Create stunning animated ads in minutes
Really enjoy this tool to make animated ads. I mostly use it for an e-commerce product and display ads, so it's great to be able to make different versions/sizes to go on different platforms. Similar to a video editor where it gives you a timeline to drag and drop the different assets onto and then play it back in order. Real easy to use. Little bit of a learning curve when starting but easy to get the hang of, can be slow to load at times especially with the image library. But apart from that it's great!
I've been using animated GIFs and some MP4s on my website to present my company; the downside has been a very slow website. Bannerboo was a great discovery; it helped me create the same animations in HTML5 and much faster. Bannerboo supports all essential formats, including JPG, PNG, MP4, and GIFs. Additionally, what I appreciate about Bannerboo is its simplicity. It allows me to create animated ads without any coding. I have some difficulty accessing the website; each time, I have to restart my modem (DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN).
It's a great app and helps out my agency building banners for our clients.
I spent a couple of hours exploring the tool; I requested support and they asked me for images, but I didn't get any follow-up after writing again; I generated a couple of resources and none worked properly. I even recorded a video and sent it. The resource is still embedded in my test website, and even though it looks one way on the BannerBoo platform, the resource where it's embedded looks different. So I agree with the comments below that there are many bugs, and unfortunately, it results in wasted time.
I bought this the last time it was on appsumo and recently had an issue with some things related to my account. Their customer service was quick and able to help me get my problem taken care of quickly.
Also their recent adding of interactive banners look amazing, I can't wait to see how they work for us.
The concept is good, but tons of glitches. Had repeated problems with exporting a banner as a movie file (for use as an Instagram reel). I contacted their support team and received a prompt response asking me for multiple pieces of info/screen shots which I took the time to promptly provide. It's been 12 days since then and I never got a response from them. I wound up having to take the exported movie and import it into Adobe Premier to fix it.
In principal it's a great idea.... Kind of takes the approach of a video timeline that you should be able to manipulate and add affects super easy. Truly nothing that unique, but I thought it would be a solid time saver if the execution was solid.
Pros
- Great idea
- Should be efficient
Cons
- Limited assets
- BUGS BUGS BUGS, with wasted HOURS
For Illustration: Banner created: https://s.meicor.com/eDuep470
Banner Published: https://s.meicor.com/X6uXLPjX
ZERO RESPONSE FROM SUPPORT. (No way to re-save, No way to do anything... Such a time waster..)
- Features that don't work, and instructions that don't make sense
- Published items aren't the same as what you see on the screen
- Support is inadequate and slow to respond.
- Should be a short learning curve, but bugs make it a long haul up Everest.
I've tried a bunch of Appsumo products over the years, and maybe I'm jaded .. but there are so many similar products wrapped up differently that are way further along. This product is not cutting edge, limited designs and assets.
Pass for me.. maybe it will work better for someone else. For me it's hours I'll never get back. And.. PS support watched a video showing clearly what I produced and what the published version being completely different and yet didn't find the time to respond... Good luck BannerBoo...
I did have this at 2 stars, and decided 1 star would be more appropriate after I added the 2 videos showing the one purpose of the application was the one thing it couldn't do... (and still no response from support.. which because I'm pressing the refund button, it really doesn't matter..). I kept going to my inbox for support before pressing submit. I literally cringe sending bad reviews.
It's great for simple banner making and the animation options make it pretty easy to add some motion to your banners.
The first time I used it was on a paid job and I used it to optimise GIF file size by uploading an animated video and exporting it out through the GIF option which was extremely easy to do with BannerBoo as it had a lot of export options for gifs, it paid for itself with that one job so no complaints there.
The main reason it's a 4 taco rather than 5 is that there is no batch processing and the API is kept behind a paywall separate from any deals on here. This makes it extremely slow to do working at scale and means you can't automate production. If that was available that would really differentiate this product.
One of my favorite tools.
It's impressive what you can do with it.
I give you 5 tacos because I can't give you 1000!!!
Congratulations on your wonderful tool.
Just bought it because I wanted to check out the templates to see if they were good or cheesy garbage, and they look great.
BannerBoo = simplicity. It lets me make animated ads without any coding, very quickly and easily. All in all, it's a handy tool that streamlines the ad creation process.
The application is good but extremely slow or maybe its for tier1 users so. But if i could i would refund