Kizoa has a rating of 3.0 stars from 991 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Kizoa most frequently mention premium membership, several years, and tech support problems. Kizoa ranks 1st among Photo Sharing sites.
I purchased the $40.00 package in order to get a link for the slideshow, and it didn't even work when I went to play it. I was really embarrassed and upset that I had worked really hard on a slideshow of my students for it to just not work.
Date of experience: July 10, 2015
While I loved all the wonderful options that Kizoa offers, I was disappointed that I could not share my project in the free version because I used my own music. I wish I had known that up front. Also, I was disappointed that I couldn't change the template once I started to add photos. If it's possible to do that, I couldn't figure out how. But everything else was great!
Date of experience: June 25, 2015
Hi Tracey! With the free version you can use as many songs as you like, so long as it is music from the Kizoa library. We are actually considering removing this option in the near future so that the use of your own music is included in the free membership. Also, you can change the template of a slideshow by using the TEMPLATE button at the end of the film strip while you're inside the Slideshow Maker tab.
I use Kizoa the least of my photo editing options that I turn to for my blogs. I don't find it to be as user-friendly as it could be.
My "go to" is ribbet.com... it is super user friendly with tons of options for things to do.
I just find Kizoa to be incredibly confusing and it doesn't have the features that I need (or if it does, it isn't user-friendly enough to find them and apply them.)
Date of experience: June 25, 2015
Hi Caren, sorry to hear that you're having a hard time using Kizoa. Just so you know our support team is always more than happy to guide you through anything you want to know. Simply give us a call at (844)898-4402 and we'll walk you through step by step. Also, we have an entire tutorial playlist on our Youtube channel where we upload new tutorials every week. If there is anything you'd like to learn how to do let me know and I can also make a tutorial for that ;) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL68A0340A03AE5F4B
Our family love to gather round the computer and relive past events through Kizoa. The effects and animations and addition of music and text make it a seriously engaging experience and even the 2 year old adores seeing past family dinners, birthdays and holidays presenting in this real and multidimensional way.
Kizoa is our family chronicle - and even the "littlies" are beginning to make their own Kizoa history to add to our past. My overseas family and friends look forward to seeing events through the slideshows which are so easy to share, and my work colleagues too are able to see and access powerful images of workshops and learning I have attended.
Date of experience: June 3, 2015
I LOVE it! I make wedding slideshows for a virtual world. I searched the internet over to find the perfect program, I tried many, and none, NONE even come close to Kizoa. Its the best in what it offers, its very user friendly, it updates frequently adding even more cool stuff, and the best of all, you can not beat the price! I can spend hours in this program creating, its endless and so are the possibilities. I LOVE Kizoa!
Date of experience: May 23, 2015
I had spent 4 hours to upload 272 photos and than arranging it. Adding effects and transitions in between the slides. All of a sudden, it prompted me that the email or password wasn't correct! However the email id was correct and when I logged in again, it went successful.! However, I lost all my progress! And that makes me angry! Kindly suggest a solution, thanks!
Date of experience: July 1, 2017
Hi Adil, we're sorry that this happened while you were making your movie. There could have been a temporary cut in the internet connection if you were using a WiFi network to connect to Kizoa. We'd be happy to send you downloaded copy of your movie once you're finished making it. Just email us at support@kizoa.com when your movie is finished if you'd like us to send you the downloaded file of your movie. Feel free to contact us at that email address as well or call us at 844-898-4402 if you have any other questions. Have a good day!
It is mostly good, it is quite fast, and I like how easy it is to upload to Youtube.
My biggest beef, is that in collage making, a clip cannot last more than 90 seconds. This means, if you want to embed a movie into the collage, the movies have to be clipped in 90 sec pieces. But then there is no way to transition from clip to clip smoothly, because there is no rulers or coordinates that show where the clips are on the page, or how much you've expanded or shrunk the size of the image.
As it is now, you kind of have to "eyeball" the clips to make sure they end up in the same place, but there is no way to place sequential clips into the same exact place on the page. Even in my best efforts, there is a noticeable jump from one clip to the next, with the next clip being a slightly different size and in a slightly different place.
Date of experience: April 15, 2017
Hi Daniel, thank you for your review! This is a great recommendation and we have added it to our list of improvements to make to our platform. We're always looking for ways to improve our service and if you have any other recommendations, please don't hesitate to either give us a call at (844)898-4402 or email us at support@kizoa.com. Thank you again and have a great day!
I was very pleased with how simple the templates were to set up and add pictures to. I needed some help and called, and Alesa was a HUGE help to me!. A very pleasant and knowledgeable employee!. Thank you so much to her for the help!
Date of experience: July 9, 2016
I made my entire video not realizing that to download it I needed to purchase the premium package. I did not want to start over since I put a lot of time into it, and I really did not have time to start over. I decided that I would just send it to my email and hope to share it that way. The only problem I was finding now was that the slideshow would freeze on certain pictures, which would then throw off the music. I figured downloading the video would help this problem, however, I can't download it without paying and I am not willing to do that.
Date of experience: May 9, 2016
Hi Madison, I'm sorry to hear about the confusion regarding our Free vs. Premium features. We do try to make this clear by having the details of all of our memberships available under the "Memberships" section of our homepage and under the orange "Lifetime Premium" button in your Kizoa account. Please contact me at alesa.gawlik@kizoa.com so that I can help with your movie!
I use Kizoa regularly. I wish there was an easier way to slide and rearrange photos. With a large slideshow it is difficult that I can't view large sections of photos at a time to rearrange order. I only have the few photos along the bottom to view at a time.
Date of experience: July 6, 2019
Hi Andrea, thank you for your comment. Our technical engineers are already working on making it easier. Please stay tuned!
The site was great but what a ripoff. We as a non profit were so excited to find a place to showcase animals that were in need. We paid the unlimited package for the unlimited time, so the most expensive package available as we thought this was something we could use alot. Imagine our surprise with the link was no longer working and no way to get an answer from anyone very shortly after we paid
Date of experience: February 5, 2020
Hello,
Thank you for your feedback.
Could you please tell me more about your problem? It was the link from your film that wasn't working after you share it?
We will shortly contact you by email, so we can fix that link problem asap.
Thank you
Kizoa is a fabulous slideshow experience. However as I output my final videos to 16.9 I have to distort my Kizoa production to fit the project which is a great pity. So outputting to 16.9 is on my Kizoa wish list.
Date of experience: May 26, 2015
Your wish list is also our wish list! There is something in the works for the format 16:9 becoming available... and maybe even more formats ;D
Hello- their slideshow service said free and allowed me to create my slideshow with no warning of price. When I went to save it, or email it to myself, there is a cost. 64$ to download?! I understand this is for a lifetime but I am not going to be creating more slideshows past my sons 4th birthday that is 2 more slideshows. I just want my son to have a copy of this for when he is older. I spent hours making this slideshow, and I am highly disappointed that there was a fee I was unaware of all along just to download to my own computer so I can use my own disc to download or even a usb.
Date of experience: June 24, 2015
Hi Lisa, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding! I definitely do not want you to miss out on your slideshow you made for your son so I've sent a request for it to be sent to your in an HD video format (MP4) so you can download it to your computer and keep it. You should receive an email with a link for you to download your slideshow. Also, if you log into your Kizoa account and go into the MY ACCOUNT and then MY ORDERS tab, you'll be able to download it from there.
Didn't like how we needed to download the Kizoa player. Movie processing took far too long. Not user friendly. Very glitchy. Not able to easily upload to social media platforms. Good for basic slideshows. Not good for businesses or large slideshows. International technical and customer support. Language barrier. Not worth the investment.
Date of experience: May 21, 2015
I'm sorry to hear about the issues you've encountered! Please send me an email at veronica.gomez@kizoa.com so that I can help sort out these issues for you. I can activate an option for you so that you can download your slideshows and get DVD files of your slideshows without having to use the KizoPlayer if you prefer. Get in touch with me and I'll do my best to find some solutions for you!
Although the price is rather high, the program is perfect and easy to use.
Easy to add files, and when all files are added... ready to start creating your own slideshow.
Especially the HD function is perfect!
Date of experience: May 4, 2017
Spent money on the premium membership so I could download, have HD, and burn DVDs. I download the program so begin the process of burning my DVD once done, I popped it into our player, and its completely messed with all quality of the photos. It automatically stretches to 16:9 ratio, which chops of parts of the photos because of this. Also with that it somehow painfully overly saturated all of the images burned to the DVD - I tried this 3 times and every time it was the same even after I made adjustments on my part.
Contacted support and was told I was doing it wrong trying to burn HD to DVD when the program doesn't even give you the option in the first place... Extremely upset that I spent so much money on absolute crap software.
Date of experience: May 20, 2016
Hello Kelsey, I'm sorry to hear about the problems with your DVD. It is true that DVDs are limited to Standard Definition - this is why BluRays are needed for HD. We certainly want to help you get a DVD you are happy with though, so please contact us via private message or again customer support so we can look into the issues with your movie. Concerning the 16:9, all Kizoa movies are currently in 4:3 format, so I believe a setting on your TV or DVD player is stretching the movie. Please check to see if there is a 4:3 ratio option on your device or if there is an option to not "stretch to fill screen". I hope that helps!
I bought premium package but I was unable to upload my video it was too slow to import the video. My experience is bad at all. I tried to create a video but difficult and it consume a lot of time to do the video.
Date of experience: May 3, 2017
Hi, thank you for your review and we're sorry that you've been experiencing trouble uploading your videos to Kizoa. The problem you're experiencing is often related to the upload speed of the internet provider however it can also be due to a build of cache the web browser you're using. We would be happy to assit you further in order to resolve the issue and if you'd like you can either call us between 8am and 8pm EST at +1 (844)898-4402 or email us at support.kizoa.com. We're sorry again for any inconvenience this has caused but please don't hesitate to contact us so we can resolve the issue you're encountering. Have a good day!
I called to get dome help with what I was doing when I realized I had to purchase it to use it after I had made it. I could not get anyone to answer. So I just had to try to do the best I could. The program itself was good and my Slideshow turned out great! I still have many questions about my membership but have not had time to call back yet!
Date of experience: July 8, 2015
Hi Robin, I'm sorry we missed your call! Feel free to call us anytime from Monday-Friday from 8am EST - 8pm EST at our toll free number (844)898-4402. I'd be more than happy to guide you through anything you want to know ;)
I found our Kizoa experience to be fantastic. I understood up front that in order to burn my slideshow to a DVD that I would have to pay for the Premium subscription and I found a Promotional code that was 50% off for a 2 year subscription. We used the site to create a 20 minute slide show for the end of our son's school year that was shown at the end of the year party. Everyone loved the video and each child got to take a DVD home. The site made it easy to upload photos and music. We took full advantage of the wide range of transitions and graphics included with the premium subscription. I would recommend this site to anyone.
Date of experience: June 1, 2011
Its fast, it took me only a few moments to upload the pictures i wanted. Its very easy to use and create the movie i wanted with many options available. It allows you to also upload your prefeŕed music. The movie was put together in very little time and the results were, well worth it. Thank you for this very simple easy to use app.
Date of experience: May 22, 2019
I made a project on their website and when I was ready to export, they told me I already had an account and they claimed it was expired and I needed to upgrade to a premium account. I have never used this website before today so I was a little surprised. Then they actually blocked my project and kicked me off until I would upgrade. I am seething. Don't claim to offer a free service and then let people waste their friggin time and energy on something that obviously doens't pay off.
Date of experience: December 2, 2017
Kizoa never blocks or removes creations regardless of your account status. It sounds like to may have a duplicate account, but we can easily help you access your correct account with the movie you've made by simply contacting our customer support. I will send you a private message so that you can share your email address and I can help you re-access your account ;)
I send a slideshow of the walks that our walking group do every week!
I get wonderful feedback from them re the quality... especially since I upgraded to High Definition and now have a Lifetime Membership. I have encouraged a number of other friends in the UK and as far as Sydney in Australia, to use the Kizoa website
I will continue to sing your praises in the future and encourage others to use your product.
Date of experience: August 19, 2015
It worked good for what I was doing. I would have liked to see an option to edit the pictures and add pictures while working in the slideshow instead of having to edit and overwrite the picture that was there.
I would also have liked to have been able to move the pictures to the different folders instead of copying them to the different folders.
Date of experience: July 8, 2015
Hi Shella, thanks for your feedback. If you go within the MY IMAGES tab you'll be able to drag photos from one album to the other instead of having to upload them again.
I loved Kizoa, as I was in search of a free program to create a memorial video for my dad's funeral this weekend. It is easy to use and fun to create but I was sad that after working on my dad's video for days I wasn't able to download it or burn it into a DVD unless I became a member and pay 49.99. It would be okay if I wanted to make videos all the time but this is just for a one time purpose and the price is far to high for me to pay. I really wish the website would be more clear about their free features. I am so stressed out since I worked so hard on the slideshow and in the end, I will have to find another place to create a video for my dads funeral. I really hope Kizoa will be able to help me out. =(
Date of experience: February 23, 2016
Hi Kristen, I'm sorry to hear about the confusion regarding the features of our Free basic membership. With a free account on Kizoa you can use your own photos, videos, and music to make movies, collages, and edit photos. You can make as many as you want and then share your creations online for free. You can also download your movie for free if it is under 1 minute in length. You can see all the different features of our memberships on our website or within your Kizoa account by clicking on the orange "Lifetime Premium" button in the top left corner. I hope this clarifies things but I will also be contacting you via email so that we can better determine how to help.
I too liked how easy this website is to use. When I had finished making a slideshow for my daughter's 10th birthday and wanted to email it, there is a $60 fee. I have been contemplating paying this fee, but it seems a little steep.
Date of experience: July 12, 2015
Hi Sherri! The reason you may have gotten a pop-up to upgrade to Premium is because you've probably used your own music in your slideshow. If that's the case and you simply want to email you slideshow you can replace the music with any songs already available on Kizoa and you'll be able to do so for free ;) If you are interested in upgrading to the Premium DVD membership so that you can download your slideshow to your computer as is, with your own music, then we can offer you a complimentary 25% discount with the promo code FLASH25 which is available for a limited time.
Create videos, slideshows, collages, and edit photos from the convenience of a single platform with your own account. Combine your photos, videos, music, text, effects, and more for amazing results you can't find anywhere else.
Kizoa was founded in 2007 in Paris, France.
Hi Erin, sorry to hear about the issues you experienced! Can you let me know your Kizoa email address and the title of the slideshow that didn't work by sending me an email at veronica.gomez@kizoa.com so I can look into this and find a solution for you.