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    FastStone

    Score10 out of 10
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    Google Slides

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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
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    FastStoneGoogle Slides
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    FastStoneGoogle Slides
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    FastStoneGoogle Slides
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    FastStone
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
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    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
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    User Ratings
    FastStoneGoogle Slides
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FastStoneGoogle Slides
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FastStone
    Building email templates with images. Uploading images to file servers for hot linking. Utilizing images for the web (website, social media).
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    Google
    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
    FastStone
    • Resizes images
    • Saves on file size
    • Converts image types
    • Rename / Batch rename images
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    Google
    • 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
    FastStone
    • There is literally no room for improvement. It's the best lightweight image management software out there.
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    Google
    • 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
    FastStone
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    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
    FastStone
    It's lightweight and easy to use. Very intuitive, anyone can figure it out without reading any documentation. Excellent UI and plenty of helpful options to acheive your goals.
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    Google
    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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    FastStone
    Fast stone can be used without an internet connection as it is a stand alone installable software. It also loads up super fast and takes less time to do tasks than other image editing applications.
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    Google
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    FastStone
    • Time saving! I can resize 10 images in less than 10 seconds.
    • I can rename images in less 10 seconds.
    • I can email images without having to archive them, or use online storage and send a link to download.
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    Google
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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