Calaméo vs FlowVella

Calaméo is an online platform for turning PDFs into interactive digital publications, including magazines, brochures, catalogs, and other documents. Readers can view a publication as a flipbook, slide presentation, or scrolling document. Publications can include audio, video, links, a table of contents, search, zoom, and full-screen viewing. They are readable on computers, tablets, and smartphones through an HTML5 viewer. BASIC is free, and eligible BASIC users can request one free 14-day PLATINUM trial before the account returns to BASIC. Document limits vary by plan: BASIC allows up to 100 MB and 500 pages, PREMIUM allows 100 MB with unlimited pages, and PLATINUM allows 500 MB with unlimited pages. Private-publication caps are 5 on BASIC, 500 on PREMIUM, and 2,500 on PLATINUM. Downloads and printing require PREMIUM or PLATINUM, and are unavailable in the mobile viewer. Integrations are exclusive to PLATINUM accounts; listed services include HubSpot, Typeform, Google Analytics, Matomo, Dropbox, Shopify, Mailchimp, and YouTube. The API is available to PREMIUM and PLATINUM users, with request and publishing limits.

FlowVella is interactive multimedia presentation software for presentations, digital signage and iPad kiosks. A Flow can combine text, images, video, links, galleries, audio and PDFs. Presentations can link between screens or other Flows, supporting non-linear navigation. Once published, a Flow gets a unique URL and can be shared publicly, privately or embedded on a website.

FlowVella is available on iOS, macOS and the web. Its Mac, iPad and iPhone apps can create or present downloaded content offline; the web version cannot. PRO includes an iPad kiosk mode with PIN locking and a timer reset. Analytics can show who viewed a presentation, which pages they viewed and for how long. Free accounts are limited to four public presentations of up to 10 screens each. Premium is $10.00 per month; PRO is $20.00 per month. FlowVella is made by a Seattle-based company.