Visme is one of the best online graphic design tools on the planet, allowing you to create nearly any kind of collateral. Print, online graphics, infographics, this omni-tool allows you to do it all without being a professional graphic designer.
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A Mature Product
Visme is also a Canva killer. It has so much more features and designs available to it that Canva does not have and this cloud based software can potentially be cheaper than Canva, the current market leader. Unless you need grunt and technical capabilities like Adobe Photoshop, Indesign or Illustrator, creating the collateral you need on this platform is quick and satisfied most needs.
Visme contains and handles many types of media assets, it can use a logo, vector, photo, image, and has many effects out of the box that you can use to make the perfect creative. Visme is powerful and intuitive, enabling you to make many types of collateral in minutes that will look just as good as a design many pro designers will produce for you. One key difference of Visme is layouts giving the ability to create files for paper based collateral such as flyers and posters. The customizable canvas is easy to use even for beginners, you can avoid hours of work on Adobe tools and the basic tutorial already helps you get started without needing to acquire technical skills.
Visme has been in development for over 7 years and undergone continual upgrades and refinements. They have over 4.4 million users from over 120 countries and growing, and they actively improve it using reviews and feedback from them.
There are no storage charges and there is an active Facebook community.
Key Features
Visme is created to be versatile easy but yet powerful and used by content creators from all walks of life:
- Although there are other tools out there (e.g. Powerpoint, Google Slides, Canva, Piktochart, Prezi, etc.), Visme is the only tool that allows you to create various forms of content as simple graphics but with series of interactive features to bring static content to live such as:
- Ability to animate any object and assign actions (ex. Links, pop-ups, rollovers; image on the left)
- Add video or audio
- Embed content from third parties (ex.
- Maps, polls, forms, etc..)
- Set your own templates and brand guidelines
- Ability to track traffic and engagement of your content (full analytics)
- Create your own library of slides and content, and media library.
- Team Collaboration with comments and markup edits
- Ability to animate any object and assign actions (ex. Links, pop-ups, rollovers; image on the left)
- Add video or audio
- Embed content from third parties (ex.
- Maps, polls, forms, etc..)
- Set your own templates and brand guidelines
- Ability to track traffic and engagement of your content (full analytics)
- Create your own library of slides and content, and media library.
- Team Collaboration with comments and markup edits
Superior to many tools
Visme has many enhanced capabilities including being a superior version of Powerpoint.
It is also very comparable to market leader Canva, and there is an outline on why it is better, here.
Who is Visme for?
Content creators are using it to create static graphics or interactive presentations and infographics to liven up their content, increasing engagement with their audiences. Educators and students are using it to effectively communicate and learn. Small business and organisations are using it to better engage and market their products and services to their target audience.
Visme is free for all users; it takes just a few seconds to register and start creating your first project. Most features are free and other features, such as downloading projects for offline use, password protection, access to premium widgets and templates, are available for an affordable fees starting at $14/month when paid yearly (or $25/month when paid monthly).
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Visme has served a wide range of individuals and organisations:
- From Fortune 500 such as IBM (view case study)
- To start-ups (view case study)
- Education (view case study)
- Non-profit institutions(view case study)
- Canva users that are ready for more (view case study)
- B2B Marketing Teams (view case study)
- B2C Marketing Teams (view case study)
- Sales Professionals (view case study)
- And much more! (view all case studies)
Publish, share online or download for offline use.
Visme supports many different online and offline formats such as PDF, editable PowerPoint (PPTx) or as HTML5, which will preserve all interactivity/animation and can be used offline.
Share your content online
Download your content to use offline
What is unique about Visme?
Visme has the right combination of power and flexibility with ease of use the time you spend editing your project is greatly reduced, and the program is browser based, with many stock images available, including quality icons, configurable charts, etc. Visme is a true alternative to Canva.
The learning curve is not steep, Visme is intuitive and easy to use, with a responsive support team. It also takes things one step further allowing one to add interactivity to projects by adding video, audio and even third party widgets to embed to projects to name a few.
The latest iteration can create video (MP4) and animated GIFs.
Visme allows you to edit many types of collateral, including graphics for websites, in one universal interface, saving you time from learning many different apps. Visme is my choice because of the various elements made available and the easy drag and drop nature of the platform.
Visme is different because:
- It does more than just create one type of content. It’s the multi-tool of visual content: Great for both Infographics and Presentations.
- Requires no coding or design experience
- It’s intuitive and easy-to-use yet balanced, with a range of features and flexibility to personalize content that meets brand guidelines.
- End-to-end presentation creation with a vast library of thousands of ready to use design templates and slides. Plus, the ability to animate and apply interactivity to presentations in seconds.
- It’s fully HTML5-based, so content is both web and mobile friendly.
- It allows users to download content in all popular formats: Web URL, Image, PDF, editable PPTx, HTML5, MP4 video, and GIF.
- It allows users to add interactivity and animation to any object.
- Ability to attach music / audio to your project and record own audio within Visme
We Took Visme For A Spin
Here is some collateral that we managed to make with Visme by ourselves:
For more about our data driven difference see this blog post.
Conclusion
Visme is one of the best online graphic design tools. It is very easy to use and does many things both in web and print. It is much more powerful than Canva and has grunt to do many types of designs. That is why many organisations use Visme, and that is also why we use Visme. It is a time saver and opens doors cost effectively. We encourage you to try Visme today using the button below!
Rating – 5/5
FAQ
How easy is it to use Visme?
Visme uses one universal interface for every design and has many presets for web and print graphics. It is very easy to learn and execute
Can you use Visme for Teams?
Yes, Visme is built for teams, with team accounts and collaboration tools
Can you make presentations with Visme?
Visme is a powerful alternative to PowerPoint, capable of doing similar things with more pre-defined assets and infographic customisation
Can you add video or audio to a Visme project?
Yes. You can add video and audio to Visme projects and even produce GIFs
Clarence Ling is the Founder of Marketlytics, and a guerilla marketer. Initially a trained Lawyer and Practice Development Manager, he contributed to the growth of his firm, including implementing software.
Clarence Ling is a Digital Advertising and Analytics Expert. Having a wide range of advertising experience ranging from international real estate, to legal and previously worked in full service marketing agencies, Clarence is a diligent marketer with an eye for detail and a talent for numbers.
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