Google Slides vs. Microsoft Powerpoint Online

Google slide sis very well suited for collaborative work, internal presentations, workshops, and any scenario where multiple people need to edit, comment, and share content quickly. Not so appropriate for highly polished or heavily animated or designed presentations, or other kinds of situations where advanced animations are required, and also not great on offline performance with large decks

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Depends on the needs of the user, if they are just refreshing Slides, and updating basic elements, I believe Microsoft Powerpoint Online is sufficient. It still relies on a regular internet connection, but backs up immediately to whichever service you are using for cloud storage. For advance users, designers, or people trying to have more management in their decks I believe desktop is the way to go.

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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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• Free to use [up to 5 GB cloud storage per person]
• No need to click the save button again and again when you make changes. Everything gets saved automatically to cloud [provided you have good network connection]
• Web browser based application

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• Other programs are better at creating fancy or professional presentations quickly.
• Off-line usage usually defaults to a PowerPoint, which makes the program feel like an off-brand PowerPoint.
• The program makes it too tempting to rely on a strong internet connection for all presentations.

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• Running a presentation from PowerPoint online has been a disappointing experience. Things just don't react as smoothly as they do in the offline version because we're relying on sometimes iffy internet connections.
• Video does not play well when it's embedded and played through the online version.
• Downloading a PPT file that was created online creates almost no inconsistencies, but in my experience uploading a PPT to the online version that was created offline sometimes does create issues with fonts and formatting.

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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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I would rather change to other tool if I could. Microsoft Powerpoint Online was top-down forced without a real technical (maybe financial only) reason, and I think the product itself looks like a poor adaptation of the offline version. In my experience, it cannot be properly used in real time collaboration, can't handle large media (images/videos), has low performance even for a single user, it is a nightmare.

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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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Its about as usable as regular powerpoint to the normal user. The lack of some tools is fine and will go unnoticed. When presenting, you'll see animations may lag behind a bit, so I still recommend downloading to desktop to share content in a presentation once it is finalized.

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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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I have used Prezi also in my last company along with Microsoft Powerpoint Online. But I feel that Prezi has also good features like designs, frames, themes etc but this tool is really complex to use as compared to Microsoft Powerpoint Online

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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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• It has made it easier for the training to be well handled and transitioned to the work-at-home life faster.
• a lot of people is used to the installed version of PowerPoint, the online version is a familiar look and feels to the times when we were working from the office, which made the transition faster and easier for everyone.

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