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Tell impactful stories, with Google Slides

Create, present, and collaborate on online presentations in real-time and from any device.

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Make beautiful presentations, together

Stay in sync in your slides, with easy sharing and real-time editing. Use comments and assign action items to build your ideas together.

Present slideshows with confidence

With easy-to-use presenter view, speaker notes, and live captions, Slides makes presenting your ideas a breeze. You can even present to Google Meet video calls directly from Slides.

Seamlessly connect to your other Google apps

Slides is thoughtfully connected to other Google apps you love, saving you time. Embed charts from Google Sheets or reply to comments directly from Gmail. You can even search the web and Google Drive for relevant content and images directly from Slides.

Extend collaboration and intelligence to PowerPoint files

Easily edit Microsoft PowerPoint presentations online without converting them, and layer on Slides’ enhanced collaborative and assistive features like comments, action items, and Smart Compose.

Work on fresh content

With Slides, everyone’s working on the latest version of a presentation. And with edits automatically saved in version history, it’s easy to track or undo changes.

Make slides faster, with built-in intelligence

Assistive features like Smart Compose and autocorrect help you build slides faster with fewer errors.

Stay productive, even offline

You can access, create, and edit Slides even without an internet connection, helping you stay productive from anywhere.

Security, compliance, and privacy

Secure by default

We use industry-leading security measures to keep your data safe, including advanced malware protections. Slides is also cloud-native, eliminating the need for local files and minimizing risk to your devices.

Encryption in transit and at rest

All files uploaded to Google Drive or created in Slides are encrypted in transit and at rest.

Compliance to support regulatory requirements

Our products, including Slides, regularly undergo independent verification of their security, privacy, and compliance controls .

Private by design

Slides adheres to the same robust privacy commitments and data protections as the rest of Google Cloud’s enterprise services .

You control your data.

We never use your slides content for ad purposes., we never sell your personal information to third parties., find the plan that’s right for you, google slides is a part of google workspace.

Every plan includes

Collaborate from anywhere, on any device

Access, create, and edit your presentations wherever you are — from any mobile device, tablet, or computer — even when offline.

Get a head start with templates

Choose from a variety of presentations, reports, and other professionally-designed templates to kick things off quickly..

Photo Album

Book Report

Visit the Slides Template Gallery for more.

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Build beautiful presentations together

Create and deliver impactful presentations in your browser, from anywhere - no installation required.

Create compelling visuals with Gemini in Slides

Easily generate unique images with a simple prompt, and visualize something that never existed. See what else Gemini can help you do and try Gemini for Google Workspace .

Polished presentations, made easy

Bring your presentations to life in Google Slides with enhancements like videos, animations, smooth transitions, and more.

Get started with templates

Choose from an array of high-quality pre-designed templates with different layouts, images, colors, and fonts.

Stay on brand

This feature is available on some Google Workspace Business and Google Workspace Enterprise plans.

Create with consistency with domain templates that can be applied across your organization, in just a few clicks.

Add flair with GIFs and stickers

Give your presentations a pop of creativity with GIFs and stickers, available directly in Slides. 

Flexible collaboration

Stay in sync with live editing and comments, whether you’re working on a presentation with your business partner, your whole team, or even external contacts.

Meet directly in your documents

Collaborate in context by meeting in Google Slides, Docs or Sheets.

Simple sharing controls

Easy-to-manage sharing permissions allows you granular control over who gets to edit, comment, or view your slides.

Live pointers

Follow along with your co-creators and pinpoint important information while collaborating.

Connect with audiences

Land your message with confidence, with the flexibility to present live or record your presentation inside of Slides. 

These features are available on some Google Workspace Business and Google Workspace Enterprise plans.

Present like a pro, directly from Google Meet

Access all of your Slides and Meet controls in one place, and enjoy smoother high resolution presentations.

Showcase presenters, front and center

Keep the focus on you with speaker spotlight, which places your video directly into your presentation.

Easily record your presentation

Record and share your presentations so your audience can watch when it works best for them.

Your data is encrypted by default, and an array of safety measures – like advanced client-side encryption , anti-abuse measures, and privacy controls – keep your data private .

Works well with others

Import Microsoft PowerPoint or Canva presentations online, and enhance your collaboration with Slides’ features like comments, action items, and granular sharing controls.

Do more with Google Slides

Work, wherever you are

View, present or collaborate in Slides on your mobile phone or tablet, available in the App Store and Play Store, or connect from your computer.

Stay productive, even offline

Access, create, and edit Slides even without an internet connection, helping you stay productive from anywhere.

Integrate your workflows

Extend the power of Slides to fit your workflows with Slides add-ons, or build your own with a range of developer tools. 

Curious about Google Slides?

Take a look at our FAQs to learn more.

Anyone with a Google Account can create in Slides.

However, some features such as Slides recording and speaker spotlight are only available on Google Workspace plans, and Gemini for Workspace features like help me visualize are available as an add-on; see plans and pricing for organizations or Google Workspace Individual . 

Yes. You can convert Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into Google Slides format, or you can directly edit PowerPoint presentations, without having to make a copy. The original file will remain intact.

Co-editing means that multiple people can work on the same slide at the same time, without having to send versions back and forth. Sharing settings allows you to control who can view and edit a slide, and revision history enables you to revert to earlier versions. Also available in Google Docs and Sheets .

Create, collaborate, and present with Google Slides

Presentations that move audiences

Refine, enhance, and tailor your content quicker than ever before.

Prezi is good for business

Keep teams engaged and customers asking for more

Prezi is smart for education

Make lessons more exciting and easier to remember

Millions of people — from students to CEOs — use Prezi to grab attention, stand out, and capture imaginations

The most engaging presentations happen on Prezi

Create with confidence

Professionally designed templates.

Choose from hundreds of modern, beautifully made templates.

Millions of reusable presentations

Focus on your own creativity and build off, remix, and reuse presentations from our extensive content library.

Real creative freedom

Open canvas.

Create, organize, and move freely on an open canvas. Create seamless presentations without the restrictions of linear slides.

Ready-made asset libraries

Choose from millions of images, stickers, GIFs, and icons from Unsplash and Giphy.

A presentation that works for you

Present in-person.

Have the confidence to deliver a memorable presentation with presenter notes and downloadable presentations.

Present over video conference

Keep your audience engaged by putting yourself in the center of your presentation.

Your own ideas, ready to present faster

Prezi AI is your new creative partner. Save time, amplify your ideas, and elevate your presentations.

The specialists on visual storytelling since 2009

From TED talks to classrooms. In every country across the world. Prezi has been a trusted presentation partner for over 15 years.

*independent Harvard study of Prezi vs. PowerPoint

See why our customers love us

Prezi is consistently awarded and ranks as the G2 leader across industries based on hundreds of glowing customer reviews.

Prezi powers the best presenters to do their best presentations

The best presentation software in 2024

These powerpoint alternatives go beyond the basics..

The latest presentation apps have made it easier than ever to format slides and create professional-looking slideshows without giving off a "this is a template" vibe. Even standard PowerPoint alternatives have updated key features to make it easier than ever to collaborate and create presentations quickly, so you can spend more time prepping for your actual presentation.

If, like me, you've used Google Slides unquestioningly for years, it's a whole new world out there. The newest crop of online presentation tools go way beyond the classic slideshow experience, with new features to keep your audience's attention, streamline the creation process with AI, and turn slide decks into videos and interactive conversations.

I've been testing these apps for the past few years, and this time, I spent several days tinkering with 25 of the top presentation software solutions out there to bring you the best of the best.

The best presentation software

What makes the best presentation app, how we evaluate and test apps.

When looking for the best presentation apps, I wanted utility players. After all, slideshows are used for just about everything, from pitch decks and product launches to class lectures and church sermons. With that in mind, here's what I was looking for:

Pre-built templates. The best presentation tools should have attractive, professional-looking templates to build presentations in a hurry.

Sharing and collaboration options. Whether you plan to share your webinar slides later, or you just want to collaborate with a coworker on a presentation, it should be easy to share files and collaborate in real-time.

Flexibility and customization options. Templates are great, but top presentation apps should enable you to customize just about everything—giving you the flexibility to build exactly what you need.

Affordability. Creating compelling presentations is important, but you shouldn't have to bust your budget to make it happen. With capable free tools on the market, affordability is a top consideration.

Standalone functionality. There's no reason to use multiple tools when one can do it all, so I didn't test any apps that require and work on top of another presentation app like PowerPoint or Google Slides.

Familiar, deck-based interface. For our purposes here, I only tested software that uses slides, with the familiar deck-based editor you expect from a "presentation" tool (versus, for example, a video creation app).

Beyond that, I also looked for presentation apps that brought something unique to the table—features above and beyond what you can get for free from a legacy solution like PowerPoint or Google Slides.

Here's what my testing workflow looked like:

I went through any onboarding or guided tutorials.

I created a new deck, scanning through all available templates, noting how well-designed they were (and which were free versus paid).

I added new slides, deleted slides, edited text and images, and played around with other content types.

I changed presentation design settings, like color schemes and background images.

I reviewed and tested the sharing and collaboration options.

I tested out presenter view (when available).

After my first round of testing, I went back into the top performers to test any unique or niche features, like AI, brand settings, and interactive content. With that, these are the best presentation apps I found—each one really brings something different or radically easy to the table.

The best presentation software at a glance

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Canva pros:

Excellent free plan

Tons of amazing templates for all use cases

Feature-rich

Canva cons:

The AI tools aren't groundbreakingly useful

Canva offers one of the most robust free plans of all the presentation apps I tested. The app delays account creation until after you've created your first design, so you can get started building your presentation in seconds. Choose from an almost overwhelming number of beautiful templates (nearly all available for free), including those designed specifically for education or business use cases.

Anyone who's accidentally scrolled too far and been bumped to the next slide will appreciate Canva's editor interface, which eliminates that problem altogether with a smooth scroll that doesn't jump around. Choose from a handful of preset animations to add life to your presentations, or browse the library of audio and video files available to add. And Canva also has a number of options for sharing your presentation, including adding collaborators to your team, sharing directly to social media, and even via QR code.

Present directly from Canva, and let audience members submit their questions via Canva Live. Once you share a link to invite audience members to your presentation, they can send questions for you to answer. As the presenter, you'll see them pop up in your presenter view window, so you can keep the audience engaged and your presentation clear. Alternatively, record a presentation with a talking head bubble—you can even use an AI presenter here—to share remotely.

Canva pricing: Free plan available; paid plans start at $120/year for 1 user and include additional features like Brand Kit, premium templates and stock assets, and additional AI-powered design tools.

The best presentation app for AI-powered design

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Beautiful.ai pros:

True AI design

No fussing around with alignment

Still allows for customization

Beautiful.ai cons:

No free plan

If you're like me, editing granular spacing issues is the absolute worst part of building a presentation. Beautiful.ai uses artificial intelligence to take a lot of the hassle and granular design requirements out of the presentation process, so you can focus on the content of a presentation without sacrificing professional design. If I needed to make presentations on a regular basis, this is the app I'd use.

Many apps have recently added AI design features, but Beautiful.ai has been doing it for years—and they've perfected the experience of AI design, ensuring the tool's reign as the most streamlined and user-friendly option for AI design.

The editor is a little different from most presentation apps, but it's still intuitive—and you'll start off with a quick two-minute tutorial. When creating a new slide, scroll through "inspiration slides" to find a layout you like; once you choose, the app will pull the layout and automatically adapt it to match the design of the rest of your presentation.

With 10 themes, several templated slides, over 40 fully-designed templates, and more than 20 different color palettes to choose from, Beautiful.ai strikes a perfect balance between automation and customization.

While Beautiful.ai doesn't offer a free plan, paid plans are reasonably priced and offer sharing and collaboration options that rival collab-focused apps like Google Slides. And speaking of Google, you can connect Beautiful.ai with Google Drive to save all your presentations there.

Note: I re-tested the generative AI feature (called DesignerBot) this year. It's great for adding individual slides to an existing presentation—automatically choosing the best layout and matching the design to the rest of the deck—but as with most other apps, it struggled to pull in relevant images.

Beautiful.ai pricing: Plans start at $12/month for unlimited slides, AI content generation, viewer analytics, and more. Upgrade to a Team plan for $40/user/month to get extra collaboration and workspace features and custom brand controls.

The best presentation app for conversational presentations

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Prezi pros:

Doesn't restrict you to standard presentation structure

Lots of customization options

Prezi Video lets you display a presentation right over your webcam video

Prezi cons:

Steep learning curve

Struggling to squeeze information into a basic, linear presentation? Give Prezi a try. Unlike nearly all other presentation apps on the market, Prezi Present doesn't restrict the structure of your presentation to a straight line. The editor focuses on topics and subtopics and allows you to arrange them any way you want, so you can create a more conversational flow of information.

With the structural flexibility, you still get all the same customization features you expect from top presentation software, including fully-editable templates. There's a learning curve if you're unfamiliar with non-linear presentations, but templates offer a great jumping-off point, and Prezi's editor does a good job of making the process more approachable.

Plus, Prezi comes with two other apps: Prezi Design and Prezi Video. Prezi Video helps you take remote presentations to a new level. You can record a video where the presentation elements are displayed right over your webcam feed. Record and save the video to share later, or connect with your video conferencing tool of choice (including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet) to present live.

Prezi's generative AI feature works ok, but it's more useful as a wireframe. When I asked it to create a presentation about the Stanley Cup Playoffs, for example, the resulting content read a lot like a student writing a term paper in the broadest strokes possible to avoid doing any actual research.

The best presentation app for video presentations

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Powtoon pros:

Timing automatically changes based on the content on the slide

Can toggle between slideshow and video

Can orient presentation as horizontal, vertical, or square

Powtoon cons:

Limited free plan

Powtoon makes it easy to create engaging videos by orienting the editor around a slide deck. Editing a Powtoon feels just like editing a presentation, but by the time you finish, you have a professional video. 

You can edit your slides at any time, and when you hit play, a video plays through your deck—the feel is almost like an animated explainer video. Each slide includes the animations you choose and takes up as much time as is needed based on the content on the slide. Powtoon figures the timing automatically, and you can see in the bottom-right of the editor how much time is used on your current slide versus the total presentation. If you ever want to present as a slide deck, just toggle between Slideshow and Movie.

You'll likely need to subscribe to a paid plan to get the most out of Powtoon—like creating videos longer than three minutes, downloading them as MP4 files, and white-labeling your presentations—but doing so won't break the bank. Plus, you'll unlock tons of templates complete with animations and soundtracks.

One of my favorite Powtoon features is the ability to orient your video: you can choose horizontal orientation (like a normal presentation) or opt for vertical (for mobile) or square (for social media). When your presentation is ready, you can publish straight to YouTube, Wistia, Facebook Ads, and any number of other locations.

The best presentation app for collaborating with your team

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Pitch pros:

Google levels of collaboration

Assign slides to specific team members

Excellent generative AI feature

Pitch cons:

User interface is a little different than you're used to

Need to collaborate on presentations with your team? Pitch is a Google Slides alternative that gets the job done. As far as decks go, Pitch includes all the beautifully-designed templates, customizability, and ease of use you expect from a top-notch presentation tool. But the app really shines when you add your team.

The right-hand sidebar is all about project management and collaboration: you can set and update the status of your deck, assign entire presentations or individual slides to team members, plus comment or add notes. Save custom templates to make future presentations even easier and faster.

You can also invite collaborators from outside your company to work with you on individual decks. And if you opt for a paid plan, Pitch introduces workspace roles, shared private folders, and version history.

Pitch also offers one of the most impressive generative AI features on this list. It still struggles to pull in relevant images, but I found the AI-generated written content and design to be top-notch.

The best presentation app for conversational AI

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Gamma pros:

Creates fully fleshed-out presentations from a prompt

Conversational chatbot-like experience

Can still manually edit the presentation

Gamma cons:

Not as much granular customization

I tested a lot of apps claiming to use AI to up your presentation game, and Gamma's conversational AI features were head and shoulders above the crowd.

Simply give the app a topic—or upload an outline, notes, or any other document or article—approve the outline, and pick a theme. The app will take it from there and create a fully fleshed-out presentation. It's far from perfect, but Gamma produces a very useful jumping-off point. (Last year, it was by far the best, but this year, other apps are catching up.)

Here's the key: Gamma is much more geared toward the iterative, chatbot experience familiar to ChatGPT users. Click on the Edit with AI button at the top of the right-hand menu to open the chat, and you'll see suggested prompts—or you can type in your own requests for how Gamma should alter the presentation.

Once you've done all you can with prompts, simply close the chat box to manually add the finishing touches. While you do sacrifice some granular customizability in exchange for the AI features, you can still choose your visual theme, change slide layouts, format text, and add any images, videos, or even app and web content.

The best presentation app for audience engagement

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Mentimeter pros:

Tons of audience engagement features

Simple for participants to interact

Mentimeter cons:

Less granular customizability

Bit of a learning curve

If you need to engage with an audience during your presentation, Mentimeter makes that easy. The app is designed around interactive elements like quizzes, surveys, Q&As, sliders, and more (even a Miro whiteboard!).

Each of these is included in a number of different, professional-looking templates, so you can build a fully interactive presentation super quickly.

When it's time to present, your audience members can scan the QR code with their phone cameras or type in the URL and access code to participate. There's one code per presentation (so they won't have to do this on every slide), which gives access to each slide as you move through the presentation.

There are two main drawbacks to this one, though. First, there's a bit of a learning curve and less familiar editing interface (but I found it pretty easy to learn with some practice). The other drawback is that you can't get as granular with the visual customization as you can with many other presentation tools.

The best presentation app for generative AI

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Top-tier generative AI features

Simple, customizable templates

Intuitive doc-style editor

There's definitely a learning curve

Tome is one of the new additions to this list that I'm most excited about. If you're looking for generative AI that just genuinely works , it's definitely worth a look. The editor is a bit more stripped down than most presentation apps but intuitive nonetheless—it's almost a cross between your standard deck editor and a Notion-style doc.

To generate an AI deck, click Generate with AI in the top right, and either write your own prompt or choose from the example prompts that cover a handful of common use cases, like sales enablement and company pitches. Edit or approve the suggested outline, then generate the full presentation.

From there, you can edit each slide as a doc via the right-hand menu—without limits on how much information you can include. During the presentation, you simply size down any slides that take up more than the standard amount of space. It's super simple but somehow feels revolutionary in a presentation app.

What about the old standbys?

You might notice a few major presentation players aren't on this list, including OGs Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and Google Slides. These apps are perfectly adequate for creating basic presentations, and they're free if you have a Windows or Mac device or a Google account.

I didn't include them on the list because the presentation space has really developed in the last several years, and after testing them out, I found these behemoths haven't kept pace. If they weren't made by Microsoft/Apple/Google, I might not even be mentioning them. They're pretty basic tools, they're behind the curve when it comes to templates (both quantity and design), and they don't offer any uniquely valuable features like robust team collaboration, branding controls, video, and so on.

In any case, if you're reading this, you're probably looking for an alternative that allows you to move away from one of the big 3, and as the presentation platforms featured above show, there's a ton to gain—in terms of features, usability, and more—when you do.

What about PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ons?

While I focused my testing on tools with full feature-sets—those that can serve as your sole presentation tool—there are a ton of add-on tools you can use atop big name tools like PowerPoint and Google Slides.

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This post was originally published in October 2014 and has since been updated with contributions from Danny Schreiber, Matthew Guay, Andrew Kunesh, and Krystina Martinez. The most recent update was in April 2024.

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1. Best overall 2. Best for branding 3. Best for marketing 4. Best for themes 5. Best for media 6. Best unique 7. FAQs 8. How we test

Presentation software runs at the heart of business sales, management, and development, so it's important to ensure you have the best presentation software for your needs. This is especially when looking to share ideas, concepts, and workflows, and the ability to present these in a simple and understandable way is essential.

However, while presentation software has been traditionally limited to text and images, it has widened its ability to work with different media such as video and audio. 

Therefore it's important for the best presentation software to not simply be easy and simple to use, but also be able to support additional media so that presentations can be more engaging, lively, and ultimately serve their purpose in educating and updating their intended audience.

Below we've listed the best presentation software currently on the market.

We've also listed the best free presentation software .

The best office software in the world is: Microsoft 365 There are many different office software suites out there, but Microsoft Office remains the original and best, offering an unsurpassed range of features and functionality that rivals just can't match.

Even better, Microsoft 365 - previously branded as Office 365 - is a cloud-based solution which means you can use it on any computer, mobile device, or smartphone, without having to worry about compatibility. All your files are saved in the cloud and synced between devices, so you can begin work on a document at home or in the office, then continue working on it on the go.

You can sign up to Microsoft 365 here .

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1. PowerPoint

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Reasons to buy

For most people, Microsoft 's PowerPoint remains the original and best of all the presentation software platforms out there. While other companies have managed to catch up and offer rival products worthy of consideration, the fact is that PowerPoint's familiar interface and ubiquitous availability means it remains a favorite for the majority of people.

On the one hand, it's long been a staple of the hugely popular Microsoft Office suite, meaning that for most users this is going to be the first - and last - presentation software they are going to need to use.

Additionally, Microsoft has made PowerPoint, along with their other office products, available as free apps (with limited functionality) on both iOS and Android for mobile use, meaning it's even harder to avoid them. And this is before we even consider the inclusion of PowerPoint in Microsoft's cloud-based Microsoft 365.

It does everything necessary that you'd expect of presentation software, allowing you to add text and media to a series of slides, to accompany a talk and other presentations. There are easy-to-use templates included to help spice things up a little, but even a general user with little experience of it is likely to find themselves able to use PowerPoint without much trouble at all.

Overall, it's hard to go wrong with PowerPoint, and although Microsoft 365 has a nominal cost, the apps are free to use even if they do have more limited functionality.

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2. CustomShow

Reasons to avoid.

Branding says a lot about a business, and it’s something firms need to get right from day one – from a good logo to a suitable font. CustomShow is business presentation software that puts all these elements of branding first.

Using the system, you can design and present customized, branded presentations that reflect your company and the products you offer, featuring the aforementioned logo and custom fonts. As well as this, you get a slide library and analytics to ensure your presentations are a success.

What’s more, you can import presentations into the software, and use it to tweak them further. There’s also integration with SalesForce , and because the platform is cloud-based, you can access your presentations on computers, tablets, and smartphones. 

Considering the focus on branding, this offering could be good for marketing and sales teams, and it's used by major companies such as HBO and CBS Interactive.

3. ClearSlide

Just like CustomShow, ClearSlide has a niche focus for companies. The platform is targeted at firms looking to generate successful marketing campaigns, pushing sales via presentations (and more), not least through a range of analytics and metrics to work for sales and marketing.

With the product, you can upload a range of files, including PowerPoint, Keynote, PDF, and Excel. ClearSlide is integrated with other platforms, including Google Drive, Dropbox, and Salesforce.

This system is pretty complex and may offer too many irrelevant features for some businesses, but you can create customized content that reflects your company and the message you’re trying to get out to customers. There are also some good metrics and analysis features, and you can sign up for a free trial before making any decisions.

The real strength of ClearSlide comes from its focus on sales and marketing data, not least being able to track user engagement alongside other metrics.

4. Haiku Deck

Any presentation app will allow you to personalize your slides to at least some extent, but Haiku Deck goes one step further than the competition. It comes with a wide range of themes suited to different needs, and you also get access to 40 million free images from the Creative Commons collection.

When it comes to creating a presentation, you have the option to do so on the web, which means your presentation is accessible across a range of mobile devices as well as desktops. Regardless of the device used, you’re able to select from a variety of different fonts, layouts, and filters to make the perfect presentation.

The great thing about these various customization options is that they’re categorized into different industries and use cases. For instance, you’ll find themes for teaching, cooking, real estate, and startups. Most of the features require you to be online, but hopefully, you’ll have a sturdy net connection wherever you go.

5. SlideDog

It’s all too easy to end up creating a presentation that’s unappealing, and the last thing you want to do is make the audience fall asleep. SlideDog lets you combine almost any type of media to create a rich presentation that’s sure to keep the viewers’ peepers open, avoiding the ‘cookie cutter’ look that makes presentations seem dull.

Marketed as a web-based multimedia presentation tool, it gives you the ability to combine PowerPoint presentations, graphics, PDF files, Prezi presentations, web pages, pictures, videos, and movie clips. You can drag these into custom playlists and display them to your audience with ease.

You’re able to remotely control your presentations and playlists from your smartphone, the web, or a secondary computer, and there’s also the option to share slides in real-time. Audience members can even view your slide from their own devices by clicking a link. That’s a handy feature if you’re looking to create an immersive presentation experience.

SlideDog is probably the cheapest of the presentation software featured, with a free account that will cover the essential features. However, for live sharing and premium support, you need to upgrade.

Read our full SlideDog review .

Prezi is one of the more unique presentation tools. Instead of presenting your graphics and text in a slide-to-slide format, you can create highly visual and interactive presentation canvases with the goal of “emphasizing the relationship between the ideas”.

Presentations can also be tailored to the specific audience, as this is a flexible platform that’s capable of skipping ahead, or veering off into a side topic, without having to flip through all the slides to get to a particular bit.

For business users, there are a variety of handy tools available. By downloading Prezi , you can build and edit presentations with your colleagues in real-time, which is perfect for companies with teams based around the globe.

When you have created a presentation you’re happy with, you can present it live (in HD) and send a direct link to viewers. There are some analysis tools here, too – you can see who’s accessed your presentation, which parts of it, and for how long. The app is available for Mac and Windows devices.

Read our full Prezi review .

Other presentation software to consider

Google Slides  is part of the Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) office platform intended as an online alternative to Microsoft Office. It may seem a little limited by comparison to PowerPoint, but as it's browser-based that means cross-platform compatibility. Additionally, it allows for collaborative work, and Google Slides really works well here. On top of the fact that it integrates with the rest of the Google Workspace apps, not least Google Drive, and you have a contender. 

Zoho Show  is another of the many, many tools and apps that Zoho has made available for business use. It also operates in the cloud so it's accessible to any device with a browser, and it also allows for collaborative work. You can also easily share the link for users to download, or provide a live presentation online. The updated version has a simpler and easier to use interface and comes with a free version and a paid-for one with expanded features.

Evernote  is normally thought of as just note-taking software, but it does provide the option to create a presentation you can share online or with an audience. In that regard, it's a little more limited than the other options in not being dedicated presentation software. However, as an easy and handy way to pull together a presentation quickly, it could serve as a backup or last-minute option, especially if Evernote is already being commonly used by you.

LibreOffice Impress  is part of the open-source suite offered as a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and comes with a powerful array of tools and editing options for your presentation, not least working with 3D images. It's supported by a large community, so it's easy to find an array of additional templates. If there is a limitation it's that it's software you download and install rather than web-based, but any presentations created should be easily portable to the web if needed.

Adobe Spark  does things a bit differently, as rather than just use images it's geared toward video as well. This makes for potentially more powerful multimedia presentations, especially as Adobe also has a big selection of photos and images available for its users. There is a free tier for core features but requires a subscription for custom branding, personalized themes, and support.

Slides  comes with a lot of features in an easy-to-use interface, and involves setting up presentations using drag and drop into an existing grid. It's also internet-based so there's no software to download, and it only requires a browser to use and access. 

Presentation software FAQs

Which presentation software is best for you.

When deciding which presentation software to download and use, first consider what your actual needs are, as sometimes free platforms may only provide basic options, so if you need to use advanced tools you may find a paid platform is much more worthwhile. Additionally, free and budget software options can sometimes prove limited when it comes to the variety of tools available, while higher-end software can really cater for every need, so do ensure you have a good idea of which features you think you may require for your presentation needs.

How we tested the best presentation software

To test for the best presentation software we first set up an account with the relevant software platform, whether as a download or as an online service. We then tested the service to see how the software could be used for different purposes and in different situations. The aim was to push each software platform to see how useful its basic tools were and also how easy it was to get to grips with any more advanced tools.

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12 Best Presentation Software for 2024

Written by: Krystle Wong Jan 12, 2024

Whether you’re a student, professional or entrepreneur, having access to the right presentation tools can make all the difference.

When you craft a well-executed presentation , your message becomes more memorable. You’re not just sharing information; you’re weaving a story, painting a picture and leaving a lasting impact on your audience’s minds. 

We’re living in the age of information overload, where attention spans are shorter than ever. A good presentation slide takes this into account, breaking down complex information into bite-sized chunks. It guides your audience through a logical flow, allowing them to digest information effortlessly and retain key points without feeling overwhelmed.

To help you stay ahead of the game, I’ve compiled a list of the 12 best software for presentations. These PowerPoint alternatives offer a combination of user-friendly interfaces, stunning visuals, collaboration features and innovative functionalities that will take your presentations to the next level. 

Let’s dive in and explore these top presentation software picks!

1. Venngage 

Allow me to be a little bit biased here but my top pick is none other than, you guessed it — Venngage! Venngage goes beyond just presentations to focus on data visualization and transforming complex information into visually appealing and engaging visuals. 

One of the standout features of Venngage as a presentation software is the extensive library of infographic elements. Gain access to a wide range of pre-designed elements such as icons, charts, maps as well as illustrations to simplify the process of creating data-driven and visually appealing presentations.

You don’t have to be a pro when designing with Venngage. Venngage’s drag-and-drop interface allows you to customize your presentations by simply dragging and dropping elements onto the canvas. You can tweak sizes, colors and layouts with ease, making your presentations visually cohesive and personalized, even if you’re not a design wizard. 

Just so you know, some of our features and templates are free to use and some require a small monthly fee. Sign-up is completely free, as is access to Venngage’s online drag-and-drop editor. Here’s how Venngage’s presentation maker can become your secret weapon in the quest for presentation success.

Vast selection of templates

Venngage boasts an extensive library of professionally designed templates, catering to a wide range of industries and presentation purposes. Whether you’re creating a marketing report, educational presentation or business pitch, Venngage’s presentation tool offers templates that provide a solid foundation for your designs. 

Save 20+ hours of designing with Venngage’s fully customizable, pre-designed infographic templates. Thes e presentation templates provide a good foundation with well-structured layouts and visually appealing aesthetics. 

Data visualization made easy

Venngage simplifies the process of data visualization, making it accessible to users of all backgrounds. With a few clicks, you can transform dull statistics into visually engaging charts and graphs that tell a compelling story.

Seamless real-time in-editor collaboration tools

Venngage brings teamwork to the next level with our seamless collaboration tools designed to foster collaboration across teams, departments and the entire organization. Whether you’re in the same room or across the globe, Venngage enables real-time collaboration that makes working together becomes a breeze. 

Consistently brand your designs with smart Autobrand features

Effortlessly infuse your presentation slides with your brand’s colors, fonts and logos with Venngage’s My Brand Kit . Upload your brand assets and create engaging presentations by applying your branding to any template you create on Venngage.

Who is it for

Marketers, designers, educators and businesses that require data-driven and visually appealing presentations.

Key features 

Infographic elements, data visualization tools, collaboration options, customizable templates.

Create your first 5 designs with Venngage for free and upgrade to a premium or business plan for $10 USD/month per user and $24 USD/month per user to enjoy premium features. For larger teams who need extra support, controls and security, the enterprise plan starts from $499 USD/month for 10+ seats.

Additionally, there are also plans available for classrooms priced at $99 USD/year for up to 35 students per instructor. Non profit organizations can also apply for a nonprofit discount to any Venngage plan.

2. Microsoft PowerPoint

Source: Screenshot from Microsoft PowerPoint

Even with dozens of presentation software and tools out there, PowerPoint presentations have stood the test of time as one of the best presentation software. In fact, 89% of people still use PowerPoint presentations over competitor services . 

Whether you’re a student, teacher, business professional or just a creative soul, PowerPoint’s user-friendly interface allows both beginners and experienced users to create presentations with ease.

PowerPoint delivers captivating and engaging presentations through its advanced animation and transition effects. You can create interactive PowerPoint presentations by captivating your audience and guiding them through your content with seamless transitions and eye-catching animations. 

Seamless integration with other Microsoft Office tools is another significant advantage of PowerPoint as a presentation software. As part of the Microsoft Office suite, PowerPoint effortlessly integrates with other familiar applications such as Word and Excel. This integration allows you to incorporate charts, graphs and written content from these tools directly into your presentation. 

However, collaboration features in PowerPoint can be somewhat limited compared to dedicated collaboration platforms. While you can share and co-edit presentations with others, the collaboration options may not be as robust as those offered by specialized presentation tools.

Suitable for individuals, students, educators and businesses of all sizes.

Customizable templates, multimedia support, extensive slide editing options, robust animations and transitions.

You can subscribe to PowerPoint as part of your Microsoft 365 subscription with various plans tailored for businesses, ranging from $6 to $22 USD/month. Additionally, there is also the option to purchase an unbundled PowerPoint account separately, priced at $159.99 USD.

3. Google Slides

Source: Screenshot from Google Slides

Unlike PowerPoint which requires file sharing and manual syncing for teamwork, Google Slides enables real-time collaboration and easy access from any device with an internet connection. 

Google Slides shines in its seamless collaboration capabilities. Multiple users can work on the same presentation simultaneously, enabling real-time editing and fostering efficient teamwork. The integrated commenting feature on Google Slides allows for shared feedback and discussions, enhancing collaboration even further.

Google Slides’ cloud-based storage and auto-saving feature ensures that your work is constantly saved, minimizing the risk of losing progress or important changes. No more panicking over unsaved slides and changes. 

But that also means that Google Slides heavily relies on an internet connection for full functionality and access is more limited compared to desktop-based software. Although an offline mode is available, Google Slides has certain limitations and may not provide the same level of functionality as when connected to the internet.

Templates and customization features-wise, Google Slides also have fewer design options compared to other presentation tools. This may limit the level of visual creativity and flexibility for those seeking intricate designs or specialized effects.

Ideal for remote teams, educators, students and anyone looking for easy collaboration and access from any device.

Real-time collaboration, shared commenting, offline mode and built-in sharing options.

Google Slides is accessible to all individuals with a Google account at no cost, providing all users with access to its full range of features. However, for businesses and teams looking for additional organizational capabilities, there are subscription plans available ranging from $6 to $18 USD/month.

4. Keynote (for Mac users)

Source: Screenshot from Keynote

For Apple users, Keynote is a presentation tool designed exclusively for your Apple devices and is available on macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Keynote is known for its sleek and intuitive interface, reflecting Apple’s design aesthetics. 

It offers visually appealing templates, animations, and transitions, allowing users to create polished and modern-looking presentations. Keynote users can seamlessly incorporate images, videos, audio files and interactive elements into their presentations. The presentation software also includes a wide range of animations and transitions, enabling smooth and cinematic effects that bring slides to life.

Keynote presentations is known for its seamless integration within the Apple ecosystem. It works effortlessly with other Apple applications, allowing users to combine different elements and data from various sources. Presentations created in Keynote can be easily shared and accessed across Apple devices, ensuring a consistent experience for both the presenter and the audience.

Additionally, Keynote as a presentation software offers collaborative editing capabilities, enabling multiple users to work on the same presentation simultaneously. Users can share their presentations with others, who can then provide feedback, make edits and contribute to the project in real-time.

That said, since Keynote is exclusively designed for Apple devices, it may not be accessible or fully compatible with non-Apple platforms. Hence, sharing presentations created in Keynote with users on different platforms may require exporting or converting the files to a compatible format, which can lead to potential formatting issues or loss of certain features.

Mac users, creatives, professionals, educators and anyone who wants visually stunning presentations.

Elegant templates, advanced multimedia options, cinematic transitions and collaborative editing.

Keynote is available for free on Apple devices, including macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. As it comes pre-installed with these devices, users can access and use Keynote without any additional cost.

Source: Screenshot from Prezi

Known for its distinctive zooming presentation style, Prezi revolutionizes the way you create presentations by offering a visually engaging and non-linear approach. 

One of Prezi’s renowned features is its unique zooming and transition effects, allowing presenters to navigate through a virtual canvas seamlessly. This dynamic presentation style enhances engagement by creating a sense of movement and spatial relationship between ideas.

Moreover, Prezi offers cloud-based collaboration, making it easy for multiple users to collaborate on a presentation in real-time. This feature facilitates seamless teamwork, enabling users to collectively develop and refine their presentations regardless of their physical locations.

Prezi presentations also include interactive elements, such as embedded videos, images and hyperlinks. Utilizing these elements would allow presenters to create interactive presentations and engage their audience on a deeper level.

However, Prezi has a steeper learning curve compared to more traditional presentation tools. Users may require some time and practice to become proficient in navigating the canvas, creating smooth transitions and effectively utilizing all of Prezi’s features.

Creative professionals, educators and individuals who want to create visually captivating and non-linear presentations.

Zooming presentation style, interactive elements, cloud-based collaboration and reusable templates.

For individuals & business professionals

Basics: Create and share up to 5 visual projects for free

Standard: Starting at $5 USD/month

Plus: Starting at $12 USD/month

Premium: Starting at $16 USD/month

Teams: Starting at $19 USD/month per user (billed annually)

For Students & Educators

EDU Plus: Starting at $3/month

EDU Pro: Starting at $4/month

EDU Teams: Enquiry required with Prezi sales team

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One of the great things about Canva as a presentation tool is its user-friendly interface, which makes it super easy to use even if you’re not a design pro. You can simply drag and drop elements to create your presentation slides without breaking a sweat.

Canva’s vast collection of pre-designed templates caters to various purposes and occasions. The availability of these templates allows users to jumpstart their design projects with professional-looking layouts, saving valuable time and effort.

For businesses or educational institutions working on group projects or marketing campaigns, Canva also offers collaboration features that enhance teamwork and co-creation. Users can invite team members or clients to collaborate on a design project, enabling real-time feedback and efficient design processes. 

While Canva does offer some basic slide transition effects, the range and customization options for transitions may be limited compared to dedicated presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote. 

Individuals, students, small businesses and startups seeking professional-looking marketing materials and presentations.

Extensive template options, intuitive drag-and-drop interface, ability to share presentations as downloadable files or online links and built-in multimedia support for adding videos , images, and audio to slides.

The free version of Canva provides a wide range of features and resources, with the only limitations being the use of premium resources that can be acquired either through separate purchases or by subscribing to the Canva Pro plan. The Canva Pro plan is available for $12.99 USD per month or $119.99 USD per year.

For collaborative purposes, Canva Teams is available at a price of $14.99 USD per month, with an additional charge of $14.99 USD per month for every team member beyond the initial five.

7. Adobe Express

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As part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, Adobe Express is a presentation software that offers a simplified and user-friendly interface. With its intuitive interface, Adobe Express allows users to create visually stunning presentations with ease. Users can access both design professionals and individuals without extensive design experience.

One of the notable advantages of Adobe Express is its seamless integration with other Adobe products, such as Photoshop and Illustrator. This integration enables users to leverage the power of these industry-standard design tools within their presentations, providing access to advanced design features and a vast library of high-quality assets. 

Adobe Express is also great for creating interactive presentations. Its extensive multimedia support, allowing users to incorporate videos, audio files and interactive elements to keep your audience engaged.

That being said,  some of its advanced features may require familiarity with other Adobe tools, which can be challenging for beginners who are not already familiar with the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem.

Designers, creative professionals, individuals and businesses seeking professional-grade presentation design.

Professional design options, multimedia support, easy integration with other Adobe products and cloud-based collaboration.

While the free version for Adobe Express includes all the core features, users can gain access to premium templates and features when they upgrade to the Premium subscription for $9.99 USD/month. 

For businesses and teams, Adobe provides tailored plans that include additional features like collaboration tools, centralized license management and enterprise-level support. The pricing for these plans depends on the number of licenses and the specific needs of the organization. It’s best to consult with Adobe or their authorized resellers to get accurate pricing information for business plans.

8. Haiku Deck

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Haiku Deck is all about visual storytelling, offering a simple and minimalist approach to designing presentations. With its clean and minimalist templates, Haiku Deck makes it a breeze to create presentations that focus on eye-catching images.

Haiku Deck is a user-friendly presentation software that offers a straightforward and intuitive interface. It’s designed to be easily accessible on both computers and mobile devices, giving you the flexibility to create quick and practical presentations on the go.

Plus, the presentation tool seamlessly integrates with image search engines, making it a piece of cake to find and add high-quality visuals that enhance the overall look and feel of your presentation.

However,if you’re looking for advanced features like complex animations or interactive elements, you might not find them here. While the clean and minimalist templates are gorgeous, they don’t offer as much flexibility for customization.

Educators, individuals and professionals who appreciate the power of visual storytelling and minimalist design.

Image-focused templates, easy-to-use interface, cloud-based collaboration and seamless image search integration.

Haiku Deck offers a free trial that allows you to experience the software with one presentation. If you decide to upgrade, they have different pricing plans available. Additionally, Haiku Deck also offers special pricing to qualifying nonprofit organizations, students and educators.

The Pro plans are available at $9.99 per month with annual billing or $19.99 per month with monthly billing. For those seeking advanced features, the Premium plans are priced at $29.99 per month.

Source: Screenshot from Ludus

Ludus brings together the best of both worlds by offering the traditional slide deck format along with interactive and multimedia elements that take presentations to a whole new level.

The presentation software is rich in multimedia capabilities, allowing users to seamlessly integrate videos, audio and elements to create interactive presentations that captivate the audience.

Ludus offers unique presentation tools that enable users to incorporate interactive elements like clickable buttons, hover effects and embedded web content, enabling a more dynamic and engaging presentation experience. 

This makes Ludus a great choice for designers, creatives, marketing professionals, and anyone who wants to create interactive and visually appealing presentations that leave a lasting impression. Collaboration is another area where Ludus excels. The software offers collaborative editing, allowing multiple users to edit presentations simultaneously. 

However, it’s worth mentioning that Ludus has relatively limited templates compared to some other presentation software options. While the customization options are vast, users might find themselves starting from scratch or investing more time in creating the initial design. Additionally, for individuals new to the platform, there might be a learning curve involved in fully harnessing all of Ludus’ features and capabilities.

Designers, creatives, marketing professionals and anyone looking for interactive and visually appealing presentations.

Interactive and multimedia elements, collaborative editing, extensive design customization, real-time comments and feedback.

Ludus offers a starting price of $14.99 USD/month per user for teams consisting of 1-15 members with all features included. For larger teams requiring additional licenses, Ludus encourages reaching out for more information on pricing. It’s worth noting that Ludus provides a 30-day free trial, allowing users to explore the platform and its features before committing to a subscription.

10. Slidebean

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Slidebean offers a unique approach to slide design by automating the process and simplifying the creation of well-designed presentations. With its automation features, Slidebean streamlines the design process, saving users valuable time and effort.

The highlight of Slidebean is its automated slide design functionality. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the software generates visually appealing slide layouts based on the content provided. Slidebean also offers collaboration options, allowing multiple team members to work on a presentation simultaneously. 

Another advantage of Slidebean is its AI-powered content suggestions. The software intelligently analyzes the presentation content and provides helpful suggestions for improving the messaging and overall flow. This feature ensures that users can effectively communicate their ideas and engage their audience. 

Unlike Ludus, Slidebean may not cater to users who prefer extensive customization and control over their slide layouts. Certain advanced features are only available in premium plans, which may require an upgrade for those seeking more advanced functionality.

Startups, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and individuals who want to create polished presentations quickly.

Automated design, content suggestions, collaboration tools and pitch deck-specific templates.

The free version offers limited functionalities, but it provides a sufficient opportunity to experience Slidebean’s capabilities and understand its workflow. However, to export your presentation and access advanced features, upgrading to a higher plan is necessary. 

The all-access plan is available at $228 USD/year, while additional services such as startup expert consultations and pitch deck and financial model services are available for separate purchase. 

11. Beautiful.ai

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Beautiful.ai aims to simplify the process of creating visually stunning and professional-looking slides with minimal effort. One of the notable strengths of the presentation software is its collection of smart templates and design suggestions. 

Their templates are intelligently designed to provide visually appealing layouts, saving users valuable time and effort in creating presentations. Unlike other types of presentation software, the platform leverages AI-powered technology to offer layout optimization, ensuring that slide elements are positioned optimally for maximum impact.

Beautiful.ai also offers time-saving features that streamline the presentation creation process. The software automatically adjusts the layout and formatting as users add or modify content, eliminating the need for manual adjustments. 

As the software provides smart templates and design suggestions, customization options may be somewhat limited. Users may find that certain design elements or layout adjustments are not as flexible as they would like. 

Individuals, startups and professionals who want visually impressive presentations without extensive design skills.

Smart templates, automated design suggestions, AI-powered layout optimization and easy slide customization.

Beautiful.ai provides two subscription options for users. The Pro plan is available at a monthly cost of $12 USD /month, while the Team plan is priced at $40 USD/month. Both plans are billed annually. You can also subscribe to the monthly subscription for ad hoc projects and gain access to all pro features for $45 USD/month (billed monthly). 

There is a 14-day free trial period that allows users to thoroughly test and explore the features and capabilities of the tool before committing to a subscription.

Source: Screenshot from Pitch

Pitch is a modern video presentation maker that stands out with its collaborative and iterative approach to presentation creation.

One of the key strengths of Pitch lies in its collaborative features. The presentation software provides robust collaboration tools that allow team members to work together in real-time. This makes it easy for users to collaborate on presentation content, provide feedback and make revisions collectively.

Pitch boasts an extensive slide library, offering a wide range of professionally designed templates to choose from. These templates serve as a foundation for creating visually stunning presentations while providing a starting point that saves time and ensures a polished look.

The availability of diverse templates caters to different industries, topics and presentation styles, allowing users to create presentations for their needs.

Seamless integration with project management tools is another advantage of Pitch. The software integrates well with popular project management platforms, enabling users to streamline their workflow by syncing tasks, deadlines and other project-related information with their presentations. 

For teams, startups and businesses that value collaboration, feedback and the ability to iterate on their presentations

Collaboration tools, version control, project management integration and template library.

Users can create unlimited presentations and enjoy the starter plan for free or upgrade to Pro for $8 USD/month, billed annually. 

There you have it — the top 12 best presentation tools for the year! Whether you value simplicity, collaboration, automation, design versatility or data visualization, these presentation software examples have a solution out there for your future presentations.

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Today, we’re going to discuss twenty alternatives to SlideShare that you can quickly and easily start using for sharing your presentations online.

Last updated on September 4th, 2018:  I have added SlideServe in this update.  This post originally contained 20 Slideshare alternatives.

It’s also used as a direct online slide presentation tool in any setting – just connect your computer to a projector or large TV, open your browser in full screen and you’re ready to show everyone your awesome ideas & stories without any additional software.

I know creating a compelling Slideshare presentation is not easy and cheap. You spend hours refining your content and perhaps you also pay a professional designer or purchase a premium Slideshare ppt template to make it looks great. So your awesome presentation deserves to be viewed by thousands of other people outside Slideshare.

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While it’s still the largest online presentations sharing service in the world, there are plenty of other online presentation services that can serve as a SlideShare alternative , many of which offer a better interface, more creative features, fewer limitations, and more.

If you believe you are locked into using SlideShare for all your presentation sharing needs, you will find the following alternatives very useful. Check them out:

SlideShare Alternatives for Online Presentation Makers

1.  powerpoint online – online powerpoint presentation maker.

2.  Office Sway – Create & share interactive presentations

Another tool by Microsoft, this time it’s a standalone app that lets you create modern slides (complete with your own images, video, audio, and text) and present them on a very sleek looking interface that heavily borrows from Microsoft’s new Modern UI.

3.  Google Slides – Free online presentation maker

Google Docs has been around for a long time, and besides the great office features, it also lets you create and share presentations and media-rich slides with whoever you want, whenever you want, totally free.

4.  AuthorSTREAM – The most popular SlideShare alternative

5. Speaker Deck – Ads free Slideshare

This is a completely free service that you can upload and share your presentations online. You have to upload the presentation file as a pdf and Speaker Deck splits your PDF into slides creating a beautiful slideshow.

Presentations can be embedded on your website using the provided web embed code. You can also share the link on Facebook and Twitter. Your followers can view the easy to navigate presentation on Speakerdeck.com, more like Slideshare but without ads!

Limits: PDF version of the slideshow that you upload cannot be larger than 50 Megabytes and you can upload up to 500 presentations all time.

6. SlideServe – Easily Share, Discover, View PowerPoint Presentations Online

Slideserve is another completely free service which gives you the power to upload and share Powerpoint presentations and PDF files online.

SlideServe allows people to easily upload and share presentations on SlideServe.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email. Just like Slideshare, you can create your own SlideServe channel to brand your content. Also, you can add Youtube videos in your uploaded presentations.

7. Scribd – Upload your PPT, PDF & other documents and reach millions

With over 80million monthly active readers Scribd is the world’s most popular open platform for publishing and sharing documents of all types. You can upload your academic or business presentations to Scribd for free and share with anyone. Yes, you can embed your Scribd documents on your own website too.

Due to its massive active reader base and fast indexation and higher rankings in Google and other search engines, you have the opportunity to get tons of organic traffic to your documents.

However, if you need a compensation for your document views, Scribd also has a premium feature.

8.  Slides – Beautiful online presentation tool

The first third-party app on our list, and definitely not the last. Slides pride itself on a very user-friendly interface, which lets you create beautiful presentations using any kind of media, and share them with a single click.

The basic version is free, but if you want more, you’ll need to sign up for a paid plan. If you want to quickly create modern slides that will catch people’s attention, this is a great tool to start with.

9.  Emaze – With 3D zoom and video backgrounds

Another app that aims to give you the ability to both create and share ’emazing’ presentations completely in the browser – and I have to say, they definitely deliver on their promise. With visually appealing slides that can be created in minutes and a great, yet simple presentation interface, this is one service you must try.

10.  Visme – Create create any type of visual content

Visme is a one-stop shop for creating beautiful presentation slides, as well as rich infographics without using any extra software, and which can be shared right away with anyone you want. It’s free to start with, but you’ll reach the basic quota pretty quickly.

11.  Canva   – DIY Design Tool

Canva is simple to use, yet lets you create professional-quality graphics that you can then share or present anywhere. You can select a predesigned presentation template from Canva and create your own static slideshow. However, we love Canva as a visual designer tool more than a presentation sharing platform.

However, we love Canva as a visual designer tool more than a presentation sharing platform.

The tool itself is free, but you’ll have to pay for the high-quality images and other premium media that they have to offer.

12.  SlideSnack – Convert your pdf into a flash presentation & share

13.  SlideRocket – Create, present, share and analyze

SlideRocket lets you import presentations from any source (including PowerPoint, Google Docs, Keynote and more), organize and share them using a great UI, as well as keep track of the traffic to those slides and analyze it for a better view into what your clients/viewers want and what they like.

14.  SlideDog – Combine PowerPoints, Prezis, PDFs, and much more

SlideDog is a Web slide sharing tool with a twist – it also comes with standalone programs that let you share your presentations offline. The apps are very nice looking and give you an easy way to organize your slides and present them in a professional and problem-free way. A good choice if you want to have the ability to share slides offline, and be able to sync them with an online library whenever you have Internet access.

15.  SlideBoom – Professional grade presentation sharing

A simple and unassuming tool that doesn’t get in your way, instead of letting you focus on your work. You can upload ready-made PowerPoint presentations and share them on the Web or on the big screen with a few clicks. The interface will probably please corporate users, as it’s right in line with other enterprise solutions, choosing proven technologies that work over snazzy new age tech that gobbles up bandwidth for pretty visual effects.

16.  Prezi – Zoom in/out your story online

Prezi got their start by being able to create an awesome viewing experience for the people you present for back when PowerPoint did not have built-in online presentation capabilities. It is still a great choice if you want to do just that, and you get a nice interface where you can manage your slides, as well as select who you want to share them with.

17.  Projeqt – Integrate live tweets, blog feeds and more

Projeqt is an award-winning content creation tool that lets you make some exquisite multimedia presentations that can immediately be shared with the world. The user and sharing interfaces are both very sleek looking, and you’ll easily be able to amaze anyone with the professional quality slides that you created.

You can upload your old PowerPoint presentation or pdf file and convert into a more dynamic slideshow called a ‘projeqt’. Jazz up your projeqt by pulling live tweets or blog feeds, inserting an interactive map, adding audio notes or simply streaming videos that you’ve found on the web.

Another cool feature is you can link multiple presentations together as ‘stacks’.  Using this layered presentations, like playlists, gives you the opportunity to deliver a richer and deeper insight into your story.

Projeqts can be embedded on your website or just share the link.

18.  PowerShow – Stream presentations into Social Media

PowerShow is a free and simple tool that can be used to upload PowerPoint presentations from your computer and share them online or display them on a projector using their Web interface. It’s been around for a while, and the UI hasn’t been updated to keep up with the latest trends in Web graphics, but it works and it gets the job done. As a bonus, you can find hundreds of great PowerPoint templates on their website.

19.  Zoho Show

Zoho is a popular online document creation and editing suite, and of course, they offer a free tool for creating and sharing presentation slides with the world. You’ll need a Zoho account, and you can create the slides using their own tools, or upload pre-made files from your computer.

20.  Prezentit – Slides that look sharp and stunning

Prezentit is one of the older presentation tools, but they’ve recently updated their software and interface, and you can use it to create and share presentations, as well as edit them in collaboration with other people in a nice, simple UI.

21.  Knovio – Create, track & share instant multimedia content

Knovio lets you create multimedia slides and share them with the world from the comfort of your Web browser. Their selling point is the mobile apps, which let you do everything on the go, including recording the video and presenting everything live.

22.  Present.me – Powerful “in-person” communication

With Present.me, you can upload your slides, and record a video presentation that will be integrated and synced nicely with them. It’s a great tool for sharing slides, as well as creating great webinars and educational products.

23.  Zentation – Combine video and slides to create online presentations

The last service on this list is marketed as a Webinar software, and while it is perfect for live presentations, you can also use it to share your slides with other people behind the scenes, so to speak. You can upload PowerPoint files, as well as separate video files, with Zentation giving you a simple way to sync them both for the perfect presentation.

24.  Docdroid  – Upload PowerPoint & Keynote files and share as PDF files

Docdroid let you upload your presentation in any format such as PPTX, PPT, ODP, KEY, and PDF. Then Docdroid automatically converts your files into PDFs which you can share online or embed on your own website.  Your audience can view the presentation from any device.

You can make your documents either public or private. Also, you can enable or disable downloading of your presentations.

Their free plan allows you to upload 10 documents per day and paid plans provide more advanced features such as analytics, API access, and white labeling.

25.  Hashdoc  – Share your professional documents and earn money

Hashdoc is similar to most other document sharing Slideshare alternatives we have discussed above. However, the key difference is that you can sell your own professional presentations or other documents via Hashdoc marketplace.

You can publish and share templates, whitepapers, presentations, research reports, worksheets, checklists, forms, infographics and much more.

You can publish your presentations as free documents and build influence while earning karma points. Or you can sell premium documents directly to your audience and receive earnings via PayPal or into your bank account.

Similar to other services, Hashdoc let you embed your documents (and the store) on your own website.

The service is free to use and you only pay when you make a sale.

What is your preferred online presentation tool like SlideShare.net?

As you can see, SlideShare is certainly not the only player in the game. There’s really no shortage of good presentation creation and sharing tools. No matter what your needs are, I’m sure you can find something that can suit you perfectly in the list above.

So there you have it, 24 SlideShare alternatives for online presentation making and sharing. What are your thoughts? Do you use SlideShare or any of the above alternatives regularly? What are the tools and features you like the most? What don’t you like?

As ever, please let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Hey, thank you for a great overview! Have never heard about Zoho Show and Knovio, need to check them out 🙂 From my side I can also say that Slideflight is also worth mentioning. It’s very young company from Germany, but the product itself is just great and so easy-to-use 🙂 You can share your Power Point presentation with your audience, so it’s a nice thing for students

Know of some free services similar to slideshare, issuu, etc.. that’s just focused more on cool/creative ways to present or embed pdfs and presentations for websites rather than focusing on businesses or selling stuff? Seems like everything’s all about money these days. Just recently Issuu started letting premium-users sell publications and they cut back on the free-users features, for example, you used to be able to upload I think up to 20 pdfs at a time and now you can only upload 1 at a time which be tedious.

but slideshare is always the best

I don’t need help building – I just want to upload to a private link and share with a specific set of slides with the audience from an event. I am having trouble login into my SlideShare account. I get logged out, my session ends and I can’t upload and share my slides. I also don’t see where I am being billed anymore. Everything is a Linked in premium. Is anyone else having trouble accessing and uploading slide documents? I don’t mind paying, I want to share my slides with my audience when I leave. I am being forced to do Dropbox.

This is amazing information about slide sharing websites. Thanks

Great List! Thank you very much. This is really helpful.

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SlideServe is the best alternative for SlideShare.

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I think slideshare is the best one to promote articles, because slidehare has the most visitors.

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thank you Sampath,very informative and usefull for content writers ,can you please also make a list of quora alternatives ..?

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Best web services for sharing presentations online.

There was a time when sharing a PowerPoint file with someone who did not have PowerPoint was such an nuisance. Luckily, cloud based services have resolved that problem. But these services don’t just allow presentations to be shared online; they also come with their own set of handy features that can help you do so much more than just share your slides. Here is a list of the best web services for sharing presentations online.

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Office 365 & PowerPoint Online

Microsoft was a bit late in introducing its cloud-based Office suite. However, once Office 365 was launched, it did not disappoint. In fact, Microsoft seems to be moving away from its old distribution mechanism for Office apps, as an annual subscription based Office 365 seems to be the future. Needless to say, Office 365 provides a powerful mechanism for creating, editing, and sharing presentations online. There are a plethora of add-ins that you can use when using PowerPoint via Office 365 and sharing is a breeze.

If you want a free alternative to Office 365, you can opt for PowerPoint Online . This free web app provides all basic features of Microsoft PowerPoint from the cloud. PowerPoint Online can be accessed via a Microsoft account and comes bundled with Microsoft products like Outlook.com and OneDrive.

One of the most famous platforms for sharing presentations online is SlideShare . The best thing about SlideShare is that it is not limited to PowerPoint files as the supported file formats also include: MS Word (Doc, Docx and RTF), Text, PDF and OpenDocument presentations (ODT). Furthermore, users can also import presentation files via cloud based services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive and Gmail. The PowerPoint file versions supported by SlideShare include PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, POT and POTX.

Presentations shared via SlideShare can be made public or kept private. SlideShare users can have followers and follow other users, as well as reveal links to their social profiles on their profile. SlideShare can be used for not only privately sharing presentations but also to share embeddable slide decks online for use by other users.

AuthorStream

AuthorStream is another very useful service for uploading your presentation files for instant sharing. AuthorStream supports Keynote, PDF and PowerPoint presentations (PPT, PPTX, PPS and PPSX formats). You can upload presentations by attributing a specific license type for your content, as well as choose to keep your content public or private. AuthorStream also supports cloud services like Gmail, Dropbox, Google Drive and others for importing presentation files.

Presentations uploaded at AuthorStream can also be converted into MP4 videos of up to 5 minutes for free. Users can also share this video directly to YouTube via AuthorStream.

Despite many great features the downside of using AuthorStream is that it relies heavily on Flash. This can make it difficult to upload and view presentations for users who don’t have Flash enabled devices.

Google Slides

Google Slides comes bundled with Google Drive. It is available as a web and mobile app which can be used for mechanism for creating, sharing and collaborating on presentations online. Google Slides supports uploading PowerPoint files for instant sharing with powerful features and convenient options. To learn more about Google Slides, see our post Google Slides Vs PowerPoint .

SlideOnline

SlideOnline is a very handy web app which supports PowerPoint and PDF files for instant sharing. SlideOnline converts uploaded presentations to presentable slideshows online that can be shared with anyone in a snap. Like other presentation sharing web apps, SlideOnline also comes with options for embedding presentations to a blog, analytics for presentation visitors, user comments and the utility to interact with other presenters on the site.

One of the most difficult type of presentations to share online are Keynote files. This is because Keynote isn’t as popular as PowerPoint and many people simply have no Apple product or iWork to open a KEY file. Fortunately, you can access a Keynote file easily via iCloud , which is a cloud based service by Apple itself.

With iCloud you can login with an apple account to upload, edit and share your Keynote files.

Not all presentations are available in PowerPoint or Keynote format. Sometimes, presenters use PDFs for presenting their content or like making PDF handouts for sharing with their audience. SlideSnack is a good web app for sharing PDFs and JPGs as online presentations.

The web services mentioned above provide a wide variety of options for sharing presentations online. Our aim was to give our readers with presentation sharing services that can provide a diverse range of features.

Whether you want to upload your presentations to YouTube after converting them to a video format or simply wish to share your PDF handouts online, you can use a service from the list above to get the job done in no time.

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Creating and presenting a presentation for the first time is not an easy task. It takes hours of preparation, perfecting each slide, and making sure you are able to convey your message in the most effective way possible. One thing that can make this process easier is having an app that allows you to share your presentation with others online or offline. Below are some of the slide sharing apps that will help you get started:

1. FlowVella

If you are looking for a way to share your presentation, FlowVella is the app for you. It allows users to upload their presentations and get feedback on them from others in real-time or through other methods like email and offers to the ability to comment on slides one at a time. This makes it easy to discuss changes that need to be made before they are actually done with the project. FlowVella utilizes smart gesture technology that makes it seamless to integrate multiple media formats for use in different devices.

Users can also share their presentations with up to 250 people, work on them together in real-time or one at a time, as well as save the project from anywhere. With this app, you can collaborate on presentations with others and work simultaneously or in shifts. What's more, it is a free app you can use to share, view, edit, create new projects from scratch, as well as save them for later viewing.

2. Google Slides

We cannot talk about presentation-sharing apps and fail to mention Google Slides. This is an app that has been around for a while.

It has the ability to create presentations with text, images, charts, or video clips from within the app and it also allows editing features such as inserting slideshows in between your content. You can even change fonts on individual words inside a slide, just like you might do in a word document.

Google Slides is a great tool that has some pretty impressive capabilities. It can connect to your Google Drive and then create a presentation with all of the files you have stored there. Additionally, it allows for importing PowerPoint presentations and .pptx documents into their own corresponding slides within the iWidgets presentation.

This app provides a perfect way for you, your team, or even an entire company to work on one document together without having to worry about preparing it in advance. You can also get feedback from colleagues while presenting by using its built-in chat feature and in-presentation polls. Google Slides is a great tool that can be used for many purposes thanks to its high versatility and flexibility. It's accessible from any device with an internet connection and has the capability of being shared virtually anywhere online using just a link!

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This is a popular presentation-sharing app that's used by many educators and others in the creative fields with Apple products. It comes with three apps: iMovie (for video), Pages (for text editing), and Numbers (a spreadsheet). This means that with iWork, you can create presentations in any format and present them to your audience without hassle.

iWork is regarded as one of the best presentation-sharing apps because it can be used across platforms, making it convenient for both desktop and mobile. It also offers free templates with a range of themes that are easy to customize.

Prezi is online presentation software that helps you create stunning presentations. It is a cloud-based app, so you can access it from any computer or mobile device - and collaborate with others in real time! This adds a lot more to your presentation than just the usual PowerPoint slides. it is specially designed to make presentations engaging and memorable, so it's a great way to share your message with others!

Using Prezi, you can add motion and zoom to any element in your presentation. This gives you the ability to create a slideshow that feels a lot more dynamic and interesting for viewers, who will be engaged by Prezi's animations instead of just scrolling through flat slides!

You can also use prezibase -a user-generated database marketplace for cutting-edge presentations that you can easily find and download to incorporate into your own presentations!

And the best thing about Prezi? You don't need any special software - it's an online application that lets you create impressive presentations from your browser! It has dedicated apps for Android and iOS devices, but you cannot create presentations with them. Nonetheless, you can use the apps to view presentations while on the go.

Pitch is a presentation app that lets you create and share presentations with your team and clients. What makes Pitch stand out is that it provides a new approach to presenting, one that's based on conversations. You can easily present your ideas in an interactive format and start a conversation with those you are presenting to. This app is perfect for people who need to make a persuasive argument, be it at work, school, or meeting.

The app is easy to use with a low learning curve for people who are not accustomed to presentation software. It provides an interactive experience and lets you engage in conversation based on the content that's being presented. You can also easily use it within your existing workflow and achieve more success.

Collato makes all your information findable, sharable, and even generative AI-able (is that a word?!). Collato allows you and your team to find your scattered information instantly and easily, including presentations saved to your team's presentation PDFs. Collato's new Slack assistant also is integrated right into the app environment. And it can search more than just your team's PDFs, but also Confluence, Figma, and Google Docs.

The app you choose to use should depend on your needs and the type of presentation you are giving. Also, it doesn't hurt to try as many apps as you can, and see which one works best for you and your audience!

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• Slack — The best team chat and communication app
• Zoom – The most popular video conferencing tool
• monday.com — The best project management software
• Sync.com — The most secure cloud storage for sharing files online
• GitHub — The most popular code collaboration tool & online repository

Online work has become ubiquitous in recent times, and businesses and teams depend more and more on online collaboration software . However, with so many co-working apps out there, finding the right ones for your team can get confusing.

To make things easier for you, we’ve put together our picks for the 25 best online collaboration tools for chatting, video calls, document and file sharing, project management and more.

Companies and organizations can greatly benefit from using these tools to organize their office life, and many remote work software tools can be used by individuals, too. Plus, as remote learning becomes commonplace, good online collaboration software can help reduce the distance between teachers and students. These collaboration tools can be very useful, even if you’re just a college student looking for a way to organize your team project.

Our list provides both paid and free options so that you can find the online collaboration tools you need, no matter your budget. So without further ado, let’s take a look at the best tools for collaboration online.

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Chat tools are essential for any modern company, and finding a good chat platform can make or break your team’s communication. These tools can ease remote communication and provide a convenient way to share ideas. Plus, most chat apps have useful features, such as file and image sharing .

Some communication tools follow a more traditional route, offering little more than the essential chat functions. On the other hand, apps like Slack give users much more flexibility with lots of customization options. There are even some outside-the-box solutions, like Chanty’s kanban boards and Yammer’s social network-like interface. Let’s look at the best chat apps for teams.

1. Slack — Powerful and Flexible Chat App for Teams

• Plenty of third-party apps
• Great free plan
• Feature-rich
• Comparatively expensive plans

This cloud-based chat app is no stranger to the business world. Slack is one of the biggest names in online communication, and for good reason. It provides everything you would expect, such as real-time messaging and file sharing, and supplements that with over 2,200 third-party app integrations. It has an excellent free plan, though its paid plans are a bit pricey and there are cheaper alternatives to Slack .

• Free plan — $0/month per user
• Standard — $8/month per user
• Plus — $15/month per user
• Enterprise — Contact Slack for pricing

2. Twist — Slow-Paced and Organized Team Chat

• Easy to manage
• Well-organized chat
• Third-party app integration
• Low on extra features
• No voice or video calls

Unlike Slack, Twist doesn’t focus on real-time messaging. Instead, teammates leave comments on different topics, which are organized within channels. This structure makes it easy to keep track of your team’s communication. Plus, there’s an instant messaging function for quick one-on-one communication. It’s cheap too, with an excellent free plan, plus a 50-percent discount for schools and nonprofits.

• Unlimited — $5/month per user

3. Chanty — Messaging App for Productivity

• Innovative interface
• Built-in project management
• No video calls for groups

Chanty is an off-beat chat tool that organizes chats into a kanban-style task board. Team members can be added to a task, which is a chat room and an item on a kanban board at the same time. It may sound a little odd, but it can be a great way to improve productivity because you’ll always know how far along your team’s tasks are. The free version has some limitations, but thankfully Chanty’s paid plan is very cheap.

• Business — $4/month per user

4. Flock — Cheaper Slack Alternative

• Plenty of features
• Extra features not very useful
• Limited free plan

Flock markets itself as a cheaper version of Slack, and it offers similar functionality. It has instant messaging, with communication organized into channels, just like Slack. There’s even a good number of app integrations.

Its pricing isn’t that great, though, being only slightly cheaper than Slack, plus its free plan has a few features cut out or significantly limited.

• Pro — $6/month per user
• Enterprise — $10/month per user

5. Rocket.Chat — Open-Source Messaging App

• Highly customizable
• Open-source
• Complicated setup
• Confusing pricing plans

Rocket.Chat is one of the most customizable chat apps thanks to its open-source nature. With a bit of coding know-how, you can tailor Rocket.Chat to fit your exact needs. You can even save a few bucks by using the self-hosted free version. However, its features can get confusing and the setup is complicated. Some features are limited to the more expensive paid plans, as well.

• Community — $0/month per user
• Bronze — $2/month per user
• Silver — $4/month per user
• Gold — Contact Rocket.Chat for pricing

Video Conferencing Tools

Although chat apps can facilitate fast communication, there’s nothing like a face-to-face conversation. Video conferencing software has become indispensable because of social distancing norms, with the likes of Zoom becoming household names. Here are our picks for the best video conferencing tools.

6. Zoom — Easy-to-Use and Reliable Video Conferencing Tool

• Superb call quality
• Easy to use
• Rich in features
• Not the cheapest option

One of the top online collaboration tools for students, Zoom has proven itself to be a favorite for schools and businesses alike, offering excellent video and audio quality, as well as stable connections. You can even set a virtual background if you like.

Although its free plan can host up to 100 people in a single call, that call length is limited to 40 minutes. The paid plans offer more call time and participants, but Zoom is costlier than other communication tools.

• Basic — $0/month per user
• Pro — $14.99/month per user
• Business — $19.99/month per user
• Enterprise — $19.99/month per user

7. Google Meet — Video Conferencing by Google

• Google G Suite integration
• Add features via extensions
• Affordable plans
• Some features require extensions

Google Meet comes with the G Suite, along with Google Drive and Google’s document-editing apps. It’s pretty cheap, with a free option that can host up to 100 participants for an hour-long meeting. It also integrates well with Google’s other services. For example, you can schedule Meet calls in the Calendar app. It’s missing some features, though, such as a built-in whiteboard, which you can only get as a third-party extension.

• Google Workspace Essentials — $8/month per user
• Google Workspace Enterprise — Contact Google for pricing

8. Microsoft Teams — Powerful Yet Affordable Video Calling App

• Many advanced features
• Bundled with Microsoft apps
• Excellent value
• Account required for calls

Microsoft has been integrating the popular Skype for Business into its Teams platform for a while, and by July 2021 , it will be completely folded in. Teams comes packaged with the rest of the Microsoft 365 suite, which includes OneDrive cloud storage and the Office 365 apps. Microsoft 365 is surprisingly cheap while offering more cloud storage than G Suite. Microsoft Teams is also available for free, but it requires signing in.

• Microsoft 365 Business Basic — $5/month per user (billed annually)
• Microsoft 365 Business Standard — $12/month per user (billed annually)
• Microsoft 365 Business Premium — $20/month per user (billed annually)

9. GoTo Meeting — High-Quantity Video Conferencing at a Price

• Up to 3,000 call participants
• High-quality video

GoTo Meeting is an enterprise-oriented video conferencing app. It offers HD video chat and comes with some nice features, such as screen sharing and a whiteboard. It can host a high volume of participants, up to 3,000 for its highest precinct tier. However, its pricing can leave your wallet feeling light, especially because its free plan hosts up to only three people.

• Professional — $12.50/month per user
• Enterprise — Contact GoTo Meeting for pricing

10. Whereby — One-Click Video Conferencing

• No login required
• Limited number of call participants
• Paid plans don’t offer value

Formerly known as Appear.in, the newly rebranded Whereby is an excellent choice for small businesses and teams. It offers a one-click solution for video chatting by sharing a link to your chat room. The free version is limited to four participants, and the paid plans upgrade that only up to 50 participants. Small teams and students will benefit the most from Whereby’s free plan.

• Pro — $9.99/month
• Business — $59.99/month

Project Management Tools

Project management tools help your company organize its projects by giving you an overview of your team’s tasks. The best online project management software can help your team power through tasks and reach deadlines by laying out tasks and timelines in an accessible manner.

Here, we’ve laid out our favorite online team collaboration tools for project organization.

11. Monday.com — Project Management Made Simple

• Uncomplicated
• Reasonably priced
• Different project views
• No full free version
• Lacks subtasks

Monday.com is an excellent cloud-based project management tool. It’s easy to use, organizing your team’s work into tasks, with different ways of displaying tasks, such as timelines and charts. There are many ways to customize tasks and add fields to them, but you can’t subdivide your team members’ tasks.

Monday.com is a cheap collaboration tool for small businesses, which comes with a 14-day free trial .

• Maximum users: 2
• Minimum users: 3
• Enterprise-level features.

12. Asana — Cheerful Task Management Tool

• Motivates your team
• Task subdivision
• Straightforward interface
• Complex customer support

Asana focuses on managing tasks , rather than project management. It’s easy to use, with a list of tasks that you divide into subtasks. Asana motivates your team with “celebrations,” which reward users for getting a task done, usually with a little animated unicorn. It has a generous free plan for up to 15 team members, plus its paid plans are well-priced, if not the cheapest.

• Up to 10 users
• Price is per user. unlimited users, expanded features
• Price is per user. unlimited users, even more features
• Custom pricing, advanced security features

13. Trello — Kanban Board for Simple Team Projects

• Convenient for simple tasks
• Easy to learn
• Lacks features
• Low value for its price

Trello isn’t the most feature-filled collaborative tool out there, but it can be useful for teams that don’t need more than a basic Kanban board . Trello’s interface makes it easy to learn, offering only an overview of your tasks. You can comment on tasks, but you can’t divide or edit them in any meaningful way.

• Unlimited users, 10 boards, Unlimited power-ups, Unlimited storage
• Price is per user, Unlimited boards, Custom fields, Invite guests
• Price is per user, Several new views
• Price is per user, Advanced admin & security settings

14. Wrike — Collaboration Platform Packed With Features

• Good project management
• Can be complicated to use
• Sparse UX design

No matter how complicated your team’s projects are, Wrike can probably handle it all . Wrike has subtasks, calendars, event streams, in-depth reports, Gantt charts and more. The downside to this approach is that its interface can get a little complicated. Surprisingly, all those features won’t drain your wallet, and there’s a free plan, as well, albeit somewhat limited.

• Unlimited users. Basic features.
• Price is per user. Plans for 5, 10 and 15 users.
• Price is per user. No monthly option. Plans for 5 to 200 users.
• Plans for 5 to an unlimited number of users.

15. TeamGantt — Timelines for Team Collaboration

• Intuitive interface
• Time tracking features
• Few third-party integrations

If Gantt charts are what your team needs, TeamGantt has them in its name . TeamGantt makes time tracking easy by organizing your projects into a timeline that gives you an overview of what is going on and when. Its interface is intuitive and easy to pick up. TeamGantt offers a free plan for up to three users, but its paid plans are expensive for what they offer.

• 2 users (1 manager)

Document & File Sharing Tools

File sharing is indispensable for any team’s collaboration effort. Cloud storage services, such as Box , let you store and share files, and document editor integration lets multiple team members collaborate on a single file. Some cloud services have specific features that help your team members work together on documents .

It’s imperative that the sharing platform doesn’t interrupt the flow of teamwork. The best file-sharing tools can lead your team members to success by offering comprehensive sharing and permission editing features. Here are our favorite collaboration tools for sharing.

16. Sync.com — The Best Cloud Storage for Sharing

• Advanced sharing options
• Light on the wallet
• User interface needs work
• Slower sync speeds

Sync.com is a cloud storage platform, and it’s our favorite service for sharing files , along with pCloud. It has a smattering of sharing options, including password-protected sharing links, expiry dates, download limits, link activity tracking and more. Sync.com has a killer free plan , but its advanced sharing options are only available with its very affordable paid plans .

• Price per user
• Unlimited GB
• Minimum 100 users, custom requirements, account manager, training options

17. Box Business — File Storage With Productivity App Integrations

• Robust sharing features
• Native collaboration apps
• No time limit on versioning

Box Business is a cloud storage solution aimed squarely at teams and businesses. It offers unlimited storage on most of its plans and has extensive file and document sharing options. It comes with a document collaboration tool called Box Notes, which functions similarly to Google Drive in that it lets you upload and edit documents in conjunction with others in real time.

• Single user
• Price per user, minimum of three users
• Users: No limit

18. Google Docs — Powerful Document Editing for Teams

• Permissions-based sharing
• Great document editing
• Completely free
• Google’s privacy issues

Google Docs is one of the best free online collaboration tools because of its tight integration with the rest of the G Suite, most importantly Google Drive’s cloud storage . All of your Docs files are kept in Google Drive, which lets you share them and set detailed editing permissions. Docs is free for all Google users, plus it comes with G Suite for teams that collaborate using Google.

• *The plan is “hidden.” To find the 200GB plan, you need to be subscribed to one of the other plans, upgrade or downgrade to the 200GB through your account’s settings.

19. Microsoft Office 365 — Tried and Tested Document Editing

• Fantastic document editor
• Full MS ecosystem integration
• Sharing features could be better

Microsoft Office needs no introduction, and Office 365 is its online incarnation. Office 365 comes as a part of the cheaply priced Microsoft 365 package, and it’s also available for free for standalone use. It integrates with OneDrive, which lets you share files for team collaboration, similar to Google Drive and Docs, though its sharing features leave something to be desired.

• Microsoft 365 Apps — $8.25/month per user (billed annually)

20. Dropbox Business — Cloud Storage for Collaboration

• G Suit/Office 365 integration
• Great sharing options
• Paid plans are expensive

Dropbox is a household name , with millions of subscribers around the world. It’s a mature cloud storage service with stellar sharing options. You can share editing or viewing links, restrict downloads, and set passwords and expiration dates for links. Best of all, Dropbox integrates with Office 365 and G Suite. Its paid plans might be a little north of your budget, but you can try them out for free for 30 days.

• minimum 3 users
• Price per user, 30-day free trial (minimum 3 users)
• Price & storage per user, 30-day free trial. (minimum 3 users)
• minimum 1 user

Other Online Collaboration Tools

Not all collaboration tools fit into an exact category. Some collaboration software just refuses to be put into a box, finding its own niche of users by offering something that competitors don’t. The following services are all top-notch software for collaboration that doesn’t fit into any of our previous categories, but we still believe they are some of the best online collaboration tools.

21. GitHub — Project Management for Coding Teams

• Built-in team communication
• Public & private repositories
• Excellent free plan
• The interface isn’t intuitive

GitHub is a code hosting site that helps teams of coders collaborate on projects. If you need to work together with other programmers, GitHub can help your team keep track of all the different versions of your project’s code, and it provides communication tools to help teams coordinate better. Its free plan is generous, and its paid plans are affordable, even for freshly baked programmers working out of their garage.

• Team — $4/month per user
• Enterprise — $21/month per user
• GitHub One — Contact GitHub for pricing

22. Invision — UX Design Prototyping for Teams

• Sharing & feedback options
• Interactive prototypes
• Project administration options are only for the most expensive package

Invision can help get your projects off the ground by offering powerful tools for creating an intuitive user experience. Invision lets you create app prototypes with clickable buttons, which you can then share with your teammates and clients. You can even get feedback right within Invision, plus manage your project via its dashboard. Small teams can use the free plan, but larger projects will require a paid subscription.

• Pro — $9.95/month per user
• Enterprise — Contact Invision for pricing

23. Time Doctor — Easy-to-Use Time Management Software

• Powerful time tracking
• Third-party integrations
• Some features are intrusive

If you’re having a hard time keeping track of your team member’s work, Time Doctor can help with that. Time Doctor is a time management service that gives team leaders a real-time overview of what team members are doing. Its default settings let teammates check in and out of tasks, but it has some intrusive options, as well, such as scheduled screenshotting.

• Basic — $7/month for one user, pay extra for more users
• Standard — $10/month for one user, pay extra for more users
• Premium — $20/month for one user, pay extra for more users
• Enterprise — Contact Time Doctor for pricing

24. MindMeister — Brainstorming Visualized

• Mind maps & mood boards
• Not too useful after the initial concept phase

MindMeister is a collaboration tool that lets teams visualize ideas for their projects by creating mind maps. These mind maps are presented as bubble diagrams that can link written ideas and images together. This can be very helpful in the early stages of projects but isn’t too useful for project development. There’s a free version that has some limitations and a paid version that’s very affordable.

• Basic plan — $0/month per user
• Personal — $4.99/month per user
• Pro — $8.25/month per user
• Business — $12.49/month per user

25. Usersnap — Bug Reporting in Your Browser

• Simple bug reporting
• Browser feedback tools
• No free version

Usersnap is a quality assurance and collaboration tool that lets you comment on website bugs and issues in the browser, without requiring an extra bug reporting app. It’s one of the best online collaboration tools for website designers because clients don’t need to create an account to leave feedback. Unfortunately, its pricing is a bit high for what it provides, and there’s no free plan.

• Basic — $29/month
• Startup — $79/month
• Company — $149/month
• Enterprise — Contact Usersnap for pricing

Final Thoughts

Online collaboration is here to stay, and your business needs to find the right tools for it. Online teamwork tools can help your company find a workflow that fits its style, and a communication platform that will let teammates collaborate the way they need to.

That’s it for our roundup of the best online collaborative tools for business. We hope you’ve found the right fit for your team’s projects in one of these 25 services. Did your favorite productivity tool make it onto the list? Which collaboration tools does your company use? Be sure to let us know in the comment section below. Thank you for reading.

Online collaboration tools help teams and businesses improve their workflow by setting and keeping track of individual team members’ tasks. Some collaboration tools have specific uses, such as code versioning or bug reporting, while others are used for messaging, video calls or sharing files.

The world has seen the shutdown of public life with the 2020 pandemic, and many businesses have been forced to move their work online. It’s since become apparent that online collaboration can be a valid alternative to office work. Online co-working tools are now abundant and high quality, and you can find apps for every niche at a low cost, too.

• What Are Online Collaboration Tools? Online collaboration tools help teams and businesses improve their workflow by setting and keeping track of individual team members’ tasks. Some collaboration tools have specific uses, such as code versioning or bug reporting, while others are used for messaging, video calls or sharing files.
• Why Should I Use Online Collaboration Tools? The world has seen the shutdown of public life with the 2020 pandemic, and many businesses have been forced to move their work online. It’s since become apparent that online collaboration can be a valid alternative to office work. Online co-working tools are now abundant and high quality, and you can find apps for every niche at a low cost, too.

I would like to say a big thank You for your article 🙂 Indeed working remotely not every time seems to be easy- I really lack contact with my teammates. I like online collaborative tools, especially kanbantool.com – helps me to organize all tasks and fulfill my working day. I really like the simple system that Kanban offers 🙂

I agree with you, Lara. Kanbantool.com really helps to collaborate remotely in a more efficient way. I like that you can see what your colleagues did when you were absent, everything is clearly visible on the board. That’s very helpful.

Dear Aleksandar, Thank you for the list, but I do not understand based on what you decided those are the best. I am looking for a Collaboration tool that can be connected via API to an ERP solution and no one seems to give me that solution.

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Share your PowerPoint presentation with others

Select  Share .

If your presentation isn't already stored on OneDrive, select where to save your presentation to the cloud.

Choose a permission level, like Anyone with a link , or maybe just people in your company. You can also control if people can edit or just view the doc. 

Select  Apply .

Enter names and a message.

Select  Send .

You can also copy the link and then paste it in an email, social media post, or even a text message.

For info on collaborating with others on a document, see Work together on PowerPoint presentations .

To stop sharing, see  Stop sharing OneDrive files or folders or change permissions.

Share by using a traditional email attachment:

If you don't want to share a document with others to collaborate on, simply use a traditional email attachment to send the presentation to others.

From OneDrive for Business or SharePoint, share a PDF or copy of a presentation by email

This feature is only available if you have a Microsoft 365 subscription . If you are a Microsoft 365 subscriber, make sure you have the latest version of Office .

To send your presentation as a copy or a PDF, select Share .

Select Attach a Copy Instead in the Share dialog box.

Select either PowerPoint Presentation or PDF .

PowerPoint will open the email application and attach the file to a new message. Enter the recipients details and a short message, and click Send .

From OneDrive, share a PDF or copy of your presentation by email

Select Send as attachment  in the Share pane.

Select either Send a copy or Send a PDF .

PowerPoint will open the email application and attach the file to a new message. Enter the recipients details and a short message, and click Send .

You can share or co-author a presentation in PowerPoint for macOS. If you allow others to edit your presentation, changes they make will be merged into the original presentation. If you want to share your presentation, you can:

Invite people to view or edit the file located in the cloud, like your OneDrive.

Send a link to your file saved to the cloud.

Send a copy of the file as an email attachment.

Note:  If you're looking for information about saving a presentation in JPEG or PDF format, see File formats supported in PowerPoint .

Invite people to view or edit your presentation

Save your file to the cloud and then invite people to view or edit it. That way, whenever you update your file, everyone you share with will have the latest version.

In the upper right corner, click the Share icon and then click Invite People .

If the file is on your device, you'll be asked to upload the file to the cloud first.

Invite users by adding their email addresses to the invite field. When adding names for the first time, PowerPoint will prompt to access your Contacts.

To allow your users to edit the file, click the Can Edit check box. Add any comments in the comments field and click Share .

The recipients receive an email with a link to the shared file.

Share a link to your presentation

You can copy the link to your presentation and paste it in another shared file or email to the recipients.

In the upper right corner, click the Share icon and then click Copy Link .

Paste the link wherever you need.

Send your presentation as an email attachment

If you don't want to save your file to the cloud, you can share it as an email attachment.

In the upper right corner, click the Share icon and then click Send Attachment .

Click Presentation or PDF .

PowerPoint will open your email application and attach your file to a new message. Just fill in the details, like email addresses and a short message, and click Send .

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What’s it for?

Make interactive presentations

Create show-stopping presentations and clickable slide decks with Genially’s free online presentation builder. Leave boring behind and tell a story that’s interactive, animated, and beautifully engaging.

INTERACTIVE CONTENT

A presentation that works like a website

Engage your audience with interactive slides that they can click on and explore. Add music, video, hotspots, popup windows, quiz games and interactive data visualizations in a couple of clicks. No coding required!

NO-CODE ANIMATION

Make your slides pop with animation

Bring a touch of movie magic to the screen with incredible visual effects and animated page transitions. Add click-trigger and timed animations to make any topic easy to understand and captivating to watch.

INTEGRATIONS

Live from the world wide web

Embed online content directly in your slides for a media-rich interactive experience. From YouTube and Spotify to Google Maps and Sheets, Genially works seamlessly with over 100 popular apps and websites.

TEMPLATES & TOOLKIT

Genius design tools

With Genially, anyone can create a polished and professional presentation. Choose from over 2000 pre-built templates, or create your own design using the drag-and-drop resources, color palettes, icons, maps and vector graphics.

ONLINE PLATFORM

Safe and sound in the cloud

Because Genially is online, you can relax knowing that your slides are always up-to-date. There’s no risk of forgetting to save changes or accessing the wrong file. Log in from anywhere, collaborate with your team, and make edits in real time.

All-in-one interactive presentation maker

Real-time collaboration

Co-edit slide decks with others in real time and organize all of your team projects in shared spaces.

Multi format

Present live, share the link, or download as an interactive PDF, MP4 video, JPG, HTML, or SCORM package.

Engagement Analytics

See how many people have viewed and clicked on your slides and keep tabs on learner progress with User Tracking.

Import from PPTX

Give your old decks a new lease of life by importing PowerPoint slides and transforming them with a little Genially magic.

Keep content on-brand with your logo, fonts, colors, brand assets, and team templates at your fingertips.

Quiz & Survey Builder

Use the Interactive Questions feature to add a fun quiz to your slides or gather feedback from your audience.

Beautiful templates

Make your next deck in a flash with Genially’s ready-to-use slides.

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From classroom materials to business pitches, make an impact every day with Genially.

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Why the world loves Genially presentations

Share anywhere

Present live

From the front of the room or behind a screen, you’ll wow your audience with Genially. Heading off grid? Download in HTML to present dynamic slides without WiFi.

Share the link

Every Genially slide deck has its own unique url, just like a website! Share the link so that others can explore at their own pace, or download an MP4 video slideshow or PDF.

Post online

Embed the slides on your website or post them on social media. Upload to Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Moodle or any other platform.

The benefits of interactive slides

🗣️ Active participation An interactive slide deck gives your audience cool things to click on and discover, boosting learning and engagement.

👂 Multi-sensory experience Audio, video, animations, and mouse interactions make your content immersive, entertaining and accessible.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 People-friendly format Pop-ups and embeds condense more material into fewer slides so you can break information down into digestible chunks.


🎮 Gamification Games, quizzes and puzzles make information more memorable and enable you to gather feedback and check understanding.

How to make an interactive presentation

With Genially’s easy-to-use presentation platform, anyone can make incredible visual content in moments.

Choose a template or a blank canvas

Get stunning results in less time with a ready-made template. Feeling creative? Design your own slides from scratch.

Customize the design

Add animations and interactions

Resources to become a pro presentation creator

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How to present data without sending your audience to sleep.

MICRO COURSE

No-code animation: Bring your slides to life with cinematic visual effects.

PRESENTATION IDEAS

The art of digital storytelling: Engage and thrill on screen.

Genially in a nutshell

How do I make a presentation interactive and how does Genially work? Find the answers to all of your slide-related questions here!

What’s an interactive presentation?

Interactive slides contain clickable hotspots, links, buttons, and animations that are activated at the touch of a button. Instead of reading or watching passively, your audience can actively interact with the content.  

Genially’s interaction presentation software allows you to combine text, photos, video clips, audio and other content in one deck. It’s a great way to condense more information into fewer slides. 

If you’re a teacher, you can share multiple materials in one single learning resource. Students can create their own projects using digital media and online maps. For business or training, try embedding spreadsheet data, PDFs, and online content directly in your slides. 

An interactive slide deck is more user-friendly than a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or Google Slides document. That’s because you can break information down into chunks with pop-ups, labels, voiceovers and annotated infographics.  

The other benefit of interactive content is increased engagement. It’s easier to keep your audience’s attention when they’re actively participating. Try Genially’s presentation software and free slideshow maker to see how it’s better than other presentation websites. You won’t go back to standard presentation apps!

How do you make a clickable slide?

The best way to make slides clickable is to use Genially’s free interactive presentation program. Design your slide then apply an interaction. In a couple of clicks, you can add popup windows, hyperlinks, close-up images, games, animations, multimedia and other content. 

Choose from the library of hotspot buttons and icons to show people what to click on. Go to Presenter View to get a preview and see how your content will appear to your audience.

How do I create presentations that look professional?

You’ve got a deadline looming and you’re staring at the screen with a blank presentation. We’ve all been there! Starting a presentation design from scratch is tricky, especially if you’re short on time. 

Genially’s free online presentation maker has over 2000 ready-to-use templates for professional slide presentations, photos slideshows, and more. Each slide design has been created by our team of top graphic designers. No need to worry about fonts, centering images, or designing a matching color scheme. It’s all done for you. 

Start by browsing our layouts and themes for education, business and then customize with your own text and images.

How do I share or download my slides?

Because Genially is a cloud based presentation software, you can simply share the link to your slides. Like other online presentation tools, there are no files to download or store on your computer. Everything is saved online.  

When you publish your slide deck, it gets its own unique url, just like a website. Share the link with others to let them explore the content in their own time. If you’re presenting live, just click the Present button. 

You can also embed your presentation on your website, company wiki, or social media. Genially is compatible with WordPress, Moodle, Google Classroom, and other platforms. If you use an LMS, you can also download your interactive design slides in SCORM format.

For slideshow videos and slideshows with music, share online or download as an MP4 video. Check out our free slideshow templates for ideas.

Can I make a free presentation in Genially?

You bet! Genially is an easy-to-use slide maker, with a free version and paid plans. The free plan allows you to create unlimited slides with interactions and animations. Subscribe to one of our paid plans for more advanced features.

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Leads and analytics: the hidden benefits of presentation sharing

Content marketing is still the majestic, reigning queen of the digital marketing age. That’s because storytelling always wins . As modern humans, we patently disregard that which is not relevant, relatable, visual—and, OK—somehow juicy.

But storytelling is not just for blog posts, newsletters, infographics, and published articles. When slick and compelling presentations tell a visual tale, you have the power to not only captivate and inform customers and prospects, but also—depending on your presentation sharing platform—generate leads (which can help you fully recoup your design spend, hello ROI) and collect data that can help you get super cozy with your target audience.

Plus, good content marketing attracts customers and prospects like a magnet, which is integral for building an audience. The more followers you have, the more potential leads, revenue, and success you can expect. It’s a beautiful equation.

Yes, that blinged-out presentation can help you build a loyal following, be a top-of-the-funnel lead generation machine, a steady source of valuable statistics on how your customers consume your content, and it can pay for itself. 

First, is your presentation share-worthy?

Before launching headlong into the how of picking your presentation sharing platform, let’s get crystal clear about the types of decks that are ideal for sharing. 

We’re talking professionally-designed pieces of art-meets-science (by way of data, expertise, or opinion) that tell a story about your company, product, or service for curious audiences. 

They sometimes accompany big keynotes, are designed to dazzle wide-eyed attendees at tech events, or are included in course curricula to keep highly-caffeinated students engaged.

For the start-up side of the house, you’ll see similar pieces of presentational artistry, with the addition of pitch decks, developed to sell their idea to wealthy investors; and culture decks, designed to visually relay a company’s mission and core values in tasty, easily-digestible chunks.

They’re all pretty, yes, but they also pack a mean punch. 

OK, now make that presentation really pay

At some point, you’ve likely invested in designing the mother of all presentations only to have it die a lonely death shortly after its initial debut. No more. Aside from the lead and analytics-based benefits mentioned above, presentation sharing also allows you to extend the reach and impact of your beloved deck.

How? When you upload your deck to a presentation sharing platform, your audience goes from a semi-fixed assemblage of people packed into a stuffy conference room or theater to an infinite number of online prospects. That is to say, they’ve raised their hands to view your content in the comfort of their own—home, apartment, yurt, whatever—and are better positioned to actually follow through on your call to action.

And, based on your design spend and the value of a lead, you probably just need to convert a few of these hand-raisers from a lead-prospect to a post-sales customer to fully fund the cost of your presentation.

How to fill your lead and analytics machine 

Once you’ve uploaded your deck to a presentation sharing site, you can also liberally share the link to it from related blog posts, social media, email nurture campaigns, and search engine marketing, effectively extracting even more lead-based value from your clever presentation.

Additionally, most presentation sharing sites will feed you information and statistics ranging from how many times your deck is viewed or downloaded to which pages viewers spend the most time on. This data is full of valuable insights that can help you better understand your customers and prospects, inform your future marketing efforts, and dictate what you should do more of and what you should never-ever do again. 

Picking your presentation sharing platform

There’s a wide range of presentation sharing platforms available to you. All of them basically make it so your deck can’t be copied or stolen and enable sharing without compromising security. Most of them also ensure that your decks render beautifully on mobile devices, i.e. no wonky characters or compromised layouts. And, some of them even furnish you with an embed code so that you can post your presentation to your website. Other than that, many of them are free and they basically fall into three categories. ‍

One: Social network sites built around presentations

These options, designed entirely for presentation sharing, allow you to upload your decks, create tags and descriptions for easy search and discoverability, elicit direct feedback, and help generate new business with lead capture forms. They also offer a range of analytics related to how your content is consumed so that you can better understand the people that you hope to convert from prospects to customers. But, as mentioned above, the best part is that these well-trafficked and google-crawled sites have the potential to expose your content to millions of extra eyeballs.

• LinkedIn’s SlideShare : The world’s most popular presentation and slideshow sharing platform with millions of decks and users.
• Speaker Deck : A close second in popularity to SlideShare, with NO ADS (so the UI is cleaner), but it doesn’t get as much traffic as SlideShare.
• authorSTREAM : Similar to SlideShare in format, but allows you to include audio narration with your presentation. 

Two: Document hosting and sharing sites

While great for hosting and sharing your documents, these sites lack the social aspect of creating a space to consume and discuss topics. However, the plus side of going this route is that you have the potential to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond. That is, since these sites contain a wide array of document types, even books, your sexy presentation has a better chance of standing out.

• Scribd : The world’s largest repository of books and documents of all kinds (not just presentations).
• Doc Send : Allows you to host and share your presentation and gives you real-time intelligence on when your presentation is viewed and for how long.

Three: Sales productivity platforms

We’re not recommending that you run out and invest in a sales productivity platform just for presentation sharing, but If you already have access to a fancy sales tool like Yesware or HubSpot, you can benefit from detailed user reporting, like per-viewer engagement and page-by-page analytics—which translates into who’s looking at your stuff and for how long. And, when you upload a presentation to a platform like Yesware, all of your customer and prospect data syncs with Salesforce, as long as you’re using the enterprise tier version. 

• Yesware : Gives you a special presentation tracking feature that yields valuable insights into how engaged your audience is with your content and helps you track leads all the way through the sales cycle.
• HubSpot : Similar to Yesware. When you use the documents tool, you can add presentations to your content library and share them with your sales contacts or in other marketing efforts.

Wrapping it all up with nice little bow

That’s a ton of information. Now for a handy little summary. 

When it comes to presentations, high-quality, on-brand design and storytelling—like that which you can expect from the experts at SketchDeck—is paramount for extracting the maximum value from your deck.

Once you have that step in the bag you can choose from a range of presentation sharing platforms to bring in new leads and business, help you better understand your customers and prospects, and shape the future of your marketing efforts. 

Plus, when you make presentation sharing a regular part of your content marketing plan, and all related components (blog posts, social media, email campaigns, etc.) work together to tell a cohesive story, the result is priceless. Rather than being exposed to disparate messages, customers and prospects begin to see your big picture, understand why you exist, and feel more compelled to follow through on whatever it is you’re asking them to do. 

This is where the real magic happens.

Shana Champion

• Originally published on January 30, 2020

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10 top file-sharing services: Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, and more

Most file-sharing services have evolved into full-blown collaboration platforms. we look at 10 online services ranging from basic to enterprise-level..

Back in the pre-cloud days, sharing files involved using file transfer protocol applications or else copying files to a disc and then mailing it or walking it over to a colleague (affectionately known as ‘sneakernet’). Emails could also be sent (and many people still use email as their main “file-sharing” option), but size limits on attachments and security concerns discouraged this practice.

Today’s world of file sharing offers nearly endless options. Giants like Dropbox, Box, Google, Microsoft, and Apple, as well as smaller companies like MediaFire and Tresorit, all offer online cloud storage options that include file sharing, synchronization across multiple devices, and collaboration features. Once you have uploaded a file to one of these services, file-sharing is as easy as clicking a “share” button and then sending the link to a colleague via email. While most offer desktop and mobile applications, users can also upload, store, sync, and share files via a web browser.

The services we’ve chosen are listed here in alphabetical order and cover a range of options, from basic services for consumers to enterprise-level services. This is not an exhaustive list of all services, but rather a sampling of the big players and some lesser-known vendors.

10 top file-sharing services

• citrix sharefile, • dropbox, • google drive, • icloud drive, • mediafire, • microsoft onedrive, • opentext hightail, • sugarsync, • tresorit.

To check file transfer times for each, we uploaded a 245MB ZIP file using an internet connection with an average upload speed of 86 megabits/second. (See “ How we tested .”)

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It’s nearly impossible to talk about Box without mentioning Dropbox (and vice versa), as the two are frequently pitted against each other. Box has always been geared toward businesses and enterprises, while Dropbox used to be largely focused on consumers and SMBs. But both services now include enterprise collaboration features and cloud content management via integrations with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365/Office 365, and many others, along with enterprise-grade security and management options.

There is a free plan for individudals that lets you kick the tires — it offers 10GB of storage, a 250MB file upload limit, and the ability to share these files with limited permissions. The file upload size limit is a bit strict if you are trying to share video files, but the 10GB storage limit is still pretty generous. Additionally, all of Box’s business plans offer a 14-day free trial.

Free account storage space: 10GB

Free account max file size: 250MB

Paid accounts : Personal Pro, 100GB storage, $10/month; Business Starter, 100GB storage, $5/user/month; Business, unlimited storage, $15/user/month; Business Plus, unlimited storage, $25/user/month; Enterprise, unlimited storage, $35/user/month; Enterprise Plus, unlimited storage, custom pricing. (All business plans require at least 3 users. Prices shown are for annual payments.)

Paid account max file size: Personal Pro, 5GB; Business Starter, 2GB; Business, 5GB; Business Plus, 15GB; Enterprise, 50GB, Enterprise Plus, 150GB.

Additional features with business plans: Built-in integrations with Slack (as well as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace), plus 1 additional enterprise app integration; Box Sign (unlimited e-signatures via web app); Box Relay (workflow automation); data loss protection; two-factor authentication; SSO; Active Directory integration; other user management features. Higher-level plans offer additional enterprise app integrations; HIPAA/FedRAMP compliance; document watermarking; AI-powered threat detection; more.

Time to upload 245MB file: 35 seconds

Citrix ShareFile

ShareFile , which Citrix acquired in 2011, creates a custom file-sharing site for your business, so you can share files easily with clients, partners, co-workers, and others. For example, your accountant might use ShareFile to securely share tax documents with you. The service offers lots of compelling features and tools for business users, including workflow management, document collaboration, e-signatures, and integration with Outlook and Gmail.

Security is robust, too, with enterprise-grade encryption and customizable permissions settings. The ShareFile dashboard makes it easy to add new users and toggle between personal and shared folders. Full-featured apps are available for Android, iOS, macOS , and Windows. There is no free plan, but you can try the Premium version for free for 30 days without having to enter a credit card number. The company also offers a virtual data room for 5 employee users, which offers advanced security, sharing, and control for sensitive data.

Free account storage space: N/A

Free account max file size: N/A

Paid accounts : Standard, unlimited storage, $50/month; Advanced, unlimited storage, $77/month; Premium, unlimited storage, $122/month; Virtual Data Room, 5GB storage, $338/month. All plans are for up to 5 employee users (additional employee user fees are $10–$24/user/month) and unlimited client users. (Prices shown are for annual payments.)

Paid account max file size : Standard, Advanced, and Premium, 100GB; Virtual Data Room, 5GB.

Other paid options include: Feedback and approvals workflow; activity logs; versioning; third-party integrations including Microsoft 365/Office 365 collaboration.

Time to upload 245MB file: 1 minute, 38 seconds

As previously mentioned, Dropbox and Box are big players in the business market, offering enterprise-level security and management features as well as a healthy ecosystem of integrated third-party apps that make the services more robust. Both have continually evolved and improved to the point that, for most organizations, either one is a great option.

In recent years, Dropbox has been adding features aimed at boosting productivity and collaboration, such as the ability to create Microsoft Office or Google Docs/Sheets/Slides files from within Dropbox and a new shared Spaces interface for team collaboration. 

To try before you buy, Dropbox’s free Basic plan for individuals offers 2GB of storage. A 30-day free trial is available for all business plans.

Free account storage space: 2GB

Free account max file size : No limit, but must be smaller than your storage space quota.

Paid accounts : Personal plans include Plus (1 user, 2TB storage, $10 per month) and Family (up to 6 users, 2TB shared storage, $17/month). Work plans include Professional (1 user, 3TB storage, $16.60/month); Standard (3+ users, 5TB storage, $12.50/user/month); Advanced (3+ users, unlimited storage, $20/user/month). For enterprise plans, contact Dropbox Sales. (Prices shown are for annual payments.)

Additional features with business plans: 180 days of file recovery and version history, 180-day history for Dropbox Rewind (recover from accidents/ransomware by reversing changes at folder or account level), remote device wipe, two-factor authentication, document watermarking, shared link controls, file locking, branded sharing, priority email support, and live chat support. Higher-level plans offer HIPAA compliance, an admin console, SSO integration, audit logs, more.

Time to upload 245MB file: 56 seconds

Google Drive

If you’re already invested in the Google ecosystem, Google Drive is a no-brainer, since it integrates with Google’s productivity apps, such as Google Docs. Even if you don’t use other Google services, Google Drive is worth considering, as it gives users 15GB of free storage (shared with other Google services). Its rates are also competitive — 200GB costs individuals just $30/year.

With the Backup and Sync desktop client, you can choose which of your Windows or macOS computer folders to continually sync to Google Drive — you don’t have to keep files in a designated folder, as you do with some services. Permissions on shared files can get complicated — we’ve often shared a link with colleagues only to get a response saying that they can’t access the file. But once you can access a file, collaborating on documents in real time through Google’s other productivity apps is as good as it gets.

Beyond the 15GB free plan, Drive is available to individuals through a Google One plan. Businesses can opt for either a Google Workspace plan, which includes Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and other productivity/collaboration apps, or Workspace Essentials , which includes all of the above except Gmail and Calendar. A 14-day free trial is available for business plans.

Free account storage space: 15GB

Free account max file size: 5TB (with some exceptions )

Paid accounts: Google One plans for individuals: 100GB, $2/month; 200GB, $3/month; 2TB, $10/month; 10TB, $50/month; 20TB, $100/month; 30TB, $150/month. Google Workspace Essentials plans for businesses: 100GB per user/2TB pooled cloud storage, $8/user/month. Google Workspace plans for businesses: Business Starter: 30GB storage per user, $6/user/month; Business Standard: 2TB storage per user, $12/user/month; Business Plus: 5TB storage per user, $18/user/month; Enterprise (300+ users): unlimited storage, contact sales for pricing.

Additional features with business plans: Security and management controls, 24/7 phone and email support, centralized admin console, audit and reporting. Higher-level plans offer advanced endpoint management, data loss prevention, context-aware access, more.

Time to upload 245MB file: 48 seconds

iCloud Drive

Anyone who owns a Mac, iPhone, or iPad likely already has the free 5GB of online storage via iCloud that comes with the creation of an AppleID, and those users can share folders and documents with other iCloud users. Although Apple does offer an iCloud app for Windows, it’s likely that this mainly benefits Apple users who also use a Windows PC; we don’t really see people who are primarily Windows users signing up for an iCloud account to use the service, particularly because iCloud does not have an Android app. Android device users could access iCloud via the web app, but they would likely use Google’s online cloud storage to back up their photos and videos anyway.

As with other online storage services, users can set up iCloud to automatically back up and sync specific folders from their computer to their iCloud account, such as the Documents folder, Desktop folder, or others. Photos and videos from an iPhone or iPad can also be automatically synchronized. Using this feature can quickly eat up the 5GB of free space, so it’s likely that anyone using iCloud for such purposes would upgrade to a paid account . At $3 per month for 200GB, it’s still a relatively good bargain for the Apple faithful.

While iCloud users can use their personal accounts to share files with colleagues (and those files are encrypted in transit and at rest), this is essentially a consumer service.

Free account storage space: 5GB

Free account max file size: 5GB in theory, as long as it doesn’t exceed storage limits.

Paid accounts : 50GB, $1 per month; 200GB, $3/month; 2TB, $10/month. Apple allows these plans to be shared with family members (up to five other members). Those who subscribe to Apple services such as Apple Music or Apple TV+ may also be able to save money through Apple One bundling .

Paid account max file size 50GB, as long as it doesn’t exceed storage limits.

Additional features with paid plans: Upgrading your storage amount doesn’t give you additional features, unlike with other online storage services.

Time to upload 245MB file: 1 minute, 56 seconds

MediaFire is a lesser-known file sharing/storage service. With competitive rates and a free plan that offers 10GB of storage (comparable to Box’s free plan), it may be worth a test drive for the budget-minded. The ad-supported free service lets you upload files up to 4GB, which is very generous, and the service automatically scans files for viruses, which not every file-syncing service offers.

Macs and Windows PCs access MediaFire via a web browser, but the company does offer apps for iOS and Android. You can share file links on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other sites by generating a one-time download link. The service is very easy to use, with an intuitive interface.

One important caveat: The other services in this roundup offer detailed security information that’s easy to find on their site, but we couldn’t find any specifics on the MediaFire site about encryption or other data protection. The company’s terms of service say, “we work hard to store your data safely and securely,” and its Business plan offers security tools that track the actions taken by user accounts as well as the location, referring domain, and data transfer totals when anyone accesses a file. But the site provides no specific file storage security details, and the company did not respond when we contacted them. Without those details, it’s best to assume that data stored on MediaFire is not encrypted, and the service should not be used for sensitive documents.

Free account max file size: 4GB

Paid accounts : Pro: 1 user, 1TB storage, $3.75/month; Business: 100 users, 100TB storage, $40/month. (Prices shown are for annual payments.)

Paid accounts max file size: 20GB

Additional features with paid plans: Ad-free downloads and sharing, download entire folders; upload from any website; customizable branding; detailed security log.

Time to upload 245MB file: 45 seconds*

* Initial test was about 2 minutes, but subsequent uploads of the same file took 10 and 7 seconds, respectively. We feel that the faster speeds in tests #2 and #3 were achieved due to MediaFire recognizing that the same file was being uploaded.

Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft’s OneDrive had an awkward youth, stumbling from name to name: Windows Live Folders, Windows Live SkyDrive, and now OneDrive. As is often the case with Microsoft, OneDrive features and capabilities can vary from one version to another (such as personal and business accounts).

Nonetheless, OneDrive integrates nicely with Microsoft 365/Office 365 (not surprising) and Microsoft’s mobile apps, and it offers real-time collaboration in Office documents. A free plan gives you 5GB of storage, which is more than Dropbox but less than Google Drive. The Microsoft 365 Personal plan gives you a hefty 1TB of storage, and the family plan gets 6TB. OneDrive also offers ransomware detection and recovery to paid plans.

Files are protected with enterprise-grade security measures and are scanned for known malware when downloaded. A “Personal Vault” offers two-step verification and auto-locks after 20 minutes of inactivity. It’s also available on all of your OneDrive devices.

Free account max file size: Not disclosed

Paid accounts: For home : OneDrive Standalone, 100GB, $2/month; Microsoft 365 Personal, 1TB storage, $70/year; Microsoft 365 Family, 6TB storage (1TB per person), $100/year. For small business : OneDrive for Business (Plan 1): 1TB storage per user, $5/user/month; OneDrive for Business (Plan 2): unlimited storage, $10/user/month; Microsoft 365 Business Basic: 1TB storage per user, $5/user/month; Microsoft 365 Business Standard: 1TB storage per user, $12.50/user/month. The 365 plans also include access to Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams, and the Business Standard plan includes Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote. Additionally, there are a range of enterprise-level Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans , starting with Office 365 E1 (1TB storage per user, $8/user/month).

Paid account max file size: 100GB

Additional features with 365 accounts: Ransomware detection and recovery, expiring and password-protected sharing links, file restore up to 30 days. Higher-level plans include 24/7 phone support, advanced data-loss protection, preservation of deleted and edited documents for eDiscovery, more.

Time to upload 245MB file: 33 seconds

OpenText Hightail

Formerly YouSendIt, Hightail features an interface built around shared Spaces, making it well-suited for group collaboration. When you create a new Space, you name and define the project’s goal. You can request approvals on video, photo, and other files in your Space from others; track all recent activity; and keep drafts private but still share them with access codes.

Hightail plays well with other file sharing services, too. You can drag and drop files into a Space from your computer, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive. Hightail is versatile, with third-party app integration as well as apps for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows with automatic desktop folder syncing.

The Lite version is free, with a 14-day trial available for paid accounts. Business plans include Pro, Teams (1-30 users), and Business (3+ users) tiers.

Free account max file size: 100MB

Paid accounts : Pro, unlimited storage, $12/month; Teams, unlimited storage, $24/user/month; Business, unlimited storage, $36/user/month. (Prices shown are for annual payments.)

Paid account max file size: Pro, 25GB; Teams, 50GB; Business, 500GB.

Additional features with paid plans: Delivery notifications, send tracking, custom branding, password protection, live chat and phone support. Higher-level plans offer version control, task management, personal and team dashboards, more.

Time to upload 245MB file : 1 minute, 5 seconds

SugarSync has a slightly confusing usage model. You can designate any file folders on your hard drive to be synced to the cloud — you don’t need to keep everything in a designated folder, à la Dropbox. To sync folders, you right-click them (after installing a SugarSync desktop client). But just in case you want a designated folder, the service automatically creates a syncing folder on your computer called My SugarSync .

But beyond Microsoft Outlook, there are no integrated third-party tools or even two-factor authentication, either of which could be a deal breaker for business users. (2FA aside, however, the company says it follows standard data protection practices, including encrypting data in transit and at rest.) Also worth noting: There’s no free plan, but there is a free 90-day 5GB trial. The 30-day free trials of the paid plans (with more storage) require a credit-card number.

Bottom line: SugarSync is intuitive to use and checks most file sharing/storage/syncing service boxes, but misses some big ones.

Free account storage space: 5GB (on free 90-day trial).

Paid accounts : Personal: 100GB storage, $7.50/month; 250GB storage, $10/month; 500GB storage, $19/month. Business: 3 users, 1TB storage, $55/month.

Paid account max file size: No maximum

Other paid options include: Outlook integration, remote wipe, user management dashboard.

Time to upload 245MB file: 1 minute, 24 seconds

European cloud storage company Tresorit gained recognition with its hacking contest a few years back, offering $50,000 to anyone who could hack into its servers. Tresorit claims no one succeeded. Clearly, the company is going after the security-conscious , promising end-to-end encrypted file sharing and syncing; HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, TISAX, FINRA, and ITAR compliance; ISO 27001 certification; the protection of Swiss privacy laws; non-convergent cryptography; and other security measures. Tresorit includes data residency options available upon request to customers in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Singapore, the Netherlands, Dubai, and Brazil, and the U.S. states Virginia and California.

Tresorit offers several personal, business, and enterprise plans. It’s fairly easy to use, and you can designate a folder (called a ‘Tresor’) on your hard drive for syncing. Plugins for Outlook and Gmail are available with all plans.

Tresorit has a free tier, but it only lets you send files up to 5GB; you can’t store documents. The free trial of its paid plans is for only 14 days, and you’re required to input a credit-card number.

Paid accounts : For individuals: Premium, 500GB storage, $10.42/month; Solo, 2.5TB, $24/month. For businesses: Business Standard, 3+ users, 1TB storage per user, $14.50/user/month; Business Plus: 3+ users, 2TB storage per user, $19.17/user/month; Enterprise: 50+ users, customized storage per user, $24/user/month. (Prices shown are for annual payments.)

Paid account max file size : For individual tiers: Premium, 5GB; Solo, 10GB. For business tiers: Business Standard, 5GB; Business Plus, 15GB; Enterprise, 20GB.

Other paid options include: Enhanced collaboration and tracking features, admin console, SSO, detailed access logs, branding, more.

Time to upload 245MB file: 1 minute, 26 seconds.

Conclusions and recommendations

By now, most individual users and companies have decided on a single service for their file-sharing and synchronization purposes, and it’s likely one of the big players in the space (Dropbox, Box, Google, or Microsoft). Because most of these offer similar services and features, there may be no need to switch.

If you’re dissatisfied and ready for a change, however, here are our recommendations:

James Martin: Dropbox is my top choice. I’ve been a user since 2008 and never had an issue. The service is supported by a large ecosystem of apps, it’s easy to use and share files with others, and it continues to evolve in positive ways. Though some dislike its revamped Dropbox desktop app, I appreciate the extra features it puts within reach, such as the ability to quickly create Google Docs files. That said, Box, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive are all great choices for most users, depending upon your needs and budget.

Of the services I checked out, I’m only marginally impressed with SugarSync. It’s fine; I like the fact you don’t have to use a dedicated folder for syncing, as you do with Dropbox. But there doesn’t appear to be much feature development going on with SugarSync.

Keith Shaw: As a freelance contributor, I frequently share and receive files with other companies, so I’m not as locked down to a single vendor as other users. In addition, synchronization of files seems less important to me these days, as the cloud basically allows you to quickly grab a file to download should you be working on a different computer. For those reasons, I prefer to use Google Drive, but as James said, the big four are almost interchangeable.

How we tested upload speed

We created a 245MB compressed file (ZIP) consisting of a video (MP4), photos (JPG and PNG), PDF documents, and an Adobe Photoshop PSD file. We then uploaded this file via drag-and-drop through each service’s web upload, timing how long it took the service to give us an “upload complete” message. We conducted three tests and then averaged the time to get the final score. The files were uploaded from a MacBook Pro via 5GHz Wi-Fi connection to a router in the same room. The broadband router provided 85 to 87 Mbps upload speeds, which we verified via Speedtest.net after each vendor’s test.

In most cases, the initial upload of the file took the longest, with the second and third test providing better times. We attribute this to the possibility of some caching by the vendors, but we still saw enough variations that we’re confident in the average time we measured over three uploads of the same file. In all likelihood, users won’t be uploading the same file three different times to the service, and the file sizes and names will vary. Still, once a connection is made between a browser and the service, upload speeds appear to improve over multiple uploads.

This article was originally published in March 2018 and most recently updated in September 2021.

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Industry events are a chance to network with your colleagues and impress distributors — but to really make the most of your time at a conference, you need to learn how to prepare a presentation that engages, informs and leaves an impact.

I've presented at some of the most important real estate and property technology events in the country as the founder of ButterflyMX . Here are a few tricks I've picked up along the way to wow any audience.

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I recommend taking a walk around the stage before your presentation. By familiarizing yourself with your environment, you can prepare yourself better.

And while you're on stage, a relaxed, comfortable presence goes a long way in keeping your audience engaged . Whether you want to play your presentation casually or more formally, audiences can sense discomfort, which prevents them from fully connecting with your message.

To project your sense of comfortability, focus on your body language . You can project confidence by speaking slowly and clearly and by walking across the stage to keep the audience's attention — even if there's already a podium or lectern set up on stage.

Unfortunately, if a speaker spends too long standing behind the podium, an audience might interpret that as a sign of indecision and inaction from the speaker. Instead, you can remove any barriers between yourself and the audience by using the whole length of the stage.

2. Familiarity with industry statistics

An audience that doesn't know me might be wondering why they should be taking my advice. I certainly don't blame them. When I'm watching a new presenter, I ask the same question.

If you can back up your claims with hard data, your presentation will ring true with listeners. You can cite industry-wide statistics or establish your own bona fides by citing stats that buttress your own credibility by establishing your company's success.

In my case, I'm happy to use a couple of statistics that prove how successful my company, ButterflyMX, is in the proptech industry. For instance, we serve more than one million apartment units, and if you're interested in how consumers feel about us, look no further than the internet — we have over 20,000 five-star reviews !

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3. Knowing your audience

Depending on who your audience is , you'll have to adjust your game plan and prepare for different things.

I've spoken at conferences where the audiences couldn't be more different — a presentation that wows one crowd might have no information that's applicable to another. As the founder of a property technology company, I have the pleasure of speaking at a variety of different conferences that serve different markets.

For example, integrators and installers might value a talk on product features and hardware more than others. And if I'm presenting to an audience of property managers, I'll know to dial down the technical talk and focus on the benefits a robust video intercom offers, such as simplifying their day-to-day workloads.

Depending on your audience, you need to strike the right balance between talking about hardware specs and features.

4. Designing your slides carefully

Slides are a good opportunity to share the aesthetics, tone and values of your company — but you've got to make sure you use them effectively.

A slide with too much text looks busy, and it'll distract your audience and draw focus away from you. Instead, consider putting that information into your notes and speaking it aloud. Slides should focus on one or two visual elements, like bullet points, charts and graphs.

As for the actual design of your slides, you should ensure that you adhere to your company's brand guidelines. If you're unfamiliar with the concept, brand guidelines are a single, governing document that goes over important design concepts like the colors and logos that your company has.

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Asking for audience participation is the ultimate way to ensure everybody is locked in and paying attention — but it's also a double-edged sword. You also need to be prepared in case asking the audience to participate doesn't necessarily go your way.

For example, you might generally ask if an audience has any questions at the end of your presentation. But you run the risk of running into a hostile, bad-faith question — or you might even be met with silence.

That's why I'd recommend you give the audience questions and tasks that have a little more structure. You could do things like asking for a show of hands, asking for specific anecdotes or taking a poll.

Polls have gotten an especially high-tech upgrade recently — see if you can set up an electronic voting system that allows audience members to vote with their smartphones. Then, you'd be able to throw the results on screen and watch them update in real time!

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