Idomoo alternative
If you’re tired of the so-called “self-serve system” that Idomoo claims to offer, where you find yourself lost in their convoluted interfaces and needing Idomoo's team for every step of the project, Plainly is the ideal alternative. Plainly simplifies video automation with a user-friendly interface that requires no support, allowing you to focus on your campaigns rather than troubleshooting.
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An honest comparison of Plainly as an Idomoo alternative.
When should you use Idomoo over Plainly?
Yeah, you heard that right. It’s not a mistake. We respect the Idomoo crew, so we’ll tell you when should you be using Idomoo instead of Plainly.
If you need more of an agency-type approach where you expect your hand to be held during the whole process, then Idomoo might be a good fit.
Although starting and setting up Idomoo can be frustrating and slow, their support team is there to assist. They can create a template for you if needed and help you set up scenes, storyboards, and audio configurations in their platform.
Creating templates
In order to create videos with Idomoo, you have to convert your After Effect compositions into IDM files. This adds an extra manual step in the process of preparing your template and limits what type of effects, layers, and features of After Effects you can use.
Apart from being a big time waste, converting After Effects into IDM just adds another level of complexity, and increases the error probability.
Plainly uses native After Effects files, meaning there are no limits to your creativity and no limits to achieving exactly what you envisioned for your videos. Upload your After Effects file to Plainly and start creating your video variations in seconds.
Project setup
After converting your file to IDM, you still have additional steps, like creating storyboards and adding scenes and audio files in their web app.
Plainly ensures that your main time investment goes into creating the template itself - not on setting up unnecessary steps within the web app.
Simply upload your file, parameterize your layers manually or automatically, plug in your data, and start creating video variations in minutes instead of days.
Custom video output
Idomoo offers only MP4 and HLS formats for your video outputs - nothing more. There are no options for output formats such as MOV or custom encoding parameters.
Plainly, an alternative to Idomoo, provides you with a wider range of options for output models and encoding parameters. You can choose from various formats such as MP4, MOV, and GIF.
Native integrations
Idomoo provides native integrations with HubSpot and Salesforce, allowing you to generate videos based on your data. However, there are no integrations for video distribution, which means you'll need to download the videos yourself or use their API.
We have 10 different integrations for generating and distributing videos seamlessly. You can render videos from your Google Sheets, RSS feeds, or custom forms. For uploading your videos, you can connect to platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo, Frame.io, Google Drive, OneDrive, and more. Additionally, our API allows you to create your own integrations if needed.
Reducing back-and-forth
While Idomoo offers a support system through email and has a help center, their convoluted interfaces and recurring technical problems often require frequent communication with their team, as the help center doesn't cover everything.
In contrast, Plainly is truly a self-serve, intuitive solution that requires no back-and-forth with the support. It’s easy to understand and use, but if you do encounter any issues or have questions, our help center and support team are there to help you.
Some of our happy clients
Idomoo Alternative - that’s Plainly
Switching from Idomoo to Plainly can be scary, that’s why we are giving you a 60-day money-back guarantee. If you're not completely satisfied with our platform, simply let us know, and we'll refund your purchase.
We literally had team members saying "It's like magic".
Plainly team was amazing helping us bring everything to production, it's obvious that customer satisfaction is super important to them. To anyone who wants to automate video production, we recommend Plainly over any other alternative on the market!
Lead Technical Artist / Eterlast