The #1 Adobe Animate Alternative

Building good looking HTML5 ads is often a struggle. Adobe animate is not focused purely on digital ad production. With Bannerwise, you can focus more on being creative and spend less time on boring, repetitive tasks.

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Comparing Adobe Animate and Bannerwise

All the functionality without the hassle. Adobe suite is powerful, but can be extremely difficult to master. Bannerwise enables you to create beautiful dynamic, HTML5 or in-banner video ads in an easy-to-use drag-and-drop editor.

Feature
Build
User Interface (UI) Unintuitive UI Simple drag and drop editor
HTML5 ads Yes Yes
In-banner video ads Custom coding required Native
Dynamic ads Custom coding required Native
Custom fonts Yes Yes
Brand libraries Be sure ads will always fit brand guidelines by using your brand and media library. With your brand identity in place, ads and templates will always be 100% on brand. No Yes
Scale
One design, all sizes Design one size and our adaptive algorithm will automatically generate the other sizes of your ad set. No Yes
Versioning No Yes,edit or create versions with one click
Translations No Yes
Template management No Yes (including locking/hiding elements, scale to fit text within your brand guidelines, responsive buttons, and more)
Publish
Demand Side Platform and Ad Networks Compatible Custom coding required +50 Ad networks, DSPs and social advertising networks including Google Ads and DV360. All networks, no manual handling.
File type export HTML5, AMPHTML, PNG, JPG. HTML5, AMPHTML, MP4, GIF, JPG, PNG.
Third-party tags Generate third-party tags and update your ads in real-time. Keep full control over your ads, anytime, anywhere. No Yes
Demand Side Platform Integration No Multiple (including Google Ads and Campaign Manager)
Automatic file size compression No Yes
Animation Framework Libraries 1,2kb optimized
Optimize
A/B Testing No Yes
Real Time Analytics No Yes
Real Time Updates No Yes
Collaborate
Collaboration No Yes (add users, define user roles and permissions)
Sharing ads for collaboration No Yes
Custom, branded preview page Tailor your preview page to share ads within your own look and feel on a custom domain. No Yes
Workspaces No Yes
Cloud based No, desktop software. Yes, access all your files, anywhere or work with colleagues from all over the world.
Build

User Interface (UI)

Unintuitive UI

Simple drag and drop editor

HTML5 ads

Yes

Yes

In-banner video ads

Custom coding required

Native

Dynamic ads

Custom coding required

Native

Custom fonts

Yes

Yes

Brand libraries

No

Yes

Scale

One design, all sizes

No

Yes

Versioning

No

Yes, edit or create versions with one click

Translations

No

Yes

Template management

No

Yes (including locking/hiding elements, scale to fit text within your brand guidelines, responsive buttons, and more)

Publish

Demand Side Platform and Ad Networks Compatible

Custom coding required

+50 Ad networks, DSPs and social advertising networks including Google Ads and DV360. All networks, no manual handling.

File type export

HTML5, AMPHTML, PNG, JPG.

HTML5, AMPHTML, MP4, GIF, JPG, PNG.

Third-party tags

No

Yes

Demand Side Platform Integration

No

Multiple (including Google Ads and Campaign Manager)

Automatic file size compression

No

Yes

Animation Framework

Libraries

1,2kb optimized

Optimize

A/B Testing

No

Yes

Real Time Analytics

No

Yes

Real Time Updates

No

Yes

Collaborate

Collaboration

No

Yes (add users, define user roles and permissions)

Sharing ads for collaboration

No

Yes

Custom, branded preview page

No

Yes

Workspaces

No

Yes

Cloud based

No, desktop software.

Yes, access all your files, anywhere or work with colleagues from all over the world.

Replace frustration with satisfaction

It’s not necessary to sacrifice usability to create functional, well-designed banner ads that always meet the requirements for multiple platforms and DSPs. Bannerwise aims to empower both designers and marketers to create the banners they need hassle free.

Remove frustration from your workflow by eliminating repetitive tasks. Bannerwise enables you to design one ad and easily duplicate it to any size you need. Quickly preview your work and make changes on the fly. With strong integrations we ensure your ads always meet the specs of any platform your advertising on. No more downloading the same ad a hundred times because you have the wrong file size or type.

Go back and focus on what matters most, creating beautiful digital ads that will satisfy you and your customers.

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