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Online Animated Video Creators or Freelancers? What's Best If You Have Decided To Do It Yourself?
You are in need of an explainer video, how-to video or other type of video for your business and don't want to spend a bunch of money on it. You start considering different options, decide you can do it yourself and come across online animation and video creators and freelancers. Online creators are super cheap (compared to other options), but your video lacks in creativity and uniqueness. Freelancers are a good choice, but sometimes is a tricky one.

Let's discuss this topic and choose the best option for your business!
Online animation and video creators: pros and cons

Online 2D animation makers are platforms for creating animated videos for your brand for very little money compared to animation studios or even freelancers. These are Moovly, Wideo, Spark, Animoto, Animaker.
1. It saves your own money. The final result will cost you from 50$ to 100$, or in some cases even for free (for instance, when you save the watermark on the video)!

2. Your business has a video, which means you have another marketing tool to promote your brand!

3. There are dozens of platforms out there on the internet, so you have something to choose from.

1. Time-consuming. Making an animated video takes more hours of hard work than you've thought.

2. The templates are the same and your video is not going to turn out a unique one. Somebody already has something pretty similar.

3. Not enough brand customization. Since you are using the templates, they are created for standard cases and your brand concept may not fit into one of them.

Hiring freelancers: pros and cons

Freelancers help you create unique content for your brand. There is a bunch of websites where you can find the right person for the project you are working on. Among which are Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer, Guru, Videopixie.
1. You have the 2D animated video done by a professional, who can customize it just the way you want it to be.

2. Hiring a freelancer saves your time since you don't get to do the job by yourself. In most cases it also saves your nerves.

3. If you manage to find the beginner who wants to create a portfolio, you can get a pretty good discount.

1. You cannot control the final result and most of the time freelancer is not going to change the project if you don't like something about it, or it will cost you additional

2. Freelancers can be unreliable. In most of the cases you just have verbal agreement and do not sign a contract, so in case this person fails, you are left with nothing to prove your point.

3. You are likely to spend too much time searching for the right guy. There are not so many freelancers who, besides animation, can do a voiceover or write a script for your video, and do it in the best way.

With that being said, there are many ways to create a video for your business, app or a startup, you just have to know the options.

If your budget is low or you have a startup and don't have extra money to spend on the video, we would definitely recommend taking a look at online 2D animation and video creators. Even though the video is lacking in creativity, you have additional marketing tool, and that's great!

If you want to be creative, then think about hiring a freelancer (if you are okay with all of the cons we have described). There is also another choice, more reliable one, and that is working with 2D animation studios.

Working with an animation studio means working with a team of professional animators and creators who are passionate about their job. You get the final result just in time, you can always discuss all of the necessary things with the manager and do not worry about the video and just relax!

The choice is always yours, so we only provide you with right information!

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