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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Corel PaintShop Pro

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/APaintShop Pro is an all-in-one photo editor with advanced photo management, editing & creative tools that deliver everything a photo & design enthusiast needs, from Corel Corporation.N/A

    Microsoft Powerpoint

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft PowerPoint is a presentation software designed to allow users to create slide-based presentations including video and images, as well as slide transitions and animations.

    $139.99

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    Corel PaintShop ProMicrosoft Powerpoint
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    One Time Purchase
    $139.99
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Corel PaintShop ProMicrosoft Powerpoint
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Corel PaintShop ProMicrosoft Powerpoint
    Considered Both Products
    Corel Corporation
    Chose Corel PaintShop Pro
    From an ROI perspective, we moved entirely away from PhotoShop because we could not justify the cost vs performance. Corel PaintShop Pro is simply more cost-effective and offers the same performance and tools.
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    62 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Corel PaintShop ProMicrosoft Powerpoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.4
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Corel PaintShop ProMicrosoft Powerpoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Corel Corporation
    Corel PaintShop Pro is well suited for photographers wanting to adjust photos and also for designers who want to create designs from scratch, working in layers and merging various elements. Due to slow load times, Corel PaintShop Pro is not well suited when you only have a few small tasks to do and when a lightweight alternative will do the job just as well (e.g. cropping and red-eye removal).
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    Microsoft
    The learning curve with Microsoft Powerpoint is not too steep, and most everyone can create really nice-looking presentations. The thing I like most about the new advancements in Microsoft Powerpoint comes to formatting. If you are creating a newsletter, don't get bogged down by all of the annoying formatting rules and issues you would have if creating in Publisher or Word. Microsoft Powerpoint makes it very simple. You can add text boxes and move them anywhere on the page. The templates are a nice touch, but they could use more, as most of these are outdated. I believe there are many free websites for downloading more templates.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Corel Corporation
    • Crop
    • Straighten
    • Scratch repair
    • General retouch
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Insert Photos from my computer and from the web with ease.
    • Auto arrangement of graphics and texts is made available through suggested formatting.
    • Spell check as I type is very valuable to me. It autocorrects many words. I like for my presentation to be accurate.
    • The ability to change any font or any size of font is very valuable to me.
    • The ability to cut and past from Microsoft Word is valuable to me. It also allows me to import tables I have already created in Word.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Corel Corporation
    • I would like to see better smart cropping, we have the need for use in our carrying and travel cases for foam cut-outs. This requires a picture to be taken of the product and then outlined. The latest Apple update does a much better job of it than Corel. A definite need in our business
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • 3D objects that can be manipulated in slideshows by presenters
    • AI tool to cleanup presentations
    • AI tool to create graphics
    • AI tool to create photo-realistic images
    • AI tool to create vector art
    • AI tool to create videos
    • Blender 3D object importer
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Corel Corporation
    It's what I am most familiar with.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Corel Corporation
    I previously tagged Corel PaintShop Pro as an 8, but I'm moving on up to 10. I've been a user for many years. I always purchase the updates when they come out, and they have consistently gotten better with each release. Corel PaintShop Pro provides features that I haven't seen in other similar apps at this price point - alot of bang for the buck. If Corel keeps making and updating this program, I will absolutely keep purchasing it.
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    Microsoft
    It’s great overall! I can think of a few improvements that would make it a 10, for example: better Smart Art graphs, automatic distribution of columns and rows in tables, and being able to more easily save templates for graphs. For example, if I could determine that a same brand name in all graphs would have a specific color, it would be great
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Corel Corporation
    Always available when I need to use it
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I've never had any issues with its availability. As it is installed on my machine, it's ready when I need it, online or offline. Creating large slide decks with complex elements like video and audio doesn't affect its stability. The only limitation would be the capability of your own computer, as far as I can tell.
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    Performance
    Corel Corporation
    I would say that the program loads a LITTLE slow, but that's not a problem, considering everything that likely needs to load in the background for it to do what it does. Once running, the program performs very acceptably.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    The performance is very strong. It loads reasonably quickly. Large presentations load relatively quickly too, given their complexity, and once loaded each slide is readily available. It's easy to scroll up and down through your slide deck and go to the slide you want. Videos, pictures and music all load on demand, controllable by clicks.
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    Support Rating
    Corel Corporation
    We have never used or needed Support
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I have never had to use the actual support. Most of my questions are "how to" questions and there is a rich internet full of users sharing their tips and tricks with this application. Sometimes I find the answers on Microsoft support site but often I don't
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Corel Corporation
    Great product and great solution for our photo re-touching and web work as an enhancement to CorelDraw
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    Corel Corporation
    I find Corel PaintShop Pro to be a lot more user friendly and affordable.
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    Microsoft
    Adobe Illustrator is an excellent software but it's not easy to use for [everyone without] having any training or previous experience in working with illustrator. Microsoft Powerpoint is very easy to use and it's fantastic as it saves time more than illustrator. Another thing is it takes small space while illustrator takes a significant amount of space in the business machine
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Corel Corporation
    No contract terms. This is a standalone desktop app. Pricing is very affordable. Don't change a thing.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Corel Corporation
    So far, any use I've had with paintshop pro is already in the standard scope
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    Microsoft
    Scaling up use of Microsoft Powerpoint would be a simple case of buying further licences. The software is intuitive and therefore training demands from scaling it to more departments or more individuals would be relatively straightforward. Google Slides may be easier to share among those organisations that use Google's suite of apps, however.
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    Return on Investment
    Corel Corporation
    • Our website is better because of Corel PaintShop Pro
    • Our brochures for tradeshows are much better due to PaintShop Pro
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    Microsoft
    • Helped reduce time we spend modifying and sharing back and forth different versions.
    • Saved us the frustration of having to work with an online program with limited functionalities.
    • Macros make it easy to share data in one excel file and automatically update presentation.
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