Explain Everything vs Google Vids
Explain Everything
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| Figure | Explain Everything | Google Vids |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $7/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 12 |
| Spec score · Presentation Recording Software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.5 (#19) |
| Collaboration | Users can invite others by link or access code, collaborate synchronously or asynchronously and use built-in voice chat. | Sharing permissions control who can edit, comment on, or view videos. |
| Integrations | Official integrations include Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, OneDrive, Schoolwork and LMS connections for Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and Blackboard. | Users can add photos and videos from Google Drive or Google Photos, and export videos directly to YouTube. |
| Security | Explain Everything says it stores data in AWS data centers, uses PCI-compliant Braintree payments and is GDPR compliant. | Google says Vids content is encrypted by default and has privacy controls. |
| Video creation | Users can record narration and canvas activity, edit recordings, and render videos in the Explain Drive cloud. | Users can start with templates, stock media, or a Google Slides presentation and can record screen and audio or generate video, music, avatars, and voiceovers with AI. |
Plans
Explain Everything
- FreeFree
- Pro$7.49 a month
- Team$7.49 a month
- SchoolPriced on request
- Advanced€59 a year
- Pro€89.88 a year
- Team€89.88 a year
- Custom Pricing for SchoolsPriced on request
Google Vids
- Business Starter — Flexible Plan$8.40 a month
- Business Starter — Annual/Fixed-Term Plan$7 a month
- Business Standard — Flexible Plan$16.80 a month
- Business Standard — Annual/Fixed-Term Plan$14 a month
- Business Plus — Flexible Plan$26.40 a month
- Business Plus — Annual/Fixed-Term Plan$22 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- EnterprisePrice not published
- Google Workspace Business Starter$7 a month
- Google Workspace Business Standard$14 a month
In their own words
Explain Everything
Explain Everything is an online whiteboard for teaching, creating interactive lessons, recording video tutorials, and collaborating. Its infinite canvas accepts documents, presentations, images, audio, and video for users to import and work with. Users can record narration and canvas activity, edit recordings, and render videos in Explain Drive. Collaboration can be synchronous or asynchronous, with invitations by link or access code and built-in voice chat. Listed integrations include Dropbox, Google Drive, YouTube, OneDrive, and Schoolwork, as well as LMS assignment tools such as Canvas, Schoology, Moodle, and Blackboard. Schools can provision licenses through Google Admin, and students can sign in with Google EDU accounts. Explain Everything runs on Android, iOS, and the web. The free plan permits three projects, one slide per project, videos up to three minutes, one collaborator, 15-minute collaboration sessions, and 500 MB of cloud storage. Pro costs $9.99 a month; Team costs $9.99 a month per user. The maker says the service's data is stored in an AWS SOC2-certified data center in North Virginia.
Google Vids
Google Vids has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.