Allo vs. Google Slides

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Allo
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Allo is a remote workspace made for asynchronous communication and remote teams. With interactive and visual spaces, teams are able to collaborate around, strategy, design, proposals, initiatives, and processes. This is done with Allo's interactive spaces. Allo includes: Creating interactive documents consisting of images, graphics, diagrams, text, and video Previewing documents and PDF's Previewing Microsoft Office documents Editing Google Suite…
$12
per month
Google Slides
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Google Slides is a presentation tool that enables users to create, edit, collaborate, and present. It is free for personal use, and available to businesses via a Google Workspaces subscription.N/A
Pricing
AlloGoogle Slides
Editions & Modules
Team
$12
per month
Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlloGoogle Slides
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts for annual subscriptions , as well as startups and educational institutions.
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Community Pulse
AlloGoogle Slides
Considered Both Products
Allo
Chose Allo
Miro is a direct competitor for Allo. It has more features and integrations but Allo appeals much more to us because of the easy-to-navigate and elegant interface, as well as speed. Infinity is an all-in-one project management app. It's ideal for detailed project management and …
Chose Allo
The user interface from Allo was much more preferable and user friendly. Also offers better features as well.
Google Slides
Chose Google Slides
Google Slides, as an online-first solution, seems to be more integrated as a collaborative tool than other similar programs I've used, and it's simpler than Microsoft Powerpoint (both the desktop version and the much worse online version).
Chose Google Slides
Canva is my choice for creating creative, unique, professional presentations, as they have a built-in library with icons, elements, charts, and graphics. It's easier to create beautiful charts and graphs on Canvas, but more advanced data may be better set up in Google Sheets …
Chose Google Slides
I've used Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and Prezi in previous roles, and comparing them with Google Slides, I'd say the latter stands out for collaboration, ease of sharing, and real-time editing, which are really critical for teamwork. While PowerPoint and Keynote offer …
Chose Google Slides
Slides works very similarly to Microsoft PowerPoint, though I would say it feels seamless to integrate with other Google products.
Chose Google Slides
Google Slides has a much simpler format and is much easier to access and share than the others. For the others to be useful, you have to pay for them, and they’re still not as user-friendly. The only one that is similar is Canva. Where a may lead is with the templates it …
Chose Google Slides
Google Slides has features similar to Canva's presentation tools, but Canva offers more design features (elements, stock photography, stock video, stock audio, fonts, etc.). Google Slides is part of Google Drive, so being able to switch between Slides, Docs, Sheets, etc. is a …
Chose Google Slides
Google Slides is far more accessible than either Keynote or Powerpoint. It may not be as aesthetically pleasing as some of Keynote's templates (and transitions), and it may not be as well known as Powerpoint is to a generation of Microsoft users, but I have found that these …
Chose Google Slides
PowerPoint has the most features but doesn’t sync as well as Google Slides. Keynote is not compatible for many people. Google Slides is by far the best option for collaboration and ease of use.
Chose Google Slides
Figma, Pitch, Microsoft Powerpoint, Apple Keynote, Canva and Adobe InDesign
Chose Google Slides
Google Slides is easier to learn and share than PowerPoint. While Miro is better for a working collaboration, Slides is a better presentation tool. Lumio and Nearpod are great for leading presentations where each person has a device, Slides is more compatible for presenter …
Chose Google Slides
Google Slides works both online and offline, they are free to use if you have a Google account. Easy to share and are supported by most web browsers. A great addition to your arsenal of interactive educational online platforms.
Chose Google Slides
It has probably around 90% of the common features that are present in PowerPoint but is more appropriate for today's workflows of being online. Conveniently included with GSuite packages often makes it more of a default option over PowerPoint in modern times. I have not listed …
Chose Google Slides
Skids is so much easier to use than PowerPoint and the design is much, much simpler. You can be more creative with Slides because it is flexible enough to use unlike PowerPoint. The downside is there is a learning curve because it isn’t the same old crappy software everyone …
Chose Google Slides
On a standalone basis, where no collaboration is needed, Microsoft Powerpoint is a superior tool because the functionalities are easier to use and much more robust. But if collaboration is needed, Google Slides is optimal for business, sales and strategy collaboration. It is …
Features
AlloGoogle Slides
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Allo
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Google Slides
-
Ratings
Task Management7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Search7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Allo
7.0
Ratings
13% below category average
Google Slides
-
Ratings
Chat7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Allo
8.0
Ratings
1% below category average
Google Slides
-
Ratings
Video files8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlloGoogle Slides
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlloGoogle Slides
Likelihood to Recommend
Allo is extremely well suited for companies that share lots of internal documents and assets that could easily be grouped into boxes. We manage several projects so it makes sense for us to condense all of our documents that various team needs, by team and department with our clients.
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Well-suited to working on presentations or PowerPoint-style documents, including setting up templated slides and working collaboratively on presentations. It's less well-suited to setting up printable documents, though I have used it for simple printable documents, you just need to remember to set the slide size to A4 (or your preferred paper size) measurements.
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Pros
  • team's report at Weekly Huddle
  • designing new teaching aids
  • collaboration on writing textbooks
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  • Real-time collaboration makes it easy for multiple people to work on one presentation or deck.
  • Sharing is very straight forward, so it's easy to keep control of who can do or can't do.
  • Flexible so it's uses don't stop in presentations.
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Cons
  • could introduce more features down the line to improve the service
  • offer more templates for a user to be able to use
  • offline functionality could be improved. Tends to be slow.
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  • The slides generated by the "Beautify this slide" feature are not editable. You need to prompt again to make the changes you want.
  • You don't have a way to switch to another company template. For example, if you want to switch from light to dark theme, you can't.
  • The layout of the Animations sequence is not easy to read.
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Likelihood to Renew
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The popularity for Google Slides among the casual technology tool users is so great that we are not in a position to replace this tool with anything else. Every other tool either doesn't have the popularity, or doesn't match the ease of sharing level of Slides. The training needed to learn a different tool is too great. Google Slides is very easy to pick up and master.
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Usability
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Google Slides is very easy and intuitive for creating simple, straightforward presentations. Its limitations make for less decision making. Being part of the Google Suite makes for easy sharing and collaboration, auto-saving, and time-stamped versions/edit history. However, unlike a platform like Canva, there's no icon library, photos, graphics, or elements built-in, so if you're wanting more creative designs, you have to import or create yourself.
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Support Rating
Support is quick to respond and assist with any issue or question
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Alternatives Considered
Miro is a direct competitor for Allo. It has more features and integrations but Allo appeals much more to us because of the easy-to-navigate and elegant interface, as well as speed. Infinity is an all-in-one project management app. It's ideal for detailed project management and keeping tracts of tasks (and other. items) but Allo is much better for designing and brainstorming.
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I've used Microsoft Powerpoint, Apple Keynote, and Prezi in previous roles, and comparing them with Google Slides, I'd say the latter stands out for collaboration, ease of sharing, and real-time editing, which are really critical for teamwork. While PowerPoint and Keynote offer more advanced design and animation options, and Prezi is better suited for more dynamic presentations, Google Slides is more practical for day-to-day collaboration.
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Return on Investment
  • helps improve and maintain productivity
  • The windows app keeps the cpu very busy so can slow other application
  • team collaboration has been improved since using this program
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  • We’ve closed all our clients using Google slides.
  • Google slides has directly led to 100's of thousands of dollars in our org.
  • It has helped us add dozens of new clients.
  • Has helped us present information to businesses making 10M+ revenue.
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