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The 8 Best Free PowerPoint Alternatives

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Microsoft PowerPoint is a great tool for creating professional-looking slideshows and presentations. However, the home version requires a Microsoft 365 subscription, and the free mobile app locks some features behind the sub as well. Fortunately, there are plenty of free PowerPoint software alternatives out there. Here's a look at some of the best options and how they compare to PowerPoint. 

Best Direct PowerPoint Replacement: Google Slides

Very similar to PowerPoint.

Free to use. 

Compatible with PowerPoint.

An internet connection is strongly recommended. 

Where there's a need for an app, Google seems to have it covered. Google Slides is its PowerPoint equivalent and it's a lot like Microsoft's app. Very simple to use and offering full compatible with the alternative, you can access Google Slides via your browser and easily create custom presentations with audio and your own images, all entirely for free. It also offers great live collaboration features for teamwork purposes.

The only minor downside is you need an internet connection to at least get started but the service does also work offline with presentations syncing once you're back online.

Best for Designers: Prezi

Video editing included.

Can easily make data visualizations. 

Stylish user interface.

Free option is pretty basic.

No support.

Presentations viewable by all.

Prezi is a great option for designers who have a vision but aren't technically proficient at achieving it. Its simple drag and drop interface makes it a breeze to organize your presentation just how you want it. Backed up with other Prezi apps that mean you can create videos or more stylish data visualizations than simple graphs, it's ideal for industries that are more visual than others. A series of pre-made templates makes it all the more attractive. 

Prezi isn't as free as it seems though. To get the full wealth of features like advanced image editing, offline access, and narration, you'll need to pay a subscription fee.

Best for Quick Results: Zoho Show

A theme for every occasion.

Quick to create something.

Intuitive interface.

Need to be online to use it.

Simple to use yet highly effective is the sweet spot for quick results, and that's certainly the case with Zoho Show. You might need to be online to use it, but it's worth the connection with an intuitive user interface that adapts to what you need to do. You can easily embed videos, tweets, and images into your presentations with some neat transition effects making things more interesting. 

Collaboration tools further sweeten the deal with annotation features meaning you can work together well as a team and fast.

Best for Animations: Powtoon

Great animation tools.

Easy to use.

Can export to social media platforms.

Branding applied on free presentations.

More about animations than slideshows. 

PowToon tackles PowerPoint presentations from a slightly different angle than a lot of its competitors. It's primarily great for creating full animations and videos rather than presentations that you would click through and present yourself. That lends itself perfectly to the internet which is why it's so useful that you can export your presentations to various forms of social media. 

With a drag and drop template, you can create something within about 20 minutes from your browser. The free version bundles in branding logos so viewers will always know you've used PowToon to create them but that's a small price to pay for an otherwise very accessible and simple to use piece of software. 

Best for Mass Branding: Renderforest

Plenty of options for expanding branding.

300MB cloud storage for free.

Unlimited exports.

Exports can be low in quality.

Content is watermarked.

RenderForest thinks of itself as more than just a PowerPoint alternative. It tackles everything you might need from creating logos to designing promo videos, music visualizations, landing pages, and websites. That's on top of its extensive animations and intro creation. That might sound intimidating but the service keeps things simple, so it won't take you long to mock something up and develop it.

Stick to the free version and there are some restrictions such as branding on your videos, lower quality logos, and so forth, but it's a solid start for an otherwise entirely free service. In particular, if you just need to concoct a quick 3-minute video for a presentation, RenderForest has you covered.

Best for Non-Designers: Visme

Plenty of templates to choose from.

Can set up five projects at once.

Charts and widgets support.

Limited cloud storage.

Visme branding on free plan.

Been asked to make a presentation and you don't know where to start? Visme is perfect for those that aren't well versed with graphics as it offers an extensive template library. The free plan limits your options a little but there are still some decent choices here. In addition, the service provides cool ways to make stats and data look exciting thanks to chart and widget support. It's all done through a simple drag and drop interface too that makes it super simple to add video and embed other content. 

Just bear in mind that storage options are a little limited and everything on the free plan will contain Visme branding. 

Best for Office Replacement: LibreOffice Impress

Full program rather than browser-based.

Extensive support. 

Similar experience to Microsoft Office.

Requires installation. 

Not quite as intuitive as alternatives.

LibreOffice is a popular free alternative to Microsoft Office, so it makes sense to use LibreOffice Impress if you want the closest experience to Microsoft's package. Unlike most of the others here, you need to install LibreOffice on your PC or Mac which means it's no good for Chromebooks or moving between different systems. However, in exchange, you get an intuitive experience that makes it simple to create slideshows, whether you're handing them out to a class or conference afterwards, or simply projecting them on screen. 

Bear in mind you have to seek out templates yourself though which may be off-putting for the least technically minded user out there. 

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Best for Apple Users: Keynote

Simple to use. 

Apple Pencil support. 

Cloud based as well as app based.

App is only on Apple devices.

Keynote is Apple's direct competitor to Microsoft PowerPoint and it's a great alternative, especially if you're a Mac user. With app support for iOS and Mac, it takes seconds to get started. Alternatively, PC users can use Keynote via the iCloud website and easily work across multiple devices. 

One of the best features is the ability to use the Apple Pencil on an iPad to create diagrams or illustrations making it great for skilled artists. As well as that, Apple provides plenty of convenient templates for personal and professional projects. 

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The best presentation software

These powerpoint alternatives go beyond the basics..

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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 been using 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 the top presentation software solutions out there to bring you the best of the best.

Beautiful.ai for AI-powered design

Prezi for non-linear, conversational presentations

Powtoon for video presentations

Genially for interactive, presenter-less presentations

Pitch for collaborating with your team on presentations

Zoho Show for a simple presentation app

Gamma for generative AI features

What makes the best presentation app?

How we evaluate and test apps.

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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 UI. 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).

While many apps now offer AI features in one way or another, I found many of these features to be lacking still—they're often slow, struggle to pull in relevant imagery, and yield wildly inconsistent designs. For that reason, I opted not to make AI features a strict requirement (for now!), and I've still included apps that don't offer AI. (Of course, if you opt for one of those, you can still easily get AI-generated images from a separate tool and copy them into your presentation app of choice.)

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. (And I opted not to test any brand new apps that are still in beta, since there are so many established options out there.)

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, interactive content, and more. 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

The best free presentation software, canva (web, windows, mac, android, ios).

Canva, our pick for the best free presentation app

Canva pros:

Excellent free plan

Tons of amazing templates for all use cases

Feature-rich

Canva cons:

The Magic Design AI tool is still inconsistent and not super impressive

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.

Canvas has added a number of AI-powered tools , but I wasn't super impressed by them yet. When I asked the Magic Design tool to generate a presentation from scratch, for example, the result was a bunch of unrelated images, inconsistent design, and surface-level copy. These features will likely improve in time, but for now, you're better off starting from one of Canva's many great templates.

Canva pricing: Free plan available; paid plans start at $119.99/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

Beautiful.ai (web, mac, windows).

Beautiful.ai pros:

True AI design

No fussing around with alignment

Still allows for customization

Beautiful.ai cons:

No free plan

Generative AI features aren't great yet

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 UX 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 23 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 did test the newly released generative AI feature (called DesignerBot) and felt it wasn't much to write home about. 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 generate a quality presentation from scratch.

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.

If you're a founder looking for an AI presentation tool for your pitch deck, Slidebean is a great Beautiful.ai alternative for startups. The app offers a number of templates; a unique, content-first outline editor; and AI design help that you can toggle on or off for each slide. I didn't include it on the list mainly because of the price: the free plan is quite limited, and the paid all-access plan starts at $228/year.

The best presentation app for conversational presentations

Prezi (web, mac, windows, ios, android).

Prezi interface

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 pricing: Free 14-day trial and a free plan that includes up to 5 visual projects; paid plans start at $5/month and include additional features like private presentations and Prezi Present.

The best presentation app for video presentations

Powtoon (web, ios, android).

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.

Powtoon pricing: Limited free plan available; paid plans start at $20/month and include white-labeling, priority support, additional storage, and more.

The best presentation app for interactive presentations

Genially (web).

Genially, our pick for the best presentation app for interactive presentations

Genially pros:

Don't need a presenter (it's interactive)

You can set universal branding guidelines

Unlimited creations on the free plan

Genially cons:

Free plan has some limitations worth looking into (e.g., can only make public presentations)

While many presentation apps are built for presenter-led decks, Genially 's interactive features and animated templates make it easy to build a self-led presentation. A variety of interactive buttons allow you to show viewers additional context on hover, have them skip to any page of your deck, and let them navigate to external links.

This presentation program offers a bunch of searchable templates, including some for business proposals, reports, social media presentations, and more (though most of those are available on premium plans only). Genially also includes Smart blocks —templated blocks of content for elements like data visualizations and image galleries.

My favorite feature is the brand settings. Premium users can set universal branding guidelines that include your logo, color scheme, fonts, images, and backgrounds, among other options. Think of them like a custom template, created and customized by you, that the whole team can use. Once set, your team can easily create on-brand presentations that automatically apply your brand settings, without even thinking about it.

Plus, Genially supports additional content like training materials, infographics, and interactive images—all subject to your brand presets.

Genially pricing: Free plan available with unlimited creations and views and access to templates; paid plans start at $7.49/month and include additional download options, privacy controls, offline viewing, premium templates, and more.

The best presentation app for collaborating with your team

Pitch (web, mac, windows, ios, android).

Pitch, our pick for the best presentation software for collaborating with your team

Pitch pros:

Google levels of collaboration

Assign slides to specific team members

Start live video calls straight from decks

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, react, 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.

The "Go live" feature is a personal favorite—with just a click on the camera icon in the top-right, you can start a live video call. Any team members who open the presentation can hop in and collaborate in real-time. 

Pitch pricing: Free plan offers unlimited presentations, custom templates, and live video collaboration; paid plans start at $8/user/month for additional workspace features, presentation analytics, and more.

The best simple presentation app

Zoho show (web, ios, android, chrome).

Zoho Show, our pick for the best simple presentation app

Zoho Show pros:

Simple and easy to use

Version history and ability to lock slides

Completely free

Zoho Show cons:

Templates are pretty basic

If you're looking for a simple, yet capable presentation app that's a step up from Google Slides, Zoho Show is a great option. It's completely free to use, offers a clean, intuitive editor, and includes a number of great templates.

While the handful of "Themes" offered are on the basic side, Zoho templates boast a more modern and professional design than much of what Google Slides or PowerPoint offer. And I love that you can set the font and color scheme for the whole template, right from the start.

The app doesn't skimp on collaboration or shareability either. You can invite collaborators via email or shareable link, and comments and version history make it easy to work together on presentations. Once you're ready to share, you can even broadcast your presentation to a remote audience right from within Zoho. Plus, you can one-click lock slides to prevent any more editing or hide individual slides to customize your presentation for different audiences.

You can even connect Zoho Show to Zapier , so you can do things like automatically create a presentation when something happens in one of the other apps you use most.

Zapier is the leader in workflow automation—integrating with 6,000+ apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Use interfaces, data tables, and logic to build secure, automated systems for your business-critical workflows across your organization's technology stack. Learn more .

Zoho Show pricing: Free

The best presentation app for generative AI

Gamma (web).

Gamma, our pick for the best presentation app for generative AI

Gamma pros:

Creates fully fleshed-out presentations from a prompt

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 generative 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 produced the most useful jumping-off point of all the AI presentation apps I tested. 

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.

Gamma pricing: Free plan includes unlimited users, 1 custom theme, 400 AI deck credits, and basic view analytics; upgrade to the Pro plan ("coming soon," as of this writing) for $10/user/month to get additional AI credits, advanced view analytics, custom fonts, and more.

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.

Some of these companies (think: Microsoft and Google) are openly working on some pretty impressive-sounding AI features, but they haven't been widely released to the public yet. Rest assured, I'm watching this space, and the next time we update this article, I'll retest tools like PowerPoint and Google Slides to see what new features are available.

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.

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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 May 2023.

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The 7 Best Free PowerPoint Alternatives for Presentations

Microsoft PowerPoint is great, but what if you can't afford it? Here are the best free PowerPoint alternatives for presentations.

Microsoft PowerPoint has been around for a long while and so far it has served users well. However, because it's a paid program, not everyone can afford it.

Thankfully, there are many options available for users who want the functionality of Microsoft PowerPoint in a free-to-use package. In fact, some of them don't even require any downloads and are completely web-based.

1. Google Slides

Google Slides editing screen

By far the most popular PowerPoint alternative out there, Google Slides shines when it comes to collaboration. Multiple people can work simultaneously on a presentation and add new slides.

This is further strengthened by its availability. Google Slides works on your web browser and has apps for both iOS and Android.

Additionally, Google Slides keeps a record of all the changes users have made to a presentation, and you can easily restore your slideshow to a previous version. While anyone with a Gmail account can use Google Slides, G Suite users get added data protection.

Compared to PowerPoint, the number of templates, animation forms, and fonts is somewhat lacking. However, businesses tend to overlook these shortcomings on a day-to-day basis.

Canva Presentation maker.

While Canva is primarily known as a photo editor and design tool, it is also a competent MS PowerPoint alternative.

One of Canva's main strengths is its ease of use. There are many beginner tutorial videos on the website if users do not understand something. Complete beginners can easily navigate through the minimalistic interface.

With the free version of Canva, you get access to over 8000+ presentation templates that exponentially speed up your workflow. Additionally, Canva still remains one of the easiest services to create infographics and charts in.

The only limiting thing with Canva is that it offers a basic set of tools and transitions at users' disposal. It's apparent that the company places more focus on photo editing and design aspect than anything else.

Prezi presentation editing screen.

The Prezi presentation format is unique in the way that it lets you view slides. Instead of addressing multiple elements at once, Prezi gives viewers a single canvas that allows them to zoom in on different presentation parts. This provides a much more immersive experience.

Similar to Google Slides, Prezi supports the real-time collaboration of up to 10 users. Users can also add comments to indicate changes or report missing information. Prezi works on any modern web browser, and there are Android and iOS apps available as well.

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The Prezi software also has an analytics feature that helps users optimize their presentation by showing them which slides were the most viewed as well as which ones were skipped.

Even though the basic version of Prezi is free to use, it doesn't allow users to control the privacy of their presentation, which could be a dealbreaker for many. Additionally, due to the way Prezi works, there is a steep learning curve associated with it.

4. WPS Office Free

WPS Office Web Presentation maker

WPS Office is the closest alternative to PowerPoint when it comes to functionality and user interface. Plus, unlike the other web-based services on this list, you don't always need an active internet connection to use it.

With its complete support for PowerPoint files, users can edit existing PowerPoint documents with ease in WPS Office. They can also embed videos and animate individual objects, just like in Microsoft PowerPoint. It also offers many templates, so users can pick their favorite.

However, users should keep in mind that while the software is free, it is supported by ads, which may be a bit intrusive at times. In addition to this, collaboration is less straightforward than with Google Slides.

WPS Office is available across all major platforms such as Windows, macOS, Linux. iOS, and Android. There is a web-based version available as well. Alternatively, you can check out this handy guide to smoothen your transition to WPS Office from Microsoft .

Xtensio presentation maker web app.

Xtensio is one of the best options for business users. It has many templates available regarding various organization sections, such as marketing, UX design, etc.

With Xtensio's easy-to-use interface, even newbies can create professional-looking reports and presentations. Additionally, they offer even greater flexibility in terms of design. You can edit each object in a template to suit your specific needs.

But it does have some shortcomings. For one thing, users cannot export their presentations in PowerPoint format. Additionally, the free version supports only one user at a time with a storage space of 1MB.

6. LibreOffice

LibreOffice Impress Presentation Software editing screen

LibreOffice is open-source presentation software that does everything PowerPoint can do. Although it lacks functionality such as OneDrive Integration, its PowerPoint-like functionality more than makes up for it.

LibreOffice has its share of useful features, such as the ability to import Keynote files. In addition, LibreOffice has a vast collection of free templates that users can use to create their presentations.

If that's not enough, you can download additional templates from LibreOffice's online repository. LibreOffice is available across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

7. Zoho Show

Zoho Show presentation maker

There are several reasons to use Zoho Show for your next presentation. It's a great presentation tool that's similar to Google Slides, but even better. Users can also import and edit all their PowerPoint files in the online tool.

Users can create tables, infographics, and data charts within Zoho Show itself. In addition to this, the service also has in-built Google Image Search functionality that lets you search and insert images quickly.

Related: Tools to Give an Online Presentation From Anywhere

Additionally, Zoho Show supports collaboration in real-time and multiple users can edit presentations. Although there's not much to complain about in Zoho Show, many users would like to have more options when it comes to templates and animations.

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Essentially, all these tools and services function the same way as PowerPoint without the cost. Furthermore, the web-based alternatives are more advanced such as automatic saving and cloud storage.

Despite this, PowerPoint remains the front-runner when it comes to presentation software. As such, it is important for users to know how to make the best out of its features.

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  • A beautifully-designed template that can invite attention and engage the audience
  • Well-organized layout
  • And more significantly, seamless presentation of ideas 

As to which presentation apps like Microsoft PowerPoint can suit your needs better. Be sure of what you need:  full customization, a wide range of pro tools, seamless collaboration, or a simplified experience . Keeping in mind various demands, I have chosen the best alternatives to PowerPoint.

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On the collaboration front, it’s also equally effective, allowing you to work seamlessly with your team. And with the desktop app, you can  work on your presentation even offline . As far as analytics is concerned, Prezi is highly efficient, enabling you to track viewers and have better insight so that you will be able to target the follow-up with clarity. Price-wise, Prezi is slightly cheaper than PowerPoint as it starts at just $5/month (for personal use).

  • Analytics for your online presentations
  • Super handy smart branding feature
  • Great collection of templates 
  • Reuse a presentation
  • Importing files feel a bit slow 

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2. LibreOffice Impress

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Another feature that makes Impress a worthy rival of PowerPoint is an elegant Slide Show mode that enables you to control how your slides are shown and sequenced. Long story short, it’s got most bases covered to be a notable replacement for PowerPoint. And that too without costing you a single penny.

  • Free and open-source
  • Multiple different view modes
  • Features a range of drawing and diagramming tools
  • Option to stunning 2D and 3D images from text
  • The UI looks a bit dull 
  • Comparatively, fewer tools than PowerPoint 

12. Ludus

  • Best for creative users
  • Impressive Typography
  • Available on Web; Cross-platform
  • Third-party tools integration
  • Supports collaboration
  • No offline support

4. Zoho Show

If PowerPoint boasts a  solid assortment of templates , Show doesn’t look behind in the match up either. So, no what matter your requirement is, chances are high that you will always have a template that can give the right shape and appearance to your ideas.

Zoho Show - Best Overall Microsoft PowerPoint Alternatives

  • Offers a competent free version
  • A solid assortment of templates
  • Works reliably in importing PowerPoint files
  • Maintains formatting accuracy
  • At times, file size restriction could become a roadblock for efficient performance.

5. Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck

  • Feature-packed yet easy-to-handle presentation software
  • A wide range of templates
  • Over 40 million creative images
  • It’s priced same as Microsoft PowerPoint (Even offers higher pricing tier options)

Platform Availability:  iOS and web

6. Google Slides

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  • A large collection of predefined templates
  • A good roster of transitions
  • More efficient collaboration 
  • A few transitions don’t work effectively 

Platform Availability: iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome OS

Visme

Unlike PowerPoint, Visme has a  clutter-free interface  so that creating a top-quality presentation remains hassle-free. Depending on your need, you can audio, video, charts, maps, and even links to make your creations look more engaging. Talking about  privacy control , it offers multiple options so that you can choose to make your presentation public and fully indexable by a search engine or safeguard it using a password.

  • A massive collection of pro tools
  • Tons of beautiful images, icons, and fonts to experiment 
  • Privacy control
  • Handling multi-media is slightly inconvenient 

Pricing: Free, $14/month 

8. OnlyOffice

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Being fully  integrated with collaboration platforms  including mail, CRM, projects, and calendar, OnlyOffice keeps the entire team in sync and enables them to work on the presentation with clarity. Though it lacks a plethora of templates that PowerPoint boasts, it has enough pre-defined templates to meet most demand. In terms of customization tools, I think it excels in most aspects and easily leaves its famous counterpart behind.

  • Simplified experience
  • Open-source presentation software
  • Integrated with collaboration platforms

Platform Availability:   Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS

iCloud Keynote

  • Impressive animations 
  • Only 30 Apple-designed themes
  • One of the best collaboration experience 
  • Doesn’t offer the app for Windows and Android 

Platform Availability:   iOS, macOS, and web

Canva

For the folks who use attractive images in their presentation, they would really appreciate the  library of millions of images . And with photo filters at the beck and call, you can instantly transform the look of your pics. Besides, it also got some  cool editing tools  to give photographs of some adorable personal touch.

  • A plethora of background images, eye-grabbing templates, and filters
  • Library of millions of images
  • Cool editing tools
  • Takes time to get a full hang of the software 

Pricing:  Free, $12.95/month 

11. SlideDog

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SlideDog  keeps all the elements in their original formats  so that they can achieve the expected result. With the live sharing feature, you can easily broadcast your presentation on your channel. All the participants will receive a link and with just a click/tap, they will start watching the presentation.

  • Creating powerful multimedia presentations
  • Effectively combine Prezis, PDFs, PowerPoints
  • Keeps all the elements in their original formats
  • Feels sluggish at times 
  • The pro version doesn’t offer a compelling price-to-value proposition 

Pricing:  Free, $99/year

12. WPS Office Free

WPS Office Free

WPS Office has got more than decent formatting tools that include font styles, colors, shapes and more. Thus, giving a suitable appearance to your presentation won’t be a big ask. If you want to go for a bit more customization,  over 230 fonts and text effects  would come into play really.

  • Fully compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Supports both PPT and PPTX files
  • Over 230 fonts and text effects
  • Lacks the versatility of PowerPoint
  • The interface should be better 

Pricing:  Free 

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. which powerpoint alternative is best for your small business, q. what can i use instead of powerpoint, q. is there a better presentation software than powerpoint, q. is prezi better than powerpoint.

While Prezi surely has got new looks and great animations, it’s a tad bit harder to design presentations on Prezi than PowerPoint. In addition, Prezi’s formatting options are really messy, but your experience may vary. I would recommend you to try out Prezi and see if it works for you.

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Whatever the reason why you're looking for an alternative for PowerPoint may be, we're here to show you 7 great programs to use instead. Here's a quick overview - you'll find more detailed information below:

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Slides is amazing! The software is extremely intuitive to use and while there are design pre-sets, it still allows artistic freedom and adjustments. You will be left with wonderful slide decks. There is a free version, and the basic plan for 5$ a month is totally affordable as well. Presenting offline is only possible in the Lite and Pro version.

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Who is it for?

Slides is for everyone who wants professional looking slides while not giving up creating your own creative slide deck. Its easy interface makes it perfect for anyone who doesn't want to spend a lot of time learning to use a new program.

  • intuitive and easy to use
  • integration of code or math formulas
  • directly insert images from Unsplash or GIFs from giphy
  • design your own themes
  • slide decks in the free version are publicly viewable and may include ads

Pricing and Features

Free, Lite and Pro Version for single users, Team Version; Click here to see details

2. beautiful.ai

beautiful.ai (as suggested in the name) is a presentation software that uses artificial intelligence to get the best possible slides. And the results are - well - beautiful. After a short tutorial and some time to get used to the program, playing around with slides, elements and texts and seeing how the AI assistant transforms them is actually a lot of fun! In the Pro version, there's a desktop player included. The free version is for online use only.

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beautiful.ai might not be the easiest tool to use on this list, but it is definitely one of the most interesting ones! We recommend it to anyone who wants to try out something new and to people who are thrilled about AI and tech innovations.

  • really fun to use and play around with
  • design is always amazing due to AI
  • beautiful templates
  • lots of functions and slide pre-sets even in the free version
  • Limit of 60 slides in the free version
  • Logo branding in the free version
  • takes a little time to get used to

There is a basic plan and a Pro plan. Click here to get more information .

3. SlideLizard LIVE

SlideLizard is a PowerPoint Add-on that extends its features and makes it so much better. You’ll get everything you’ve ever missed in PowerPoint in just one software – poll creation, a live Q&A feature, slide sharing, audience feedback and presentation analytics. You won’t need a PowerPoint alternative anymore – because PowerPoint will have everything you need.

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Everyone who wants to engage their audience and improve their presentation skills – especially people who do presentations often.

  • get anonymous Feedback easily
  • create polls
  • analyse your held presentations
  • answer questions as they arrive
  • seamless integration into PowerPoint
  • PowerPoint is required

Free and PRO versions for single users, Enterprise and single event plan on request. Click here to see details .

4. Zoho Show

Zoho Show is a free tool for creating presentations. It resembles PowerPoint in use. Even though it's completely free, it contains lots of features and has everything you need to hold a basic presentation. Again, it is pretty easy to use. You do need an internet connection to create and present you presentation via Zoho Show, but it can be downloaded and opened in PowerPoint or as a PDF as well.

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Since it is completely free, Zoho Show is especially perfect for students or anyone who doesn't want to spend money on a new presentation software. For free software, Zoho Show does a very good job.

  • completely free
  • similar to PowerPoint in function
  • animation of objects and transitions
  • easy to use
  • collaborate with colleagues
  • not that many templates available
  • creating presentations may take a while

Zoho Show can be used for free with all features.

Canva offers lots of design templates and makes it possible to create visually stunning presentations within a short amount of time. It is not just a platform for creating presentations, but also for designing graphics for other purposes (eg. Social Media, Flyers,…) , so if you find also need to create content of that kind, Canva might be the perfect tool for you. You need an internet connection to create the slides, which you can download afterwards.

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Canva is great for students, as the basic plan is free and completely sufficient for non-business purposes. It is great software for anyone who is looking for an easy and quick way to create professional-looking presentations and other types of content.

  • huge selection of high-quality design templates
  • choose from a variety of free and low-priced images, backgrounds and music
  • slides can be downloaded and opened with PowerPoint
  • limited storage space in basic plan
  • no animation of objects (except for predefined illustrations)

There is a free basic plan, a Pro plan and an Enterprise plan for companies. Click here to see details .

Crello is similar to Canva. It is not only for creating presentations, but also Social Media posts, banners, prints and more. As for presentations, you can choose from a huge variety of templates. You basically only have to exchange the pictures and add text to finish your presentation. Internet connection is required.

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Crello is the perfect tool for all designers, whether you're a beginner or already advanced. The free version offers a good deal of features, so it is definitely an option for people who do not want to spend money on software.

  • lots of beautiful templates
  • many features in the free version
  • no animations
  • no transitions

Crello offers a free basic plan and a pro plan. Click here to see details .

7. Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is a well-known alternative for PowerPoint. People like it for its user-friendly interface and for how easily you can create amazing, professional presentations. An internet connection is required while creating, Pro users can download their slides for offline viewing.

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Due to the fact that you basically have to pay in order to use Haiku Deck, it might not be the best option for everyone. Presenters who don’t mind spending some dollars per month for good presentation software are likely to be satisfied.

  • professional and widely used software for creating presentations
  • user-friendly with lots of options for editing
  • no real free version (you can only have one deck in the free one and the features are very limited)
  • no Pro trial without entering payment information

Haiku Deck offers a Pro and a Premium plan. Students, teachers and non-profit organizations only pay half the price. Click here for details .

...or stick with PowerPoint instead?

While playing around with tools and alternatives is without a doubt fun, we are still huge fans of PowerPoint. It is the all-time allrounder for presentations, works offline and has so much to offer! As with most of the presented software, you can download the created slides and open them in PowerPoint as well. For anything you might miss in PowerPoint, there's probably already a great Plugin to help you. Click here to see the 5 best PowerPoint Plugins in 2020 .

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What is the best PowerPoint alternative?

Unfortunately there is not THE best alternative. It depends very much on your application, which alternative is best suited for you. Our blog entry gives a good overview which software fits for whom.

Are there free PowerPoint alternatives?

Yes, there are free alternatives. These are free, for example: Canva, beautiful.ai or Crello. Our blog gives a good overview of the respective prices and features.

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Microsoft PowerPoint carved out a niche for itself in the sphere of presentation. However, many people now see PowerPoint as outdated and expensive, especially given that the platform hasn’t really evolved with the times. As more people look for ways to engage audiences with narrative storytelling over boring slide presentations, they seek alternatives to PowerPoint that let them have greater control over their presentations. After all, shouldn’t we all be looking for cost-effective solutions as we choose value over dogma? Then look no further than these great alternatives to Microsoft PowerPoint.

1. Google Slides

3. libreoffice impress, 5. slidebean, 7. beautiful.ai, 8. zoho show, frequently asked questions.

Also read: 14 Useful PowerPoint Templates to Set Up a Digital Planner

Google Slides helps you tell stories that matter while enabling synchronization. It’s an incredible PowerPoint alternative that costs absolutely nothing to use.

Powerpoint Alternatives Google Slides Basic View

You can create easy-to-use visual presentations on Google Slides with its simple user interface. The PowerPoint-like design makes it a breezy transition for experienced PowerPoint users, but it’s also easy to navigate through the menus if you are new to making presentations.

With Google Slides, you have complete control over the page size and formatting. Although the text options are limited, there are many other standout design features included. You can choose from the preformatted slide themes or import your own backgrounds, then add slide transitions or object animations to enhance your presentation.

Powerpoint Alternatives Google Slides Format Options

You’re free to work from anywhere, as Google syncs all of your work to Google Drive, and you can gain access to your presentations from any device. Easily share presentations on the Web through the custom link or via email. You can even set the presentation up to allow multiple users editing privileges that sync in real time, which means you never have to worry about which version is the most recent.

The best part? Google Slides is a completely free-to-use app – all you need is a Google account .

If you want something a little less traditional than PowerPoint, Prezi is a great option. Many claim Prezi is more engaging and persuasive.

Powerpoint Alternatives Prezi Options View

Prezi takes a completely different approach to digital presentations. For instance, you can build a complete presentation structure on a single canvas, zooming in and out as you emphasize and de-emphasize facts. This way, you are controlling and guiding what your audience sees.

Unlike most other presentation software tools, Prezi gives you the option to make video presentations, interactive reports, infographics, and more.

Powerpoint Alternatives Prezi Design Options

Prezi is cloud-based presentation software, so you can access your presentations across many platforms. You can try Prezi for free, but it is extremely limited. For instance, you won’t be able to download your work or save it as a PDF. You can, however, create a presentation from scratch and use your laptop to quickly present it to your team. If you need more, you’ll have to upgrade. Prezi has three different pricing tiers for individuals: Standard ($5/mo), Plus ($15/mo), and Premium ($59/mo).

LibreOffice Impress is a part of the LibreOffice suite, an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. When considering alternatives to PowerPoint, LibreOffice Impress is right up there with Google Slides, as it lets you open and save files in PowerPoint format or convert them to the OpenOffice extension.

Powerpoint Alternatives Libreoffice Design

On the surface, LibreOffice looks very similar to PowerPoint. It offers many of the same tools, and even the menu options and ribbon appear very similar to the well-known Microsoft product.

Powerpoint Alternatives Libreoffice Transitions

Format text, add images, set slide transitions and more with LibreOffice. You can also select from different aspect ratios, which can be important when using a different projector. Best of all, LibreOffice Impress is free to use!

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Keynote , Apple’s alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint, offers a sleek, sophisticated approach to presentation design. Keynote users agree that it’s intuitive and easy to use.

Powerpoint Alternatives Keynote Opening

You can create beautiful presentations in Keynote without wasting time surfing for unique templates. This presentation tool has many eye-popping templates to choose from and offers most of the same features as PowerPoint, making it a great alternative.

Unlike PowerPoint, though, Keynote provides much more control over the text, images, and objects you insert into your presentations. Furthermore, you can save completed presentations in a variety of formats or export the files into images or a PDF.

Powerpoint Alternatives Keynote Design

The only drawback to Keynote is its exclusivity, as it’s only available on Apple devices. However, it is native to macOS, meaning it is free for Mac users who need presentation software.

If you only have a little time on your hands to design eye-popping PowerPoint slides, then Slidebean will be a good fit for you!

Powerpoint Alternatives Sidebeam Design View

With Slidebean, you only input content, while the software helps you design and format your content. You can also choose from hundreds of preformatted templates or start your own presentation from scratch.

Once in the design platform, everything is fairly straightforward. After the software preformats slides for you, click the text boxes to input your data. After you’ve typed everything in, click the AI tool to have it format everything for you or move objects manually.

Powerpoint Alternatives Sidebean Preview Testing

Sidebean does offer a free, basic version of their Web-based presentation tool. However, if you decide to upgrade to use some of the more advanced features, it will cost $299/year for the all-access version.

Also read: 9 of the Best LMS Alternatives to Google Classroom

If you design social media graphics , you may have already heard of Canva , a highly recommended app in terms of entry-level graphic design. Even e-learning platforms like Skillshare offer classes that utilize Canva for social media marketing. However, this Web-based design suite isn’t just for creating social media posts – it can also be used to create presentations.

Powerpoint Alternatives Canva Home Page View

Within the “Presentation” section of Canva, you have the option to select different types of presentations, including widescreen (16:9), fullscreen (4:3), mobile-friendly, or game-like presentations. Then choose from the hundreds of predesigned templates or create your own presentation from scratch.

As far as the interface goes, the presentation creator works similarly to the rest of the Canva platform. You can add images or graphics, format text, and even insert audio or video. Furthermore, you can add animations, slide transitions, and even set the presentation to run automatically with timed slides.

Powerpoint Alternatives Canva Design View

Since Canva is Web-based, you can present your creations from anywhere as long as there’s an Internet connection. Unfortunately, Canva does not let you download your presentations as PowerPoint files – only image files or PDFs.

Canva does offer a free version with some limitations. If you decide you need more than that, upgrade to the Pro plan for $12.99/month.

Like Slidebean, Beautiful.ai is an alternative to PowerPoint that is designed to make your presentation design process take minutes, not hours.

Powerpoint Alternatives Beautifulai Starting

Unlike most presentation programs, Beautiful.ai is a tool that streamlines your design process. Set all of the formatting upfront, then put in your text while the tool helps you determine the best design. It adjusts your design in real time as you add elements to each slide so that you don’t have to ever worry about making everything fit.

Of course, Beautiful.ai’s primary goal is to help you create outstanding, appealing presentations that capture your target audience’s attention. Unfortunately, all of this comes at a premium. Beautiful.ai doesn’t offer anything more than a 14-day free trial. After that, pricing starts at $12/month (billed annually).

Also read: What Is Microsoft Lists and How to Get Started with It?

Zoho is a leader in software solutions, and their PowerPoint alternative, Zoho Show , is no different.

Powerpoint Alternatives Zoho Start

Zoho Show is a Web-based alternative to PowerPoint that lets you create stunning presentations your way. Its setup is much the same as PowerPoint itself, and it offers all of the same features.

Unlike PowerPoint, Zoho Show lets you import a variety of file types, including .PPT, .PPTX, .PPS, .PPSX, .ODP and .SXI. Also, the embed options are much more robust with Zoho Show – you can even add tweets, YouTube videos, and images directly from Flickr.

Powerpoint Alternatives Zoho Design

Zoho Show is free to use, but you can upgrade to a more advanced plan for as little as $3/month.

Also read: 10 Free Microsoft SharePoint Alternatives

Can I open .ppt files in any programs besides PowerPoint?

Several of the PowerPoint alternatives listed in this article, such as Google Slides, Keynote, LibreOffice Impress, and Zoho Show, will open PowerPoint files (.ppt) files and allow you to edit them. However, you may run into formatting issues that you have to correct.

Do any PowerPoint alternatives work on mobile devices?

Several PowerPoint alternatives are mobile friendly. Google Slides ( Android | iOS ), Canva ( Android | iOS ), Zoho Show ( Android | iOS ), and LibreOffice Impress ( Android | iOS ) are all available as mobile apps. However, the experience of creating a presentation will be far superior on PC.

Is there a way to use PowerPoint for free?

Although Microsoft Office requires a subscription, you can use Office online or on your mobile device for free. There are also other workarounds that grant you free access to Microsoft Office .

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7 Great PowerPoint Alternatives

Here’s a quick question for you:

Did you really pay attention to the last presentation you sat through?

Sure, you remember some slides, graphs with financial forecasts, and bullet points. But at some point, you probably zoned out.

What makes presentations dull is that they’re made using the same tried and trusted Microsoft PowerPoint templates that everyone has been using for years. So what happens? Every presentation looks the same. 

Don’t get us wrong. Microsoft PowerPoint is a fantastic tool, and a pioneer in presentation software for a good reason.

But if users keep creating presentations the same old way and do not utilize presentation software to its full potential and employ their own styles and customizations, they’ll likely end up with a cookie-cutter slide deck that’s been used millions of times before. 

If you’re on this page, you’re probably on the looking to create your best presentation.

Why you should look for the best alternative to PowerPoint

To create professional looking presentations is more than just piecing together text, data visualizations , and images echoed by speaker notes.

Every slide should have an impact on the audience or reader, make a key point, and catch the eyes of your audience. All your presentations need to be mindful of visual design. Color, for example, influences up to 90% of a person’s snap judgment about a product.

There are many paid and even free alternatives available in the presentation space with better, newer, and fresher templates that can punch up your next presentation.

To make things easier for you, we’ve listed seven great alternatives to Powerpoint utilizing some of the best presentation software, complete with an overview of their features and individual pros and cons.

You can also click on the links below to go straight to each alternative to PowerPoint on this list. 

  • Google Slides
  • Beautiful.ai
  • Apple Keynote
  • LibreOffice Impress
  • Adobe Creative Cloud Express

Alternative presentation tools

1. piktochart.

  • Wide selection of professional-quality customizable templates
  • Newbie-friendly video tutorials and a blog with design resources
  • Robust features for free users, with even more available for Pro users
  • Collaboration features for teams

Piktochart is a web-based design application that lets you create professional-looking presentations , infographics , posters , reports , flyers , social media graphics using a simple drag-and-drop interface. 

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Piktochart pros

Like a PowerPoint presentation, Piktochart offers a wide range of templates for themes and topics to suit needs for marketing and sales, financial forecasts and performance, investor pitches, and more from creating dynamic presentations.

For new users or those who want to design and share presentations from scratch, check out the platform’s Help Center, Video Tutorials, and Blog, all of which offer a wealth of resources on Piktochart and general design topics. 

Free business users will have access to plenty of design key features on a completely free basis, but more can be unlocked if you get a paid plan for more customization options.

Paid plans start at $168/year ($14/month) for Pro and $29/month.

The Pro Team plan allows teams to work on shared presentations and consolidate projects.

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Finally, you can download a presentation in high-resolution pdf files to present offline, PowerPoint files, or present straight from the platform user interface as a PowerPoint alternative.

You can also design an infographic and download it as blocks to convert into presentation slides or other graphic formats. Safe to say, Piktochart’s online presentation maker is one of the best free PowerPoint alternatives available today.

Piktochart cons

Unfortunately, Piktochart does not support native video playback on presentations, which rules out interactive video presentations. It also does not have version history.

You can, however, embed videos from Vimeo and YouTube into your presentation online, share to publish it, and copy and paste the URL on a browser to view the visual. 

Also, you can now record your presentations and that’s a form of “video presentations” that you can appreciate.

You could get started right away with Piktochart by signing up for free .

2. Google Slides

  • Great for users already deep in Google’s online ecosystem (e.g., Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive) and a popular PowerPoint alternative
  • Free for all personal users, and accessible to enterprises through G Suite
  • Presentation app accessible on browsers and mobile devices
  • Supports presentations through Chromecast and AirPlay

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Google Slides is a slide deck platform that’s part of Google’s web-based office suite within Google Drive.

This presentation tool lets you create and present pitch decks, training modules, animated presentations, business presentations, and project presentations among others right in your browser, with no need to install any software. 

Google Slides pros

Google Slides is great if you’re already invested in other Google tools like Docs, Forms, and Sheets.

As one of the most-used alternatives to PowerPoint, it is also arguably the most accessible to create, share, and download presentations in different file types. Not only is it free to use for all personal users (enterprises can unlock more features through G Suite), but it’s also available on both browsers and mobile devices. 

Slides’ integration with Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets means that importing audio and video files, managing presentations, and collaborating on projects with teams is a breeze. 

Google Slides cons

One of the downsides of Google Slides being widely accessible to users of all skill levels is that you don’t get more advanced features and design tools found on other platforms.

For example, Google Slides does not have a selection of templates or visual content for common types of projects and presentations, but it’s nowhere near the variety you’ll find on the other platforms on this list. 

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Bottom line? Google Slides is the best PowerPoint alternative for creating basic presentations with professionally designed templates. 

But if you want more advanced key features like slide transitions and effects, it’s best to look for another PowerPoint alternative for interactive presentations.

3. Beautiful.ai

  • Uses AI to recommend visual elements and layouts on your slides based on design principles
  • A simple and user-friendly design tool makes it easy for newbies to create beautiful presentations in minutes
  • Wide selection of presentation application, slide templates, and key features

As its name suggests, Beautiful.ai is a presentation software that leverages artificial intelligence to suggest ways to visualize your ideas and customize your designs.

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Beautiful.ai pros

Beautiful.ai ’s technology is the driving force behind its Smart Slides feature. 

Smart Slides ‘understand’ the content on your slide to make the best presentation possible. From there, this presentation tool intuitively makes recommendations on what elements you may want to add later and how you may want your slide layout to appear.

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For novice users with little to no design experience, this process happens automatically, with Beautiful.ai organizing ideas and visualizing content quickly — all while providing guidance every step of the way. You get professional looking presentations in little time!

Free users have more than 60 presentations to choose from, with the option of unlocking more on the basic plan for $12/month and $15/month, billed annually and monthly, respectively. 

Beautiful.ai cons

Beautiful.ai is exclusively a presentation tool, and possibly the most popular PowerPoint alternative for technically savvy marketers, which can be disappointing if you want to use it to create other visual projects like posters and infographics as it lacks these key features. This would include data visualization and visual content.

Its Smart Slides also have set parameters that leave little for customization, meaning it works best when creating a simple presentation. 

Users can only move elements to specific spots on each slide which automatically adapt, which means you can’t make the overall design of your presentation your own. 

4. Apple Keynote

  • Comes built-in with Apple macOS and is available for free on iOS as a presentation app
  • Tight integration with other Apple apps makes it a natural choice for Mac users
  • Compatible with PowerPoint and other presentation apps
  • Better transitions and effects than PowerPoint

Keynote is Apple’s presentation application software that comes included with any purchase of an Apple laptop and desktop computer. 

It’s part of the Apple iWork productivity suite, alongside Pages and Numbers. 

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Keynote pros

Keynote’s tight integration with other Apple apps also makes it a natural choice for Mac users. 

If you’re already familiar with Pages and Numbers, you’ll feel right at home with Keynote’s three-panel interface, composed of a formatting panel on the right side, a large editing section in the middle, and thumbnails on the left side. 

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But what makes Keynote one of the popular PowerPoint alternatives are its transitions and effects. 

In particular, the software’s impressive Magic Move transition allows visual objects to smoothly move positions from one slide to another when playing your presentation.

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Keynote users can also collaborate on presentations in real-time. Additionally, you can place restrictions on who can edit and only view your presentation. 

Keynote cons

PowerPoint and Keynote are generally compatible , provided Keynote presentations are exported in .ppt or .pptx format. 

However, elements like transitions, layouts, and fonts may look off if you’re exporting from Keynote to PowerPoint. You also will not have any integrations with live services such as Google Analytics.

5. LibreOffice Impress

  • The entire LibreOffice suite is open-source and free
  • Software supports all PowerPoint formats: .pps, .ppt, .pptxx

LibreOffice gets a lot of love for being a free and open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. LibreOffice Impress is the productivity suite’s alternative to PowerPoint, offering many of the same features found in its Microsoft counterpart. 

Libreoffice presentations

LibreOffice Impress pros

LibreOffice Impress supports all PowerPoint formats: .pps, .ppt, and .pptx. 

With it, you can create all kinds of slide-based presentations using five different editing and viewing modes:

  • Normal, for general editing
  • Outline, for outlining text content
  • Notes, for adding and editing notes attached to slides
  • Handout, for paper-based materials
  • Slide Sorter, for quickly finding and changing the order of slides

Impress’s UI is far from the prettiest, but it gets the job done in a no-frills way with features like animations, effects, support for audio and video files, and timed presentations. 

LibreOffice Impress cons

Impress requires installation but is available on Microsoft, Mac, and Linux. The platform is also exclusive to desktops. 

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Impress has only 23 default templates to choose from, so we recommend looking for templates on third-party platforms like GitHub . 

However, you’ll need to do some digging if you want templates that are just as good-looking as the ones found on software like Piktochart.

It’s also worth noting that even if Impress supports other presentation software, you can expect to see some formatting issues when importing and exporting presentations between platforms. 

6. Zoho Show

  • Ideal for users invested in Zoho Office Suite
  • Free for personal use; competitive rates for enterprise users
  • Promises to keep formatting and elements intact when switching to PowerPoint

Zoho Show is a web-based presentation platform that’s part of the Zoho Office productivity suite. 

If you’re already using any of the Zoho office suite apps, it makes sense to create your presentations.  

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Zoho Show pros

Zoho Show’s feature set is comparable to other platforms’ capabilities. 

It offers perks like real-time collaboration and editing, transitions and effects, animations, slide review and commenting, deck downloads, and online publishing, as well as online broadcasting and discussions.

Zoho supports file types on PowerPoint and open-source platforms like OpenOffice. 

Furthermore, Zoho promises that any presentation viewed on PowerPoint will be free of issues like missing fonts, layout errors, and broken objects. 

Zoho has more than 20 presentation themes to choose from, along with 100 fonts, animations, and charts to visualize data.

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Zoho is free for personal users and small teams of up to five people. 

You can also unlock enhanced security, more collaboration features, storage, and admin controls by moving from the free plan to the Standard and Premium plans for $4/month and US6.4/month (billed annually), respectively. 

Zoho does not have an offline mode; you’ll need Internet access to edit or present slide decks. 

Videos and tweets on Zoho presentations can only be viewed online. At present, there’s no support for offline content.

7. Adobe Creative Cloud Express

  • Ideal for individual users and enterprises that rely heavily on the Adobe design ecosystem
  • Comes with a desktop version and mobile apps for iOS and Android
  • Free to use and does not require a Creative Cloud account

Adobe Creative Cloud Express is a relatively new web-based design service that lets users create presentations as well as creative portfolios, landing pages, product pages and catalogs, newsletters, and photo galleries. 

Adobe Creative Cloud Express pros

Using Adobe Creative Cloud Express built-in Presentation Maker will come naturally to you if you or your business is already familiar with other Adobe products. 

But even new users with little to no graphic design experience will pick up the click-based platform in no time.

You can also use the other tools in the Adobe Creative Cloud Express suite, like Adobe Creative Cloud Express and Adobe Creative Cloud Express, to make specialized content to make your slides more interactive. 

For example, Adobe Creative Cloud Express Video supports audio and video content. You can also upload content straight from third-party sources like your library, Dropbox, Google Drive, and even social channels.

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It also offers free users a small but diverse selection of presentation templates for different projects and occasions. 

Naturally, you unlock more templates and features like branding and team collaboration if you upgrade to the paid plans instead of a free plan.

Pricing starts at $9.99/month or $99.99/year for individual users and $19.99/month or $239.88/year for teams and enterprises. 

Adobe Creative Cloud Express cons

Free users are limited to a small selection of templates, limited ability to edit presentations, and no interactive features, e.g. interactive charts; which can get old when you need to make multiple engaging presentations in a year. 

Presentations made using the free version will also include the Adobe watermark. Finally, Adobe Creative Cloud Express does not support offline editing once you download a presentation.

What to look for in PowerPoint alternatives

Just as there are many ways to make a presentation , there are also several PowerPoint alternatives to consider. Some are better than others or have more features and presentation tools designed for your needs. 

To make choosing between Powerpoint presentations and their alternatives easier, consider these criteria:

  • Accessibility . Is it an operating system (OS)-based or browser-based platform? The former requires installation on your computer (as in the case of PowerPoint) while the latter means it can be accessed using any web browser. Each has its pros and cons, depending on your needs. For example, OS-based platforms don’t require an Internet connection to run. On the other hand, browser-based platforms need an Internet connection but can be accessed (along with your designs) on any browser.  
  • Usability . Is the platform easy to use or does it have a steep learning curve? Look for software that comes with tutorials designed to help new users create professionally designed slides. The best presentation software isn’t just simple and easy to use, but it also supports additional media to keep the audience engaged.
  • Notable features . Apart from the usual ability to add text, images, and graphics to slides, you want a presentation platform with extra features such as collaboration, robust design tools, support for audio and rich media, and a wide variety of templates for reports and presentations. You want to capture the audience’s attention!
  • Price . Finally, consider the price of the presentation software. Some are a free alternative, others come bundled with the OS, while the rest are available to enterprises on a monthly and annual subscription. 

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7 Best Free PowerPoint Alternatives To Level Up Your Presentations

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Think of presentations and you think of Microsoft PowerPoint. An industry standard, PowerPoint is a long-standing tool that offers an easy-to-navigate interface to create impactful presentations for business meetings, sales pitches, and more.

However, despite being widely used, Microsoft PowerPoint might not be the most accessible tool, especially if you’re looking for free software. PowerPoint is part of the Microsoft Office suite and can only be accessed by purchasing the suite. Small businesses, especially sales and marketing companies, need software that helps design impactful presentation slides without draining their finances. That’s where free PowerPoint alternatives come to the rescue.

We asked users about the PowerPoint alternative they considered when looking for presentation software for their business. Here are the seven best PowerPoint alternatives (listed alphabetically) they identified.

See the full list of Microsoft Powerpoint alternatives.

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1. Apache OpenOffice

Apache OpenOffice is an open-source software suite that offers a presentation tool to design multimedia slides.

The presentation software lets you add 2D and 3D clip art, special effects (such as slide transitions), and animation to your presentations. It offers a built-in template library with a range of templates to use in your slides.

Using the tool’s multi-monitor support, you can showcase additional material while presenting your main slides. You also get access to a drawing and diagramming toolkit to draw custom shapes to add to your presentations.

Apache OpenOffice offers chat and email support. It has a desktop application for Linux, Mac, and Windows users.

Apache OpenOffice

Key Features

  • Collaboration tools
  • Data import/export
  • Database creation
  • Document generation
  • Office suite
  • Organizational charting

Trial/Free Version

  • Free Version

Device compatibility

Screenshots.

Apache OpenOffice

Creating a presentation in Apache OpenOffice

Here’s how Apache OpenOffice compares to PowerPoint

Both PowerPoint and Apache OpenOffice provide multiple slide views, such as the outline view and presenter view. However, Apache gives quick access to all its views from the main window, which PowerPoint doesn’t. Also, Apache OpenOffice has a better user interface and multiple hotkeys for quick access.

Platforms supported: Both PowerPoint and Apache OpenOffice are available as desktop applications for Mac and Windows. Apache OpenOffice is also available for Linux users.

Typical customers: Both tools are used by freelancers and small businesses. However, PowerPoint is also used by large enterprises.

Customer support: Both tools offer chat and email support.

Pricing: Apache OpenOffice is open source and free to use, whereas subscription for Microsoft 365 Personal Suite, containing PowerPoint, starts at $6.99 per user per month.

Canva is a design and presentation app that helps create infographics, logos, banners, and full-fledged presentation slides for team and client meetings.

The software offers a library of presentation templates you can access to add pre-built videos, logos, and graphics to your presentations. Additionally, Canva lets you collaborate with teammates by sharing access to the content dashboard.

You can add animation to your slides, customize the color scheme, and remove the background from images using the background remover tool. You can also use the version history to revert to a previous design instead of undoing all changes.

Canva offers chat and email support. It is web-based and also has applications for desktop and mobile (iOS and Android) devices.

Canva

  • Access controls/permissions
  • Artwork management
  • Asset categorization
  • Asset library
  • Asset sharing

Canva

Design catalog in Canva

Here’s how Canva compares to PowerPoint

Canva offers a variety of pre-built templates and font types compared to PowerPoint and is easier to navigate for first-time users. It also integrates with third-party social media platforms, making it easy for you to share graphics and presentations directly to an audience.

Platforms supported: You can download both tools as desktop applications. However, Canva also provides a web-based version and has a mobile app for Android and iOS devices.

Typical customers: Both tools are used by freelancers, small to midsize businesses, and large enterprises.

Customer support: Both Canva and PowerPoint offer chat and email support.

Pricing: Pricing for PowerPoint starts at $6.99 per user per month, while Canva’s paid plans start at $12.99 per user per month.

3. Google Slides

Google Slides is a presentation tool that is part of the Google Workspace suite. The software lets you create and sync slides, share them with your teammates, use comments, and assign action items to build presentations together.

With Google Slides, you get an easy-to-use presenter view for presenting slides during meetings, referencing speaker notes, showcasing text to viewers, and accessing live captions for audio content. You can integrate the software with third-party video calling platforms to present slides during online conferences.

Features such as smart compose and autocorrect help eliminate spelling and formatting errors automatically from your slides. An offline mode helps you work on your slides without an internet connection.

Google Slides

  • Audio file management
  • Customizable templates
  • Offline editing

Google Slides

Creating a presentation in Google Slides

Here’s how Google Slides compares to PowerPoint

Google Slides is an online tool and doesn’t require any software installation, whereas PowerPoint is more suited to offline work and comes as a desktop app that needs to be installed. Also, Google Slides is cloud based, and it offers better collaboration and is suitable for teams with many people.

Platforms supported: Google Slides is web-based, while PowerPoint is a desktop application.

Typical customers: Both tools are used by freelancers, small businesses, and large enterprises

Customer support: Both Google Slides and PowerPoint offer chat and email support.

Pricing: Google Slides is free to use. However, you can buy the Google Workspace Suite, which provides additional tools and more storage space, at $6 per user per month. The cost for PowerPoint starts at $6.99 per user per month.

4. LibreOffice

LibreOffice is an open-source suite designed to create, manage, edit, and modify documents, spreadsheets, and presentation slides.

The software offers multiple editing and viewing modes for editing, outlining, and organizing text and images in slides. It lets you edit and manage notes that appear on individual slides. It also provides a slide sorter to locate and sort presentation slides.

With LibreOffice, you can manually navigate the slides during presentations or schedule their transition using a built-in timer.

LibreOffice

  • Document classification
  • File conversion
  • File sharing
  • Full text search

LibreOffice

Adding graphics in LibreOffice

Here’s how LibreOffice compares to PowerPoint

LibreOffice is an open-source solution, so it’s free to use. PowerPoint, on the other hand, needs a paid subscription. Also, LibreOffice works better for Linux users, as PowerPoint is unavailable for Linux. Additionally, you can customize LibreOffice by accessing its source code.

Platforms supported: PowerPoint is available for Mac and Windows, while LibreOffice is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Typical customers: Both software tools are used by freelancers and small businesses. However, large enterprises tend to use PowerPoint as well.

Customer support: Both PowerPoint and LibreOffice offer chat and email support.

Pricing: LibreOffice is free to use, while subscription for PowerPoint starts at $6.99 per user per month.

Prezi is a presentation software tool designed for freelancers and small businesses. It helps create video presentations for business meetings and client pitches.

With Prezi, you get a canvas to build slides and add data to your presentations. Its Smart Structure feature helps arrange content within slides using a simple drag-and-drop option, without disrupting your layout. Another feature called Zoom Reveal lets you zoom in and focus on slides to look at critical details and change minute aspects of your presentation.

The software offers a built-in video tool that allows you to appear alongside your content while presenting slides during remote meetings or presentations.

Prezi

  • Media library

Prezi

Adding animations in Prezi

Here's how Prezi compares to PowerPoint

Prezi offers a better interface than PowerPoint and provides a zoom-in feature to oversee crucial details in slides. It is easier to use and integrates with third-party social media and video-calling platforms to share assets easily.

Platforms supported: PowerPoint is available for Mac and Windows, while Prezi is web-based.

Customer support: PowerPoint offers chat and email support, while Prezi provides chat, email, and phone support.

Pricing: Subscription for PowerPoint starts at $6.99 per user per month. For Prezi, paid plans start at $12 per user per month.

6. ProPresenter

ProPresenter is a presentation tool for live events. It helps present slides to live audiences during sporting events, conferences, trade shows, and worship gatherings.

ProPresenter helps display lyrics, slides, and high-quality media. It provides transitions and onscreen rolling announcements for slides. It also lets you present your slides on multiple screens, each showcasing a different type of content. You can use the preview window to monitor all your screens.

The tool’s built-in library allows you to save all your presentation content. You can also automatically change the text color in a presentation slide at different time intervals.

ProPresenter

  • Chord chart management
  • Drag & drop
  • Event management
  • For religious organizations
  • Layout & design

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Slides in ProPresenter

Here’s how ProPresenter compares to PowerPoint

Both PowerPoint and ProPresenter are presentation tools, but ProPresenter lets you live stream your presentations and add announcement layers and timers with action triggers. Also, the software is more suited for live events and gatherings.

Platforms supported: PowerPoint is available on Windows and Mac, while ProPresenter is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. ProPresenter also has a mobile app for Android and iOS devices.

Typical customers: Both tools are used by freelancers, small businesses, and large enterprises.

Customer support: Both PowerPoint and ProPresenter offer chat and email support.

Pricing: PowerPoint starts at $6.99 per user per month, while you can rent ProPresenter for $99 per user per month.

Visme is a design and presentation tool that helps create graphics and presentation slides.

The software offers multiple pre-built templates to create slides for your presentations. It also lets you import your designs on the platform and use them for your slides.

With a drag-and-drop editor, you can arrange the layout and structure of your slides according to your preference. You can import a PowerPoint presentation and edit it in Visme. You can also record audio and video files with a built-in recorder and add them to your presentations.

Visme

Template library in Visme

Here’s how Visme compares to PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a stand-alone presentation tool. Visme, on the other hand, also lets you create graphics and infographics on its platform. The software offers analytics for graphics and presentations that you share publicly and assess engagement for your assets.

Platforms supported: PowerPoint is available on Windows and Mac as a desktop app. Visme, on the other hand, is a web-based tool.

Customer support: PowerPoint offers chat and email support. Visme offers phone, chat, and email support.

Pricing: Subscription for PowerPoint starts at $6.99 per user per month, whereas paid plans for Visme begin at $15 per user per month.

Look at all options before finalizing the best PowerPoint alternative

Despite its popularity, Microsoft PowerPoint may not always be the right choice if presentations are crucial for your business. You can, instead, choose the various software options discussed in this article.

If you want a completely free and customizable tool , select either Apache OpenOffice or OpenLibre. You can access the source code of these tools to customize their functionality per your preference.

If you create a lot of posters, designs, and infographics , Visme and Canva are good options, as both help create such assets and include them in presentations.

If real-time collaboration is crucial for your business , then Google Slides is worth a shot, as it provides collaboration for small and large teams alike.

If you want to do video presentations and feature them during remote meetings , Prezi, with its built-in video presentation functionality, is an ideal solution.

If your work involves live audiences and large gatherings , ProPresenter might be an ideal tool, as it helps stream presentations to larger groups and is more suited for outdoor events.

How did we choose these products? We didn’t—you did

At Capterra, we objectively select and rank products based on a methodology developed by our research team. Some vendors pay us when they receive web traffic, but this has no influence on our methodology.

Products featured in this article were identified in user reviews as the other products considered by buyers at the same time as PowerPoint. In this article, we highlighted the products with the highest number of other products considered mentions.

To be included in this list, alternative products had to provide the following core presentation software features: animations, transitions, media library.

Disclaimer: We conducted this analysis based on reviews and ratings data as of Jan. 24, 2022. In order to present the most up-to-date information, the product cards below show real-time ratings. Please note that this means the ratings’ value in the product card may not reflect the value of the ratings at the time of analysis.

Product research for this article was contributed by Himanshi Arora.

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Best Microsoft Office alternative of 2024

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Microsoft Office remains the most popular productivity suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more - whether as a download software package, or as the cloud-based Microsoft 365 suite - through powerful apps such as Word , Excel , PowerPoint , Publisher , Access , Outlook , and more.

However, a range of alternative competitors have become increasingly attractive, especially because their licensing fees are more competitive - some are even free to use. And yet that doesn't necessarily mean that the software is of lower quality, as the open source community can testify.

Even still, there can be issues with sharing documents between different office suite platforms, which can be a real concern. This is why you need to be certain of any shortfalls that might occur, especially if you need to share or collaborative on documents with other users who have one or more different office suites.

That said, the best Microsoft Office alternatives are generally strong programs with full functionality, and little problem sharing files with other platforms, though few come close to the full functionality of Microsoft 365, let alone its massive 2TB cloud storage through OneDrive. 

We compared the Microsoft office alternatives across various aspects, like the pricing models, the platforms they supported, the interface and performance, and the number of tools they came with. We also assessed their collaboration capabilities and the file formats they could run, among other aspects.

Below we'll list the best currently available.

We've also featured the best free office software .

Google Apps

Google Workspace : Collaboration + productivity apps There are many different office software suites but Google Workspace formerly known as G Suite remains the original cloud one and one of the best business office suites, offering a huge range of features and functionality that rivals can't match. Try it free for 14 days .

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1. LibreOffice

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LibreOffice is the offspring of The Document Foundation and split from OpenOffice in 2010. The suite itself is free and open source, and is made up of a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation software, and is available in 110 languages.

While LibreOffice uses the ODF (OpenDocument) format it still supports a range of other format types such as those used in Microsoft Office. LibreOffice is the default suite for most Linux distros and it is also available for use on Windows and macOS. There's also a LibreOffice viewer for Android.

As with most open source software all your technical support comes from online, but seeing how easy this is to use, support will be rarely needed. The platform also offers the option to export your files into PDF format amongst others.

You can add extra features to LibreOffice via extensions from its website. These include extra templates for documents.

Read our full LibreOffice review .

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2. FreeOffice

If you are looking for a free and easy alternative to Microsoft Office, then FreeOffice is the suite for you. The company, SoftMaker, has been developing office software since 1987 and its office suite is their flagship product.

FreeOffice is a complete office suite that is free to use for both home and in the workplace. It is developed for both Windows and Linux, and offers a basic version for Android users.

The suite itself is fully compatible with all Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats. This means that you can not only view but save files in formats such as DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX. It also supports older file types such as PPT and XLS.

The new interface that was launched this year gives you the option of either working with modern or classic menus and toolbars. This makes switching from Microsoft Office easy to do as the interface is eerily similar.

For those users who have the luxury of a touchscreen PC you can use touch mode with larger icons. This mode is available for both the newer version look and the classic menu-based interface.

Read our full FreeOffice review .

3. WPS Office

WPS Office was released in 2016 by Chinese software developer Kingsoft. It is an office suite that is available for Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. The suite is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian.

It offers a free and a premium tier. The free tier allows you to use Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheets, which are alternatives to the Microsoft Office suite which it also resembles closely. WPS offers a PDF to Word converter which is fast and easy to use. It supports bulk exportation and can also split-merge PDF files if needed.

The suite offers 1GB of free cloud storage for iOS and PC users, but this service is not yet available for Android.

The 'Premium' tier allows the user to connect up 9 devices at once. It also gets rids of all those annoying adverts that are commonplace on the free tier. 

WPS has been criticized for not allowing collaboration beyond those that track changes and allow users to insert comments. Users have also said that the interface can be quite slow at times when it comes to loading documents. Linux users have mentioned that not all fonts are automatically included and that they have to be installed separately.

For Android users installation is quite large and criticism has been levelled imploring the developer to make it more lightweight.

Read our full WPS Office review .

4. Calligra

Calligra Office suite was initially released in October 2000 as part of KOffice. It is an office suite developed by KDE as well as being suitable to use for graphic art design. It is available on Linux, macOS, Windows and Android.

Calligra is a free and open source software suite and can be downloaded directly from its own website or from KDE's downloads page. It is completely distinct from LibreOffice.

While LibreOffice has the familiar look and feel of MS Office, Calligra does not. A lot of the useable features tabs are set on the right-hand side of the screen and not on the top like MS Office and other office suites. This means that the page you are currently editing does not take up the full screen.

One of the extra features that makes Calligra stand out is that it offers a mind-mapping and project managing tool. Usually these cost extra.

Calligra allows you to read DOCX and DOX formats but you cannot edit them. This can cause difficulties if your contacts send you Microsoft Office documents, so ask them to use a different format such as ODT (Open Document Text) instead.

5. OfficeSuite

OfficeSuite is an application that was developed by MobiSystems and is available for Android, iOS and Windows. Devices that are made by Amazon , Toshiba, Sony and Alcatel often come with OfficeSuite pre-installed. The Android app has been named among the top applications for business.

You can synchronize between devices using your OfficeSuite account and only one license is needed for all your devices.

It has several tiers to choose from. The 'Basic' tier is free and allows users to view and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. The suite has full compatibility with most formats such as ODT, RTF, CSV, DOC, and ZIP. The free tier also enables users to view PDF documents and offers cloud support via services like Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive.

The 'Personal' tier enables the suite on one desktop, one tablet and one phone. It has all the free tier has to offer along with the ability to track changes, export PDF's to other editable formats and advanced PDF features such as digital signatures and passwords. 

Read our full OfficeSuite review .

6. Polaris Office

Polaris Office is developed by Intraware and was initially released in March 2014. It is a free office suite that is available for Android, iOS, Windows and macOS. It appears to be a popular suite amongst businesses and is used by the likes of Amazon and Samsung .

While the free version is very generous there is a business version to which you can upgrade. Their cheapest plan is the Polaris Office Smart which you can use on any of your devices for about $40 per year. Alternatively you can purchase a lifetime fee limited to one PC at around $80.

With this powerful suite you can edit many different file formats including PPT, XLS, DOCX and HWP. As your account synchronizes amongst your devices you will be able to edit and create from wherever you are. All your data is secured by AWS (Amazon Web Services).

With the latest edition of Polaris you can now convert and edit PDF documents. Users can also convert voice and image files to documents if the need arises.

The suite supports several different languages such as French, German, Korean, English and Russian.

The only real criticism there is of Polaris is that while the free edition offers a huge range of features the ads can be a little distracting at times.

Read our full Polaris Office review .

7. OnlyOffice

OnlyOffice is an open source office suite developed by Ascensio Systems SIA. It is available in over 22 languages and boasts of Oracle being one of their leading clients.

The completely free version, known as the 'Community Edition' is most suited for small business and allows up to 20 connections at once. This suite does not just offer the usual features such as word processing or spreadsheets but is very useful in relation to order fulfilment and for documenting sales.

The handy calendar feature allows user to keep up to date with personal and work-related tasks as well as keeping an eye on deadlines. Third party integration is also supported. You can create your own Mailboxes with the 'Mail' tool.

As with other office suites there is the ability to create and edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Users can collaborate on projects and make comments in files where necessary.

Read our full OnlyOffice review .

8. WordPerfect

WordPerfect has had a number of owners over the years since it was developed in the late 1970s. Fast forward to 1996, it was purchased by Corel who, back then wanted to build a business capable of competing with Microsoft and Adobe . WordPerfect was most popular in the 80's where it was known for its DOS and Microsoft Windows versions. It was soon eclipsed by Microsoft Office upon its release.

It is an all-in-one office suite. It offers its own word processor, spreadsheet program and a slideshow creator.  The latest version now includes improved photo-editing and management. WordPerfect offer a free trial version which you can download from the main site.

Like other suites it can save to many different formats such as DOCX, PDF and HTML. The common file extensions for WordPerfect files is WPD. It also offers ebooks publishing and macro management.

The PDF feature gives users the ability to edit and fill in forms via PDF, as well as change the form's appearance e.g. font/color. WordPerfect supports opening multiple documents at one time.

While WordPerfect is a perfectly reasonable program, and many early Windows adopters may remember it fondly, the pricing just isn't very competitive when compared to the rest of the market.

Read our full WordPerfect review .

9. Zoho Workplace

While Google Docs is, thanks to the strength of its brand, probably more widely used, Zoho Workplace is very good in its own right. It's certainly closer to a desktop office package, and it's strong enough to have attracted businesses like the BBC and Nike as regular users.

Zoho's new-look word processor (which ditches the classic Word-style interface in favour of a formatting sidebar) is very well-presented and capable of producing professional-looking docs, and it has a sterling spreadsheet and reasonable presentation package alongside it.

They're just the tip of the iceberg, however – Zoho Workplace includes a powerful site creation tool, a file management solution and many collaborative tools. Some are on the simplistic side, so they'll likely not replace anything you might already have in place, but if you're starting out as a small business Zoho is probably a good jumping-off point.

If you want to signup for the free version of Zoho Workplace you need to search the pricing page for the "Forever free" plan. However, there's no one-click set up or access, and instead you have to go through a sign up process that begins by providing details of an existing business domain.

Read our full Zoho Workplace review .

10. Google Workspace

Google Workspace is another Microsoft Office alternative worth considering, as it's development by the internet behemoth Google specifically for collaborative and group work. The three key tools run happily in any web browser, and are available as mobile apps for Apple and Android devices.

Google's free office suite doesn't offer the advanced tools you'll find in Microsoft 365 or many rivals, but everything is laid out in a clear, logical way and all your files will be saved and synced automatically so you don't have to worry about transfers and backups.

The chief disadvantage of Workspace is that opening files created using other office software is a cumbersome process and file formatting isn't is always converted properly. This is partly because Google's office tools use web fonts rather than ones stored locally on your device, and partly because Microsoft documents sometimes contain features not supported by Google. 

Additionally, there are some quirks with Google Docs that make it less user-friendly than other office software. As free software it does the job fine, but as a paid product it still lags behind the features and functionality of Microsoft Office.

Read our full Google workspace review .

Also check out our feature on the best free word processor .

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How to choose the best microsoft office alternatives for you.

When choosing the best Microsoft Office alternatives for yourself, consider your work requirements: how large is your team size, what operating systems do you use (Windows, macOS, or Linux), and is your work collaborative? 

You'll then want to assess your budget. If you're on a tight budget, free options will be quite handy, but if you have a substantial budget, paid plans with advanced features could be more suitable

How we tested the best Microsoft Office alternatives

To test the best Microsoft Office alternatives, we first looked at the pricing plans: is the office suite free, freemium, or paid?

We considered what platforms the office suites ran on, whether they had a simple and appealing interface, how many apps they came with, and how smoothly they performed. Importantly, we looked at whether the Microsoft Office alternatives could open Microsoft file formats, like DOX and DOCX, and if there was an option to edit these files. 

We also used the different suites to assess how easy the collaboration was with them and whether the tools could be run on web browsers, among other things.

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3 open source alternatives to PowerPoint

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PowerPoint is one of those programs whose use has become so ingrained in the corporate world that it is probably running the risk of becoming completely genericized, in the same way that some people use Kleenex to refer to all tissues, or BAND-AIDs to refer to all bandages.

But presenting a slideshow doesn't have to mean using PowerPoint. There are a number of totally capable open source alternatives to PowerPoint for giving visual presentations. In many cases, the features of these “alternatives” are so compelling that, unless you're absolutely forced to use PowerPoint, I don't know why you still would.

I've got a few new presentations to give coming up in the next couple of months that are essentially being developed from scratch, I thought it would be a great time to take a look at all of the open source presentation tools out there, and decide if it would be a good time to try out a new tool for any of these upcoming talks.

It's also worth taking a little time to ask yourself what assumptions you are making about your presentation needs, and what kind of tool makes the most sense to use. For example, do you need to be able to present off of any computer, or share your presentation with others and be assured that they will be able to open it? Will Internet access be assured when you're presenting, or do you need a solution that will work offline as well?

After trying out a few different tools, I think I'd lump the ones I found into three major buckets: traditional desktop tools, web-based presentation tools, and then "other", which in my case, consisted of some terminal-based tools, but depending on your needs, your "other" category may consist of something else. For example, I've seen a presentation given entirely from an Android device with a screen-casting ability. But in any case, let's look as some of the great open source contenders in each of these three main categories.

Desktop presentation tools

Desktop presentation tools provide the closest experience to the traditional PowerPoint experience, both on the design side and the presentation side. If you're just looking to be able to put together some formatted text with a few images, perhaps a transition or two, add a few speaker notes, and be able to email out your presentation to colleagues, this is more than likely the route you should take.

I've found LibreOffice Impress to be, well, impressive enough that I haven't needed an alternative on the desktop. It works reasonably well at importing PowerPoint presentations, assuming that the file you're opening doesn't have any sort of crazy formatting or weird fonts, so it's a good choice if you're working with slides from other people.

It's also incredibly intuitive if you're already used to working with other LibreOffice tools, or really any standard office suite. You'll find all of the basic text formatting, shape drawing, image importing, chart making, and other tools you'll need to put together a basic business presentation. And LibreOffice is, of course, a cross-platform tool, so you should be able to easily share documents across Windows, Mac, and Linux, while being able to export back to PowerPoint format if required.

I've heard similarly positive feedback for Calligra Stage , which grew out of the KOffice project, as being both approachable to people of any skill level while still having enough features to make a reasonably advanced presentation. You'll find it with many KDE-based Linux distributions, or it can be installed independently.

Web presentation tools

Web presentation tools have been my preferred format for a while, if for no other reason except that HTML-based presentations are very easy to use with version control, and very intuitive to edit as someone who spends a good portion of my day doing markup already. If you can make something work on a web page, you can make it work in a web-based presentation: interactive charts, maps, videos, and more. Plus, web-based presentations are incredibly easy to share: just give out the URL, or bundle up all of the code onto a flash drive and present from nearly any computer system of your choosing.

I highly recommend you check out Joshua Allen Holm's roundup of three open source web frameworks for presentations, in which he looks at Impress.js, Hovercraft, and Strut in some detail. My favorite tool in this space remains Reveal.js .

Why Reveal.js? The framework is simple to use and allows for rather elegant code. It supports a number of features out of the box that, frankly, allow for some really cool presentation features, including zooming, parallax backgrounds, beautiful transitions, and great code markup. It supports Markdown inline, or you can even write your whole presentation in Markdown and then import it.

If you're not an HTML junkie, the commercial service Slides.com is based on the open source Reveal.js, and you can easily import or export to a revision control system of your choosing.

A presentation from the terminal?

Bear with me for a moment, I have one more idea to present (ha!). Have you ever considered presenting from your terminal? No, I'm not kidding. While it's not going to win an award for style, presenting a text-based presentation straight from the terminal could earn you some serious geek cred, but more importantly, introducing an artificial limitation of a text-only environment is going to force you to focus on your words instead of fancy gimmicks.

As a friend of Vim, my new favorite tool for terminal-based presentations is Vimdeck . Vimdeck is an MIT-licensed tool that turns Markdown into a set of files, one per slide, which are then opened in Vim, and then sets up some keybindings for easy movement through your deck. You can give your slides a surprising amount of customization, including syntax-highlighted, a headline text font, and more. The Vroom project is another Vim-related presentation tool worth checking out.

Why do this at all? Well, you can host your presentation almost anywhere; all you need on the presenting computer is a terminal with SSH. You can easily version the files. You can even use a tool like gotty to easily share your terminal-based presentation as a web page for others to view. It's an unconventional idea, but for technical presentations, one you might consider.

Obviously, these aren't the only open source presentation tools out there. It may even be worth asking yourself, for a given presentation, if a slides-based tool is the right choice at all. If you're presenting the same data on a recurring basis, would creating a dashboard make more sense? Are slides the right level of formality for your presentation, or is throwing a collaborative document on the screen and editing in real-time a better fit? Don't immediately think that a presentation has to equal sequentially advancing slides.

Regardless of what tool you use, remember, it's just a tool. Your audience isn't going to be nearly as impressed by the tool you use as by quality of the content you're presenting, and ultimately, by your ability to present it. Don't dwell for too long on picking the perfect tool; instead, find one that works for you, and move on to practice, practice, and more practice! That said, do let us know what presentation tool you use, and why, in the comments below.

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PowerPoint has been around since 1987 and is a staple of many presentations. But, with advancements in technology, there are now great alternatives to PowerPoint you can use to create beautiful presentations .

We will provide you with 5 PowerPoint alternatives that are a great way to spice up your next presentation in 2024! With all the features they offer, you're sure to find one that fits your needs perfectly!

How we picked PowerPoint alternatives

Here are the criteria that guided our selection process:

  • Intuitiveness . The alternative should have an interface that is easy to navigate and user-friendly. This will minimize the learning curve for both beginners and experienced users.
  • Templates . The templates and themes must help design visually appealing presentations.
  • Customization options . The software should allow users to customize the design to match their branding or style preferences.

By thoroughly considering these factors, we chose the best presentation software that can replace PowerPoint.

1. Icecream Slideshow Maker

Icecream Slideshow Maker is a free program that allows users to easily make polished presentations without an expensive PowerPoint subscription.

It provides a variety of features, including transition, and text animations, as well as the possibility of incorporating audio files.

Icecream Slideshow Maker

This PowerPoint alternative provides a simple and intuitive interface. Users can scale the photos to fit the dimensions, apply transitions, and set auto repeat to create engaging visual presentations.

What features does it have?

  • Transitions . Add transitions to provide a more dynamic feel to your presentation.
  • Audio . Integrate audio files to create a presentation with music.
  • Text . Add captions to the slides, and adjust font, color, and animation.
  • Preview . Play the full photo slideshow or just specific slides.
  • Timing . Set the time for each slide and transition in seconds.
  • Sorting . Sort photos in a queue manually, alphabetically, or shuffle them randomly with a single click.

This presentation software is known for its accessibility. It is suitable for users who want to compile and share photo collections in video format .

  • User-friendly interface;
  • Simple photo arrangement process;
  • Background music;
  • Video export format;
  • High-resolution output.
  • No macOS support.

Create marvelous video slideshows from photos with music in no time! Add transitions and text, continuously work on projects from History, etc.

Prezi is an online alternative to PowerPoint. It allows users to create visually captivating presentations with various features.

The platform has a unique format of zooming slides . This means you can zoom in and out of topics on the canvas, making the content easier to navigate.

Prezi

It also offers templates for different types of presentations, such as educational, business, marketing, or even video templates. You can sort them by categories or colors.

  • Expansive canvas . Instead of traditional slides, the presentations are built on a single canvas.
  • Non-linear structure . The platform allows presenters to emphasize relationships between ideas and create a more interactive narrative.
  • Collaboration . Multiple users can work on the same presentation simultaneously.
  • Analytics . Users can track how well their presentation is doing and see sections that are viewed most frequently.

Overall, this is one of the best PowerPoint alternatives for those who want to create presentations without having to install and learn complex software programs.

  • Engaging visuals;
  • Non-linear storytelling;
  • Collaborative editing;
  • Analytics features.
  • Overused zooming can cause motion sickness;
  • You can't add and edit already existing presentations.

Vyond is a cloud-based platform that enables users to make animated videos for various purposes, including business presentations, educational content, training materials, and marketing videos.

Formerly known as GoAnimate, this PowerPoint alternative has a wide range of customizable characters , backgrounds , and assets , allowing users to produce professional-looking animations without the need for extensive technical expertise.

Vyond

  • Character animation . The service offers a library of characters. Users can customize their appearance, movements, and expressions to create engaging animated personas.
  • Templates . The platform provides pre-built templates for various scenarios, reducing the time and effort required to create animated content.
  • Visual effects . Users can choose from a wide range of transitions, zooms, camera movements, and more.
  • Analytics . The PowerPoint alternative provides analytics on how viewers engage with your videos so you can measure the success of your projects.
  • Library of assets . There is a library of props, backgrounds, and more. You can modify them to create your own videos.
  • AI features . Enter a topic, pick a video layout, and the service will generate a presentation according to your needs.

It stands out as a better alternative to PowerPoint presentations as it permits users to create dynamic and stimulating videos with minimal effort. Whether you are working on explainer videos or corporate presentations, Vyond is sure to help you get the job done quickly and effectively!

  • Customizable scenes;
  • Interactive elements;
  • AI presentation generation.
  • Subscription cost;
  • Learning curve for advanced features;
  • 3 daily generations limit.

Visme is an online design platform that provides powerful features and tools to help you make stunning presentations.

You can effortlessly create infographics, reports, flyers, posters, banners, and more. The platform includes an extensive library of templates and images to get started right away. You can also upload your pictures or videos to customize your projects.

Visme

Users can adjust their designs with text, shapes, colors, and images. Plus, they may incorporate interactive elements like charts, maps, videos, and animations to make the visuals come alive.

  • Templates . The templates are designed for presentations, social media, printables, GIFs , web graphics, and other visual content.
  • Customization options . Users can personalize templates, change colors, and fonts, and add their branding to create unique designs.
  • Data visualization tools . The platform offers tools for creating interactive and animated data visualizations, such as charts, graphs, and maps.
  • Cloud-based storage . Visual content is stored in the cloud, enabling users to access and edit their designs from different devices with an internet connection.

Overall, Visme is an excellent way to create captivating presentations and visuals that stand out from the crowd. It's easy to use and offers plenty of features so you can get creative with your designs.

  • Versatile templates;
  • Data visualization;
  • Cloud storage;
  • Designs created on it may have a recognizable style.

5. Zoho Show

Zoho Show is an online presentation tool that provides users with a range of features to create professional-looking presentations

It is an excellent alternative to PowerPoint, as it enables users to access their presentations from any type of web-linked device. Users can create slideshows with a variety of customizable slide layouts, themes, and transition effects.

Zoho Show

  • Collaboration tools . Users can work together in real time, manage permissions, and chat with each other.
  • Inline editing . The presentation tool allows users to edit text, images, videos, and other elements directly within the presentation.
  • Animation . Users are able to add animations to their presentation slides to make them more dynamic.
  • Charting . The platform provides several charting options including bar graphs, scatter plots, line charts, pie charts, and more.

In general, with its ease of use, Zoho Show is a great way to make presentations for anyone looking for a powerful and intuitive tool.

  • You can upload already existing presentations;
  • Integrates seamlessly with other Zoho tools;
  • Multimedia support.
  • You have to create an account.

6. Google Slides

Google Slides is a free, cloud-based presentation service from Google. It's part of the G Suite family of apps, which also includes Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs.

This free tool can help create presentations, slideshows, and other visuals with text, images, charts, tables, and more.

Google Slides offers a range of features that render it an appealing alternative to PowerPoint. It allows users to collaborate in real time with other people in different locations. Users can also easily share documents with others by generating a link.

Google Slides

The platform also has multiple formatting options . Text boxes can be customized with different fonts, colors, and sizes. Images can also be inserted into slides and resized or cropped quickly and easily.

  • Auto-save . The service automatically saves changes, reducing the risk of data loss. It also maintains a version history, allowing users to review and revert to previous versions of a presentation.
  • Integration . It seamlessly integrates with other Google Workspace apps, such as Google Docs and Google Sheets, as well as third-party apps through Google Workspace Marketplace.
  • Templates . The presentation tool provides a variety of templates for different purposes, offering a starting point for users to create professional slides.
  • Real-time comments . Users can chat while collaborating on a presentation and add comments to specific slides for discussions and feedback.

Google Slides is an excellent choice for creating presentations using its comprehensive suite of features and easy-to-use interface. It is one of the best free PowerPoint alternatives on the market today.

  • Easy sharing and publishing;
  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android;
  • Security and privacy;
  • Real-time chat.
  • Limited offline functionality.

Lumen5 is an AI-driven video generator that can help create captivating videos in minutes. It lets people make professional-looking videos effortlessly.

The service enables the production of videos using existing material, such as text, images, and video clips. Users can input text, and the service will automatically generate video content based on the provided data.

Lumen5

The platform also contains a repository of over 1 million stock photos, video clips, and royalty-free music, and supports custom branding. This feature allows businesses to make their videos stand out by adding their own logo.

  • Text-to-video conversion . The service can automatically turn any text into video content.
  • Voiceover . Convert your blog post or custom script to a video with AI-generated voiceover. You can also record your own audio.
  • Talking head . Record your webcam or upload a pre-recorded video and add captions if necessary.
  • Customizable templates . Choose one of the customizable video templates to match your brand or content.

Lumen5 with its powerful features and stock images is an outstanding tool for individuals and businesses seeking an effortless way to create video presentation.

  • AI-powered visual suggestions;
  • Media library;
  • Shareable preview link;
  • Branding options.
  • Dependency on text input;
  • Credit scene for free users.

Canva is an online graphic design platform. It facilitates users in constructing professional designs with ease, making it a great alternative to PowerPoint.

The service is perfect for creating stunning presentations, social media graphics, posters, brochures, and more. It's simple to use and allows users to customize their design quickly without needing any special skills or software.

Canva

This PowerPoint alternative offers hundreds of templates to choose from, all created by professional graphic designers. You can customize each template with your own photos, text, and colors. Plus, adding graphics, charts, and diagrams is easy.

  • Brand kit . This feature allows users to store and access brand elements such as logos, color schemes, and fonts. This ensures consistency in design and branding across different projects.
  • Photo editing . Users can enhance and customize their images directly within the platform using a built-in photo editor .
  • Illustrations . There is a vast library of illustrations and icons that you can use in your designs. This extensive collection helps find the perfect visual elements for your projects.
  • Animated designs . You can create animated graphics and presentations. This feature is especially useful for creating engaging social media content.

As you can see, Canva can replace PowerPoint and help you make lovely presentations and other designs quickly and easily.

  • Extensive template library;
  • Desktop version for macOS and Windows;
  • Collaboration and team features;
  • Tutorials within the platform.
  • No filter for only free templates.

Keynote is an Apple-developed presentation software that offers users an alternative to PowerPoint. It's available for Macs, iPads, and iPhones and allows users to create interactive presentations with impressive visuals.

The professional-looking templates give users a great starting point for their project. The animations and media integration options allow for creative freedom when building out slides.

Keynote

The software provides an intuitive and user-friendly interface, making it accessible to users with varying levels of experience in creating presentations.

  • Templates : Users have the option of selecting from dozens of professionally designed templates to easily make your presentation look great.
  • Animations : Animations can bring slides to life and add visual flair.
  • Chart and graph creation . Charts and graphs can be created quickly using built-in tools.
  • Live presentations . Presentations can be shared with remote audiences via the web, complete with audio, video, and chat capabilities.

Keynote is widely used by professionals, educators, and individuals who work within the Apple ecosystem.

  • iCloud integration;
  • Adding speaker notes to slides;
  • Compatibility with apple pencils.
  • Less feature depth for advanced users;
  • Limited third-party integration.

iMovie is a video editing software compatible with Mac and iOS. It is used to craft polished movies and trailers easily.

While the program is primarily designed for video editing , it can create traditional presentations and is commonly used in business or educational settings.

The application supports editing presentations either in a storyboard or timeline view. This allows for flexibility in arranging and editing photos and video clips.

iMovie

Users can import photos, video footage, and audio files from their devices directly into iMovie. This includes content from iPhones, iPads, and other cameras.

  • Editing tools . Trim clips , add transitions, adjust speed, and more. You can also apply effects like color correction or blur to enhance your visuals.
  • Green screen . Replace the background with a different image or video using green screen (chroma key) effects.
  • Soundtracks . Create the perfect soundtrack for your movie with the built-in music library or choose from a selection of royalty-free soundtracks.
  • Effects . Create stunning visual effects with an array of tools like slow motion, fast forward, and time-lapse.
  • Sharing . Share your movies directly on social media or export them in HD quality for playback on computers or TVs.

iMovie is ideal for novice and experienced video editors alike. Whether you're creating movies for fun or need a professional-looking project for school or work, this presentation software has you covered!

  • Integration with Apple software;
  • Visual effects;
  • Ease of use.
  • Not slide-based;
  • Larger file size;
  • Not ideal for text-heavy content.

Alternatives to PowerPoint: Conclusion

We hope this article has given you some idea of the options that are even better than PowerPoint. Whether prioritizing design, collaboration, or advanced functionalities, these alternatives empower users to rethink and elevate their presentation experiences.

It's important to remember that different tools suit different purposes. Some are great for creating simple slideshows; others help you create beautiful visuals. Choose the one that aligns best with your needs, and easily create effective presentations.

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Top 3 open-source alternatives to PowerPoint

The presentation software PowerPoint is proprietary, and hence not so transparent and less cost-effective than some competitors. Discover the best open-source PowerPoint alternatives in this article.

Top 3 open-source alternatives to PowerPoint

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

ONLYOFFICE presentation editor for desktop is a free PowerPoint alternative for Windows, Linux, and Mac. The app is open-source and you can find the code on GitHub.

With the existing functionality of ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, you can make creative slides and add text, objects, tables, background patterns etc. Your presentations can become even more interactive with transitions and customizable animations. The interface looks exactly the same as you have in PowerPoint, so it won’t take much time to adapt to a new application.

Plugins extend the basic functionality of the ONLYOFFICE presentation editor. For example, you can insert YouTube videos or translate text in presentations using Google or DeepL really quickly.

The core ONLYOFFICE formats for presentations are PPTX and PPT, but ODP and PPSX are also supported. Also, you can save each slide as a PNG or JPG image and use the pictures in another type of content.

ONLYOFFICE presentation editor has a special Presenter View mode, where you can add notes to highlight important parts of your speech and comfortably navigate between slides.

Unveil your creativity with the best open-source PowerPoint alternative for Windows, Linux, and Mac — ONLYOFFICE. Installation options include Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage. Also, ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors are pre-installed on many Linux distributions .

ONLYOFFICE also provides a collaborative open-source office suite for self-hosting with text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and fillable forms.

LibreOffice Impress

LibreOffice is another open-source alternative to PowerPoint, which allows creating, editing, and saving presentations in the ODP (OpenDocument) format.

Top 3 open-source alternatives to PowerPoint

The interface in LibreOffice is just a bit similar to what you see in Microsoft PowerPoint. You’ll need to play with the elements to get used to their location on your screen, but indeed they are positioned logically.

As for presentation features, you’re able to draw and add objects, such as diagrams, create 2D and 3D images from text with the Fontworks tool, and use animations and transitions to let objects and slides move.

LibreOffice also provides a gallery of presentation templates if you’re not sure where to start.

Calligra Stage

Developed by KDE, Calligra Stage is a powerful and free open-source alternative to PowerPoint. It allows working with various objects, such as text, charts, images, graphics.

Top 3 open-source alternatives to PowerPoint

Calligra Stage also uses the ODP (OpenDocument) format as the primary one. That means, your presentations will be displayed without distortions in other apps working with this extension, but also OOXML-based suites, such as ONLYOFFICE Docs and Microsoft 365.

This open-source presentation app is built by developers from many countries and includes all necessary features: layouts, presenter slide overview, multiple master sliders in one presentation, transitions and notes.

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Microsoft is the 800-pound gorilla in the generative AI space, mostly due to its partnership with ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Copilot is a part of its attempt to spread that tech everywhere, including some of the core functions of Windows itself. But before you get comfortable with the idea, how much does it cost to use Copilot?

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The base version of Microsoft Copilot is free, while the more advanced Copilot Pro is $20 per person, per month on top of an individual or family Microsoft 365 subscription. With organizations, Copilot for Microsoft 365 is generally a $30 add-on for each user.

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The Microsoft Copilot mobile app

Yes and no. There’s a free version of Copilot that anyone can use, including a web interface , a mobile app for Android and iPhone/iPad , and a bot integrated into the latest versions of Windows. Mostly it’s geared towards standard chatbot tasks, such as knowledge questions and image generation. There’s special reason to use it in Windows 11 though, since it can help you with Settings controls that might otherwise take some figuring out, like changing the color of your taskbar. If you drag-and-drop images, Copilot will tell you more about them.

Anything more advanced requires paying a monthly subscription fee. Below, we’ll explain Microsoft’s pricing tiers and what you get with them.

There are three Copilot tiers, two of them requiring paid subscriptions.

As mentioned the standard version of Copilot is free , and accessible via the web, Windows, or dedicated mobile apps for Android and iOS/iPadOS. See the prior section for included features.

Copilot Pro

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Intended for individuals and families, Copilot Pro is $20 per month , per user on top of a Microsoft 365 subscription. This gets you priority model access, but more importantly, it expands AI to Microsoft productivity apps including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.

In PowerPoint, for example, you can ask Copilot to summarize notes, restructure slides, or insert AI-generated imagery. You can even ask it to draft an entire presentation on a given topic, although you’ll probably end up doing heavy editing and fact-checking before you have a useable slideshow.

Note that Microsoft 365 is $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year for individuals. For families up to six people, those prices rise to $9.99 and $99.99 respectively.

Pro users additionally get a Copilot GPT Builder, which lets you customize a bot around a specific topic.

Copilot for Microsoft 365

Confusingly enough, this plan is aimed at businesses, schools, and other organizations using Microsoft 365. We’re not going to cover the costs of 365 subscriptions in this situation, since they can vary dramatically, but for Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Business Standard customers, Copilot is a $30 add-on per user up to a limit of 300 people. More users are possible, but at that point you’ll be negotiating with Microsoft anyway.

Stepping up to this tier includes everything from Copilot Pro as well as Teams support, Microsoft Graph grounding, and “enterprise-grade” data protection. For some companies the biggest addition may be Copilot Studio, which goes beyond Copilot GPT Builder to support customized automations and conversation responses, including ones using connected data sources like SAP or Workday.

No, unfortunately, at least not beyond the basic version that’s always free. If you want to see what it’s like using Copilot with Microsoft 365 apps, you’ll have to step up to a paid plan.

The Google Gemini app intro screen describes some common uses for the new tool.

There’s no direct competition for Copilot, really — the features that set it apart are mostly integration into Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 apps, so if you don’t care about using AI that way, you might as well skip Copilot.

Here’s how it stacks up against the other major AI platforms, however:

  • ChatGPT: The regular version of ChatGPT is free. You can also pay $20 per month to access ChatGPT Plus, which guarantees faster responses, priority access during peak usage, and earlier hands-on time with new features. Plus is only available on the web, but ChatGPT in general is often accessible or enhanced through things like Chrome extensions .
  • Google Gemini: Gemini is mostly free to use and available on the web and mobile devices. On compatible Android products, you can optionally have it replace Google Assistant. The paid version, Gemini Advanced, has yet to be integrated into apps like Gmail or Google Docs, but one thing it has going for it is price — it’s included with Google One’s AI Premium tier, which also gets you 2TB of of Google Drive storage.

It first became available to enterprise customers on November 1, 2023. Since then the tech has been opened to the general public.

Yes, Copilot incorporates OpenAI’s GPT-4 language model.

Technically yes, but it’s fairly crippled there versus Windows 11. The Windows 10 version can’t change any settings or even launch a troubleshooter, so you might as well access Copilot (or another chatbot) on the web.

Sort of. You can download the iPad app if your Mac has an Apple M-series processor (a.k.a. Apple Silicon). It can’t control system settings like the Windows 11 version, however.

That’s a loaded question, but it seems to be. Data is encrypted both in transit and when stored, and retention is limited. That said, the AI has only been available for a few months as of this writing, and until recently was limited to enterprise customers. It hasn’t suffered through long-term battle testing, in other words.

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Some software is hard to get by without. Whether it’s at work, school, or home,  Microsoft Office apps  like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are practically essentials. Usually, that means paying the monthly fee for Microsoft 365, but there’s actually a low-cost alternative that gives you practically the same apps. 

Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2019 might be a little older than the modern version included with Microsoft 365, but the apps included in this software suite still work the same. Now, you can get them all for $49.99, and there’s even a course bundle included to help you master them. 

Microsoft Office 2019 Pro Plus comes with seven familiar apps:  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access . Keep in mind that these are the 2019 versions, so they might look a little different from what you’re used to, but they still get the job done. 

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Each app can be installed on one device for life. Security updates are included, and there are no recurring fees of any kind. 

If it takes a moment to get used to the different layouts for each app, check out the Microsoft Office 2019 Basics Bundle. This seven-hour e-learning course is designed to help you navigate each of the apps included in the 2019 suite. There are courses for drafting documents in Word, laying out presentations in PowerPoint, creating Excel workbooks, and more for each app. No need to learn on your own. 

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Best Microsoft Office Activator Free Download [2024]

Activating Microsoft Office can be a headache. What you need is a reliable activator that seamlessly installs Microsoft Office, allowing you to get back on track with your work. In this article, we've compiled the best Office activators to help you get started without the time-consuming hassle of activation.

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Microsoft Office and Windows Activator - KMSPico

What is kmspico.

If you're operating Windows without a license, KMSPico is a valuable tool. This Windows activator enables you to run the OS without purchasing it. Here's a glimpse into how it works:

 KMSpico

Genuine Activation: KMSPico, the authentic version, utilizes KMS technology to activate various Windows versions, especially Enterprise editions.

KMS Activation Process: Windows Vista, 7 (Pro and Enterprise), and all editions from Windows 8 onward support KMS activation. This process involves periodic reactivation through a server connection every 180 days.

Local Server Creation: KMSPico creates a local server on your computer to facilitate KMS activation without the need for a corporate environment. This ensures your system remains activated even outside a company network.

Key Management Server (KMS): KMSPico leverages the KMS (Key Management Server) functionality. Microsoft designed this feature for large organizations, allowing them to maintain product validity through a local KMS server.

Volume License Transformation: The tool transforms your "retail" installation into a "Volume licensed" one by altering the product key. This enables KMS activation.

Custom KMS Server: KMSPico switches the default KMS server to one specified by its developers, allowing users to maintain the activation without relying on Microsoft's servers.

While KMSPico provides an effective workaround, it's essential to note that its activation isn't permanent. If the developers take down the KMS server, your KMSPico-activated Microsoft product may lose validity.

Is KMSPico Safe to Use?

KMSPico, often touted as a hacking tool for activating unlicensed Microsoft Windows and Office applications, poses potential threats to your system. Sold under various names and versions, this tool operates as a payload carrier for other threats, utilizing strategies like Trojan Clients, data theft, machine identification, Windows Registry alterations, modification of boot menu settings, and data deletion.

On the flip side, proponents argue that KMSPico provides updates and premium support from Microsoft. Despite being flagged as malware due to its activation process, some believe it operates without issues, while others caution against the risks it poses to system integrity and security.

How to Activate Office and Windows with KMSPico for Free?

So, now that we know what KMSPico is, let's explore where to download this office activator. KMSPico differs from the office activation process using CMD, which is a bit more complex. Keeping the risks in mind, let's examine the steps involved in activating Office using KMSPico:

Step 1: To kick things off, download KMSpico from a trusted source. Be cautious, as some links may lead to incorrect software, wasting time and potentially jeopardizing your system.

Step 2: Disable your antivirus software temporarily, as it may flag KMSpico during installation due to its nature.

Step 3: Once downloaded, locate the KMSpico zip file and extract its contents to a location on your hard drive.

Extraction Process

Note: Users may be prompted to enter a password when extracting files from the zip file. The password is available on the website or within the Office Activator text file within the zip file. In our example, the password is "2016".

Step 4: Find the downloaded KMSpico setup file in the extracted folder and run KMSpico_setup.exe. Follow on-screen instructions for installation.

 Setup screen

Step 5: After installation, open KMSpico from your system. Antivirus warnings may appear as KMSpico modifies system files for activation.

KMSPico Interface

Step 6: In the KMSpico interface, activate your desired Microsoft product like Windows or Office suites.

Step 7: KMSpico will simulate communication with Microsoft servers to activate the product without a genuine key.

Step 8: Upon completion, a notification confirms successful activation. Your Microsoft product is now ready for use.

In the current landscape, KMSPico is often labeled as a virus or malware. The requirement to disable the firewall for its operation raises concerns for many users. The perceived risk is substantial, especially when superior free office suites like WPS Office , offering Microsoft Office file compatibility, are readily available. Personally, the potential drawbacks outweigh the benefits. With conflicting opinions about KMSPico, the uncertainty surrounding its use feels too significant.

Best Free Alternative to Microsoft Office - WPS Office

In the digital market dominated by giants like Microsoft Office, WPS Office comes off as a formidable contender, offering a comprehensive suite of tools coupled with unparalleled versatility and convenience. Whether you're a seasoned professional or a casual user, WPS Office is sure to exceed your expectations and elevate your productivity to new heights.

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WPS Office allows drafting documents with Writer, creating compelling presentations with Presentation, or managing data with Spreadsheet, WPS Office covers all bases. Its versatility extends across operating systems, with full compatibility on Windows, Linux, and Mac platforms, ensuring accessibility for users across diverse environments.

How to Open and Save Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint in WPS Office

Whether you're a Word wizard, an Excel expert, or a PowerPoint pro, WPS Office has you covered. Open, edit, and share all your files without compatibility headaches.

Step 1: Open WPS and click "Files" on the left to explore your documents.

Step 2: From Word documents to Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and even PDFs, find them all neatly organized within WPS Office.

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Step 3: The file you selected has been successfully opened and is ready for editing.

Step 4: To commit your changes while maintaining the current file format, select "Save" from the "Menu" menu.

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WPS Office offers a level of convenience and efficiency that goes beyond mere simplicity. Its seamless integration with various file formats and cloud storage services enhances productivity by allowing users to access and collaborate on documents from anywhere, at any time. The intuitive design and intuitive workflow streamline tasks, saving valuable time and effort.

Also, WPS Office's AI capabilities add a new dimension to document processing, providing intelligent assistance in tasks such as summarizing documents or extracting relevant information. This combination of user-friendly design, versatile functionality, and advanced AI features makes WPS Office a must-have tool for professionals and students alike, revolutionizing the way we work with documents.

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Q1. How to use Microsoft Office without paying?

Here are two straightforward ways to use Microsoft for free:

For Students, Teachers, or Faculty Members: If you're a student, teacher, or part of the school staff with an active school email, you can use Microsoft Office 365 for free. Visit Microsoft's website for Office 365 Education, enter your school email, and you'll get free access to tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams, and more.

For Others (One-Month Free Trial): For Others (One-Month Free Trial): If you're not a student or teacher, you can still try the one-month free trial of Microsoft 365. Just sign up for the free version of Office on Microsoft365.com, but remember, you'll need to provide your credit card details. If you don't cancel before the free trial ends, you'll be billed $100 for a one-year subscription to Microsoft 365 Family. This subscription includes apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more.

Q2. What is the difference between Microsoft Office and Office 365?

Microsoft Office 2021:

One-Time Purchase with Single License: Office 2021 is sold as a one-time purchase, providing a single license that allows you to install and use Microsoft Office apps (like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) on one computer without an expiration date.

No Time Limit:   Once installed, you can use Office 2021 for as long as you like.

No New Updates: You will not get new features or updates. It will stay the same as the version they purchased.

Microsoft 365:

Subscription Service: Microsoft 365 offers the complete range of Microsoft products based on your licensing agreement, and you can choose to pay on a monthly or yearly basis.

Regular Updates: Subscribers get regular updates, security patches, and tech support without extra charges, ensuring that all your applications are always updated with the most recent features.

Flexible Plans: Different plans are available for home, business, and education.

Payment Options: You can select to pay monthly or yearly. The Family plan even lets you share benefits with up to five more people.

Q3. Is WPS Office compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files?

WPS Office seamlessly supports Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, ensuring a professional and smooth document experience.

Simple But Professional; WPS Office

Activation can indeed be a tiring and time-consuming task, requiring technical know-how and consuming precious storage space on your system. However, here you'll discover Office activators fully compatible with your system, simplifying the process.Yet, instead of enduring the arduous activation process, which can demand significant storage capacity, consider making the switch to WPS Office. Lightweight and effortless to download, WPS Office offers a comprehensive office suite experience that rivals Microsoft Office. Download WPS Office now and experience the ease of using Office suite today.

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Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026

At Microsoft, we are dedicated to providing our customers with the tools they need to achieve what matters, in their work and life. In order to focus on new benefits, we occasionally remove features and products. 

In October 2026, Microsoft Publisher will reach its end of life. After that time, it will no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and existing on-premises suites will no longer be supported. Until then, support for Publisher will continue and users can expect the same experience as today. 

Many common Publisher scenarios including the creation of professionally branded templates, envelope and label printing, and producing customized calendars, business cards, and programs are already available in other Microsoft 365 apps such as Word and PowerPoint. You can find a wide array of customizable templates at Microsoft Create . 

As we look ahead to the retirement of Microsoft Publisher, we are exploring modern ways to achieve common Publisher scenarios across applications like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Designer.  We will update as we have more to share.   

How will this affect you:

You can continue to use Publisher with its current functionality until October 2026.

Support for the perpetual version of Publisher will end in October 2026, when Office LTSC 2021 reaches end of support. Microsoft 365 customers will not be able to access Publisher from that date forward. 

We will provide updates as the date approaches.  

What you need to do to prepare:

No action is required.  This information is to allow you sufficient time to plan and we will share additional updates as the date approaches.

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