PowerPoint pioneered the presentation environment, making business presentations what they are today. However, presenting has improved a lot since its inception in 1990 – but unfortunately PowerPoint hasn’t improved much. Now people want to see presentations that entertain. Interaction, animation, bold designs and more are essential parts of any presentation. And while PowerPoint has a hard time doing that, there are a number of PowerPoint alternatives that can easily take your presentations from boring to eye-catching. In this article, we will look at these alternative presentation programs.
PowerPoint-Like Apps List
- Canva
- Soapbox
- Zoho Show
- Google Slides
- Prezi
- keynote
- SlideDog
- FlowVella
- ludus
- Visme
- beautiful.ai
- powtoon
- Haiku Deck
- Emaze
- WPS Office
- Kineticcast
- SlideCamp
- slidebean
- slides
- LibreOffice
Power Point Alternative Applications 2023
Canva
Canva is the leading all-in-one design tool for non-designers. You can create eye-catching infographics, add compelling images, and position your assets exactly the way you want without ever leaving the platform. Its templates are professional and carefully crafted, allowing you to stand out from your competitors without using external design tools.
Soapbox
Soapbox is presentation software that you can access from your browser. You can use it to record yourself, your computer screen, or both. It only takes two clicks to save, making Soapbox ideal for creating product or content videos in bulk. For example, you can edit your background, write a list of topics on a piece of paper, and then record videos for many departments such as sales, HR, marketing. Unlike other tools, you don’t need to create slides or charts. You can press record and close the topic from where you are sitting.
Zoho Show
Zoho Show is presentation software that uses a neat interface so you can focus on organizing your ideas. There are also animation tools that help you highlight parts of your presentation. While it doesn’t offer interactive options, it’s perfect for teams that need to prepare a simple presentation as soon as possible.
Google Slides
Google Slides is presentation software that anyone can use, thanks to its intuitive interface. Because it’s free and available on all devices, it only takes a few clicks for teams to start collaborating no matter what device they’re using. The browser-based application is ideal presentation software for teams ready to leave PowerPoint but not ready to learn more complex features.
Prezi
Prezi lets you create a non-linear story, meaning you don’t have to go from slide A to slide B to slide C. Instead, you can jump straight to the section that interests your audience the most and avoid boring them with other data. Prezi’s interactive presentations constantly encourage viewers to keep watching. For example, as an introduction, you can share a bird’s-eye view of what the presentation covers. Then you can zoom in on specific topics to tell your audience more about an issue, a new product or idea.
keynote
Keynote is a great option for Mac users who want to access templates, not themes, for visually appealing presentations. Integrates with iOS apps and devices to create presentations faster. For example, you can add color and comments to presentations using your iPad’s Apple Pencil. The ability to convert Keynote files into PowerPoint presentations allows Mac lovers to collaborate with teammates on each of their favorite platform.
SlideDog
SlideDog’s value proposition is its ability to combine multimedia assets with Prezi and PowerPoint presentations. While you won’t be creating a presentation with SlideDog alone, this feature allows you to use the most engaging features of each platform. Integrating assets allows you to show a unique presentation without distracting your audience by switching between tabs.
FlowVella
FlowVella lets you create presentations that work like websites. You can add videos, PDFs, and a navigation bar to show your audience a variety of media without leaving your presentation. Interactive features also give audiences the option to learn more about the topics that interest them most when the presentation is over.
ludus
Ludus is presentation software for designers who want full control over how everything looks. Ludus has a learning curve for non-designers. Like any other software, you will be able to add images, videos and texts. You’ll also be able to create reusable assets, edit corner radii of items, and access other features that designers gave up when using other presentation tools. Font and font lovers can set a specific large line, line height and spacing for text elements. Those who work with shapes can give them borders and shadows and turn them into overlays.
Visme
Visme is a suite of design assets for non-designers. It’s perfect for teams looking to centralize their design operations, as it offers a wide variety of valuable tools for many departments. Visme has customizable animated icons, images, charts, and characters that you can use to create presentations that look and sound like your brand. It has more functionality than PowerPoint and is intuitive enough for anyone to learn the basics of Visme in just a few minutes.
beautiful.ai
If a good presentation for you is all about how it looks, Beautiful.ai is a lesser known presentation platform worth exploring. With sleek and modern looking templates and automatic formatting, this is the tool for creating slides with a professional feel without being boring. Again, paying attention to these things and having an idea of how you want them to look helps, but Beautiful.ai makes the process as smooth and easy as possible.
powtoon
If you want to animate videos or slides, Powtoon is a great choice. Note that its free version is a paid program with limited options. If you choose to use the free version of the program, Powtoon’s branding will be on your presentation. However, it’s still a great tool if you want to create customizable videos, animations or characters.
Haiku Deck
Fairly new to the scene, Haiku Deck, founded by Adam Tratt, formerly of Microsoft, is an easy-to-use free program with options to upgrade to Haiku Deck Zuru, which offers AI-powered design. Haiku Deck describes their philosophy on their website as “simple, beautiful, fun”. They said they built Haiku Deck around presentation tips suggested by experts and designers.
Emaze
What makes Emaze different: The backend of an Emaze presentation is built with HTML5, meaning it’s a highly reliable slideshow option for those who rely on mobile devices and need to make sure their presentation looks good while doing it. But that doesn’t mean you need to know anything about HTML5. Emaze does all this in the background while you use its easy-to-use interface in the foreground.
WPS Office
WPS Office is the closest alternative to PowerPoint when it comes to functionality and user interface. Also, unlike other web-based services on this list, you don’t always need an active internet connection to use it. With full support for PowerPoint files, users can easily edit existing PowerPoint documents in WPS Office. They can embed videos and animate individual objects, just like in PowerPoint. It also offers many templates for users to choose their favourite.
Kineticcast
Kineticast is for salespeople who care more about results, statistics and presenting their content than dealing with PowerPoint menus. You can change your message depending on who you’re selling to, but other than that you’re locked into a pretty standard template and style. You don’t need to be a good designer and you can still present a professional and attractive presentation to your best potential clients. The best choice for those who are serious about finding a real, viable alternative to PowerPoint.
SlideCamp
If you want your presentations to be professional but not too flashy, a SlideCamp slide library may be for you. Easily create business presentations by searching for the slides you need, and then open them directly in PowerPoint. No complicated software. There are no new concepts to confuse you. They have stylish designs that are so ridiculously editable in PowerPoint or Excel that you’ll wonder why you find presentations time-consuming.
slidebean
Maybe there aren’t millions of different customization options, but we have to admit, the design templates they offer are pretty brilliant. If you’re in trouble and don’t have time, Slidebean is your hero. It’s not fancy, but it gets the job done and is reliable to boot. If you want to focus on the basics of a slideshow and put content and accessibility front and center, Slidebean has your back.
slides
With Slides, you can explore public slideshows in the Slides community to get some inspiration for your own slides. As the specs page says, there’s a ton of functionality but it manages to do it without boring you. Easy to use online and offline, the only downside may be that the limited template library means it’s not 100% customizable.
LibreOffice
LibreOffice is open source presentation software that does everything PowerPoint can do. While it lacks functionality like OneDrive integration, it more than makes up for in PowerPoint-like functionality. LibreOffice has useful features such as the ability to import Keynote files. Also, this software has a large collection of free templates that users can use to create their presentations.