Motionlab alternative
If you need to run a personalized video campaign with HTML videos, basic personalization, and an agency-type approach, Motionlab is the right choice for you. However, if you need a self-serve solution for After Effects-based video personalization that exports video - Plainly is the better choice.
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A comparison table
Feature
Plainly
Motionlab
After Effects compatibility
Limited
Video Player
Time-based trimming rules
Custom video output formats
Native Integrations
12+
4
API
Limited
Pricing
Starts at $59/month
Custom
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Motionlab vs Plainly: Which is right for you?
You need an agency-type approach where you expect your hand to be held during the whole process.
You need a fully self-serve solution that will make you independent from the vendor.
You want to create a one-off video personalization campaign for a specific moment or event.
You have an ongoing need for After Effects-based video personalization and need to find a long-term solution.
You need HTML video output and an integrated video player.
You need to output various video formats to distribute them across different platforms using native integrations or API.
An honest comparison of Plainly as a Motionlab alternative.
Custom video output formats
Motionlab only creates videos in their own HTML format - nothing more. There are no options for output formats such as MP4, MOV, or custom encoding parameters.
Plainly, an alternative to MotionLab, 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, that will ensure you comply with any platform.
Basic vs Advanced customization
As mentioned, Motionlab creates its videos exclusively in HTML format, which limits creative flexibility to basic animations, transitions, and effects. It also lacks time-based trimming rules for inserting footage of varying durations into your templates.
On the other hand, Plainly's After Effects-based platform offers full creative control, enabling the creation of virtually any effect or animation.
Designed for seamless video versioning, our Scripting feature applies different rules to your layers like crop, extend, shift, and more, saving you time and effort while ensuring perfect alignment of your template.
Distributing videos
Since Motionlab only offers HTML video format, your video must be played on their video player, meaning you can’t distribute it to other platforms like Vimeo, YouTube, and more.
Plainly, an alternative to Motionlab, provides native integrations and an API without any additional paywalls or hidden fees.
You can upload videos automatically to your cloud storage or, even better, publish them directly to platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, FrameIO, and more - with just a few clicks.
Complete access via API
Motionlab has a very simple API with only six endpoints for generating videos and checking their status, limiting you to basic workflow automation.
Plainly is an API-first solution, meaning that everything is accessible through the Plainly API. You can easily create advanced workflows or even white-label Plainly's functionality for your users.
That's why Fortune 100 companies trust Plainly with their custom video versioning workflows.
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Motionlab Alternative - that’s Plainly
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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!
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