Jonathan Maynard
Jonathan Maynard is the COO of Knowlify, where he leads the operations team delivering animated video at scale. He writes on video production workflows, agency comparisons, and producing training and patient-education content without a traditional production team.
Articles by Jonathan Maynard
Best Explainer Video Platform in 2026: Compared and Ranked
The best explainer video platform in 2026 generates a finished video in minutes, not days. We ranked 7 platforms on speed, AI capability, and output quality so you can stop evaluating and start creating.
Best Explainer Video Platform for Employee Training in 2026
Explainer videos cut onboarding time, boost knowledge retention, and keep training current when processes change. Here's how to choose the right platform and convert your existing training docs into a video series in one afternoon.
Explainer Videos with AI Avatars and Animation: The Complete Platform Guide
Most video platforms force you to choose between AI avatars and animation. This guide explains when to use each format — and how Knowlify is the only platform that lets you mix both seamlessly in a single video.
Knowlify vs. the Competition: Explainer Video Platform Comparison 2026
A head-to-head comparison of the leading explainer video platforms in 2026. See how Knowlify stacks up against Synthesia, Vyond, Animaker, Canva, and Powtoon across speed, input flexibility, output quality, format variety, and pricing.
Best 2D Animation Studios for Business in 2026 (Compared)
A ranked comparison of the 10 best 2D animation studios for business in 2026 — Yum Yum Videos, Demo Duck, Epipheo, Knowlify, BUCK, Wow-How, Wyzowl, Vidico, Broadcast2World, and Yans Media. Pricing, style range, and best-fit business use cases.
Best Animated Explainer Video Companies 2026: 15 Top Studios Ranked
An honest, research-backed ranking of the 15 best animated explainer video companies in 2026. Covers premium narrative agencies (Demo Duck, Epipheo, Sandwich), mid-market studios (Yum Yum, Wyzowl, Vidico), AI video agencies (Knowlify Studio, MAW AI, Gisteo), and subscription models — with pricing, timelines, and best-fit use cases.
Best Corporate Video Production Companies in 2026 (Ranked)
An honest comparison of the 12 best corporate video production companies in 2026 — Demo Duck, JLB Media, Brainiac, Knowlify, Synima, Motifmotion, Casual Films, Sparkhouse, Videodeck, Lemonlight, Yum Yum, and Wyzowl. Pricing, multilingual capabilities, and best-fit corporate use cases.
8 Best Demo Duck Alternatives in 2026 (Compared & Reviewed)
Looking for a Demo Duck alternative? Compare 8 top explainer video agencies and AI video platforms — Yum Yum Videos, Epipheo, Wyzowl, Vidico, Sparkhouse, Sandwich Video, MAW AI Studios, and Knowlify — across price, timeline, and style.
8 Best Epipheo Alternatives in 2026 (Honest Comparison)
Looking for an Epipheo alternative? Compare 8 top explainer video agencies and AI video platforms — Yum Yum Videos, Demo Duck, Wyzowl, Explainify, Vidico, Sparkhouse, MAW AI Studios, and Knowlify — by pricing, timeline, and creative approach.
Video Agency vs In-House Team vs AI Platform: 2026 Decision Framework
The classic agency-vs-in-house question used to be binary. In 2026 there is a third real option — AI video platforms — that often wins on cost, speed, and scalability. A complete decision framework with cost breakdowns at every volume tier, hybrid models that actually work, and an honest "don't pick this if..." section for each option.
How to Make Onboarding and Training Videos Without a Production Team
Learn how HR and L&D teams can create polished onboarding and training videos without hiring producers, animators, or editors — using AI tools.
Animated Video Storyboarding: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
A practical guide to creating video storyboards for animated explainer videos. Covers the step-by-step storyboarding process, free tools and templates, common mistakes, and how AI is automating the storyboard step entirely.
How to Make Animated Videos for YouTube
A practical guide to making animated videos for YouTube — covering animation styles, production tools, upload specs, and SEO tactics that help animated content rank and retain viewers.
Animated Product Demo Videos: A Guide for SaaS and Tech Teams
Most product demos are screen recordings that break every time the UI changes. Animated product demo videos solve this with durable, engaging visuals that tell a clearer story. Here is how to plan, build, and ship them.
Whiteboard vs. 2D vs. Motion Graphics: Which Animation Style Is Right?
A direct comparison of whiteboard animation, 2D character animation, motion graphics, AI-generated animation, and 3D animation for business video. Covers cost, timeline, audience perception, and best use cases so you can pick the right style without guessing.
What Is an AI Animation Studio? The Complete Guide
An AI animation studio is a software platform that uses artificial intelligence to produce professional animated videos automatically — replacing the designers, animators, and production timelines of a traditional animation studio. Knowlify is an AI animation studio purpose-built for enterprise use cases including training, onboarding, patient education, and product explainers.
Patient Education for Older Adults: Designing Content for Geriatric Populations
Older adults present unique patient education challenges—from cognitive changes and sensory impairments to polypharmacy and lower health literacy. Designing effective educational content for geriatric populations requires a fundamentally different approach than standard patient materials.
Patient Portal Video Content: Turning Your Portal Into an Education Hub
Patient portals are chronically underused—fewer than one in three patients who have portal access actually engage with it. Embedding structured video content transforms portals from administrative utilities into genuine health education hubs that drive measurable improvements in patient engagement and outcomes.
Informed Consent Videos: Ensuring Patients Actually Understand Before They Sign
Studies show that patients recall as little as 20–30% of the information disclosed during informed consent processes—yet the signature on a consent form is treated as evidence of full understanding. Video-enhanced consent is changing this, improving comprehension, supporting patient autonomy, reducing liability exposure, and ensuring that "informed consent" is more than a legal formality.
Medication Adherence Videos: Helping Patients Take Their Meds Correctly
Non-adherence to prescribed medications costs the U.S. healthcare system an estimated $300 billion annually and contributes to roughly 125,000 preventable deaths per year. Short, clear video explainers that address the real reasons patients don't take their medications—confusion, fear of side effects, cost concerns, and simple forgetfulness—represent one of the highest-leverage interventions available to health systems and pharmacy teams.
Chronic Disease Management Videos: Helping Patients Self-Manage Diabetes, COPD, and Heart Failure
Six in ten Americans live with at least one chronic disease, and chronic conditions account for 90% of U.S. healthcare spending. The most powerful lever in chronic disease care is patient self-management—and video education is proving to be one of the most effective tools for building it.
Discharge Instruction Videos: Reducing Readmissions One Explanation at a Time
Hospital readmissions cost the U.S. healthcare system $26 billion annually, and 20% of Medicare patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge. Most of these readmissions are preventable—and many trace back to a patient who did not understand what to do when they got home.
Multilingual Patient Education: Reaching Every Patient in Their Language
Sixty-seven million U.S. residents speak a language other than English at home, and language barriers in healthcare are associated with worse outcomes, higher complication rates, and significant health equity disparities. AI- powered video is the first technology that makes comprehensive multilingual patient education genuinely scalable.
EHR Training Videos: Teaching Epic, Cerner & Other Systems at Scale
EHR training is one of the most expensive, time-consuming, and universally disliked parts of healthcare onboarding. Video-based EHR training reduces go-live anxiety, cuts support desk volume, and gets staff productive faster— without requiring more classroom time.
Infection Control Training Videos: From Hand Hygiene to Outbreak Response
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) affect 1 in 31 hospital patients on any given day. Most are preventable. Infection control training is the front line of HAI prevention—and video is the most effective format for teaching the behaviors that stop transmission.
Financial Services Training: Compliance, Onboarding, and Product Knowledge at Scale
How financial services firms handle training for compliance, new hire onboarding, product knowledge, and regulatory changes — and how AI video tools are reducing the production burden.
How to Make a Training Video: Step-by-Step Production Guide for 2026
Step-by-step guide to making training videos that work. Covers planning, scripting, recording, editing, and distribution — with shortcuts for teams that need to scale.
How to Make an AI Explainer Video in 5 Minutes
Step-by-step tutorial for creating an animated explainer video using AI. From document upload to finished video in minutes — no design skills, no animation experience needed.
Knowlify vs Synthesia: Why Teams Are Switching to Document-to-Video
Synthesia is built around AI avatars. Knowlify generates animated explainer videos from your existing docs — and now supports AI avatars too — in minutes, with a chat-based editor. Here's why enterprise teams are making the switch.
Training Video Complete Guide: Types, Best Practices, and How to Create Them
The definitive guide to training videos: what they are, when to use them, how to make them effective, and how to measure results. Covers corporate training video types, production steps, and tools.
Product Documentation Template: Types, Structure, and Best Practices
A practical product documentation template and guide: what to include, how to organize it, types (user guides, API docs, FAQs), and tools. Plus how to turn docs into video.