@vid_spandana great question.
Nick came up with the idea for ilos while working in corporate. He just couldn’t believe there wasn’t a better way to communicate at work. There are so many situations where it’s easier to show someone something than to try and explain it. But unless you wanted to setup a web conference call, or schedule an in-person meeting, there really wasn’t a good way of doing that on the job.
Communication should be simple. This is why we created ilos.
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@nickstokman -- Thanks for dropping by! Just signed up for the 14 day trial. Just curious how you guys feel you're different than say ScreenFlow etc. Also, is there a reason you've decided to go the monthly/yearly model as opposed to a one time fee?
Look forward to your answers. :-)
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Hi Bud, thanks for the question! So the big difference with ilos vs Screenflow is that ilos is screen recording + storage + hosting, all on the cloud inside a single app. I like to make the comparison of Microsoft Word Vs Google Drive. Screenflow is like Microsoft Word because you have to upload your video it to a third party app (like Youtube or Vimeo) to share or edit it so things start to get out of sync. ilos, on the other hand, allows you to easily share and/or edit your video in real-time like Google Drive.
Hope that helps!
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I was really excited when I first saw this - I was thinking, finally a Jing-like-tool that will record for more than 5 minutes ( and where I won't always be wondering "did the mic work this time?" ).
I'd easily pay something for this (especially if it also used the 70%+ free space I already have on dropbox)
But after looking at the site, it seems this has a lot more bells an whistles than I was expecting - not a bad thing, just a lot more than I need. I'm clearly not the target customer, but I do publish 5-20 videos most weeks (usually training content or product feedback).
@edholloway good feedback! A lot of our deeper features are around content organization. Our original goal was to just make a super simple recording experience, but we then realized that after you make all those videos it gets really hard to keep them organized and up to date. That's why we took it to the next step of content management.
Does that make sense?
@edholloway Hey Ed, thanks for the feedback! Any ideas on what core features would be valuable to you? As a product guy, it's always killer to get feedback on stuff like this
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@nick__stokman Hey Nick - Thanks for asking. Honestly Jing features and ease of use + longer videos + bring my own storage (dropbox) would be perfect for me.
For >5 min videos my current workflow is ScreenFlow + Dropbox. Using a semi rational folder structure works fine for my organizational needs, and most of my video is for "internal" (non-marketing) use - so I don't need any editing tools. HTHs.
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A friendly request to Ilos team: for early stage startups ie. broke people ;) any chance you could come out with a reasonable price per video instead of monthly fee? Something really really simple to take advantage of the basic that ilos have to offer. Like screen recording, a few edits, GIF converter and that's it.
Pros:
It is ridiculously simple. I've tried a few other options searching for something cheaper but there's nothing getting close to this.
Cons:
It starts at $250 monthly!
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Hi Ana! I like how you used "ridiculously simple" to describe ilos. I am writing you because ilos has updated pricing and it now starts at just $50/month. They have added many new and useful features that are included in the starting package too.
What do you do at Starting from Scratch?
Hi all, thought we should do a special coupon for our fans on ProductHunt =)
So if you’d like to try it out, you’ll get a free 2 week trial and 40% off forever. Just use the coupon code "producthunt" at signup. We'll probably run the promo for a few days.
Thanks again for giving us some love!
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A friendly request to Ilos team: for early stage startups ie. broke people ;) any chance you could come out with a reasonable price per video instead of monthly fee? Something really really simple to take advantage of the basic that ilos have to offer. Like screen recording, a few edits, GIF converter and that's it.
Pros:It is ridiculously simple. I've tried a few other options searching for something cheaper but there's nothing getting close to this.
Cons:It starts at $250 monthly!
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