives me the tools and controls to do the things I need without limitations, even at the cost of a learning curve.
CONSIt feels like it's designed for more slideshow based output than full video. It's capable of both, but many of the obvious options and toolbar buttons are geared towards something other than integrated video and on-screen action.
Vendor Response
Hi Gregory, Thank you very much for your favorable review! We're glad that ActivePresenter provides all the tools that you ever need. It's also a good motivation for us to keep improving the overall UX. Best Regards,
Replied January 2018
Jacky
Verified reviewer
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2018
I am a writer about software for PCs and Mac.
ActivePresenter can record video, webcam with audio, system sound and take screenshot in full hd quality. The program also comes with very intuitive interface plus ever-expanding variety of video editing features. It is free and safe to use.
CONSIt lacks of video effects that many other video editors offer. Anyway, it's great for me since I seldom add effects to my tutorial video.
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Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Full window's screen capturing
I use this program to record myself when I am testing out websites and have to show bugs and my replication steps to get to the bugs.
PROSFree, pretty easy to setup and understand, and it even has a built in editor so you don't have to download a third party program to convert it to mp4. It also not only allows you to record your full windows screen but it also allows you to record yourself via webcam, with built in options to upload to twitch and other sites, at the same time so can be great for gamers
CONSThe video editor itself can be a little confusing and you have to make sure that you save it after the recording or else you will loose the recording you just performed.