Flipsnack Reviews

Pros

Flipsnack is incredibly easy to use, even for those without any design experience. It also has a wide selection of templates and tools that make it easy to create professional-looking publications. Additionally, Flipsnack offers powerful features such as shopping buttons, videos, GIFs, and enticing pop-ups that make it easy to engage customers.

Cons

Flipsnack can be expensive for some users, especially those that need a full suite of features. It also lacks some of the customization options that more advanced users may desire. Additionally, Flipsnack can be slow to load, which can be frustrating for some users.

Pros

The creation/editing of magazines is really easy, and I love the features that are now in editing (e.g. hyperlinking). Once created the magazines are easily shareable and you can whitelabel the sharing and magazine. And there are no ads when you share, which is important to our clients. It is easy to search for and organize magazines.

Cons

The enterprise pricing/setup for additional magazines could use modification for companies that have/keep many magazines on hand. We have to go in and delete old magazines to keep the number down to 1000. The cost to add more magazines was too pricey for us.

Pros

It created good flipbooks but no different to others out there that were A LOT cheaper

Cons

The cost and experience when asking for a refund as upgrading didn't allow me to do what I thought it could.

Pros

First time user and everything was very easy to navigate. It’s fun, easy, proving the digital world is evolving.

Cons

I had never heard it before now. Advertising department needs to push how amazing Flipsnack is.

Pros

Amazing customer service. On a particularly stressful issue, (which was my own fault!) I found the customer service to be understanding, human and helpful. A solution was quickly found and I was talked all the way through the process. Professional and clean appearance to audience/viewers.Super easy to upload content and export outcomes - it is a very usable platform interface.Ability to embed published books on websites as well as share links to Flipsnack.

Cons

The pre-made packages are quite restrictive.

Pros

We were initially attracted to Flipsnack for the PDF flip feature and the ability to add in image carousels, videos and use our domain.

Cons

The platform doesn't hold your font formatting - meaning after you finish your project and preview, and you return to your edit screen all the copy returns to a small black font - a nightmare.

No data features - your reports and decks have graphs and pie charts. They can't build them nor can they be animated in any way.

The builder is beyond terrible to use. You expect a Canva type experience, however, this platform is lightyears behind.

Incredibly overpriced to get all the functions they advertise. Once Canva adds these capabilities this platform will be obsolete.

Customer service is only available a few hours a day. Every time we tried to contact support it said they were closed. We tried in the evening, morning the next day and afternoon - nothing.

Pros

Flipsnack allows us to promote our materials on-line so that readers can easily "Flip" through pages like they would a magazine and not lose continuity while they are reading a multi-page document.

Cons

It would be helpful to be able to have additional documents included within our subscription tier. Otherwise, it is great!

Pros

Of all the interactive online publication platforms we've investigated (and there's quite a few of those), we've found FlipSnack to be easiest to work with, specifically how it integrates interactive animation and video, and the application of quick links, folios and call-outs.

Cons

We have experienced super-slow page turning on some of our machines, and we've never quite resolved it, but we think it's down to a browser issue, and not the FlipSnack platform.

Pros

Accessibility is great feature as this was a selling point when choosing a provider, which others didn't offer (at the time of choice). The ease of use overall is good and I do admire that Flipsnack is always evolving and bringing out new features to improve the platform.

Cons

I have experienced difficulty with important features such as text editing saves which is critical. I would also say that some of the features need finessing/improving as they can be quite limiting/basic or generally quite glitchy.

Pros

I love that it has tons of customization options such as colors, fonts, videos, and even animations which makes it a great choice for a wide variety of flipbook projects and Flipsnack also has a large variety of templates to choose from.

Cons

I don't like that the features on the free plan are severely limited and it can sometimes struggle with larger files and relies heavily on the user having a stable internet connection.

Pros

I enjoy the page flipping experience. It feels like an upgrade from a regular pdf attached to an email.

Cons

I want to send my publication straight to clients in full-screen mode without flipsnack branding or anything else on the page.

Pros

It's has a very easy to use UI, and customer service is amazing.

Cons

A great product that still needs a few more features.

Pros

Flipsnacks ease of use and customer support

Cons

I can't remember off hand but I do remember some functionality being restrictive.

Pros

We produce a monthly digest that is distributed to our clients and prospects and this product is so easy to use! Great features including analytics and full screen mode. We love that you can easily embed the link and send out the digest via an email campaign.

Cons

No complaints, it fits the bill for what we need.

Pros

It's easy to work with and takes little time.

Cons

I just don't know enough about the options available (my fault not the company)

Pros

It is easy to share and add to an email. The final look of the product is very nice.

Cons

The software is not user friendly, edits are not easy to do.

Pros

It is very easy to upload your PDF of your book and be confident it will show up exactly how you'd like to present it. There are several easy to understand settings for how to set-up the look & function of your e-book. You can even choose them to be auto-default settings so you don't need to select them every time. There are lots of interactivity features like a Video Widget and auto-finding missing links.

Cons

I haven't ever used it to design the pages from scratch. I always design in Adobe InDesign and just upload a PDF to flipsnack. So I don't know if it has good design features for initial page layout. The one thing that would be nice, is if there was another feature for not just books/magazines, but for folded collateral like a mailed newsletter or brochure, etc. If there was a way to animate for multi-panel designs, like have them unfold and present on the screen the way you would view if it were printed.

Pros

The product is very easy to use, has a nice effect when viewing the presentation. Love that we can insert video

Cons

We use the flipsnack a little differently that your publications. We are graphic and content based, and the typography and layout limitations are sometimes very frustrating because they are too basic. There is also no type tracking capabilities for individual words, if you use the generic spacing, it spaces the whole paragraph. Quite basic stuff and may be good for most of your users, we get it. Just frustrating a bit to us. Many times, we have issues when downloading the code and uploading to another website. We would like self hosting option.

Pros

What I like most about Flipsnack is its ease of use to display a catalog digitally on a website and still remain interactive like an actual book.

Cons

What I like least is the need to re-upload an entire catalog if there is one change on a single page.

Pros

Templates and you can include videos. Videos are essential fir us to share our work.

Cons

I have not noticed anything I don’t like. I would like info on how to get what I created printed.

Pros

This software is easy to use, allows you to customize publications in ways that advance your brand and allow you to present your unique message to clients. This platform allows you to lead with high creativity and appearance in your publication. You can customize the content with images, GIFs.

Cons

Lots of cool features are unavailable other than at the highest price tiers.

Pros

The feature I like the most is being able to integrate Flipsnack onto my organization's website. The design of it is really sleek and professional with the dynamic feature. It's really easy to use on the basic level and really beginner friendly.

Cons

If there was an easier way to add links that would be really helpful. The last time I used that feature I was having trouble keeping everything the same size for a table of contents. Since the numbers were fairly small it was difficult to navigate.

Pros

It's ridiculously easy to use and has a high WOW factor. My clients think this takes day to do and that I must be a graphic designer.

Cons

I wish they provided more templated background options.

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Reasons for Choosing Flipsnack

Switched From

Pros

I find the product very easy to use. There are many features that make this software a cut above the rest. I love all the different options that are available to make our news magazine look professional, even though it is student driven.

Cons

I am not a typical user, and don't use the software for what it is intended. For a school-run newspaper, it has all the features that we need.

Pros

Ease to use platform. Great tools available to create and share interactive content. Expectational customer service.

Cons

The features that we thought were missing in the platform have been addressed and a great number of them have become available.