Articulate Storyline vs Prezi

• The UI closely resembles the general UI that is used by Microsoft Office products. It is instantly familiar, decreasing the learning curve.
• Storyline is very powerful. If you can imagine the design, you can develop it in Storyline. The built-in templates and player skins offer a wide variety of page layouts. I particularly like how Storyline organizes slides by scenes and provides a visual map to help you see the course navigation.
• Storyline is not a resource hog. You can't simply install it on any machine, but you do not need a tricked-out rig with gaming specs to run. It runs very smoothly on an Intel i5 with 8gb of RAM with plenty of system resources available for Microsoft Office and Adobe applications to run in different windows.
• Storyline output HTML is very clean. With other authoring tools, bad Javascript and poor CSS output really had a negative impact as you had to devise workarounds and implement patches for them to work with your LMS. Storyline is the closest authoring tool that I've found "just works."

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• Ability to present a topic in a clear manner with lots of images and videos
• Export slides as PDFs, which can then be used as beautiful handouts
• It can visually connect topics, something a more passive presentation tool like PowerPoint cannot do
• It is very easy to share presentations online
• Built-in cloud support: Prezis are stored in their servers, and they are accessible from everywhere.

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• I think they are working hard on this area but there is still some room for improvement in the HTML 5 to ensure it works consistently across multiple browser platforms and mobile devices.
• Provide more options for the look/feel of the player. Include a built-in option for a "transparent player" instead of having to go in and change the transparency settings to achieve a transparent player effect.
• The ability to edit graphics (since it is integrated with PowerPoint) from within Storyline itself would be a nice addition.
• A more robust audio editing tool which allows you to edit (cut/paste, fade in/fade out audio, etc.) in a more intuitive way.

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• Linux support is non-existent. With Android/Chrome OS being based on the linux kernel but also with lots of tech-savvy and influencers using non-Windows and non iOS platforms, I feel a pariah.
• As far as I know for Android phones and tablets you can only present but not edit prezis in its native app. Again an Android users, it is a sub-par experience the app in general is lacking functionality.
• Using the browser version (because I have no other alternative) uploading multiple images is very buggy
• Having a version history would be great when you are editing a large presentation over several days

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• I am sought out for my Storyline expertise, having the skill definitely increases my income as a freelancer.
• It expands my business from just instructional design to development without being a coder.
• I save time by reducing the amount of custom code I have to write, increasing efficiency.

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• Prezi is really a sunk cost for us. The positive is to stand out when other organizations are presenting in a more traditional way
• Ability to explain complex concepts is a plus
• Instant save of work and access through the cloud is another very positive aspect which makes the paid version worth it

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